Tag archive: Friday

A lot has happened this year, but if Internet analytics are any indication, none was as important as 14-year-old Rebecca Black's hilariously terrible song, “Friday.” Not only was “Rebecca Black” the “fastest rising” Google search term globally in 2011, but her music video for “Friday” was, not surprisingly, watched more times this year than any other video on YouTube. According to the… Read More

Announced in an official blog post, Google rolled out the 11th annual version of the Google Zeitgeist earlier today. The Zeitgeist shows off the search terms that grew the fastest during the year as well as the most popular terms in various countries around the world. In the Fastest Rising category, YouTube star Rebecca Black took the top spot this year in regards to Google searches, both globally and within the United States. Black beat out… Read More

The goofy world of Internet memes has begun to devour itself. According to a report by Tubefilter, the Cheezburger Network has acquired Internet culture watcher site KnowYourMeme.com for a “low seven-figure sum.” The sale has been confirmed by Rocketboom's Andrew Baron in a post on his blog. And the site has already been adorned with the Cheezburger Network tab bar. The Know Your Meme site serves as a database for running… Read More

We all know the economy is falling at a startling rate, and people are cutting back on their spending. But retailers had a lot pinned on Black Friday, the busiest day of the shopping year, with plenty of deals in place. Internet research company comScore has been keeping an eye of what’s been going on. They reported that for a combination of Thanksgiving and Black Friday, online spending was $822 million, for a 2% rise over last… Read More

MTV: Music Television and Microsoft have announced a global marketing alliance to unveil the next-generation Xbox video game system on MTV channels in the United States, Asia Pacific and Europe, allwithin a 24-hour window — a first for the video game industry. The highly anticipated console will be revealed to video game fanatics, music lovers and MTV viewers via a high-energy half-hourprogram titled “MTV Presents: The Next… Read More

On Friday, Music Industry Piracy Investigations obtained court orders to search 12 sites across Australia to hunt down evidence of copyright infringement. One of the targets of the searches was Sharman, owner of popular peer-to-peer software Kazaa. “As a formality you always serve the papers on the registered company as well,” MIPI manager Michael Speck told ZDNet Australia. Sharman Networks incorporated itself in the… Read More

The Fast Cash Friday giveaway, which will occur each Friday between July 25 and Aug. 15, is the first of several summer promotions that will build on the consumer excitement and glowing media reviewssince the June 18 public-preview release of Messenger 6.0. “Fast Cash Friday is our way of celebrating the completion and final release of MSN Messenger 6.0, our most feature-rich, personalized and coolest IM service ever,” said Lisa… Read More