We previously announced that Felix Baumgartner had broken a significant YouTube live stream record with his epic supersonic space jump over the weekend, but why should he get all the views? Another YouTube video re-enacts the jump at an exact 1:350 scale with a Lego set and what appears to be some kind of empty…Continue Reading ›
Felix Baumgartner’s supersonic freefall from the edge of space broke a record for the “live stream with the most concurrent views ever on YouTube,” according to the video-sharing website. At its peak, the daredevil’s record-setting jump had more than 8 million concurrent live streams, according to YouTube’s blog post. The jump was broadcast over Red…Continue Reading ›
Months ago, acclaimed author Bret Easton Ellis was on the short-list to adapt housewife-porn Fifty Shades of Grey for the silver screen. He lost the bid, though he didn’t say much other than how bummed he was about the missed opportunity. Until the producers announced that they had picked Kelly Marcel to pen the screenplay.…Continue Reading ›
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron took to the web over the weekend and decided to join social networking behemoth Twitter. Cameron is the newest of many world leaders who have begun to embrace the platform for its ability to create trends and quickly reach out to a massive audience. At the time of this post…Continue Reading ›
The top 10 most popular Facebook celebrities were revealed this week by Starcount and Mashable and for the first time Eminem has been knocked from the top followers spot by Rihanna. At the time of the examination Rihanna had accrued 61,564,736 fans, while Eminem was just a short distance behind with 61,217,673. Eminem was the…Continue Reading ›
The presidential debate last night has already spawned an influx of memes, but the best of them concern the Sesame Street character Big Bird after GOP hopeful Mitt Romney hinted that his alphabet reciting days may soon be over if he takes the presidency. Though admitting that he loves Big Bird, Romney is dead-set on…Continue Reading ›
Country singer LeAnn Rimes is fresh out of rehab and blaming her stay at the facility on Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets. Speaking to The Boston Herald’s Inside Track the singer says she developed an over abundance of “stress” and “anxiety” before entering into rehab. LeAnn says of social media’s part in her…Continue Reading ›
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is rarely seen wearing anything other than a simple t-shirt and jeans, and there’s a reason for it. Zuck admitted in an interview for NBC’s Today (which will air Thursday) that he proudly lives a “simple” life and wears the exact same thing every single day. Zuckerberg has infamously made both…Continue Reading ›
While it was pretty much known that Adele would be singing the theme song for Skyfall, the next James Bond film, the singer put any and all doubts to the contrary to rest on Monday with posts to Facebook and Twitter confirming the gig. The Grammy-winning singer follows in the footsteps of such stars as…Continue Reading ›
Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson doesn’t tweet and he doesn’t use Facebook, but he’s decided to engage with social media in the name of a good cause: Voter registration. Tuesday will see the largest social media-driven voter registration campaign in honor of National Voter Registration Day. Run by voter registration group HeadCount, Johnson will join Stephen Colbert,…Continue Reading ›
