Grovo – Video-based Website Finder that Actually Helps

Grovo – This online video hub is, simply put, an efficient site discovery tool. Intended for the amateur, average and savvy Internet users alike, Grovo offers video lessons that show you the exact how-to when it comes to searching for websites of your needs and areas of interest. How does Grovo produce its content? Their content is “professionally produced, in-house, by our staff of writers, editors and voiceover talent. All content is extensively researched and crafted prior to production; once produced, content is regularly updated to maintain relevancy.”

How does it work? You can dive right into the site’s colossal video lessons section, or you can consult Grovo’s glossary in case you’ve stumbled upon an unfamiliar Web term, and then proceed to see a relevant video. Another option to test your Web knowledge is to explore Grovo’s Quiz section. Grovo is a terrific service, although currently only a part of its video collection is open to free viewing  – there’s a 7-day free trial after which you will have to pick one of their paid subscription tracks (annual, monthly and enterprise) if you wish to have access to all of Grovo’s content.

Despite the payment hindrance (hey, sometimes high quality things will cost you), Grovo is a great Web search aid worth exploring. See this video showing how to block pop-ups for example.

Socialeyes – Free Video Chat and Messaging Service

Socialeyes – This unique free social tool is essentially “a social video service that allows you to call your friends and meet new people.” Socialeyes is similar to the Video Chat Rounds Facebook app which we reviewed a couple of months ago, only that Socialeyes is a bit more flexible in terms of features. One obvious difference is that Socialeyes allows for multiple video messaging rather than limiting you to one-on-one conversations.

Another cool thing about Socialeyes is that firends using this service can send video messages to each other when not connected in real-time. It’s the answering machine of the digital age, packed with a whole series of social perks – all for free! Need I say more? Connect with Facebook and invite all your friends to join.

YouTube Ad Blitz 2011 – The Commercials Aired During the Super Bowl XLV

YouTube Ad Blitz 2011 – Even if you’re a TV commercial hater like me, you’ll agree the ones aired during the Super Bowl game are entirely different than the ones aired throughout the year -which are boring and uninspiring in most cases. YouTube continues its annual tradition with the Ad Blitz, a showcase of all the Super Bowl game commercials for us to cherish and share.

Which TV commercial was your absolute favorite? I couldn’t decide between these three:

Random Rounds – Facebook Video Chat Just Got a Whole Lot Sweeter

Rounds, the interactive video chat service provider previously featured on All My Faves, has taken online video chat up another notch this week. The Video Chat Rounds Facebook app has been going strong for the past five months since its launch, and this week the Rounds team has surprised us once again; an exciting new feature, Random Rounds, is added to the Video Chat Rounds  app on Facebook. Random Rounds invites users to meet new people online and create a wealth of shared fun experiences using the huge variety of activities offered by the Rounds platform.

If you have yet to explore Video Chat Rounds on Facebook you should, you don’t know what you are missing. Experience a new way of interacting with your Facebook friends -forget about the social network’s chat service, that’s so basic- Video Chat Rounds allows you to have lots of fun while video chatting with friends and family. There are over 20 games and fun perks to choose from to spice up the experience, not to mention special effects, snapshots and loads more. See some screen shots below as examples.

Rounds’ recent juicy Random feature makes new entertaining encounters possible, and you can rest assured that Video Chat Rounds have taken serious safety measures to make sure meeting new people on Facebook and video chatting with them remain within the safe and positive zone. This is why only Video Chat Rounds users with 100 Facebook friends or more can access the Random Rounds feature. In addition, Random Video Chats Rounds connect users of the same age group, so it’s a safe and entertaining platform for users of practically all ages. Now it’s time for some action. Log in to Video Chat Rounds on Facebook and dive into a world of innovative entertainment with one of the Web’s most rewarding free video chat services ever.

To learn more about Video Chat Rounds and their latest Random feature, watch the video below or read their recent press release for a more detailed account of their new Random Rounds feature.

