Top 100 YouTube channels double audience in a year
The biggest channels on YouTube have more than doubled in audience size, with a toy unboxing show proving to be the most popular, according to new research.
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Valve and HTC reveal virtual reality headset
Gaming firm Valve has partnered with Taiwanese smartphone and tablet maker HTC to make a virtual reality headset, in a bid to rival Facebook’s upcoming Oculus Rift device.
TV viewing drops 4.5% but still dominates
UK TV viewing fell by 4.5% during in 2014, with digital viewing rising 17% during the same period, according to new research.
Hands free flying: Mind-controlled drones take off
A mind-controlled drone project called ‘Brainflight’ has been revealed in Portugal, hinting at how hands free interfaces could work in the future.
Video: The evolution of the laptop, mouse, and digital storage
Since the advent of personal computing in the 70’s, the technology we’ve used to create and consume digital media has changed dramatically. These three gifs chart 40 years of changes in less than a minute for your viewing pleasure.
Nestle recruits interns via Vine contest
Food giant Nestle has teamed up with Twitter to offer an internship, picking a winner based in who submits the most inventive Vine video.
US video trends: Half of millennial Netflix users stream via mobiles
Of the US Millennials who watch Netflix, nearly half of them do at least some of their video viewing from a smartphone or tablet, according to new research.
Video viral of the week: Domino’s Pizza ‘Tummy Translator’ app
Domino’s Pizza has launched an spoof app that ‘translates’ the rumblings inside users tummies, running a 60s science show parody video demonstrating how the system works. See why it’s our video viral of the week below…
Can big data predict this year’s Oscars (again)?
The company which has successfully predicted the Best Picture Oscar winner in both 2013 and 2014 – by analysing web surfing habits of people with similar demographics to Oscar voters – has released its prediction ahead of Sunday’s 87th Academy Awards.
Facebook debuts ‘relevance scoring’ for ads
Facebook has added relevance scores to its adverts to let people see the ones most relevant to them, as the social network continues to lure advertisers away from rival Google.