Neowin News Feed for: Viral

UK planning measures to stop illegal content from going viral

Usama Jawad — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:16:01 +0000

The UK's digital regulator is proposing new ways to moderate and restrict illegal content like CSAM from going viral online. Read more...

Apple's new Viral Chart playlist pulls hit tracks from TV, TikTok, and socials via Shazam

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 07 May 2025 20:14:01 +0000

Apple has launched a Viral Chart playlist powered by Shazam to let you find viral songs on places like TikTok, TV, and streaming. Read more...

Apple vice president leaves company following crude remarks in viral TikTok

Usama Jawad — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 08:20:01 +0000

Apple has let go of one of its vice presidents following the discovery of a viral TikTok video in which the executive makes some vulgar remarks. The VP was a key player in Apple's senior team. Read more...

TikTok bans viral "milk crate challenge" due to fear of serious injuries

Usama Jawad — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 06:26:01 +0000

TikTok has banned the viral "milk crate challenge" from its platform amid safety concerns. The activity can result in serious injuries due to people tumbling from an unstable pyramid of milk crates. Read more...

Pirate escapes $373,000 fine with a court-ordered 200k YouTube views, documenting his antics

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 11:58:36 +0000

In what is certainly a case for the ages, a court in the Czech Republic sentenced a software pirate to a $373,000 fine with one caveat: a sufficiently viral video would negate any charges. Read more...

Microsoft's ninja cat unicorn graphic has become a web sensation

Brad Sams — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:48:01 +0000

A few weeks ago, Microsoft employees started showing off a new graphic that is, simply put, a cat riding a unicorn while waving the Microsoft flag - and now the image is going viral. Read more...

From rags to riches: the story of Imgur

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Neowin sat down with Alan Schaaf, CEO and Founder of Imgur, to talk about a wide range of subjects such as where he got the idea for Imgur from, how Imgur is doing and where it's going in the future. Read more...

GamrBytes :) Skyrim gets ‘real' in viral video

Andy Weir — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:20:33 +0000

A viral video shows a gamer's vision of himself in a 'real-world' Skyrim, as he valiantly defeats enemies, plunders the corpses of his foes... and has to keep stopping to manage his inventory. Read more...

Studio behind viral news animations up for sale

Tyler Holman — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:13:57 +0000

Next TV, the Taiwanese animation studio behind those hilarious animated news shorts that became a YouTube sensation, is for sale, and we've assembled their best shorts for your viewing pleasure. Read more...

YouTube paying big bucks for most popular family videos

Andy Weir — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:51:44 +0000

Google makes a bucket of cash from the videos uploaded to YouTube, but it's sharing the love with families who upload the most popular viral videos, with many families making over $100,000. Read more...

Greenpeace launches anti-Facebook video campaign

Tom Warren — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:50:46 +0000

Earlier this week Greenpeace launched a campaign aimed at stopping Facebook from using coal power in its data centre. Facebook announced in February that it will build a massive data centre in Oregon, U.S to house... Read more...

Mozilla Secretly Launches A Viral Campaign For Firefox

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:38:12 +0000

Mozilla has quietly launched a new viral campaign in support of Firefox, complete with song (YouTube TC exclusive above) and some fighting words against Internet Explorer. The main part of the campaign is a site... Read more...

Microsoft's Latest Viral Marketing - Site of Champions

Tom Warren — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:44:09 +0000

Microsoft has put on-line a new viral marketing campaign related to Games for Windows. Once you get past the coded entrance door there is lots to explore and figure out. My guess is that Microsoft... Read more...

Vanishing Point - new viral marketing campaign?

Rob Wright — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 01:23:59 +0000

In the last 48 hours, viewers of the Internet Explorer Development Blog have been treated to a mysterious image on the right side of the page. Deliberately worded for maximum appeal, the text reads... Read more...