It’s all over the news. Fake Apple stores getting shut down… even in NYC. So let’s help each other, right? It can be difficult to tell a real from a fake. So let’s empower you with some Consumerist-like tips to help on your next trip to the Apple store: Look to see how Apple is…
Forget FEMA and television newscasters. How’d the web do for live coverage of Irene? Surely I’m not the only guy bored by our local coverage, as Yahoo Buzz puts “Hurricane Irene” as the third-most searched term on Yahoo (after the words Facebook and YouTube). So how are we doing? Well the online-video coverage is varying…
Looking for a DIY (do it yourself) news site to show TSA (transportation security administration) “pat downs” that are TMI (two much information)? Well put down your acronyms, and get out your cameras… I’m not sure how long this has been around, but I find this consumer-generate “breaking news” site interesting. CNN has a consumer-generated…
Are you enjoying your Friday afternoon? Well here’s my gift to you to improve it. Batman and Robin fight the fakest shark ever. Now a free piece of cheese for anyone who can find me a video clip of Batman telling Robin, “drunks are people too” as they decide to not toss a bomb into…
A crack report by The Washington Post blog reveals that the unicorn caught on tape below is… a covert promotion by The Ontario Science Center. The bogus release (read here) was timed with an exhibition called “Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids.” According to The Post, a Science Center spokesperson conceded the unicorn sighting may…
TheMightyThor1212 stole my identity, and I love it. He’s the YouTuber that has been to more global YouTube in-person gatherings than anyone else. So I couldn’t be more proud that he decided to pretend he’s me in Canada recently. Here’s the clip. During the NYC 777 YouTube gathering, he and I appeared together in this…
Time to test out your “is it real or fake” instincts. Watch this video where a random Verizon caller is surprised when that Verizon Wireless “Can You Hear Me Now” guy shows up with an army of Verizon people personifying the Verizon network. Is it truly candid, or is our “victim” an actor? Shaky camera…
The next person who sends this to me is going to get a kick in the tea bag or hot pocket.
“Talk about how sad it is that people refuse to get involved in politics,” says Dan Carlyle, Today Now’s Political Correspondent. “Blaming others for being uninformed is always a great way to seem informed yourself.” That was part of Carlyle’s advice for people who would like to pretend they give a shit about November’s U.S….
All the bad advice on how to manipulate YouTube in one handy video. Where do I start? Buried in this, actually, is some good advice… Like being creative about tagging with less competitive terms. And keeping a video shocking and fast, and coming up with clever names and thumbnails. But much of it is futile…