John McAfee has released a new video “guide to uninstalling McAfee Antivirus,” playing up the the crazy image he’s often portrayed as having by the media. His title in the video is: Founder, McAfee Antivirus Software, Eccentric Millionaire.
“Although I’ve had nothing to do with this company for over 15 years, I still get volumes of mail asking, ‘How do I uninstall this software?’” says McAfee. “I have no idea.”
“As I’ve said, I’ve had nothing to do with McAfee Software for over 15 years,” he says. “I’ve had more pressing things to do. But recent events have made me change my mind. I’ve had, over the years, many responses from users who are complaining about the difficulty of removing the software. I’d like to read you a few things.”
He then reads some rather vulgar letters (NSFW language) complaining about McAfee Software, and gets his friend Bartholomew to walk users through the steps for uninstalling the software. Meanwhile, McAfee gets a lap dance, and snorts some bath salts with his guns on the table. Eventually he shoots a computer.
By the time the video is over, you probably still won’t have any clue how to uninstall the software, but you’ll probably have had a few laughs. McAfee Software appreciates it, I’m sure.
Well, developer Tom Waddington, who has a history of finding things hidden deep in Facebook code, thinks that he’s found proof that video is definitely coming to Instagram – at least at some point.
I decided to take a look at Instagram – the current app, the API and the website. Before long, I came across mentions of .tVideo and .tVideoIndicator CSS classes on profile pages…The sprites – a play/pause and volume/mute button, and their connection to videos in the markup seems to mean that Instagram video is a certainty. A mute button is the big giveaway on a photo-sharing app
He’s not sure that Instagram video is what Facebook is gearing up to unveil on Thursday, but he says this proves it’s on the way. One source recently told TechCrunch that Facebook’s big event would focus on Instagram, but it’s possible that Facebook could unveil any number of new products. It could even be some sort of news aggregator or RSS reader – Waddington recently found some code pointing in that direction too.
Kanye West has chosen an interesting way to promote his new album, Yeesus; the new dad took advantage of Scott Disick’s resemblance to a certain Psycho and used it to great effect in a new promo video.
Disick, who is the father of Kourtney Kardashian’s children, is dressed like Christian Bale’s character in “American Psycho” in the video, which may or may not be a nod to the fact that people have noticed over the years his uncanny resemblance to Patrick Bateman. Apparently, Bret Easton Ellis–who authored the book the movie is based on–wrote the original script for the video but tweeted on Monday that it was changed a bit.
Scott Disick's Dream Comes True in the promo that I originally wrote for Kanye's new record but not a lot was used: http://t.co/VBDMK698bL
— Bret Easton Ellis (@BretEastonEllis) June 18, 2013
You know how Facebook is hosting another product event on June 20th? Well, according to TechCrunch, the product that’s going to be unveiled actually has something to do with Instagram, Facebook’s billion-dollar acquisition. Instagram may be getting video.
If true, it sounds like someone is looking to capitalize on, or at least steal thunder from, the success of Twitter’s 6-second video app Vine. According to TechCrunch’s source, as well as a previous report from former Reuters social media editor Matthew Keys, the new feature videos will let users record 5 to 10 second videos. Not much else was detailed, like whether or not the videos will have filters, or any other sort of quick-editing tools. But since it is Instagram we’re talking, it almost seems nuts that they would debut short videos without their signature filters.
Vine has been gaining momentum since its launch back in January, just recently launching on Android. Last week, we told you that Vine video shares had actually surpassed Instagram photo shares on Twitter for the first time ever. Even though that may be able to be explained by the fact that Instagram cut itself out of Twitter last year in order to direct people to the actual Instagram site, it’s still a indicator of Vine’s early success.
Other than this new Instagram videos rumor, we’ve speculated that Facebook could be looking to talk about an expanded presence for public conversations (on the heels of their big hashtag rollout), or even an RSS reader of sorts. Whatever the case, we’ll be covering the event. Facebook sent the event invites by snail mail, simply saying that “a small team has been working on a big idea.”
