Punching Employees – Slow Motion Abuse as a PR Stunt (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) A production company named Action Figure filmed its employees being punched in the face in slow motion to the rhythm of Robyn’s Be Mine song.

“The disturbing thing is that no one questioned it w…

DIY Paper Heroes – Cubee Craft (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Perk up your cubicle or desk with these fun and super cute paper cube people from Cubeecraft.com. You can make these for free by simply printing out the templates on card-stock and then cutting them o…

Online Baby Classifieds – WeeUsables

(TrendHunter.com) Buy, sell, and trade your baby stuff. That’s the idea behind the newly launched site, WeeUsables.com, and it’s a good idea considering a baby is born every seven seconds or so.

The home page greets …

Global Landing Videos – Flights on Flickr (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re like me, you plaster your face against the airplane window whenever you’re getting close to landing in your destination city. A Flickr Video pool devoted to the moment of decent was created …

Rockstars Parody Viral Videos – Weezer’s ‘Pork and Beans’ Video Kicks Ass (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The new music video for “Pork and Beans” by indie rock band Weezer is a Battle of the Viral Video All Stars of sorts. The video features and pays homage to many of the internet stars we have come …

Transformer Athletes – Rafael Nadal vs. Alien for Kia (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Last year, Kia Motors signed tennis superstar Rafael Nadal to be the company’s celebrity spokesperson in Europe. Titled “Nadal vs. Alien”, the web-only video is part of Kia’s new marketing campaign. T…

De-Uglifying Celebrities – Digital Beauty Evolutions of Stars (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) So many celebrities get plastic surgery, but have you ever wondered why they would choose that nose, or why they had their brows lifted so high? If you could tweak the faces of the famous, what would …

Supercuts – Viral Video Montage (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) YouTube has a lot of things going on, with new user-generated video genres arising all the time. A good example are Supercuts, remixed videos created from clips from TV shows, movies, video games or c…

Social Networks for Kids – Allie Finkle, ZooKazoo & ourWorld (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If your child is begging you to log onto a social networking site, it’s time you realized the internet isn’t as dangerous as it once was. Sites like Scholastic’s Allie Finkle Community, ZooKazoo, gear…

Hidden Images in Maps – Animals On The Underground (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tube travel in London can be really boring, but it was actually what inspired the concept of a new game, Animals on the Underground. I say new because it has just recently made it online in the form o…

VideoSongs – Radiohead – Chopin Mash-Up (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Who needs a band when you can make a VideoSong? This new medium is demonstrated in this video by Jack Conte in which he put all his musical skills to the test to create a mash-up of Radiohead’s ‘Exit Music for a Film.’

In the video, Conte sings as well as plays every instrument in the song. He did…

Boulders Made of 5 Million Lego Bricks – Indiana Jones Lego Promotion? (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter has featured some very nerdy yet awesome Lego trends, but this video is one of my favourites as it is just plain silly. I am not sure where they got the idea or more importantly, where they got five million Lego bricks. I wonder if it’s seeded to promote the Indiana Jones Lego.

The new…

Sexy Bakers Revive Office Tea Trolleys – Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Campaign (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain has just launched an online campaign to bring back the office tea trolley, a much missed tradition in the UK.

The campaign has a dedicated micro site which allows visitors to create and sign an office petition, view campaign videos and even win a tea trolley for the office (a…

Virals Gone Ape – Super Chill Monkey Does Hollywood (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Viral videos are monkeying around in Hollywood! Unbuttonfilms, the same company that brought us the ”Guys backflip into jeans” undercover ad for Levis, has launched Super Chill Monkey Does Hollywood.

One thing’s for sure, director Benzo Theodore loves drama acrobatics. This time he’s fe…

Banned Video Graveyards – YouTomb

(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever wondered what happens to videos YouTube is forced to remove because of copyright infringement claims? I myself haven’t, but the YouTomb project will tell you all you want to know about such videos. When a video take-down occurs because of a request, YouTube retains the video’s meta…

Competing with Compatibility – Napster Rivals iTunes (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Steve Jobs better watch out, because Napster is giving Apple a run for their money.

This week, Napster launched a music-sharing portal on the web with over six million MP3s, a move that could seriously hurt rivals like iTunes.

For reference, iTunes also has around six million songs, but the major…

Online Medical Records – Google Health

(TrendHunter.com) Google has released a new service that will allow people to track their medical records online. Google Health will track all your medical visits as well as track your tests results.

The password protected service will take the frustration and anxiety out of the wait for results like mononucleosis,…

Online Love for London Mayor – I Did Not Vote For Boris (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) London has a new mayor, and the story of how he got elected is very interesting. A ton of people thought it would be funny to vote for someone called Boris Johnston (see video); in fact, so many that he actually got in!

The web is alive with sites dedicated to Boris or Bo Jo. The blog roll is real…

Geeky Kamasutra – Positions For IT People (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We all know that geeks love their gadgets, but according to this funny illustration of love positions for IT People, maybe they love them a little too much…

The hilarious picture which is floating across the tech-loving blogosphere shows a young geek apparently trying to open his PC tower case de…

Top 15 Google Earth Innovations and Games (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Google Earth is as entertaining as it is informative. In this feature, we profile some of the interesting Google Earth innovations and applications.

People are using the Google Maps for everything from finding addresses to creating giant-scale art projects and advertising campaigns.

Take a look …