No doubt I’m playing right into the hands of a hoax here, but I’ll go along with it for now.
Karen, a 27 year old Danish woman from Copenhagen, is hoping to find her son’s missing father through the use of Youtube. I watched the video yesterday when the ticker stood at an impressive 400,000 odd views. Today that number has increased to over 700,000 – talk about being viral!
PUMA, the German sportsbrand, has just launched a funny iPhone app. The PUMA Index is a stock sticker with a twist. When the markets go down, the model’s clothes come off. And as PUMA says; if you loose your shirt, at least the models do too.
For the official opening of Oprah Winfrey’s 24th Season (2009-10) the Black Eyed Peas performed “I Gotta Feeling” for 21,000 fans on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. What Oprah didn’t knew in advance, that al these fans suddenly started one big flash mob dance…
Thousands of people showed up on Michigan Avenue downtown Chicago, which was shut down for the Oprah Block Party.
Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 5 most popular viral videos, commercials, games or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread.
This weeks Viral Friday #1 position goes to Gymkhana 2.1 Block Vs Dyrdek. First there was part 1, then part 2 and obviously now there is ‘Gymkhana 2.1 Block Vs Dyrdek’. The runner up spot is for Remi Gaillard: Tour De France. We know Remi has a reputation for giving people a hard time, this is his latest prank. Halo 3: ODST Live Action Trailer completes this week’s top 3. Microsoft and Bungie released this amazing trailer for the upcoming Halo 3: ODST game.
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All over the world football season has started again. A lot of football players, both professionals and amateurs, are training and playing the biggest sport in the world. Nike has launched a campaign “Make The Difference” to make clear Nike enables football fanatics to make that Difference.
Nike releases a series of videos featuring Wayne Rooney, Franck Ribéry and just now, Arsenal player Andrei Arshavin.
“Pain is temporary. Defeat is permanent.”
Sony is celebrating the power of its low light photography technology by hosting a unique event, Twilight Football. This event, unlike anything ever staged before, is all about digital technology to capture drama, movement and detail in even the lowest natural light.
The event will kick off on 22 September 2009 and 7 football matches will take place in 7 stunning world locations: Italy, France, the UK, Spain, Argentina and Australia, with the Twilight Football grand final happening in South Africa, the host for the 2010 World Cup.
Monopoly is about to start a new game together with Google: Monopoly City Streets. A great way to integrate the online possibilities of Google Maps and one of the most well know offline games in the world.
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Auto-tuning, the practice of digitally “repairing” off-key vocal tracks, has released the first iPhone app to give you Auto-Tune in the palm of your hand. This amazing app, lets you step into the shoes of hip-hop singer, songwriter, and producer T-Pain.
With the “I Am T-Pain App,” anyone with an iPhone and $2.99 or € 2,39 can Auto-Tune their voice . (more…)
Social media is a great way to get rumors spread. Audi is starting to prove how to play that game with their online campaign called Electricity Untamed. Viral video’s and online social buzz are the engine in this social strategy to get the word on the street about the possible release of a electric car from Audi.
Lets see how Audi uses social media in their strategy to get attention on their electric car concept from a broad audience.
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