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Viral Video Chart: Twitter turns seven, Wolverine and Status Quo Viral Video Chart: Twitter turns seven, Wolverine and Status Quo
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This week the Viral Video Chart takes a look at digital technology. In 1974 Arthur C Clarke, standing in a computer bunker, told a stunned kid on Australian television that when he was as old as the presenter – which would be the year 2001 – he would have compact version of one of those computers. He predicted he would be able to use it to get all the information he needed: bank statements, theatre reservations. The presenter worried what it would mean in social terms. "It would mean people would we able to live anywhere on earth [and do their jobs]," replied Clark. Aah, those crazy pipe dreams ...This week the Viral Video Chart takes a look at digital technology. In 1974 Arthur C Clarke, standing in a computer bunker, told a stunned kid on Australian television that when he was as old as the presenter – which would be the year 2001 – he would have compact version of one of those computers. He predicted he would be able to use it to get all the information he needed: bank statements, theatre reservations. The presenter worried what it would mean in social terms. "It would mean people would we able to live anywhere on earth [and do their jobs]," replied Clark. Aah, those crazy pipe dreams ...
On to the present. Did you know Twitter is now seven years old? It seems like it was only yesterday we were trying to figure out where you could find the hashtag on a keyboard. To celebrate, Twitter has made one of those feelgood videos illustrating what an important part it has played in world history. Cue the plane that crashed into the Hudson River in New York, Tahrir Square, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami ... you get the picture.On to the present. Did you know Twitter is now seven years old? It seems like it was only yesterday we were trying to figure out where you could find the hashtag on a keyboard. To celebrate, Twitter has made one of those feelgood videos illustrating what an important part it has played in world history. Cue the plane that crashed into the Hudson River in New York, Tahrir Square, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami ... you get the picture.
If you think dating will be awkward once people start wearing Google Glass, being able to secretly record you all through the evening (or check their Twitter feed while simultaneously trying to look interested) – this little peek into the future makes that notion seem romantic. Sure, it would be tempting to have a virtual wingman coaching you along, but it can go terribly wrong, as this video illustrates.If you think dating will be awkward once people start wearing Google Glass, being able to secretly record you all through the evening (or check their Twitter feed while simultaneously trying to look interested) – this little peek into the future makes that notion seem romantic. Sure, it would be tempting to have a virtual wingman coaching you along, but it can go terribly wrong, as this video illustrates.

1. Celebrating #Twitter7
It's quite tweet
1. Celebrating #Twitter7
It's quite tweet
2. Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Internet, 1974
A connection with the past		2. Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Internet, 1974
A connection with the past
3. Boris Johnson accused: 'you're a nasty piece of work' – video
Mair on mayor		3. Boris Johnson accused: 'you're a nasty piece of work' – video
Mair on mayor
4. Sight
Taking dating way beyond Google Glass, with a virtual wingman		4. Sight
Taking dating way beyond Google Glass, with a virtual wingman
5. The Wolverine: International Trailer
Loopy lupine		5. The Wolverine: International Trailer
Loopy lupine
6. Junk Food Confessions
Ditch the junk		6. Junk Food Confessions
Ditch the junk
7. Bingo Players ft. Far East Movement - Get Up (Rattle)
Ducks' gangland warfare		7. Bingo Players ft. Far East Movement - Get Up (Rattle)
Ducks' gangland warfare
8. Status Quo - Full length cinema trailer for BULA QUO!
Whatever you want		8. Status Quo - Full length cinema trailer for BULA QUO!
Whatever you want
9. Imagine a World Without Hate (Official Video)
It's never black or white		9. Imagine a World Without Hate (Official Video)
It's never black or white
10. 2 yr old Bedtime Bandit
Toddler picks the lock to his sister's room and takes her stuff		10. 2 yr old Bedtime Bandit
Toddler picks the lock to his sister's room and takes her stuff
Source: Viral Video Chart. Compiled from data gathered at 16:00 on 28 March 2013. The Viral Video Chart is currently based on a count of the embedded videos and links on approximately 2m blogs, as well as Facebook and Twitter.Source: Viral Video Chart. Compiled from data gathered at 16:00 on 28 March 2013. The Viral Video Chart is currently based on a count of the embedded videos and links on approximately 2m blogs, as well as Facebook and Twitter.
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