Tagged: Video & News
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Authorities seek clues in photos, videos from Boston Marathon News
17.04.2013 Boston police and the FBI are analysing photos and videos from the Boston Marathon for clues into the two bombs that went off at the event on Monday, killing three people are... -
Ahead of Hemlock Grove debut Friday, Netflix sounds the death knell for Silverlight News
17.04.2013 As Netflix gears up for the worldwide debut of Eli Roth’s Hemlock Grove on Friday, the video-streaming platform is working towards a shift away from Microsoft’s Silverlight in... -
Psy continues to crush Justin Bieber’s YouTube records with new video for ‘Gentleman’ News
15.04.2013 South Korean rapper Psy was crowned king of YouTube last year when his music video for K-pop hit ‘Gangnam Style’ became the first video ever to breach 1bn views on the network.... -
Viral videos of the week: zombie deaths, a touching moment, and random rapping News
14.04.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a seven-year-old’s college football touchdown, grisly special effects from The... -
Video of daredevil raccoon crossing wires goes viral News
11.04.2013 A video of an enterprising raccoon getting around by gripping power lines and telephone cables and shimmying across them in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is the latest critter video... -
WhatsApp denies rumours of sale to Google for US$1bn News
09.04.2013 Popular cross-platform mobile messaging app WhatsApp has quashed rumours that it is in discussions to sell the company to Google for up to US$1bn.Categories: Web, Social Media, Mobile, Internet, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Viral videos of the week: April fools, Fred Cooke and a seal with rhythm News
07.04.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features April Fool’s hoaxes from YouTube, Toshiba and a headless driver, Fred Cooke’s... -
Viral videos of the week – 31/03/2013 News
31.03.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a bumbling burglar, some eighties nostalgia, short ways to describe Ireland, Ron... -
Will Spotify make the move into streaming video? News
25.03.2013 Watch out Netflix, because rumour has it Spotify is looking to move into the video-streaming arena with exclusive, original content.Categories: Media, Digital Media -
Viral videos of the week – 24/03/2013 News
24.03.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a lot of falling down, a pair of pranksters, divilment in Dublin on St Patrick’s... -
Celebrating six months of Grumpy Cat (memes and video) News
22.03.2013 On 22 September, the owner of a distinctive-looking then-five-month-old kitten posted a photo of her pet on Reddit, and well, the rest is Grumpy Cat meme history. -
YouTube reaches 1bn monthly visitors as Gen C drives mobile viewing News
21.03.2013 Vastly popular video-sharing network YouTube – home of cat videos, Gangnam Style and the Harlem Shake – has reached the milestone of more than 1bn unique users per month, which... -
More than 27 centuries of Harlem Shakes viewed in just one month (infographic) News
20.03.2013 As we (cautiously) sound the death knell on the Harlem Shake video trend, data collected by YTD YouTube Downloader reveals just how much time was actually spent watching the... -
Simon Cowell brings his talent show format to YouTube with The You Generation News
20.03.2013 Launching tonight, The You Generation calls itself the world’s first global audition channel, asking talented hopefuls to upload a video to show the world what they’ve got and... -
Muzu.tv expands into Sweden via alliance with broadcast giant MTG News
15.03.2013 Dublin-headquartered Muzu.tv is to launch its online music video service in Sweden, opening up music lovers there to 130,000 videos.Categories: Social Media, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Viral videos of the week – 17/03/2013 News
17.03.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a faked but widely shared prank, a lesson in internet speak as Gaeilge, a... -
Call of Duty: Black Ops II was biggest-selling entertainment title of 2012 News
13.03.2013 Call of Duty: Black Ops II was the UK’s biggest-selling entertainment title in 2012 with sales of 2.7m copies, according to the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) in the UK. -
Viral videos of the week – 10/03/2013 News
10.03.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a stunning sword, the rise and fall of YOLO, a wordy history of lyric videos,... -
NASA releases footage of SpaceX Dragon capture (video) News
06.03.2013 US space agency NASA has released a video that shows how crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to snag the Dragon capsule containing... -
Samsung launches teaser trailer for Galaxy S IV (video) News
04.03.2013 In a short teaser from Samsung, a secret messenger is entrusted with a package to be delivered to its mid-March Unpacked event – but will he be able to keep the contents of the...