A set of new Skype ads was released online, along with their $12-million ‘It’s Time for Skype‘ campaign, and are slamming their competitors Facebook and Twitter. Some of them are shown in the photos below. ‘It’s Time for Skype’ ad Screenshot Credit: ItsTimeForSkype.com According to Ad Week on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, the seven new [...]
Rick Osterloh, vice-president for Skype, reportedly said to BBC on April 4, 2012, that Skype would create about 400 new jobs for cover software engineering and product management design.’
The Pepsi Next Internet Taste Test promoting their tagline ‘Drink it to Believe it’ was launched via Facebook on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, as shown in the ‘how-to’ video below featuring comedian Rob Riggle. Pepsi Next Internet Taste Test ad Image Credit: Pepsi Next Facebook According to a press release by PepsiCo Inc. that day, [...]
Invisible Children, a non-profit organization will release on April 3, Part 2 of the Kony 2012 video, according to international news sites, April 2, 2012. The first Kony 2012 video became viral at YouTube with a record-breaking 86,655,309 views within less than a month of posting; the video was uploaded last March 5, 2012.
Google opened the White House to the public on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 via a virtual tour, as shown in the demo video below, along with the invitation of US First Lady Michelle Obama and its behind-the-scenes. White House Image Credit: White House video According to press release by the White House on its official [...]
Google introduced Gmail Tap on Sunday, April 1, 2012, which is being set to replace the QWERTY keyboard by simply tapping on the phone, as shown in the promo video below. Phone with ‘Gmail Tap’ keys Image Credit: Google video According to the official Gmail blog that day, Gmail Tap will convert the keyboard from [...]
Google’s April Fool’s Day Prank, the 8-bit version of Google maps, is tagged as the winner as this 8-bit version replaced temporarily the standard version. According to news sites, on March 31.
William Stokkebroe’s YouTube video, which shows the 2-yr old boy dancing to the tune of Jailhouse Rock, overthrows Ugandan rebel Joseph Kony’s 2012 video. Kony’s video was tagged as the most viral video of all time, before Stokkebroe’s video was uploaded.
A dog named Chuck recently welcomed back his owner, a soldier, as shown in the video below, which is going viral not only for a touching moment but also it was the second time around after more than a year. The first video can also be watched below. Chuck the Dog and owner Nick Image [...]
Harry Potter ebooks are now for sale and are available at Pottermore website, which are compatible with Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble‘s Nook, as well as Sony‘s Reader; along with the audio versions. As noted at Pottermore.com on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, J.K. Rowling‘s Harry Potter ebooks are available in English in U.S. [...]
