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Rebecca Black Friday meme breaks records
Rebecca Black’s infamously bad ‘Friday’ song and accompanying video is surely the highest traffic meme on YouTube. Take a look at the stats at the time at writing: 128 million, yes million, views 351k likes, but a whopping 2.5 million dislikes, the most dislikes of any YouTube video (beating Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’) 2.81 million comments. … Continue reading
YouTube tests skippable pre-rolls
YouTube’s text overlay ads have long been ‘skippable’ with the ‘x’ button top right allowing you to minimise the ad and view the content. Pre-roll ads, however, have not been. YouTube is now testing expanding the concept to pre-roll videos. On certain pre-rolls, in certain regions, including the UK, users will be presented with a … Continue reading
Why is YouTube 1911?
Visitors to YouTube today may notice the logo has been amended to YouTube 1911 and be wondering why. The answer of course is to check your calendar and you’ll quickly realise that it is April fool’s day. And the fun doesn’t stop there with a spotlight on ’1911 viral videos’, embedded below, remixes of classic … Continue reading
Google puts the Lady back in Gaga
Watching Lady Gaga blanking Jonathan Ross on his chat show was one of the most toe-curling pieces of TV on record, as she played the moody teenager dismissing his attempts at repartie. She was, however, in more respectful mood when visiting that other internet giant, Google, as part of their Musicians@Google series. Of course having … Continue reading
Thru-you we become something much more
Internet meme veterans will remember the enchanting labour of love and skill that was the funky mashup ‘Mother of all funk chords’ by kutiman. This took video and audio samples from amateur musicians on YouTube and remixed them into more than the sum of their parts (see below). After a number of additional … Continue reading
