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Recognizing 20 years of the Magic Johnson Foundation
Monday, November 7, 2011
On November 7, 1991, Magic Johnson
told the world
he’d been diagnosed with HIV and promised that “I plan on … living for a long time.” 20 years later, Magic proves that you can be an entrepreneur, talk show host, successful businessman, educator and more, living with HIV.
To show our support for all the work Magic and the
Magic Johnson Foundation
have done, we teamed up with Warner Bros. to donate a portion of the proceeds anytime you rent a movie on YouTube from the
Magic Johnson Collection
presented by WB. During the month of November 2011, proceeds from your rental will be donated to the Magic Johnson Foundation, and the collection includes Sandra Bullock’s
Blind Side
, classic inspirational movie
Chariots of Fire
, family movies like
Lean on Me
, and more coming in daily.
For more information on the Magic Johnson Foundation, its programs on
college access
,
digital literacy
, and its local centers in the US, please visit
here
. We’d also like to recognize YouTubers giving inspiration to the HIV community like
Christopher
,
Rebekkah
,
Andre
,
Ben
and
others
. To find out how you can learn more or get tested for HIV/AIDS please visit
http://aids.gov/locator/
.
Elizabeth Ferdon, YouTube Content Partnerships, just rented the movie “
Space Jam
.”
Welcoming you to +YouTube
Monday, November 7, 2011
This morning the Google+ team
launched Google+ Pages
, making it easier for you to connect with things you care about like businesses, brands and products. To help you find more of what you’re into at YouTube, we’re kicking off
+YouTube
to share news and start conversations from all areas of YouTube. We’re bringing you the latest from news to music and live streamed events, as well as
partners
and everyday people doing
amazing things
with video.
Expect to discuss and experience the many ways you’re changing the world through video, and we hope you’ll join us by adding us to your circles. Tell us what you think is awesome, what you want featured and, like YouTube, you can help make this page your own.
You can read more about Google+ Pages and see other brands involved at the
Official Google Blog
here, and if you don’t have a Google+ account yet you can sign up
here
.
Danielle Paquette, Social Media Manager, recently watched “
YouTube Challenge - I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy
.”
YouTube Town Hall: Congress Answers Your Questions
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Over the past month people around the world watched members of Congress answer
YouTube Town Hall
questions about trade with China, the path to a balanced budget, and U.S. manufacturing.
October’s five highest voted videos include a diverse array of answers from Senators and Representatives on both sides of the aisle:
With
campaign season
heating up, political energy is in the air and this month proved to be amongst the busiest yet on the YouTube Town Hall - you all asked Conress over 1,000 questions in October, twice as many as in any other month. Today we’re launching a new round of Congressional videos answering two of this month’s top-voted questions:
GOVERNANCE: Why has partisan bickering taken hold in Congress? Compromise is necessary for the benefit of the American people. Do you have to always vote along party lines? Can we learn to compromise again?
ECONOMY: What do you think about the Wall Street protests?
Visit the
YouTube Town Hall now
to watch members of Congress answer these questions and then vote on the answers you most agree with!
Will Houghteling, YouTube News and Politics, recently watched “
Ed Lee is...2 Legit 2 Quit
.”
This week's Trends: billions, spots, jelly beans
Friday, November 4, 2011
Each weekday, we at
YouTube Trends
take a look at the most interesting videos and cultural phenomena on YouTube as they develop. We want take a moment to highlight some of what we've come across this week:
We noted that Justin Bieber's single "Mistletoe" helped push the star over
2 billion views
.
We saw more
intense confrontations
at "Occupy" protests.
We collected 10 of the most-viewed performances of
"Thriller"
on Halloween.
We tracked the
most popular song parody
in Wisconsin.
We asked
Yukigassen the New Botaoshi
?
We viewed spreading
"lockout" spots
from Nike.
We highlighted the search bump around the
new GTA
.
And this was certainly the most elaborately crafted music video to captured our attention this week:
Check back every day for the latest about what's trending on YouTube at:
www.YouTube.com/Trends
Kevin Allocca, YouTube Trends Manager, recently watched "
Jian Sword Dancing
."
Watch the Hajj in Saudi Arabia—the world’s largest pilgrimage—live on YouTube
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Cross posted from the
Official Google Blog
.
Nearly 2.5 million Muslims will officially begin the annual Islamic ritual of the Hajj on November 5, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Hajj represents one of the five pillars of Islam; it requires all Muslims around the world who are able-bodied and can afford it to perform the pilgrimage once in their lifetime.