Nimmo Bay: Interactive 360 Video – Amazing All-Angle BC Video Taken from a Helicopter

Nimmo Bay Interactive 360 Video – What a better way to advertise a helicopter resort in British Columbia than to shoot a 360 angle video from a helicopter? Hit play and click & drag your mouse on the video to look anywhere, regardless of the helicopter’s flight direction or angle! The scenery is amazing, but the comprehensive view ability is even better. Here’s the video below. Enjoy.

JayCut – Inviting Users to Interact with, Not Only Watch, Videos

JayCut – With the ambitious goal of making videos like putty in the hands of users, JayCut offers free online video editing service that invites users to become fully engaged with videos rather than simply watching them.

Create and edit your very own video and edit it like a pro with JayCut’s easy and intuitive editor. This software is completely free, and it saves time so you can create your masterpiece in no time! To learn more about JauCut’s online editor, I recommend exploring the demo (click the image below).

Bloginity – One of the Web’s Best Entertainment Spots

Bloginity – One of the most prevalent website categories online today is that related to ‘entertainment’. There are hundreds if not thousands of gossip and celebrity sites and blogs, TV and film sources and many others under the entertainment umbrella. Standing out in this overcrowded arena is not only difficult, it’s almost impossible. But one particular site has managed to do just that with tons of style: Bloginity.

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That Grape Juice – Freshly Squeezed Urban Pop Culture

That Grape Juice – Claiming to be one of the Web’s premier urban pop culture sites, That Grape Juice (or TGJ for short) offers a regularly updated source of entertainment, music, star interviews, reviews and much more. TGJ, a UK-based website  and a winning Weekly Blog here at All My Faves, delivers great content -text, photos and videos- and the end result is an entertaining update on the leading urban culture scene.

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YouTube Trends Dashboard – Tracking Viral Videos in Every Corner of the Globe

YouTube Trends Dashboard – This new ‘Google Trends’ like feature by YouTube lets you keep a very close eye on the most watched and shared videos right now. Tracking the most tweeted and facebook-ed videos in the last 24 hours, Trends Dashboard guarantees fresh out of the oven viral videos.

The cool thing about Trend Dashboard is that not only you get to browse the coolest videos currently online, but you can also search by geographic location, compare between locations and group ages, or filter results by ‘male’ or ‘female’ (which is a bit politically incorrect if you ask me). Here’s a nice video I found that is currently watched repeatedly in Australia, in light of the latest floods the country has suffered.

NFB Interactive: Crash Course – Creative Recession Perspectives Found in Argentina

NFB/Interative: Crash Course – Brought to us by the National Film Board of Canada, Crash Course is the creative project of Nobu Adilman and The Secret Location, exploring innovative perspectives on the US recession, in Argentina. Sounds crazy? Wait till you find out the connection between Tango lessons and a slow economy. Prepare yourself for an amazing interactive experience. This is simply a must.

Genero.tv – Creating Music Videos for Top Artists

Genero.tv – Feel like making the music video of your favorite artist? Now you can with Genero.tv. a site that picks the songs from artists around the world and then leaves it up to you to make your own music videos for them to express what the songs represent for you. This innovative and creative idea brings together grade A artists (including Royskopp, Moby, David Lynch, Alicia Keys) with video creators to make the best music videos ever. Winning videos score fame and great prizes, so if you know your way around the creative video world, genero.tv is the place for you. To get an idea of the artists listed here who are waiting for cool videos see the screen shot below.

To see an example of genero.tv in action, see this video by thespecialbobo , a finalist for Alicia Keys’ Wait Till You See My Smile song (apologies for not embedding the video, the code failed to work).

Slice – Exploring America’s Pizza Obsession

Slice – Welcome to this pizza central, a weblog covering all aspects of America’s most favorite carb food. Aside from providing mouth watering photos of pizza of every possible kind, Slice regularly posts (brought to us by Serious Eats) pizza news, reviews and videos.

Let’s just dive right in, shall we? Click the images below to read the wonderful pizza posts here on Slice.

I also thought I’d share this video with you, ’50-Second Pizza Party by Brooks Jones.