Bhutto’s Son on Facebook Prank The assassination of Benazir Bhutto sent shock waves around the world, during the short period between her death and her subsequent funeral – there were reports that Bhutto’s son, 19 year-old Oxford undergraduate, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, was named to succeed her as the head of the family’s Pakistan People’s Party. During this period, a prankster […]
The cult of being Rick Roll’d Being Rick Roll’d was perhaps one of the fads of 2007, the concept is real simple – essentially it’s giving a link to someone that is meant to be something good, but is just in reality a video of Rick Astley singing his hit “Never gonna give you up”. Even I’ve been Rick Roll’d a […]
Grand Theft Auto IV: Trailer 3 Rockstar have recently released trailer 3 of their upcoming video game “Grand Theft Auto IV”. GTA IV is to be released some time next year, and is due to be released on various platforms, including x-box 360 and PS3. More info about GTAIV can be found on Rockstar’s website. GTA IV: Trailer 3 (Rockstar) GTA […]
The Dark Knight Viral Campaign Warner Brothers’ is using viral marketing to build buzz for their latest movie “The Dark Knight”, the sequel to “Batman Begins”. As widely reported on superherohype.com, Warner Brothers’ marketing department are going overboard sending fans on a “treasure” hunt, and are being asked to do specific things, such as playing games, video, calling telephone numbers […]
McClaren, and the press’ pound of flesh So what went wrong? Who’s to blame? Why did England screw up so badly when it came to the crunch? Was it because of “the millionaire pre-Madonna’s?” Was it because of McClarren? Was the press to blame for wanting a native English manager above all else, to the point of abursidty? Was it because McClaren […]
Niche video content As reported on Springwise, magnify.net is one of the many social video websites that helps web publishers bring subject-specific, niche-specific video channels to their own websites. Quote; “Launched in beta version about a year ago, Magnify features a meta-search tool that combs the web for videos matching a site’s specific focus, such as aviation, soccer […]
Revenue loses 25 million personal records As widely reported, “Alistair Darling told the House of Commons this afternoon that a police investigation has been launched into how Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has lost child benefit records relating to 25 million people” (ref: The Register). But, it looks like someone already has placed an advert on ebay for those “missing” Child […]
Buzzing with ideas I’ve been incredibly busy over the past 2 weeks and probably will be for the next 2 weeks. I’m hoping to launch a couple of ideas of mine within the next few weeks. One of the ideas I’m having is to diversify what I do online into different niche’s. One of my hobbies is watching, […]
I don’t get “smarter than a 10 year old” I decided to sit down and watch Sky One’s constantly advertised “Are you smarter than a 10 year old?”, and within a few minutes it really annoyed me. The show is really slow paced, there are no other competitors, the constant grating soundtrack “are you smarter than a 10 year old” sung by kids is […]
Selling cars with video So, you want to sell a car. Maybe you’ve got it listed on various classified websites, or maybe your a big car dealership CEO who just wants to shift more cars. Now, you can use online video to sell your car. Online video simply sells. It sells better than pictures. Better than testimonials. And better […]