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LIKE A BOSS: Woman Wakeboards And Eats Noodles [VIDEO]
25 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Not everyone is gifted with the ability to wakeboard with such ease. Nor is everyone gifted with the ability to use chopsticks. And until now, nobody was known to have the ability to do both… simultaneously.
Remember The Kanye West Proposal Video? Kim Is Suing A YouTube Co-Founder Because Of It
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you recall, we posted a story last week about Kanye West’s showstopping proposal to Kim Kardashian. Later, we managed to acquire some actual video footage of the proposal – and it is that video footage that is now involved in a major court case, where Kim K is looking to sue YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley for posting a video of the proposal online at his new Internet venture MixBit.
Anne Hirsch And Rob Van Vuuren Just Produced One Of The Best/Weirdest SA YouTube Videos [VIDEO]
25 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
It’s Friday, so here you go. Watch this whole thing. There are some great parts, and there are some very, very weird parts. Nevertheless, it is roundly wonderful, and features a half-jacuzzi.
Remember When Those Bikers Approached That Range Rover? This Is What Happened Afterwards [VIDEO]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Remember that story we posted about the bikers who chased down a Ranger Rover and beat up the driver? We have some new footage that reveals just what happened when the driver got a stuck in traffic. There’s some hectic footage of the guy being dragged out of the car and beaten up, but what’s really interesting is the emerging story of an undercover cop who, in a bid to remain undercover, got involved in the carnage himself.
YouTube Is Launching A Music Subscription Service – Read About It Here
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This just in. Rumours are abound that YouTube is planning on starting an on-demand music service that works kinda like Spotify – but with music videos. In a bid to keep up with the times, they’re pitching the new service to mobile users specifically. What’s more, they’re going to offer the service in two forms – a free service, and a premium one.
Tech Report: How To Stop The NSA From Spying On You [VIDEO]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You may, like us, have been rattled by the news that the NSA is pying on pretty much everyone in the world. If your paranoia has gotten a firm grip on you, you may well want to join the growing band of people who opt to go underground. But you need not necessarily lose your ability to surf the web. Check out how.
Please Enjoy This Anne Hirsch/Evita Bezuidenhout Interview [VIDEO]
18 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Anne Hirsch is back for a third season properly now – after kicking it off with a short trip to Rocking the Daisies. In this episode, Hirsch makes another trip to Darling, though this time it isn’t to poke fun at festival goers – but rather to probe the infamous Tannie Evita Bezuidenhout while sitting on her couch.
This Bad Lip Reading Of Game Of Thrones Will Make Your Lunch Hour [VIDEOS]
17 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Bad Lip Reading started small, as a humble YouTube channel that gently poked fun by dubbing over the audio of videos, and saying what it looked like the person in question was saying. But they have now taken on a totally different challenge, trying to string together a movie-length narrative from the first few seasons of Game of Thrones. You absolutely have to see how these guys have totally, utterly and profoundly altered Game of Thrones forever.
This Is Why Your Brand’s YouTube Video Failed
15 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember YouTube in the good old days? In the beginning, YouTube was a sandbox for the lazy creative. Families would post home-videos, schoolchildren would post clips of teachers being hit with various forms of fruit – and cats stole the limelight in dazzling acrobatic displays. Oh how things have changed.
Tech Report: How Anne Hirsch Is Killing It On YouTube [VIDEO]
10 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Local YouTube phemon, Anne Hirsch has been causing quite a stink (a nice stink) lately, and her success has begged the question: Is the future of South African comedy online? Watch the clip, and find out. Catch Tech Report every Thursday evening at 21h30 on eNCA Africa DSTV channel 403. Check out their YouTube channel, here. Follow […]
Hard Eddy: Advice From A Boet [VIDEOS]
04 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Welcome to our new favourite YouTube channel: Hard Eddy’s Gaad To Laaf (guide to life). Here’s the description under the first video: “Boet, subscraab to my chennel, or I will drib you in the flippin’ face. Simple. As. That. Subscribe to my Gaad to Laaf and your laaf will be much less kak. Schweet, boytjies and binnets. One taam.”
YouTube Is Launching A Music Awards Show – Promo Features Jason Schwartzman [VIDEO]
02 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
YouTube has announced its first ever music-awards program with the help of one of our favourite actors, Jason Schwartzman. Schwartzman will be hosting the event on 3 November at New York City’s Pier 36 – check him out the promo video
Twitter: The Modern Day Gangland
30 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Twitter is the modern day gangland. The social media network is being used by gang members and criminals to boast, recruit new members and promote their gangs all in 140 characters or less.The most recent and shocking use of Twitter by a group of criminals happened last week when the terrorist group, al-Shabaab live tweeted about their take over of Westgate Mall in Kenya.
Man Pleads Not Guilty After Posting YouTube Video Admitting That He Killed Someone [VIDEO]
12 Sep 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
It’s tricky to plead not guilty to drinking and driving, when there is a YouTube video that you previously posted, admitting to killing a man whilst driving drunk.