The last batch of elevator pranks we’ve seen have been, well, incredibly terrifying. Elevators are great places to pull off pranks – they’re small and operate with an impending sense of doom. Really, they feed a whole mess of different phobias.
This elevator prank is a bit more light-hearted. It just involves two guys, and a clever illusion. Simple. Beautiful.
I hate laundry. You hate laundry. It’s not that we hate washing our clothes or anything – it’s just the folding part that’s so terrible.
Well, here’s a 2-second shirt-folding tutorial to help. Yep. Two seconds. For faster laundry. Or, you know, you could employ this technique to help out your local clothing store workers. Whatever fold you’re doing when you try on a shirt and attempt to put it back in the shelf – well, it’s not working. It’s actually quite terrible. And they know who you are.
Seriously, it works. And it’s awesome. Lifehack+1.
With Bonnaroo kicking off tomorrow, it’s important to remind you exactly what you’re paying for:
Standing in long lines, waiting to be molested by security, having your drugs stolen, paying too much for food, and standing in a field – only to miss your favorite band because your other favorite band is playing at the exact same time on a stage all the way across the festival.
Also, good times, camaraderie, and stories that will last you a lifetime. Ok, I’m not going to Bonnaroo. I’m just bitter.
If Daft Punk were time-traveling robots (and who’s to say they aren’t), and they composed the hit song “Get Lucky” in the 1920s, or the 1960s, or the 1980s – what would it have sounded like?
Well, particularly awesome in the ’60s, ’70s, and the ’80s.
Here’s what Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” would have sounded like if it happened to be written in other eras – from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Google’s Matt Cutts recently talked about Google’s Disavow Links tool in the comments of a blog post, in which he suggested using it more like a machete than like a fine-toothed comb.
Today, Google released a new Webmaster Help video discussing the mistakes that people most often make when using the tool.
Cutts says, “The file that you upload is just supposed to be a regular text file, so expect either a comment on its own line, a domain that starts with ‘domain:url’. Anything else is weird syntax, and in theory, could cause the parser to reject the file. What we see is people sometimes uploading Word files, so .doc, Excel spreadsheets, you know, and that’s the sort of thing where our parser is not built to handle. It’s expecting just a text file. So if you upload something really strange, that can cause the parser to throw that file out, and then the reconsideration request would not go through.”
Once again, Cutts advises machete-like use of the tool.
He says, “The other thing that we see is, a lot of the times, the first attempt at a reconsideration request, you see people really trying to take a scalpel, and pick out really individual bad links in a very granular way, and for better or worse, sometimes when you’ve got a really bad link profile, rather than a scalpel, you might be thinking more of a machete sort of thing. You need to go a little bit deeper in terms of getting rid of the really bad links.”
“So, for example, if you’ve got links from some very spammy forum or something like that, rather than trying to identify the individual pages, that might be the opportunity to do a ‘domain:’,” he adds. “So if you’ve got a lot of links that you think are bad from a particular site, just go ahead and do ‘domain:’ and the name of that domain. Don’t maybe try to pick out the individual links because you might be missing a lot more links.”
“The other thing that we see is, the ‘domain:’ needs to have the right syntax,” he says. “So, ‘domain:’ and then a domain name. Don’t do, ‘domain:’ and then ‘http’ or ‘www.’ or something like that. An actual domain like ‘example.com’ or ‘mattcutts.com’ is what we’re looking for there.”
It’s a little surprising that Google’ system can’t tell when somebody’s talking about a domain when they use “http” or “www,” but it is what it is. Good to know.
Cutts continues, “A bunch of people, we sometimes see them putting context, or the story, or the documentation for the reconsideration request in the Disavow Links text file that they try to upload. That’s really not the right place for it. The right place to give us the context, or to describe what’s going on is in the reconsideration request, not in the Disavow Links text file….You probably don’t need a lot of comments. If they’re there, I’d keep ’em short. I wouldn’t make a lot of multiple lines and all that sort of stuff because it increases the likelihood that you might make a copy-and-paste error, and then we would not trust that particular file.”
