Net@night 181

Net@night Episode 181

Net@night 181: Mediafly

Gawker password disaster, powerful tweets, top trends, Social Network recognition, Mediafly, and more.

Guests

• Carson Conant CEO & President of Mediafly.com
  • mediafly.com/Welcome

News Of The Week

• Gawker password disaster

• Most powerful tweets of 2010

• Top status trends of 2010
  • HMU, World Cup, Movies, iPad and iPhone 4, Haiti, Justin Bieber, Games on Facebook, Miners, Airplanes, 2011

• [The Social Network is Nominated for 6 Golden Globes http://mashable.com/2010/12/14/the-social-network-golden-globes/]

• Google launches YouTube Trends for latest viral videos
• launched it with new video from The Gregory Brothers

• 35 hours of video to YouTube every minute
  • New algorithmically-generated feeds that highlight trending videos and topics. (Over there →)
  • A twice-daily collection of videos called "4 at 4" drawn from those feeds and from top video curation sites around the web. (If you’re on the homepage, up there ↑)
  • A blog with more in-depth and contextual explorations of videos, trends, and cultural phenomenon as seen through the lens of YouTube, using YouTube’s own internal data. (You’re there now ↔)
  • And a brand new dashboard that allows you to quickly explore what’s popular in different cities in the United States and in countries around the world, as well as within specific demographic sets. (Top right ↱)

Picks of the Week

TIP OF THE WEEK

• Avoid these overused phrases in your resume (based on LinkedIN findings)

1. Extensive experience
2. Innovative
3. Motivated
4. Results-oriented
5. Dynamic
6. Proven track record
7. Team player
8. Fast-paced
9. Problem solver
10. Entrepreneurial

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

• Metrodome Roof Collapses - video from inside

When a massive snowstorm dumped tons of the heavy white stuff on Minneapolis over the weekend, Fox, which was in town to broadcast Sunday’s scheduled NFL game between the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, did something unusual: It trained a camera on the roof of the Metrodome stadium.

Significant Products

• Link URL and optional brief description

Sponsors

JVL Mobi

• jvl.mobi
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FordSync

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• Ford Sync 9
• ad times: 1:08-1:20 and 51:46-54:51

Squarespace

• Squarespace.com/Night offer code Night
• SqSp 2
• ad times: 1:22-1:36 and 19:44-22:42

Production Information

• Edited by: Tony
• Notes:

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