2012-11-25

Gangnam Style Is YouTube's Most Popular Video With 804 Million Views - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD

Gangnam Style Is YouTube's Most Popular Video With 804 Million Views - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD
Thursday was Thanksgiving. Yesterday was Black Friday. And today is Gangnam Style Day — the day the world’s most-popular-but-not-sure-why video became the most popular video on YouTube ever, with some 804 million views."
Not only is it the world's most popular YouTube video, but in the 10 days or so since I first heard about it (late to the party), it added 300 million views. Which points to exponential growth.

2012-11-20

Oprah plugs Surface tablet -- from her iPad - CNN.com

Oprah plugs Surface tablet -- from her iPad - CNN.com: "There's only one problem. Winfrey -- or whoever manages her Twitter account -- sent the tweet from an iPad."

Truth in comedy.

2012-11-16

Steve Jobs film to consist entirely of scenes before product unveilings

Steve Jobs film to consist entirely of scenes before product unveilings: "The award winning screenwriter scripting a movie on the life of Steve Jobs has revealed that the entire film will consist of three scenes that will take place before the unveiling of the original Mac, NeXT, and the iPod."

Aaron Sorkin, master of time and space. Sounds like a cool movie.

2012-11-01

FTC Hangs Up On “Rachel From Cardholder Services” – The Consumerist

FTC Hangs Up On “Rachel From Cardholder Services” – The Consumerist: "All five companies are charged with making misrepresentations to consumers in violation of the FTC Act, along with multiple violations of the Telemarketing Sales Rule for misrepresenting their services, making illegal robocalls, , calling numbers on the Do Not Call Registry, and collecting up-front fees."

We did all the things we weren't supposed to do over and over and over again.