“The other thing that we see is that some people think that Disavow is be all end all..the panacea that’s going to cure all their ills, and yet we do want, if you’ve been doing some bad SEO and you’re trying to cure it, in an ideal world, you would actually clean up as many links as you can off the actual web,” says Cutts. “That’s just a really helpful way for us to see, when you’re doing a reconsideration request, that you’re putting in the effort to try and make sure things have been corrected and cleaned up, and it’s not going to happen again.”
Well, Kimmel’s back with a new one and in the spirit of the ongoing NBA finals, this episode of Mean Tweets involves people in and around the NBA – players and broadcasters. Check it out:
I’m pretty sure that if that whole newsman thing doesn’t work out, NBC News anchor Brian Williams could have a promising future in the rap game. Jimmy Fallon has a good bit going here, and we’re glad to see him following up on the Brian Williams/Snoop Dogg rap from earlier this week.
This one’s even better, as MC Williams tries his hand at Warren G’s “Regulate.”
I was unaware that Brian Williams had a reason to say “skirts” that much, but I won’t argue with it.
A terrifying new anti-drunk driving ad from Leo Burnett Worldwide is turning heads. The ad features “unsuspecting” men grooming themselves in a public bathroom, only to be greeted by a face crashing through the mirror – complete with blood and all.
The ad is part of U.K. Department of Transportation’s THINK! campaign against drunk driving, which will also put out radio ads, posters inside bars and pubs.
Check it out:
“Drink driving is a menace and drivers should be clear that if you get behind the wheel over the limit this summer, you will lose your licence, get a criminal record, and face a fine – you could even end up in jail. Nobody wants to spend their summer in a prison cell so whether you are drinking in the pub or at a friend’s barbeque, make sure you do not drink and drive – it could have devastating consequences for you and for others,” says Road Safety Minister Stephen Hammond.
That stern message, coupled with this absolutely heart attack-inducing advert is sure to make people think twice about getting behind the wheel after a few too many.
Google has made its annual stockholders meeting available for the public to view via YouTube. The meeting took place on Thursday, and is about an hour and a half long.
As you can imagine, a lot of ground is covered.
Interestingly, Google Glass was banned from the meeting, prompting regular Google critic Consumer Watchdog to accuse Google of hypocrisy, though to be fair, I don’t remember Google ever suggesting you use the device in corporate meetings.
The meeting also reportedly drew protestors organized by the Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West, who called on Google to “take a leading role in the fight against income inequality.”
If you were looking for a mashup of clips that makes it seem like NBC News anchor Brian Williams is rapping Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre’s classic hit “Nuthin but a ‘G’ Thang,” well, you’re in luck. Thanks to the fine folks at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, your quest is over.
If that news anchor thing doesn’t work out, Mr. Williams sure has a future in gangsta rap. Or maybe his daughter could get him some work on HBO.
It is literally impossible for this guy to give less of a crap about what you think.
You think texting while driving is dangerous? Meet texting while hood-surfing. In this clip, allegedly from a highway in Saudi Arabia, a man casually texts while riding on the hood of a car. The driver of the car filming the texting man is traveling at about 90 kph – or 56 mph.
Our high-risk texter begins sitting straight up, but eventually changes positions to lay on the windshield, and then the roof of the speeding car.
If you haven’t seen last Sunday’s breathtaking episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones and you plan to watch it at some point – do not watch the following video.
But if you have seen it, and you enjoy a good mashup – well then, by all means enjoy the following gem from YouTube user Andrew Kasch. It’s glorious. GRANDPA THIS CAN’T REALLY BE WHAT HAPPENS, CAN IT?
Prasad Kaipa and Navi Radjou, authors of leadership advice book “From Smart to Wise: Acting and Leading with Wisdom,” recently participated in an At Google talk, which Google has now made available for viewing.
To give you an idea of what your’e in for, it’s described as follows:
Leaders tend to obstinately stick to the leadership style that brought them most success in the past, usually one of two extreme styles: functional leadership that focuses on operational excellence or smart leadership that focuses on growth. When a leader’s focus is too functional, the organization becomes introverted and can focus too much on bottom-line profitability while missing out on top-line growth opportunities. But when leaders focus too much on smart leadership, the organization may experience quick growth but lose its effectiveness quickly.
