Goodbye, YouTube apps on my iPhone and Android devices. The fine folks at YouTube have put together a nicely revamped mobile site at m.youtube.com that works with a fair amount of smartphones, leveraging HTML5 videos instead of Flash videos.
The new mobile site is currently accessible on iPhones and Android phones and, according to a …
YouTube has installed a new vuvuzela button in honor of the World Cup. Oh dear God, Why?
Press on the tiny soccer ball located on the bottom right corner of any YouTube video and you’ll be greeted with the sound of the vuvuzelas, and possibly prompted to bang your head against the surface of your desk. What is it about these annoying …
Today, the court found in favor of YouTube in regard to its spat with Viacom over claims of copyright infringement.
In March 2007, Viacom slapped YouTube with a $1 billion lawsuit claiming that YouTube had made 160,000 unauthorized clips available to the public as well as encouraging its users to commit copyright infringement. YouTube …
YouTube entered beta testing five years ago this month, and to celebrate, we’re listing our personal favorite YouTube hits. Now for the last time, leave Britney alone and don’t you dare tase me, bro.
(More on Techland: YouTube Friday: 99-Year-Old Woman Gets Her First Computer)
Peter Ha: Kittens Inspired By …
IE6 users take heed for YouTube will drop support for your browser on March 13. That’s not to say you won’t be able to watch videos, but specific features – whatever they might be – will not work with your dinosaur browser. The same goes for those of you running Chrome 4.0, Firefox 3.0, Safari 3.0 and those of you running IE7. …
And it’s totally free.
Tolkien super fan Kate Madison emptied her life’s savings to direct and star in indie film, Born of Hope, which tells the story of Aragorn’s parents, Arathorn and Gilraen.
The film begins the moment Aragorn’s future parents meet, as his father Arathorn saves the lovely Gilraen and her family from a band of …
Friday, Feb. 12, 2010
Today in Techland: Peter let us in on his initial thoughts of Blackberry’s Twitter app, (Hint: He didn’t love it.) Douglas brought us inside the fiftieth issue of Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli’s series DMZ, and Gary showed us the new God of War lll trailer.
And of course, in due festive fashion, we …
This is great.
In the vein of the clever sci-fi/classic mashup Pride and Prejudice and Zombies comes this faux film trailer, Gone With the Wind With Vampires.
Yeah, Rhett Butler’s a vampire – and he still doesn’t give a damn.
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Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
Today in Techland: Lev struck Twitter gold with a pretty-darn-geeky Tweet meme, Steve liked didn’t really mind saw Legion, and both Peter and Lev got schooled by an 11 year-old while playing Halo 3.
Here’s what else going on in nerd news around the Web:
For Anyone Who Ever Attended Middle School. The trailer …
Talk about burying the lede. In a blog post about the Sundance Film Festival, YouTube slipped in that they’re going to offer rentals of five Sundance faves as a first step into the movie rental business. YouTube’s been long-rumored to be interested in this space, but its a crowded one: iTunes has offered video rentals since 2008, Amazon …
Star Wars in France: I’d like to imagine this is what happened when George Lucas got stoned with Sonny and Cher, plus green screen access.
To me, there is nothing more pitifully adorable than bad homages caught on film, and this latest disaster to go semi-viral would certainly be up there on my list of them. The Star Wars franchise …
Okay, so 70 minutes might be long for a movie review, but I promise you, this is worth it.
A seven-part series recently posted on YouTube by comedy writer and filmmaker Mike from Milwaukee, Wisconsin just rips apart Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace by pointing out the countless plot holes in the first Star Wars prequel.
The …