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  • King of the Web Empowers Internet Celebrity

    King of the Web Empowers Internet Celebrity

    King of the Web is a start up based in Seattle, Washiongton, focused on empowering online video creators to make videos and post them online. They were gracious in bringing me out for this interview. So fun! King of the Web is a website where you vote for who and what is awesome on the web. It’s a straight-up democracy. That means that you, your friends, your enemies, and even complete strangers get to decide who becomes King.

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  • Comic Con: The People Behind The Scenes

    Comic Con: The People Behind The Scenes

    Comic Con 2011 is the biggest convention to hit San Diego each summer. In this video we take a look at how the artists form their creative process, how much a comic books costs, and geek culture. If you haven’t experience Comic Con before, it’s one conference you don’t want to miss.

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  • Fandom DIY: Comic Con 2011

    Fandom DIY: Comic Con 2011

    We went to Comic Con in San Diego, California, to ask people about their costumes and characters. The people at Comic Con are super fans and loving it by making their costumes from scratch. These do it yourselfers show that fandom living takes commitment.

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  • The Webby Awards Part 2

    The Webby Awards Part 2

    From technology hardware to apps and software, the Webby Awards honor the best of the web. Pop17 attended the red carpet at the Hammerstein ballroom in New York City to ask celebrities and winners about their achievements. Dress by Teri Jon.

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  • Webby Awards: CollegeHumor, Ushahidi, Lisa Lamanelli

    Webby Awards: CollegeHumor, Ushahidi, Lisa Lamanelli

    Lisa Kidrow hosted the 15th annual Webby Awards on Monday June 13th, 2011 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Winners were selected by the people’s choice- voted on by fans- and as voted by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Daniel Radcliffe presented Anna Wintour with the people’s voice award for vogue.com and there were special performances by Norah Jones. Winners and celebrity attendees made their way on the red carpet and the award ceremony ensued. Hailed [...]

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  • Women of E3: Gamer Girls

    Women of E3: Gamer Girls

    Being a girl in tech is great! We stand out like a soar thumb at E3 in attendees, however, are abundant in booth babes. Why is that? We need more girls at E3 because statistics show that most gamers are girls. Girls are generally casual gamers and dominate social games on Facebook. There needs to be more representation of the casual gamers like Sarah Carroll, 1/2 of Sparah, who gained some serious geek and digital cred from her appearance at [...]

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  • Finally: iPhone4 in White!

    Finally: iPhone4 in White!

    Typically, for any Apple launch there is a line around the store filled with the biggest fans. However, for the launch of the iPhone4 in white there was little hype. If you think that Apple fanatics buy every new product release then maybe this news is telling of our times. Is it that people don’t like the way it looks or are they just excited for the iPhone5? Rumors have it that the iPhone5 is launching later this year as [...]

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  • Shopping With Friends: Search On Bing Mobile Deals

    Shopping With Friends: Search On Bing Mobile Deals

    So many deals, so little time! When Anna and I find ourselves out and about and in need of a good deal, we’re mostly just out of luck. Imagine how cool it would be if you could search only deals near your exact location from your mobile phone. Anna and I just discovered we can do just that because Bing mobile deals – available at m.bing.com on iPhones and Androids. Yum yum goodies!

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  • Summit At Sea: Interview With Arielle Patrice Scott via Oyster.com

    Summit At Sea: Interview With Arielle Patrice Scott via Oyster.com

    Summit At Sea’s ship departed from Miami, Florida for Summit Series. This 3 day conference brought in some of the most influential and interesting individuals of our time. Arielle Patrice Scott sat down with us for a quick interview. I stayed at The National Hotel, next door to The Delano where the Summit Series kick off party took place. Thanks to Oyster.com I was able to book my travel needs at The National and even go to the Spa for [...]

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  • Cruze-arati Parody of Friday from Playlist Live

    Cruze-arati Parody of Friday from Playlist Live

    This video is so cute! If you know Rebecca Black’s Friday song then you should know this parody karaoke version brought to you by the Chevy Cruze.

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  • The Little Bay Book Launches

    The Little Bay Book Launches

    What a better time to start a new Pop17 show than for the YouTube NextUp program? At midnight last night, YouTube creator’s channel closed it’s application process after being extended a few days. The contest is for an initial seed funding from Google toward any content creator’s channel. Hermione Way and I decided to collaborate on this unique opportunity for the possibility of funding, but more importantly the promotion and support from YouTube. What’s the future of TV? Possibly the [...]

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  • Hot And Not On Facebook

    Hot And Not On Facebook

    We aren’t actually trying to tell you what is hot and not- everyone has their own opinion. This silly video, directed by John C Dvorak, is the first step in developing a more cranky side to pop17. We’re excited for Angry Birds on Facebook!

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