From Smart to Wise offers a new approach that balances the two styles to achieve a form of wise leadership that is both functional and smart. Drawing on inspiring real-life stories of historical and contemporary wise leaders such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and even Mahatma Gandhi, the authors identify six characteristics of wise leaders and offer a practical framework to help readers develop their own style of wise leadership.
Kaipa and Radjou have conduct numerous keynote speeches and workshops each year.
Over the past couple of years, it has become abundantly clear that authorship will continue to play an increasingly important role in how Google determines when and how to rank some types of content in search results. Nothing is changing there, and you can expect Google to continue to look for ways to improve how it uses this signal.
Google’s Matt Cutts put out a new Webmaster Help video today discussing this. Specifically, he responds to the user-submitted question:
Will Google be evaluating the use of rel=”author” moving forward as more sites use the feature on generic, non-article/news pages, such as the home page or an about page?
“My brief answer is yes,” begins Cutts. “I’m pretty excited about the ideas behind rel=’author’. Basically, if you can move from an anonymous web to a web where you have some notion of identity and maybe even reputation of individual authors, then webspam, you kind of get a lot of benefits for free. It’s harder for the spammers to hide over here in some anonymous corner.”
“Now, I continue to support anonymous speech and anonymity, but at the same time, if Danny Sullivan writes something on a forum or something like that I’d like to know about that, even if the forum itself doesn’t have that much PageRank or something along those lines,” he continues. “It’s definitely the case that it was a lot of fun to see the initial launch of rel=’author’. I think we probably will take another look at what else do we need to do to turn the crank and iterate and improve how we handle rel=’author’. Are there other ways that we can use that signal?”
Cutts concludes, “I do expect us to continue exploring that because if we can move to a richer, more annotated web, where we rally know…the philosophy of Google has been moving away from keywords, ‘from strings towards things,’ so we’ve had this Knowledge Graph where we start to learn about the real world entities and the real world relationships between those entities. In the same way, if you know who the real world people are who are actually writing content, that could be really useful as well, and might be able to help you improve search quality. So it’s definitely something that I’m personally interested in, and I think several people in the Search Quality group continue to work on, and I think we’ll continue to look at it, as far as seeing how to use rel=’author’ in ways that can improve the search experience.”
Cutts discussed authorship in a hangout about social search back in the fall. In that, he indicated that authorship could become a weightier signal in the future. In fact, he dubbed it a “long term trend”.
The moral of the story is: If you have started building reputation and credibility yet, you should probably do so. You’ll also want to implement authorship markup.
After some time spent beta testing, in which YouTube gave channel owners a choice to opt-in to the new YouTube One Channel design, the company announced last month that the clock was ticking – everyone would be switched over to the new design on June 5th.
Well, today’s that day. If you hadn’t already switched to the new design, YouTube’s going to switch it for you.
Before today’s mandatory switch, over 100 million channels had chosen to opt-in to the new look. YouTube says that channels using the new design have already seen an increase in subscribers and in total visits. Plus, “20% more page views on their channels because clicks from the YouTube guide go directly to their channel pages instead of to their activity feeds.”
YouTube has these tips for channel owners just getting started with the new design, which features a large header photo, links to other social accounts, and new video categories that reorganize videos in a bunch of different ways:
To get your channel looking it’s best:
Select your channel art. Choose an image that represents your channel. The image should be 2560 px by 1440 px for the best results on all devices. If you plan on designing something special, check out the specs here.
Upload a trailer. Introduce new viewers to all the awesomeness they’ll see from your videos, and encourage them to subscribe to your channel.
Create sections. Select which videos and playlists you want to showcase in the sections on your channel’s browse tab.
Link your channel with a Google+ page or profile. Keeping your branding up-to-date will be even easier because your channel art will represent you across YouTube, Google+, and all Google properties.
One huge benefit to the new design is that your channels will look the same across multiple platforms – iOS, Android, web, and more.
No use in fighting it, it’s here to stay and mandatory for all channels now.
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