Twitter has always loved to ride the wave of internet culture. And this wave is certainly a big one.
Originating with the popular Japanese channel Mizutamari Bond, YouTuber Kanta created a prank video featuring an artificial giant fried rice wa…
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11 times people failed hard on ice
Ice is a cruel and fickle beast.
Look, everyone loves to watch the Winter Olympics and think they could look just as fabulous as Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir gliding along to the Moulin Rouge soundtrack on the ice. But let’s face it — we’re all more likely to fall on a patch of black ice in the parking of lot of supermarket and lose three years off our life from the shock than take home the gold.
Here are some examples of the times when ice took the gold instead of humans.
1. Head over heels in love
2. If at first you don’t succeed
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Following last year’s $40 million raise, low-cost streaming service Philo is preparing to further differentiate itself from rivals with the launch of a new feature that will allow viewers to watch shows together in real-time. With co-viewing, the company hopes to make a case for choosing Philo that goes beyond its affordability. Instead, the company […]
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YouTube is updating its mobile app to make it easier to navigate through videos. The company announced it will this week roll out a new horizontal swiping gesture that lets you move forward and backward through the videos you’re watching. Swiping forward takes you to the next recommended video, while swiping back will take you […]
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For everyone out there who wants to capture all the cool things they do in motion. Read more…More about Tech, Video, Mashable Video, Artificial Intelligence, and Cameras
View More YouTubers everywhere will love this deviceGillmor Gang: Next
The Gillmor Gang — Keith Teare, Esteban Kolsky, Frank Radice, Michael Markman and Steve Gillmor. 2019 — the year to come in review.
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Lady Gaga has officially made her Las Vegas debut with brilliant blue hair and an emotional AF performance of “Shallow.”
The singer closed out the opening night of her Enigma residency by performing the hit song from A Star Is Born live, for the first time, and boy was it something.
“For a really long time I felt so misunderstood about the way I dressed, the way I talked, my attitude,” Gaga explained before sitting down at the piano to play. “They thought it was shallow. But this shit is deep as fuck.”
“I love you so much. You’re a star,” she said to the crowd. “But the truth is, you gave birth to me.” Read more…
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View More Fighting tears, Lady Gaga powers through beautiful live performance of ‘Shallow’ in Las VegasGfycat’s ‘GIFs’ can now keep the sound on
Gfycat, a home for GIF-making tools and an online community, is rolling out a new way to create GIFs — it will now let you keep the sound on. With “Gfycat Sound,” as the feature is called, GIF makers will have the option to retain the audio from the video file they’re using to create […]
View More Gfycat’s ‘GIFs’ can now keep the sound onFacebook Portal adds games and web browser amidst mediocre Amazon reviews
After receiving a flogging from privacy critics, Facebook is scrambling to make its smart display video chat screen Portal more attractive to buyers. Today Facebook is announcing the addition of a web browser, plus some of Messenger’s Instant Games like Battleship, Draw Something, Sudoku and Words With Friends. ABC News and CNN are adding content […]
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In a small update to a YouTube support page last month, the online video giant announced that annotations would be deleted from all videos using the feature early next year.
An example of how crazy YouTube annotations could get if overused
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“We will stop showing existing annotations to viewers starting January 15, 2019,” YouTube explained, also confirming the removal of the feature.
Annotations should be instantly recognizable to most YouTube viewers. They were a major method of self-promotion for channels, often presented as translucent boxes layered over videos asking users to subscribe or to click to another hyperlinked video. Read more…
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YouTube rolls out autoplaying (but silent) videos on its mobile app’s homepage
YouTube on Monday announced a significant change to its mobile app – it will now autoplay videos by default when users are browsing the app’s home page, aka the “Home” tab. Fortunately, the videos will not autoplay with the sound enabled, the company says. Instead, the feature is meant to give users a preview of […]
View More YouTube rolls out autoplaying (but silent) videos on its mobile app’s homepageFacebook adds free TV shows Buffy, Angel, Firefly to redefine Watch
Facebook hasn’t had a hit show yet for its long-form video hub Watch, so it’s got a new plan: digging up some deceased cult favorites from television. First up, Facebook is making all episodes of Joss Whedon’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly free on Facebook Watch. There’ll be simultaneous viewing Watch Parties where […]
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