A museum's newest treasure has become an international sensation thanks to the magic of Web 2.0. The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam has already strengthened its international profile in 2009 by sending a traveling exhibit called "Anne Frank - A History For Today" all around the world, from San Antonio to Soweto.

Last week, the museum—commemorating the teenage girl whose wartime diary chronicled her family's attempts to avoid the Nazis by hiding in the attic of an office building—took its subject to your home. Yes, you, sitting right there in front of that computer; the museum launched its own YouTube channel. The centerpiece is not a chat with Nelson Mandela or the testimony of diary finder Miep Gies, but instead a recently discovered bit of footage of Anne herself, the only such known moving image of her in the world. ]]> egw 2009-10-15T09:18:37-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/8/18/122437/046

The saga of the PR nightmare for United Airlines continues with the second installment of the 3-part music video series from a United passenger who had his guitar smashed by baggage handlers.

The music group, Sons of Maxwell, were headed on a week-long tour when they flew United through Chicago, and glimpsed their checked guitar cases being roughly handled on the tarmac. Sure enough, the lead singer's guitar was broken and required $1,200 in repairs. United refused to pony up any dough in retribution, and so Sons of Maxwell vowed revenge in the form of musical shame. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-08-18T13:03:44-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/7/7/113525/4547

We were tipped off to this funny video by Chris Elliott's Twitter about a band called Sons of Maxwell who were headed to Nebraska on a week-long tour. But at the airport in Chicago they actually witnessed the baggage handlers at United Airlines tossing the lead singer's Taylor $3,500 guitar which sure enough, arrived broken.

Frustrated by United's crappy customer service and refusal to do anything about the damage, Sons of Maxwell created a YouTube music video slamming United for their indifference.

The video sort of reminds us of the FreeCreditReport.com videos and at four minutes long, it's a tad lengthy for us busy internet readers but it's nice to see someone putting United in their place in a different way than just writing off a nasty letter. Oh and Sons of Maxwell are promising two more videos about this incident as well. United: We're awaiting your answer. Make it a video one too!

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Our Chinese visa expired last month, and after today's news we doubt we'll be renewing it any time soon. Seeking to quiet social media networks before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4, China has blocked the population from accessing a surprising range of the internet's most popular communication tools. Currently affected by the ban are: Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Wordpress, Blogger, Bing (which hasn't officially even launched), Hotmail and MSN's Live.com.

While there's no word yet on if this ban will continue after Thursday, what is apparent is that the country is only drawing more attention to itself at the same time as it cripples the communication channels of its modern businesses. Taking this one step further, we see serious repercussions for tourism to China because of it.]]> JetSetCD 2009-06-02T13:07:10-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/3/14/154354/160

Man, ever since I discovered Kutiman last Thursday, I can not stop watching his amazing collection of videos. Normally I try to curb my enthusiasm when the latest meme catches afire, but this guy is simply amazing and deserves all the viral fame he's getting. Kutiman is the pen name for Ophir Kutiel, a Tel Aviv-based musician and producer who recently spent three months deconstructing YouTube clips in his bedroom and creating a series of music videos that literally tap the best talent that can be found on the web. The resulting mash-up is nothing short of astounding, and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the featured artists - and Kutiman himself - soon found themselves on the top of the musical game. ]]> Victor Ozols 2009-03-14T15:43:54-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/3/9/13129/31551

Admit it: you've seen it, laughed at it and passed it along to friends too. The cell phone video of the Hong Kong Cathay Pacific passenger who, having just missed her flight, falls into shrieking hysterics at the gate, has spent the last few weeks taking YouTube by storm and making the viral video rounds. It has actually garnered enough attention, as internet tumbleweeds go, to warrant a formal apology to the passenger from Cathay Pacific. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-03-09T15:26:02-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/12/16/01120/795

The tourism board down in New Zealand is determined to be modern and they've done a pretty good job with their newest idea. The Have Your Say campaign has a mobile recording studio traveling around the whole country recording YouTube videos so tourists can tell their friends and family how amazing New Zealand is.

The Kiwis are hoping this combination of social media and word of mouth marketing gets a whole bunch of positive messages out to the world about why everybody should visit the country. What you can actually see so far is a bunch of camera-shy travelers not really knowing what to say, but it is entertaining in a weird kind of way.

The mobile studio is in Auckland now and after Christmas will spend four months stopping in 40 different locations around New Zealand. Keep an eye out for it if you're traveling in Kiwi land in early 2009, because we're dying to see how embarrassing your message home can be.

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· Pure NZ Have Your Say [Official Site]
· Tourism Radio is Watching Your Every Move in New Zealand [Jaunted]
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