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Manti Teo’s story that his girlfriend, the supposedly passed-on Lennay Kekua is, well, not a real person, a hoax, has become topic number one in American sports pop culture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjFzSeEJE4 The story was unearthed by the blog Deadspin two days ago. But before this blogger dives into the details behind it, let’s get this take … Read more
On January 14th, Anna Kendrick went from being an actress known to some of America, to being one known to more of America, and she did it with one single Twitter tweet. This one: Ugh – NEVER going to a Ryan Gosling movie in a theater again. Apparently masturbating in the back row is still … Read more
Megan O’Neil is someone I met online, but not like Manti T’eo’s girlfriend. Ms. O’Neil wrote about me for The Social Times in 2011, and made a great blog post that covered my video-blogging history. This blogger took the chance to turn the tables, in a way, at the IAWTV Academy Awards. Megan was in … Read more
Oakland Acupuncture’s Beth gave this blogger a good scare while at FitnessSF, the gym that was called Gold’s Gym Oakland, last night. The massage therapist set up a table to allow members to have their antioxident levels tested. The higher the level the better, the lower the level, the worst. Well, this blogger’s level’s low … Read more
This is Isabelle LaRue Of “Engineer Your Space,” the winner for “Best Educational Web Series” At IAWTV At CES 2013. I talked to Isabelle after the awards, who shared that the entire 14-videos-and-counting show came out of her establishing a new apartment in New York City. Since she lives, works, and entertains out of it, … Read more
The Divoom Bluetooth NFC Speakers this blogger was introduced to at CES 2013 were among the most amazing speakers for their size and price ever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpQSOl-BZmU Booth 6616 at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall was a buzz of activity with people walking by until we started listening to the Divoom speakers. For $99 … Read more
Panasonic HD Camcorders With Wifi At CES 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slBFQyEH3tg Aside from TVs and 4K, Camcorders were not forgotten at CES 2013. Panasonic launched a new smaller line of camcorders, the HD HC-X920, V720, and V520, that feature Wifi and connectivity with USTREAM. In other words, you’ll be able to use their camcorders to make livestream … Read more
Samsung OLED (organic light-emitting diode) TV Demo At CES 2013 was a mind-blower. As the video shows, Samsung’s well poised to dominate this category, with new models and even a curved OLED TV that might be on sale in the future, but is just a display to show what’s possible with the technology. Oh, what’s … Read more
While in Las Vegas for CES, I had the pleasure of meeting the legendary Hubert Keller while dining at his popular Madalay Bay, Las Vegas retaurant, Fleur. Taking a moment away from dinner with his family, Mr. Keller said that ‘Fleur, by Hubert Keller’ is a “little bit” of a different twist from his San … Read more
Justin Bieber’s agent, Nick Styne of CAA, says that TMZ’s photos that allegedly show Mr. Bieber with a joint in his hand have been doctored. “The images were altered and my client, singer Justin Bieber, was not involved with them at all,” Nick Styne writes. But his words are falling largely on deaf ears because … Read more
Mandalay Bay Mix Lounge Zennie62 Party At CES Las Vegas 2013. If you’re in Las Vegas for CES 2013 or The New Media Expo, come to our late night party that gets rolling at 11 PM. It will be thrown at the amazing Mix Lounge space at the 64th Floor of Mandalay Bay Hotel. All … Read more
Black Football Coaches Should Sue NCAA NFL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv9OpKw2u7k As of now, the NFL’s available coaching jobs are being filled, and not one of the current hires is black. By contrast, the majority of NFL players by position are black, including 100 percent at the running back spot, and 66 percent at the fullback spot. In … Read more
My Oakland Merritt Cafe Coffee Making Process Vlog features a look at how the cafe makes french roast coffee. Merritt Cafe is next to Lake Merritt and SF Fitness at 614 Grand Avenue in Oakland, California http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UKlJcgAnkk Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham or “Zennie62” is the founder of Zennie62Media which consists of zennie62blog.com and … Read more
YouTube Capture was reviewed by this blogger last week. It’s designed as a new app for the iPhone and will be available for the Android soon. What it allows you to do is upload videos from your iPhone to your YouTube account, and Facebook and Twitter. In short, it does exactly what Viddy does. Thus … Read more
New Year Resolution: Keep My Mom Happy. Last year, a number of my friends lost their mothers and grandmothers. The one thing that I took from all of my conversations with them was to spend as much time with Mom as I can – which I do. And also to make sure to make her … Read more
Clowney Hit – BSC Rose Bowl David Shaw – Heather Cox Are You Kidding Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeU_sWHxFEo Clowney Hit. Clowney Hit. Clowney Hit. That’s all you hear since South Carolina Defensive End Jadeveon Clowney flew past an attempt to trap him on a running play and hit Vincent Smith so hard his helmet flew off, he … Read more
Shelf Life successfully raised $35,000 (well, $34,579 here: http://www.indiegogo.com/ShelfLife) and totally from clicks provided by fans of the show. Ok, so what’s the show? Shelf Life, produced by Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt, features the talents of Travis Willingham, Bryan Enk, Dee Bradley Baker, Tara Platt, Yuri Lowenthal, and Phil Morris. The description goes like … Read more
