Sarah Austin and friend Danni discuss the recently dropped SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills. Why was there such an uproar about this legislation, and what were the bills really trying to do? Is our internet freedom safe or is the battle just beginning? Let us know what you think in the comments below. Be sure to follow us on Twitter! And check us out on Facebook
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I’m sure most of you have heard about SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act (and the similar PROTECT IP Act, or PIPA). This week the internet came together to protest this over reaching legislation that, if passed, would have seriously infringed upon our freedom of information. Google, Wikipedia, and many other prominent websites “blacked out” their homepages and led the way by raising public awareness. In this video Sarah Austin, and her friend Dani, embarked on a covert operation [...]
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In Part 2 of Pop17′s “Inside VidCon”, Sarah hangs out with Jessica Berry – one of YouTube’s newest shining stars. Sarah and Jessica talk about her growing fan base, favorite movies, and her collaborations with other YouTube celebrities like DeStorm! Don’t forget to follow Pop17 on twitter @Pop17.. And subscribes to Jessica Berry’s YouTube channel here
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Dosomething.org is a non profit organization that advocates the participation of young people in their community today! The website strives to achieve social change. “Do Something” manifests the idea that instead of watching television or playing sports, more value is found by volunteering within their community. Television is so ingrained in the daily lives of young people, provoking the idea of volunteerism is a stretch. Every year dosomething.org hosts a contest for the most creative, communal and impacting volunteer project [...]
Sarah heads to LA for VidCon 2011, where all the biggest personalities on YouTube get together at this awesome viral video themed conference. In part 1, Sarah kicks back and talks about internet fame, money, and mean cats with the man behind one of YouTube’s most popular channels, Corey Williams, AKA “Mr. Safety” Look for Part 2 of Pop17′s “Inside VidCon” soon! And check out SMPFilms here
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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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Hermione Way founder of Newspepper.com and contributor to Pop17.com is currently on a mission to get donations from SXSW attendees. The donations will be in aid of the Japan Earthquake relief fund. She is going round the event in Austin with an iPhone and ‘Square’ credit card processing device asking people to dare or challenge her to do various antics. The idea for the use of a Square device, a small iPhone accessory which processes credit card payments, originated on [...]
Not having any children of my own, I’m required to step into the shoes of a parent. Definitely not the comfiest shoes to be in right now, but a pair we will one day have to prepare to mold into. Asking: “How Young Is Too Young To Get an Online Life?” is actually an important question, especially in this tech driven era. I’d like to start by looking back at my childhood and analyzing the type of interactions we had [...]
By now many of you will have heard the controversy around Groupon’s Super Bowl Advertisement (embedded below): I was shocked the first time I saw this. It was so poorly done, tasteless and down right offensive. Yet, if Groupon had created a great, non offensive Super Bowl advert, would it have made a difference? Well, it certainly would have helped them maintain a positive brand image. There is nothing worse then a poor brand association in today’s media saturated world [...]
Sarah Austin sits down with technology journalist, Jolie O’Dell of Mashable, to discuss writing for developers, school and how she came up with her classy personal style.
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Halloween If you are a fan of internet culture then last night was all about letting that inner geek come out in the spirit of Halloween. Here is a slide show of the geekiest costumes this year and their annotations, with links to the photo credits, below: Angry Birds The popular iPhone game, Angry Birds, did not meet customer demand as they did not manufacture the popular costumes this year. That didn’t stop the home made costumes. Programmer Zombie This [...]
Intel is asking people what inspires them and this is my answer. I’d love to hear from you all. Even if you don’t make videos and post them online, what inspires you to do what you do?
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Online Video Other Media Podcast Video Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox are known around the world (on YouTube) by millions of fans for their comedy series, Smosh. The two met in Junior High School, found that they shared a similar sense of humor, and eventually began posting lip dubs to YouTube. Fast forward to today: YouTube: #1 – Most Subscribed (All Time) #1 – Most Viewed (All Time) – Comedians #11 – Most Viewed (All Time) Now Smosh also has their own website which is gaining [...]
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