Have you ever heard of the “lean back” connected TV experience? It is the idea that most TV watchers don’t want to have to do anything while they’re watching TV, so digital and interactive elements should be minimalist enough …
There are all sorts of slideshow creation tools out there, from Animoto to Picasa, but Easy Hi is launching a new slideshow creation tool in an attempt to make slideshow creation easier and faster than ever. It’s called Slide.ly and it lets users c…
Facebook is going public on Friday and to celebrate cdza music has written a musical all about Mark Zuckerberg. ‘Zuckerberg: The Musical’ tells the story of Facebook, set to the tune of songs from popular musicals like Westside Story, RENT, Phant…
Casablanca, the classic 1942 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, turns 70 this year. To celebrate, Warner Bros. will be screening the film for free tonight, Wednesday May 16, 2012, on Facebook.
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Today Turner Broadcasting, home of TBS and Adult Swim, is announcing a strategic partnership with social video site Funny Or Die. Lost Remote’s Cory Bergman reports that Turner has made a minority investment in the company, which was co-founded by …
Looking for an easy way to boost your YouTube video ranking in search results? At the beginning of a video of Steve Garfield’s presentation from Blog World & New Media Expo LA 2011, Paul Colligan offers up a quick tip that can do wonders in mak…
TGIF! The weekend is just around the corner and our Friday Morning Laughs is here, as usual, to help you close out the workweek with a smile on your face. This week’s funny video roundup includes a new viral hoax, a silly bird video, dinosaurs, p…
If you’ve taken a look at your Facebook newsfeed recently then odds are you’ve been noticing a rise in posts from video sharing apps like Viddy and SocialCam. A new study from Flurry Analytics shows that photo and video apps now account for the f…
Gotye seems to be rivaling Adele as one of the most coverable musicians on YouTube. New covers of his song “Somebody That I Used To Know” are popping up on a daily basis and after two new covers went viral this week we were inspired to pu…
Machinima is in the process of raising a new round of funding and Peter Kafka of All Things D reports that Google will be one of the investors. YouTube has been giving out millions of dollars to professional content creators in the form of loans, to …
An article over at Forbes takes a look at a recent decision by Hulu to encourage users to sign in with Facebook — or else lose the ability to engage with the site’s social features. That means if you signed in with Yahoo, Gmail or Hotmail…
Have you ever wished your friends were around to give you a second opinion while you were shopping for clothes? Brazilian fashion retailer C&A has found a way to give you a second, hundredth and even thousandth opinion with a social campaign they…
Anne-Marie Roussel, a Sharp partnership and venture executive, has put together a great summary of the various different startups and businesses within the Social TV ecosystem, and for anybody interested in the intersection between social and TV should…
Following last month’s news of YouTube opening their partner program to everyone, New Media Rockstars has released a fun infographic outlining the history of YouTube’s Partner Program and some of their biggest partners.
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Happy Friday ladies and gents! The end of the workweek is just around the corner and, as usual, our Friday Morning Laughs video roundup is here to usher you into the weekend with a smile on your face. This week’s funny video roundup includes a ra…