YouTube’s latest update is the most hated change in the seven-year history of the video-sharing website. The design change, which focuses on smaller fonts, and a mix of subscribers versus partner videos in the timelines of viewers, and other small changes like putting the video title at the bottom of the video and not the … Read more
The video “Extremely Scary Ghost Elevator Prank” has gained over 14 million views in just two days. It features a trick of sorts where people in Brazil go into this elevator that is, unknown to the rider, fixed to go nowhere. While they’re in it, lights flicker, then go out, leaving the interior dark just … Read more
Ok. What would you do if you were in this situation: an elevator with flickering lights, and a little girl who seems to appear out of nowhere, but really walks in to the elevator via a hidden door on the side? If it happened to this vlogger, I’d grab the little girl and say “I’m … Read more
Maker Studios and Awesomeness TV are two of a very small, but growing, group of YouTube Partners that are securing millions in venture funding for their video production efforts. According to CrunchBase, Maker Studios has secured $40 million from Time Warner Investments last week, after getting $2.5 million from Greycoft Partners and GRP Partners, according … Read more
PSY’s Gangnum Style YouTube video has not just accumulated 812,794,421 views (as of this writing), but lost in the news that the music video has surpassed Justin Bieber’s “Baby” for YouTube’s most watched video is the fact that, along the way, it’s gained revenue from the ads placed on it. In fact, by this blogger’s … Read more
Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and a reality TV show star, just won a defamation lawsuit filed against her. The win, reported by TMZ.com, may open the door for a clarification of the rights of YouTube Partners. I saw that because of the reasons stated for why the lawsuit was … Read more
Shiva Rajaraman, Director, Product Management at Google YouTube starts Play 2012. Shiva’s talking to the Play 2012 Conference audience and asked “How many people have used YouTube in the last week?” About 90 percent of the audience raised their hands. But when he asked how many people went on YouTube yesterday, only a handful of … Read more
If you’re a YouTube Partner, or even just a person uploading a video to YouTube, you may find yourself the victim of firms like the so-called “BMVEntertainment.” This blogger did, but is fighting back. “BMVEntertainment” just today filed a copyright claim against my video called “Cleveland RTA Bus Driver Hits Girl, Gets Suspended.” This one: … Read more
YouTube consistently makes it easier to determine how a YouTube Partner’s video sharing business is performing. When this vlogger became a YouTube Partner in 2008, and thus able to earn money from video traffic via Google AdSense, YouTube’s online ad placement system, there was no built-in system of data collection so I could fine-tune my … Read more
Wow. PSY – GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일), the music video from Korea, and from a rapper I’ve never heard of, gained over 19 million views. That’s 9 million more views than all of the videos on “AwesomenessTV” which raised $3.5 million in funding for its YouTube Channel. I have to admit it, I like the song. … Read more
If YouTube wants to be the dominant player in providing livestream service over USTREAM.tv, it’s got to get its act together with respect to embedding its livestream video – something that USTREAM.tv has down. UPDATE: You have to select the embed option that is not https for the embed to work. I experienced the YouTube … Read more
Is the viral video dead? In installing an algorithm to favor “engagement” over clicks, and seemingly in response to the “Reply Girls” controversy, where two women specialized in making videos that were responses to the most popular videos on YouTube. The problem is that, in making this change, YouTube has damaged the dollar earning of … Read more
A number of YouTube Partners, including this video blogger, have complained of a sudden and dramatic decrease in revenue starting in late December (though Zennie62’s decrease has not been as great as most). The place for the complaints, the YouTube Partner Forum, is packed with complaints like this one: Hello I am not a youtube … Read more
There are an estimated 20,000 YouTube Partners, or people who make some level of money from the production, uploading, and distribution of their own original content videos. Zennie62 is one of YouTube’s first partner channels during the first year it was established, and that’s going all the way back to April of 2008, when the … Read more
Zennie62Media, Inc is growing and now on WordPress, having expanded from Blogger.com. in 2010. And while we like using Blogger, WordPress use signals our objective of building a large vlog and blog system. To that end, we’re looking to expand our family. Join Zennie62Media, Inc. Join Zennie62Media, Inc as a tech vlogger and in preparation … Read more
Cut to the chase: SOPA will invite fraudulent piracy claims and cost America millions in legal bills. The hot news of the day is the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), or a bill that has not become law, and called H.R.3261. SOPA was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011 … Read more
About a month ago, this blogger said that YouTube was not featuring people of color in the YouTube Partner Program highlights, now called YouTube Creators. So, that talk with YouTube turned into this new segment called “YouTube Feature.” YouTube Feature is an effort to give a spotlight to partner channels from women and minorities. In … Read more
There was a time, not too long ago, that YouTube had something called the YouTube Partners Program, and was specifically directed at helping constant YouTube contributors to earn a living at making video content. There was also a time that YouTube was very focused on news organizations. Functions like YouTube Direct were pitched to news … Read more