Google Inc. is currently in talks to invest $50 million into music video service Vevo LLC. Google would own less than 10% of the company as part of the investment and would give the music video website a valuation of about $500 million according to sources with Bloomberg. The negotiations are still in early stages.
On Sunday, Parks and Recreation star Amy Poehler starred in a Best Buy commercial where she acts like a crazy and flirtatious customer. She asked questions of the Best Buy salesman like: “What the hack is the difference between all these phones?” “What’s LTE? Is it contagious?” “So what makes a smart TV so smart?” “What’s the cloud?” “Where is the cloud?” and “Are we in the cloud now?” Check out the video below:
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TheSorryGirls uploaded this viral video on January 29th of a kitten meeting a hedgehog. The kitten Loki seems to enjoy messing with the hedgehog Loki. The video has hit over 190,000 views as of the time I wrote this article. Check out the viral video below:
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As Google continues to invest in original content for YouTube to compete against websites like Hulu and Netflix, the company will be rolling out paid subscriptions for premium channels sometime in the near future.
How does Facebook come up with their ideas? The company changes and redesigns their social network often without telling users what they will be. YouTube channel UCBComedy put together this funny video about how Facebook comes up with their ideas. Check out the video below:
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This new Internet Explorer commercial features some of the memories fro the 1990′s like pogs, slace bracelets, Hungry Hungry Hippos, yo-yo’s, dial-up modems, square floppy drives, etc. The “Child Of The 90s” video has hit over 1.5 million views in about 2 days. Towards the end of the ad, the video says “You grew up, so did we. Reconnect with the new Internet Explorer.” Check out the ad below:
How much does Psy make from YouTube? The Korean pop singer hit over 1.23 billion views for the song “Gangnam Style.” As a result, he made around $8 million in revenue according to Google chief business officer Nikesh Arora on the Q4 earnings call. When you break down the numbers, this means that Psy made around 0.65 cents every time someone played the video. Since YouTube videos keep around half of the money, this means that Psy and his record company took home around $4 million.
Baracksdubs is known for taking various clips from President Obama speaking and mashing them up to match the lyrics of popular songs. We have seen Baracksdubs do it with U Can’t Touch This, Hot N’ Cold, and Born This Way. In this video, we see President Obama singing Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack.” Check out the video below:
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