The Definitive South African YouTube Documentary Is Here [VIDEO]
16 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Some time ago, we became aware of the fact that the folks over at the AVA were producing a documentary on the state of YouTube in South Africa. Their web doccie has finally dropped, and features the likes of Caspar Lee, Derek Watts And The Sunday Blues, and Anne Hirsch. Check it out!
This Is Everything That Is Hilariously Wrong With YouTube [VIDEO]
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
YouTube has brought us many things to be thankful for over the years, Justin Bieber, Charlie Bit My Finger, Antoine Dodson, and a myriad of cat videos. Don’t pretend you haven’t seen “Funny Cats in Water, EPIC,” it has 65,344,947 views. Whether you love these YouTube sensations or hate them, we all have one thing […]
By The Numbers: A Day In The Life Of Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
08 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This infographic has been compiled by Saxum and contains statistics for 10 of the popular social networking sites. This infographic opens your eyes to all the things that happening on social media sites.
“Best Of Web 4” Is Today’s Must-Watch Internet Video Highlights Reel [VIDEO]
12 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Save this one for your lunch break. Honestly, it’s worth it. Compiled by YouTuber, Zapatou, this Best Of Web video is, as its name suggests, a highlights reel of the top YouTube videos posted over the course of the last year. And it is 10 minutes of your time very well spent.
This Car Is Powered By Likes And Tweets #Seriously [VIDEO]
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A group of students that study in Kansas City have found a way to use social media to improve education awareness in America – oh and power a car.
Adorable, Morgan Freeman Falls Asleep During Press Television Interview [VIDEO]
24 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It all seems a little too much for Morgan Freeman. The 75-year-old American actor was seen nodding off during a live television interview about his latest movie, “Now You See Me” with Michael Caine. Caine was too busy talking about magic to realise Freeman had momentarily closed his eyes.
The Real Dove Beauty Sketch Becomes The Most Watched Online Ad In History [VIDEO]
21 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dove has a new title, the most watched Internet advert. The “Dove Real Beauty Sketches” campaign has placed the company on top of the log with over 114 million views to date since its release last month.
Have You Taken The Cinnamon Challenge? Don’t
23 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Load up YouTube. Search, “Cinnamon challenge”. You’ll laugh, either at the stupidity of the subjects in the video, or their spasmodic gagging, or both. If you’re young, you might be tempted to take the challenge yourself. Don’t. Apart from being intensely uncomfortable, you’ll probably permanently damage your lungs.
Radvertising: Kmart’s “Ship My Pants” Campaign Is Gold [VIDEO]
15 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Kmart have taken to YouTube to promote their new shipping service, and they have nailed it by encouraging customers to “ship my pants”. Say that fast. There isn’t really much more we can say about this, apart from the fact that the child is a real highlight.
Here’s The Video And Lyrics For Psy’s Follow-Up To Gangnam Style – Gentleman [VIDEO]
15 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
This video has had over 52 million views since it launched on Friday evening. That’s much more than 500,000 views an hour, which makes Psy almost as big as cats on the internet.
TOP 5 April Fool’s Stories In The Press [VIDEOS]
02 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Yesterday, we were predictably treated to an array of April Fools Day jokes across the world. Most of them sucked, so we curated five that didn’t, for you. It looks like the tech and media sectors are the front-runners when it comes to humour. Better luck next year, insurance industry. Prank One: First up and […]
University Student’s Anti-Rape Video Goes Viral [VIDEO]
27 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Steubenville rape case has captured the national agenda of the United States. Two high school students stand accused of raping a 16 year-old girl after she passed out at a party. Disgusted by a widespread sentiment in the US that the victim could have somehow avoided her fate, university student Samantha Stendal decided to take a […]
Friday Morning Spice
22 Mar 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Former dancer says Bolshoi Ballet is ‘giant brothel.’ R10bn behind dogfight at SAA. YouTube hits the 1 billion mark. Ticket frenzy as lottery hits R3 billion mark. Black mamba escapes at Pretoria zoo. Duck fathers chicken. Man tries ‘Catch me if you can’ pilot scam.
Pure Awesome – North Korean Propaganda Film Imagines A Homeless America [VIDEO]
14 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
North Korea is coming pretty close to dislodging Russia from their pole position as producers of pure YouTube awesomeness. The latest in a recent spate of North Korean propaganda videos that have made their way on to YouTube, this video shows starving Americans eating birds for lack of food, drinking coffee “made from snow”, and […]
You Wish You Were As Confident As This Fat Russian Guy In A Speedo [VIDEO]
11 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Russian YouTube has provided, once again. Dancing poolside at resorts is a surprisingly common past time for the wealthy Russians. And the general rule is: the wealthier you are, the fewer effs you give. This unidentified hotel guest may indeed be very wealthy, judging by the lushness of his chest hair, and nearly flawless curve […]
This Is What Happens When You Make A Web Video On MDMA [VIDEO]
06 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Tom Milsom loves his girlfriend and loves drawing. But he can’t really draw, and after this video, we’re not convinced he has a girlfriend either. What we are convinced of, however, is that he needs to lay off the ecstasy. And is it just us, or is Tom’s voice a dead-ringer for Stewie Griffin?
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