It’s well known that former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke likes a beer. And, it seems, Australians love him for it. A video of the 82-year-old former PM flattening a beer in one gulp during the Sydney cricket test has gone viral and become a YouTube hit. So far, the video has been viewed over [...]
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What YouViewed on YouTube
December 21, 2011
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Google Australia today revealed the year’s most watched videos on YouTube. The list has been divided into the top 10 community videos and top 10 music videos. Posting on Google Australia’s blog, Communications and Public Affairs Manager Johnny Luu said: “The lists show that we were obsessed with Australian musician Gotye as his song became [...]
Read more Google Australia reveals top searches for 2011
December 8, 2011
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The iPhone 5, Charlie Sheen, Amy Winehouse and red velvet cupcakes were among Australia’s top search terms this year, Google Australia has revealed on its blog. The search giant has divided its top searches into 10 categories – fastest rising searches, top food searches, top celebrity death searches, fastest rising news searches, top searches for [...]
Read more FOCUS: Why social media is everyone’s business
June 9, 2011
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There’s no argument that social media is becoming more and more engrained in our lives and culture. Now, a new research report released by the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association and Sensis has confirmed what we already know – Australians are hooked on social media. The AIMIA/Sensis report found that 62 per cent of Australian [...]
Read more Social media wrap-up: Dannii Minogue’s love troubles aired over Twitter, and more
May 29, 2011
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Here’s a brief wrap of what’s been happening in social media in Australia this week. Advertising and digital agency George Patterson Y&R came under fire in the News Limited press for the online behaviour of staff members tasked with the Australian Defence Force’s social media review. “Senior staff at the advertising agency promote degrading images of women and [...]
Read more FOCUS: Social media – it’s a woman’s world
May 26, 2011
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The headlines these days seemed to be filled with celebrity tweets, sportspeople using social media to distribute naughty pictures, or regular people sharing self-portraits in quirky poses in unlikely places. But amidst the chaos there is one group of people that is quietly using social media to connect with like-minded souls for mutual benefit, better [...]
Read more Google remembers fallen journalists
May 18, 2011
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Google has teamed up with the Washington, DC-based Newseum to launch the Journalists Memorial Channel. The purpose of the YouTube channel is to remember the journalists who have died in the last year while reporting news around the world. Writing on the Official Google Blog, Steve Grove from YouTube News and Politics said the channel [...]
Read more Not near a TV for the royal wedding?
April 29, 2011
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Fear not, thanks to the internet there’s no shortage of ways to catch every moment of the royal nuptials, direct via cyberspace. The marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton is the first royal wedding of the internet age. As such, it will be streaming live through several internet sites. The ABC may have lost [...]
Read more Vodafone parody goes viral
April 20, 2011
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Frustrated with the poor service of telco stablemates Vodafone and 3, Melbourne comedy duo TV Live on Stage have produced a parody of the communications company that has become a YouTube hit. The Sydney Morning Herald reported today that the parody, which is set to the Lady GaGa hit Telephone, has gone viral. It follows [...]
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