White House Uses YouTube for oil spill questions

June 16, 2010


The White House is set to answer questions about the oil spill on the video sharing site.

Vuvuzelas get online attention during World Cup

June 14, 2010


The noisemakers have garnered widespread attention online as the tournament continues.

YouTube unlisted video feature extended

May 15, 2010


The video sharing site is allowing users to share private videos with an unlimited number of users.
Washington (WiredPRNews.com) – YouTube is expanding a feature on its site that allows users to share private videos with other people. As reported by AFP, the site is extending the feature to allow private video sharing with an unlimited […]

Paris exhibition of Iran “Twitter Revolution”

May 5, 2010


An art exhibition of mobile phone videos was showcased in Paris on Thursday.
Paris, France (WiredPRNews.com) – An art exhibition that showcased mobile phone videos of protestors in Iran was presented on a shopping street in Paris last week. As reported by AFP, the “Twitter Revolution” display included footage of anti-government protestors in an opposition movement […]

Shakespearean play gets Twitter makeover

April 13, 2010


A mobile phone entertainment production company is bringing a new version of “Romeo and Juliet” to the social networking site.
London (WiredPRNews.com) – A widely recognized Shakespearean play is getting a voice in social networking. As reported by Reuters, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and mobile phone entertainment production company Mudlark are putting a unique spin […]

Social media sites go offline temporarily

March 27, 2010


Three of the most popular sites online experienced outages recently.
U.S (WiredPRNews.com) – Three of the most popular sites online experienced recent outages that caused them to temporarily go off-line. As reported by NewsFactor.com, YouTube and Wikipedia were off-line on Thursday and Twitter experienced an outage last week.
Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group is […]

White House pushes president’s message via Twitter

March 9, 2010


Officials are reportedly increasing their use of Twitter to spread messages of the president.
Washington (WiredPRNews.com) – White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and his deputy Bill Burton are reportedly utilizing Twitter to spread messages of President Barack Obama. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), the White House officials have purportedly increased their use of […]

YouTube expands automatic caption feature

March 5, 2010


The video sharing site now offers an automatic caption feature for all English-language videos.
Washington (WiredPRNews.com) – Video sharing web site YouTube is expanding its automatic caption feature for all English-language videos on the site, as reported by AFP. The site initially made a manual caption feature available for users in 2008 on several partner channels.
Hiroto […]

Russian officer accused of fraud after YouTube complaints

January 24, 2010


A police officer in Russia has been arrested following accusations of corruption by law enforcement in the country.
Moscow (WiredPRNews.com) – A police officer in Russia, who previously released complaints about law enforcement corruption in the country on YouTube has been arrested. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Alexei Dymovsky was arrested Friday on charges […]

Woman falsely claims spread of HIV in YouTube video

January 24, 2010


A woman reportedly made a video falsely claiming she infected people with HIV.
Detroit (WiredPRNews.com) – A Detroit woman reportedly falsely claimed she infected hundreds of people with HIV via a video that was posted on YouTube by gossip site Mediatakeout.com. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), the woman, who claimed in the video that […]

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