Is this where video games are headed? Could we see a version of Rock Band that looks like this? Either way – cool clip:
Top 10 Commercial Viral Videos – July 2010
August 10th, 2010 by The Shark Lady No comments »Anyone who is involved in social media, or just uses the internet, shouldn’t be surprised that Old Spice took the viral videos chart by storm. The Old Spice campaign was absolutely brilliant, and will no doubt be the target of much more analyzing and adoration.
A spoof of the Old Spice campaign is ranked #9 in July’s viral videos chart.
Humor dominates the month’s chart, but there aren’t many sports-related videos – seems like the World Cup effect has finally faded.
Top 10 Commercial Viral Videos – July 2010
- Old Spice – Questions (and Responses)
- Levi’s – Walk Across America
- Dentyne Pure: Epic Rap Battle
- Burn (Coca-Cola) – Ride
- Samsung – Redneck Hunter Goes to Jail
- Domino’s Pizza – Domino’s Pulling the Cheese
- PepsiMax – Diner 2PointZero
- California Skateparks – World’s Largest Skateboard Disaster
- Harold B. Lee Library – New Spice/Study Like a Scholar
- HP – Hit Print
First Android Trojan for Mobile Phones is on the Loose
August 10th, 2010 by The Shark Lady 1 comment »
An SMS Trojan called Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a has infected Android mobile devices, according to security firm Kaspersky Lab.
The Trojan is camouflaged as a harmless media player application. Users are prompted to install a file of just over 13 KB with the standard Android extension .APK. Once installed on the phone, the Trojan uses the system to begin sending SMSs to premium rate numbers without the owner’s knowledge or consent.
According to Kaspersky, the Trojan-SMS category is currently the most widespread class of malware for mobile phones, but Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a is the first to specifically target the Android platform. That said, there have already been isolated cases of devices running Android being infected with spyware. The first such program appeared in 2009.
Kaspersky Lab recommends that users pay close attention to the services that an application requests access to when it is being installed. That includes access to premium rate services that charge to send SMSs and make calls.
What do Americans do Online?
August 3rd, 2010 by The Shark Lady No comments »Only a few years back, the most popular online activity was e-mail. It was the fastest, most personal, most useful service, and it reigned with power for many years as the biggest time spender of online users.
Times have changes, though, and nowadays it’s the social networks that take most of our time: Americans spend about a quarter of their time online on social networking sites and blogs, up from 15.8% a year ago, according to new research by The Nielsen Company. The personal side of the net is still there: users spend 36% of their time communicating and networking across social networks, blogs, personal email and instant messaging.
Actually, e-mails rank only 3rd on the “Time Spent Online” chart. Gaming takes the 2nd place, which is heavily linked to the popularity of social networks. It’s pseudo-games like Farmville that tipped the scales thus, no doubt. E-mail is still the top activity when it comes to mobile usage – an increase from 37.4% to 41.6% of U.S. mobile Internet time.
June 2010 was a major milestone for U.S. online video as the number of videos streamed passed the 10 billion mark.
Although the major portals also experienced a double digit decline in share, they remained as the fourth heaviest activity, accounting for 4.4% of U.S. time online.
Sweet Tabbing: Firefox Introduces Tab Candy
July 24th, 2010 by The Shark Lady No comments »If you have a tendency to keep a lot of tabs open while web-browsing, you know that at some point it gets cluttered and confusing. Now, Firefox offers a new way to organize your surfing habits. It’s called Tab Candy:
An Introduction to Firefox’s Tab Candy from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.