The Hajj is an ancient ritual, but now, through the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information's YouTube channel, millions of people from around the world will be able to experience and comment on the event by tuning in via video.
Earlier this year, we worked with the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information to broadcast Islamic prayers live during Ramadan from the Holy Mosque in Mecca for the first time. In continued cooperation with the Ministry, we’re now able to live stream the Hajj on YouTube for the first time.
The stream will be live on Saturday, November 5 at
http://www.youtube.com/hajjlive
.
Najeeb Jarrar, Product Marketing Manager, Middle East and North Africa, & Abdulrahman Tarabzouni, Regional Manager, Emerging Arabia, recently watched "
Eysh Elly 11 ايش اللي
."
YouTube now speaks IsiZulu and Afrikaans
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Cross posted from the
Google Africa Blog
.
For many Africans online, the Internet is something created by other people which we simply consume. We see this with many African languages that have a dominant presence offline (on radio, TV, newspapers), yet are underrepresented on the web today. Seeing your language appear on global services like Google Search, YouTube, or Gmail can help change that. Suddenly, you become part of the conversation.
Last November we launched
YouTube in Kiswahili and Amharic
with precisely this in mind. We soon began to see many people enjoying the new versions, and also saw an increase in searches, video uploads and comments in both languages.
Today, we are excited to release 2 more African language versions of YouTube - in
Afrikaans
and
isiZulu
.
This is important for several reasons. First, the new language versions create awareness among new users who are not fluent in English and have not been able to fully enjoy or understand YouTube. Second, it’s a reminder of the great local content in both languages that is increasingly finding its way to YouTube in South Africa, a country blessed with creative talent - for a taste, sample and subscribe to
MduComics
,
JusGorilla
,
Die Heuwels Fantasties
, and
Jack Parow
. There’s a lot more out there. Lastly, YouTube in South Africa is already over a year old, and with YouTube views increasing by 175% in the past year, we were eager to introduce these new features on the local domain.
If you are a native Afrikaans or IsiZulu speaker, we invite you to join this celebration, and here’s how:
Visit Youtube.co.za. At the bottom of the page, click on language and select Afrikaans or Zulu.
Upload a video!
Share it on Google+ or Twitter with #YoutubeIsiZulu or #YoutubeAfrikaans.
Ian Parsons & Mthokozisi Dlalisa - Afrikaans & IsiZulu specialists, Google South Africa, recently watched "
Nicholis Louw - Baby Baby
."
Music Tuesday: Buraka Som Sistema, Tribe Called Quest and more
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Did you get spooked? We had a grisly assemblage of videos for you over the Halloween weekend, including a
murder ballads playlist
from eMusic, BlankTV’s
Got Horror?!
collection, a round-up of
vampire-inspired music videos
, and other
creepy delights
. Now that it’s November, we turn our gaze in non-Halloween directions -- starting now!
Rocking With Buraka
Yes, we live in a globalized world. You know it when you hear a band like Buraka Som Sistema, whose roots are so spread out as to make them almost nation-less. They formed in Portugal, a mix of Angolan and Portuguese musicians, and released their major-label debut, Black Diamond, to critical praise (and sweaty dancefloors) back in 2008. Three years after that release dropped, they’re back with Komba, a more polished but still profoundly mongrel album that looks to Brazil and many other countries for inspiration -- and they’ve been releasing
characteristically excellent videos
to go along with it. Today they take to the YouTube homepage to school us in the ways of dance music, international style.
Remember Tribe?
A Tribe Called Quest remains one of the greatest hip-hop acts of all time. The proof is in the songs -- and in the new documentary about them which you can watch
in its entirety
on YouTube today. Check out their amazing catalogue in our celebratory playlist, and get the story behind the songs with the Beats, Rhymes and Life documentary.
Sleep Over “Casual Diamond”
Have you heard this Austin trio yet? How they manage to be both insubstantial and scary is beyond us -- but they do it. This casually creepy video echoes the music, which has a kind of narcoleptic grace. You can hardly understand a word from the singer, whose gauzy voice seems to disappear into the ether while hovering noise scrabbles at the edges of the song, threatening to engulf it. And we don’t know what’s going on with the video. Yep, cool stuff.
Sarah Bardeen, Music Community Manager, recently watched
“I saw Sunn O))).”
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