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February

Next Big Thing Finals - iPad 2 Winner


Remember our Next Big Thing Contest, where you guys could submit your creative ideas to make YouNow even MORE awesome for a chance to win prizes?  And remember how there were so many awesome ideas that we had to choose finalists? I bet you’re wondering who won that coveted iPad 2, huh?
 

The YouNow community submitted over 200 entries, all with amazing and radical ideas for how to change YouNow for the better.

The most popular ideas were:
- a gaming channel
- 1 vote per minute
- multi-user broadcasting
- a How to / Tutorial Channel 

Our CEO, Adi Sideman, YouNow chose “the ability for multiple users to broadcast together” as the top idea. The following contestants, all whose ideas related to multi-user broadcasting, went head-to-head, explaining their ideas to Adi in 3 minute presentations:

Slater The Alien
Connor Halsey
Kirsty Driver
Hannah Johnson
Inja Wollatz 

Each contestant did a great job, however the award for best presentation (along with an iPad 2) went to Kirsty Driver! Her polished and thoughtful presentation was well laid out and imaginative. Check it out below:

Hannah Johnson, who gave an equally impressive presentation complete with a hand-made mockup drawing of her design, was a runner up and won a $100 Apple gift card.

The other contestants won hoodies for their excellent efforts!

Stay tuned for more from YouNow.com! 

#community #events #iPad #next big thing #prizes #kirsty driver #slater the alien #connor halsey #hannah johnson #inja wollatz #adi sideman #contest
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    • 17
    January

    Tales of a YouNow Meet and Greet… by Connor Halsey

    On the 7th of January 2012, I hosted a YouNow meet and greet in Milton Keynes, UK. The plan was to meet some of the power users of YouNow, as well as those who enjoy watching and interacting.

    Jordan’s happy to have won a shirt!

    The day started with Jack Davies heading over to my house. After grabbing the t-shirts YouNow had sponsored the event with, we then left to meet Tom Green, another well-known broadcaster on YouNow.com.

    After meeting up with Tom, we proceeded to catch our train to the city, where we met up withOli White, and had a few sandwiches at Subway.

    Oli White with two girls from Scotland!

    As we finished eating we headed to the Meet Up location where we found two girls who had traveled all the way from Scotland –  a 7-8 hour train journey! For their dedication, we we awarded them with YouNow t-shirts to wear proudly around the streets of Scotland.  We made friendly chat and had a good laugh, and were eventually joined by Thomas Wetherall, yet another power user of YouNow!

    It was time to have even MORE fun, so we headed up to the arcade at the centre of the city. There we had guitar hero battles, dance mat battles, and of course Dual Team Air Hockey. After about 10 minutes in the arcade Tom Green won £40 on a machine… impressive! From there we moved on to the indoor snowboarding slopes and rock climbing walls.

    Now that it was coming to the end of the day, we had one last thing to do: broadcast LIVE from the Apple Store.

    Check it out below:

    Me, Connor Halsey!

    Overall the day was amazing. We met some cool new people and everyone was even cooler in real life! Many thanks to everyone who showed up, and to the people who couldn’t make it – we’re sorry you weren’t there! This was a lot of fun, and we plan to hold another one very soon.

    STAY TUNED!

    To keep up with me, follow me on Twitter, friend me on Facebook or YOUNOW of course!

    - Connor Halsey

    #meetup #younow #connor halsey #community #oli white #thomas wetherall
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