YouTube’s First Video Uploaded Five Years Ago Today
Although YouTube’s birthday is officially February 14, 2005, the first video was actually uploaded to the site exactly five years ago, on April 23, 2005. The video is entitled “Me at the zoo.” It was shot by Yakov Lapitsky and it’s only 19 seconds long, showing one of YouTube’s founders, Jawed Karim, at the San […]
Even Tiger Woods is Hopping on the Virtual Currency Bandwagon
The promise of virtual currency has proved an effective way to get users to engage with their friends in social games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars. Now, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online – the web-based version of the popular console game from Electronic Arts – is giving this concept a shot, offering users $10,000 of […]
Facebook Twice as Popular as Google in the Workplace [STATS]
Business employees are visiting Facebook from the workplace more than any other internet site, including Google, Managed Security Services company Network Box discovered in a recent study. The company looked at 13 billion URLs used by businesses in the first quarter of 2010 and found that 6.8% of all business internet traffic goes to Facebook, […]
Google Goats Return to Lawn Mowing Duty in Mountain View
Look out, keyboard cats: here come the Google goats! The search giant has trotted out an organic solution to mowing an overgrown field at Google HQ again this year, in the interest of reducing the company’s carbon footprint. We know that Google’s job interview questions can be quite grueling, so we have to imagine these […]
Analytic.ly Provides Real-Time and Historical Twitter Analysis
For brands, developers and curious users, PeopleBrowsr is rolling out an interesting new tool. Analytic.ly helps people and companies “visualize, study and measure” Twitter conversations happening all over the web through general and custom reports and graphs. Topics and trends are stored and indexed, so researchers (be they corporate or otherwise) can get data on […]
Bing Gives Users Access to Foursquare Data in Maps
Last week we learned that Bing was to add Foursquare data to Bing Maps. Today the company is rolling out those Foursquare features to a subset of users in a new addition to its Maps Apps section. Those with access to the Foursquare integration can now see nearby checkins and tips on a Bing Map, […]
Global Pulse 2010 Wants Your Solutions to Global Challenges
Global Pulse 2010 is a completely online virtual event running through tomorrow where you can participate in a global conversation whose stated goal is to “create innovative solutions to the most pressing social issues of our time.” Sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Global Pulse 2010 is also being supported by the […]
Minnesota’s Governor to Hold Town Hall via Facebook
The governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, has found a novel use for Facebook: conducting town hall meetings. On Wednesday, March 31, at 7:15 p.m. ET, the governor will use his Facebook Fan Page to make a major announcement and to gather feedback from his fans on “helping Republicans win the 2010 elections.” Facebook’s been a […]
U.S. House Members Ask FTC to Investigate Google Buzz
An assortment of cross-party lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives has officially asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the launch of Google Buzz for potentially breaching consumer privacy. Trouble was brewing early on for Google over its launch of Buzz, with privacy advocates quick to file a class action complaint in San Jose […]
FRIDAY POLL: How Did You Celebrate Twestival?
Yes, it’s that time once again, folks — time for the Weekly Poll! Yesterday, thousands of people in more than 175 cities got together to celebrate the second annual Twestival, an event that has (at the time of this posting) raised $311,696 for Concern Worldwide, an organization that works to provide an education to millions […]
China Hands Down New Rules on Media Coverage of Google
A new set of rules and instructions from the Chinese government itself suppresses China media outlets from reporting almost anything about Google’s recent pull out from China. The instructions, nabbed by China Digital Times, outline a series of rather disturbing edicts to media outlets that are covering the Google story. While this is nothing new, […]