Tag: VIRAL

Facebook has a massive userbase -- somewhere between 500 and 600 million users at the moment. The vast majority of those people are average users, who aren't as aware of the dangers lurking on Facebook as more security-minded types. That makes it a very juicy target for scammers and malware distributors, and they're not shy about trying to take advantage of unsuspecting users. Viral scams are ...

Three Words is a quick and painless way to find out both a) how popular you are, and b) how much your friends secretly despise you. It's basically a cut-down version of Formspring: you sign up, and then people can describe you in three words... and that's it. By default your three words are submitted anonymously, which some people will like, but ultimately it will make the results mostly ...

While Opera 11's warm reception had a lot to do with a greatly improved browser and a very loyal fan base, the boys in Oslo had one clever trick up their sleeve which they saved for launch day. And with nearly 7 million downloads in 24 hours, you've got to hand it to Opera: they know how to tempt a geek. How'd they do it? By dangling delicious bacon in front of Reddit users. You've got to ...

What's the magic sauce that makes something go viral on the internet? Why do some things end up being more viral than others? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania tackled this question by data-diving into The New York Times list of most emailed articles over a period of six months, August 2008 to February 2009. The tipping point they found was awe - "the emotion of self-transcendence, a ...

As I write this, there's a viral Facebook status message sweeping across profiles all over the world. It's even been translated into Spanish! The premise? At 9pm, five minutes of silence for the victims of the Haitian earthquake will take place on Facebook. Yes, it's as ambiguous as you think it is. 9pm when? Where? What DAY?! Am I meant to observe the five minutes of silence at 9pm in ...

Remember that call for entries a little while ago that we told you about? Google's Gmail team decided to put together a little project and wanted to give people a glimpse behind the scenes of Gmail. The whole premise was to show people passing a red and white envelope from left to right. Well now comes the time when all videos that were submitted have been chosen and stitched together and released ...

Videos are all the craze right now, there are many companies serving up crazy silly videos of everything from kittens climbing walls, to videos of Weird Al dancing. It's hard to keep up on the hottest of the hot videos out there. Now you can, with the Viral Video Chart. It tracks the most talked about videos on YouTube, MySpace, and Google Video, serving them up in one convenient location. ...

The question of the day is, "What's origamiproject.com?" All we know is this: It belongs to Microsoft and appears to be a part of some viral marketing campaign. Currently the web site has nothing but an ambiguous AT&T-esque message that says, "Hello. Do you know me? Do you know what I can do? And where I can go? Or how I can change your life? You will. Learn more ...