Southern African band Freshlyground were scheduled to perform the closing number at the Harare International Festival of the Arts. Shortly after their arrival, however, Freshlyground were rounded up and shipped straight back to whence they came. Four years ago they were banned from performing in Zimbabwe as a result of their video: Chicken to Change. The video is aimed […]
Footage from the cellphone of a boy who died on the South Korean ferry, in which 300 students either died or are missing, has been released by his father.
Here’s a pretty cool new schoolboy rugby highlights show, based of Facebook, but also available on Youtube for those who don’t book faces.
What if we told you we could solve one of the most vexing problems of urban life – the search for a parking spot? We’ve discovered a nifty app that takes the guesswork out of the search. It isn’t perfect yet, but it’s definitely worth a look.
Microsoft is known to have made some of the best Windows phone operating systems and of course their office tools are still pretty badass. And now that Microsoft has completed their acquisition of Nokia, they have the potential to step in to the gaping gap in the market left in the universe of other purportedly […]
There’s nothing quite like spotting news anchors ballsing up, live on air. Even better is when someone compiles all the latest bloopers for you. Yet another reason to love Youtube! Enjoy!
Celebrity publicist Max Clifford has been found guilty of a multiple crimes against four women, some of whom were underage at the time of the attacks. of During his trial, the sex offender couldn’t resist the lure of the media. Maximising his creep powers, Clifford snuck up behind Sky News reporter, Tom Parmenter, and began mimicking his hand movements.
The South Korean Coast Guard released footage of captain Lee Joon-seok fleeing the passenger ferry Sewol as it sank in coastal waters off Jindo Island on 16 April. In the video Lee, wearing only a sweater and underpants, can be seen leaping from the sinking ferry, which is tilted about 45 degrees, onto a rescue boat alone.
Watch that video. Just watch it. Have you watched it? Good. Now we’ll explain how you shoot a video of that quality with a smart phone – exactly like those guys did.
A rally of Kiev government supporters in eastern Ukraine devolved into a melee on Monday when the march was attacked by pro-Russia militants. Prior to the attack, the pro-Kiev marchers shouted “Donetsk is Ukraine” while waving Ukrainian flags. The marchers were making their way through the city of Donetsk when they were charged by attackers armed with baseball bats and fire-crackers.
This clip filmed at Chester Zoo in the UK shows a cute baby Elephant stuck on this log. The little guy was in this predicament for about five minutes. This is the last 30 seconds before his daring jump.
Apparently in the “scene” they call this “bonnet surfing.” All you need to know is that there’s a guy, a wooden board, a half-ton bakkie, a lot of dust, and multiple camera angles.
You’ve been to Gansbaai, haven’t you? Tell me you haven’t seen a guy just like Jimmy Sous cruising around. Tell me. I dare you. Tell me right now.
Lesley Rochat is a shark conservationist. You’ll know by now that conservationists are constantly pulling stunts to draw attention to their various causes. You’ll also know by now that sex sells. Lesley also knows this, so she went swimming sans swimming suit with sharks, and recorded it. Best part! It happened in Durban.
What we have here is your standard mind-blowing, face-melting, earth-moving prismacolor colour pencil drawing of LeBron James. Did we mention it’ll blow your mind? It’ll blow your mind. Check some of artist Heather Rooney’s other work below. [Source : Mashable]
In a bid to remind us that she still exists, Avril Lavigne tried her hand at J-Pop, and failed. Her video faced such an onslaught of criticism for sliding continuously between vapidity and offensiveness that her team pulled it from YouTube. Then put it back up. Then pulled it again. Now it’s back up.
Cameras caught a shadowy figure running across the screen during Thursday’s soccer match at Hernando Siles Stadium in La Paz, Bolivia, on Thursday April 17. Despite the figure cruising through, or passed packed rows, people in the crowd don’t seem to notice it.
General elections are coming up, and people are going to be picking fights with you on social media, left, right, centre, and fundamentalist. This is how you wage a Twar, and win it.
Before we begin, you should know that this whole thing is a marketing campaign for a video game. But that doesn’t mean that the data isn’t real, or that this isn’t scary as hell. The video above is a guy exploring a new website that mines the web for data that you didn’t know was publicly available. It will make you skrik.
There are so many ‘private security’ companies around, it’s bound to sink into a haven of rule-bending controversial and violent operations. Vice magazine get stuck in.
Everyone knows that nothing goes more viral than a ‘banned’ ad. It did wonders for AXE deodorant, as well as Helen Zille’s ad for the DA. Julius is claiming the same thing happened to his ad!
Bacon. The quintessential food of the gods. The guilty little pleasure that most of us simply cannot live without. Alas, it does so happen that our daily dose of this celebrated food can at times be ruined when not prepared correctly. Nothing spells disaster for the remainder of the already mundane-looking day at the office […]
We ignored this the first time it hit the internet because our eyes were bleeding. But now it has gone completely and utterly viral and we have to let you know about it – out of duty. Apologies.
If you’ve ever worked in a serious research and development department, you’ll know that projects are very, very carefully vetted before you or anyone else is given permission to go ahead. That’s because most R&D department budgets are small. So what happens when you work at a company that has almost unlimited piles of cash?
Remember when people were willing to pay full price for stuff? Remembering when paying full price for an HD television, set of golf clubs, or pair of shades was completely normal? That was before the internet. Ah yes, a joke. But there’s truth in jest. Access to the internet has led to an explosion […]
Gisele Bundchen has teamed up with DJ/producer, Bob Sinclar to crank out a cover of Blondie’s 1979 hit, Heart Of Glass in a new ad campaign for H&M. Conveniently, she models the line over the course of the video.
Many would agree that the original Woolworths TV ad featuring Candice Swanepoel wasn’t capitalising on the Victoria’s Secret model’s overall sexiness. They seem to have addressed it this time.. Click play to watch the teaser.
HBO Go is an integrated service from that company that streams HBO content to mobile devices and tablets. The offering itself isn’t innovative or groundbreaking, but the marketing hook is genius. HBO took the liberty of staging a few scenarios where it would be much, much better to watch their programmes outside of the company of your parents.
A group of Loch Ness Monster enthusiasts say they’ve sighted the legendary Scottish beast via satellite images on Apple Maps, which is the same app that has a large portion of the internet dedicated to recording the many hilarious instances of its failure.
Open Vape sells one of the fastest growing products in legal pot — the vape pen –similar to an e-cigarette but with marijuana oil. Chief Revenue Officer Todd Mitchem tells NBC News’ Harry Smith it’s only a matter of time before his company is worth billions.