Vampires, the US just does not know how to quit you. Across all age groups, the gripping trailer for True Blood season six is the most shared video in America, according to YouTube's new Trends Map, which reveals web videos gone viral around the country.
YouTube is visualizing its data about viewers — whether they're male or female, their age, where they're based, what they're watching, and how they're sharing — and making that information available to other YouTube users, to help them discover the top viral video sensations hitting the web over the last 12 to 24 hours.
Toggling between different filters reveals really interesting habits among different age groups and markets around the country. For both male and female viewers in all age groups, Corgi puppy and the Scary Spoon is the most shared video in Tucson, AZ — but nowhere else. Change the filter from "Both" to "Male," and many of the most popular videos will flip over to display The Morgue scene from Family Guy as the No. 1 hit.
The US-only map is a spinoff of the YouTube Trends Dashboard, which has even more advanced filters that display what's popular in other countries and comparisons between different parameters like age and location. Poke around and see what other YouTube users in Fort Lauderdale, FL; Boise, ID; and Seattle, WA, are clicking on. Are you surprised by what you find?
Dear Mom is on our minds with the approach of Mother's Day, so we're looking to gift her with our favorite things: geeky goods. Look back at our picks for Mom, along with the apps that debuted this week, in the Tech Recap.
Today is May 4, otherwise known as Star Wars Day. If you encounter anyone wearing fanboy paraphernalia (though, of course, you're wearing geek gear with pride too) , make sure to greet them properly by saying, "May the fourth be with you!"
We made a Star Trek cake for Captain Picard's birthday, so of course we had to make a sweet treat for May 4 too.
To replicate this fabulous and fairly easy Star Wars cake, take a look at my decorating tips.
To the bona fide iPhonians who have held on to their original 2007 iPhones to present day, we applaud you. You are not easily distracted by shiny new toys, nor swayed by claims of "bigger, faster, stronger"! You remain steadfast in your commitment to use phones until they cease to work, and you have miraculously kept the phone in one piece for the past six years.
Unfortunately, Apple's very first mobile device, distinguished by its two-toned silver and black backing, will become obsolete on June 11. The first-generation iPhone has not been able to update to newer versions of iOS for years, but Apple is finally putting its foot down and deeming the iPhone 1 a "vintage" product, which means Apple retail stores will no longer service the original iPhone.
Just in case some unfortunate event befalls your ol' iPhone, there are plenty of ways to patch it up. After the original iPhone reaches totally hip "vintage" status this Summer, turn to one of these alternatives for repairs, or try your hand at a do-it-yourself fix!
The day of reckoning is here, Hotmail users, after six weeks of migrating 150 petabytes (150 million GBs) of data to the Outlook.com email view. Don't start weeping just yet; your Hotmail address remains the same, you'll just see and experience Outlook's revamped interface.
Read on for the new features to expect as you move from Hotmail's old platform.
The simple nature of Instagram — photos, filters, filtered photos! — contributed to its early popularity, and now with Facebook as its parent company, it's time to unveil new features to the app, the latest of which makes the social network a bit more social: tagging friends in a photo.
Photos you're tagged in will be visible in a new tab located on the right menu bar of the profile page called Photos of You. Other users won't be able to see your tagged photo stream until May 16, so you have a chance to practice using the feature and change your privacy settings.
Tagging New Photos
Once on the share screen after editing a photo, select Add People in the field below caption. Tap to pull up a search bar to add friends and accounts you don't follow to the photo. Keep tapping to add more people to the same image, and share as normal. If your friend's privacy settings allow it, that photo will appear in their Photos of You stream.
Tagging Previously Uploaded Photos
On a photo you've already uploaded to Instagram, tap "..." to the right of the Comment button, and select Add People. Now add away!
