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- SQUADCAST 10: Google and SOPA/PIPA
- YouTube Video of the Day: Somebody That I Used To Know
- Let the “Frictionless” Sharing on Facebook Begin!
- SOPA’s Chief Sponsor Violates Copyright Laws
- Google+ lets you create your own MeMes
| SQUADCAST 10: Google and SOPA/PIPA Posted: 19 Jan 2012 03:25 PM PST Hey hubzers! So in this Podcast, we talk a bit about how Google was able to get over 4.5 Million signatures in protest of SOPA yesterday as well as many other awesome topics, and yes we even get a little political, but with all of this going on, how could you not? We talk a little bit about lobbying etc and just how corrupt it seems our system is becoming, yet it’s cool to see so many people come together in unison of something we ALL believe in. I truly felt united yesterday…with Google and 350,000 other websites who protested SOPA/PIPA. Thanks and please enjoy! As always, let us know what you think? Are you worried about how corrupt our system has become? Make sure to go check out the app Magisto as mentioned in the podcast. If you need resources to get involved with the SOPA protests: GO HERE. Article about Lamar Smith and the Entertainment industry funding him: GO HERE. Techcrunch article announcement that Google+ hit 90 million users: GO HERE
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| YouTube Video of the Day: Somebody That I Used To Know Posted: 19 Jan 2012 11:24 AM PST I ran across this video last week and have probably watched it at least 10 times! It’s an amazing display of musical talent by a band called “Walk off the Earth” and “Sarah Blackwood”. In the video they perform a cover of the song “Somebody That I used to know” by Gotye. I’ve never seen this done with a guitar. It sounds like a full band is playing multiple instruments, while it’s just one guitar! Pretty crazy! The interesting thing is that this video was put up on YouTube on January 5th, 2012 and now 2 weeks later it is about to top 29 MILLION views! That’s pretty insane to me. The funny thing is there are now many parody videos on YouTube now mocking the video above. Below are a few of my favorites.
Check out WOTE on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/walkofftheearth Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/walkofftheearth Check out Sarah Blackwood on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/thesarahblackwood Subscribe to Gianni and Sarah’s Blog/music Channel:http://www.youtube.com/gianniandsarahmusic    This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Let the “Frictionless” Sharing on Facebook Begin! Posted: 19 Jan 2012 10:40 AM PST As you are likely well aware when Timeline was introduced back in September of 2011 the concept of “Frictionless Sharing” was coined. Basically what this means is that there will be many apps that will post activity to your Timeline once you give it permission to do so. We immediately saw apps like Spotify, The Washington Post, Yahoo News and etc. And people began using them like crazy! Spotify is now a household name because of it and Yahoo has become somewhat relevant again (somewhat, but not totally). Yesterday Facebook announced and introduced about 60 new Timeline apps that would be a part of this “Open Graph” and “Frictionless” sharing. So now you’ll be able to use these apps and it will share what you are doing. Whether that be running, walking, eating, cooking, traveling, shopping and etc. You might also see actions such as “taste”, “love”, “want”, and “buy”.. What I wonder is how much will people use these apps? And when is sharing too much overkill? Do you want to know about this activity of your friends? Will you use these apps? Facebook broke down the categories of these apps into Music, News, Giving, Travel, Food, Shopping & Fashion, Fitness, Entertainment and Other. Below is a full list of the new apps and the categories: MUSIC:
News
GIVING:
TRAVEL:
FOOD:
SHOPPING & FASHION:
FITNESS:
ENTERTAINMENT:
OTHER:
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| SOPA’s Chief Sponsor Violates Copyright Laws Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:12 AM PST Hey Hubzers, What’s that expression? “The pot calling the kettle black” It turns out that Chief Sponsor of SOPA (Lamar Smith aka “the pot”), who has yet to back-down despite the retreat of his comrades (both PIPA and SOPA co-sponsors announced their withdraw in Facebook posts), is in fact a copyright violator. As VICE writer, Jamie Lee Curtis Taete, explains, “these people are not violating SOPA/PIPA…My point is more that, if these people aren’t able to abide by EXISTING copyright laws, they clearly lack the understanding to create stricter ones and, ideally, should just GTFO.” Kudos to VICE magazine for whipping out the following images, below is Lamar Smith’s campaign website (pre-SOPA) which features a lovely photograph from DJ Schulte in the background: How did his son get so tall? According to DJ, who was contacted by VICE, the image is “protected under the Creative Commons license…which simply states that they can use my images as long as they attribute the image to me and do not use it for commercial purposes.”
Lamar Smith isn’t the only guy who would be in violation of copyright. Existing copyright laws seemed to have slipped the minds of PIPA supporters as well. The picture below is of PIPA co-sponsor Roy Blunt’s Twitter page (before VICE magazine caught him red-handed): The background image isby photographer Walter Rowland, who took this picture (below) of his wife Linny on horseback:
There are a lot more photos on VICE, and I recommend checking out the article, here. To read more about SOPA check-out these articles on Hubze:
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| Google+ lets you create your own MeMes Posted: 19 Jan 2012 08:07 AM PST (hubze) I am loving the battle back and forth between Facebook, Google+ and Twitter lately. Facebook will roll out a feature, then Twitter will counter with an update and then Google+, and LinkedIn just sits back wishing people would come play with them! Earlier this week Google+ quietly released a new feature that allows you to add text to any photo that you upload to the platform. While it might not have been their intention this quickly created Google’s very own “Meme Creator”. Tons of photos have been shared and loaded to Google+ using the text feature and most were attempts at being humorous and very meme-like. And in typical Google+ fashion instead of making alot of hoopla about it they simply posted some photos with added text to make the announcement. The video below is me walking you through live how it works. The images above are the photos Google+ posted to announce the new features to the world. Do you think this is a feature you will use? Does this hurt sites like Reddit that are full of the meme-like photos?
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