One of the hottest stories this week has to be the Fake Apple Stoer Store busted by blogger BirdAbroad in China who's original report is making waves in media around the world. According to the latest blog post, the blog has attracted almost one million views in less than 72 hours. In addition, the blogger was contacted by major media sites including AP, AFP, CNN, BBC, ABC, and NBC. Not too shabby! If you missed out this story, you can head over to BirdAbroad’s blog or catch this animation which NMA has created. Let ...
Funny Bollywood Cop Video Goes Wildy Viral in Indonesia

byWillis WeeinAsia, Creative, Video
YouTube houses lots of funny videos. Here's one more addition to the family: A recent Bollywood dancing cop from Indonesia is the latest hit in the country. Norman Kamaru is under the limelight as he performed lip syncing and a creative dance in tune with Hindi song, "Chaiyya-Chaiyya", according to JarkartaGlobe. The video has attracted over 800,000 views at the point of writing. The video was first uploaded on March 29 and won YouTube honors including the "#10 - Most discussed (this week)" and "#54 Most Discussed (this month)". Despite entertaining a ...
Hilarious Window-Smashing Burglar went Viral in China [VIDEO]
![Hilarious Window-Smashing Burglar went Viral in China [VIDEO]](http://www.penn-olson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/burglar-250x202.jpg)
byWillis WeeinAsia, Video
A silly robber caught on video never fails to entertain Internet users. Meet China’s “Window smashing” burglar, who smashed the bulletproof glass using a hammer. Did I say bulletproof? Yes and he was apparently extremely determined to crack it open. In the video below, he was seen smashing the glass for more than 4 minutes before climbing over to the office area and start stealing. According to Baidu, the “window-smashing brother” (砸窗哥) ranks within the top three of its popular figure search list. On Tudou, a Chinese video streaming site, multiple ...
So You Want to Start a Web Start-up?

byWillis WeeinStartups, Video
Google and Facebook’s start-up stories are almost like fairy tales. They inspired many, to the extent that they could have blinded many budding entrepreneurs. And it gets worse with the recent screening of The Social Network. If you’re one of those who dream to build the next Google and Facebook, pinch yourself and do a reality check. It’s good to dream big, but a tad of skepticism is always good too. It brings you back to reality, exposes your weaknesses and makes you fear so much that you work extremely hard ...
More People Watch Funny Videos Than News

bySarah ChonginUncategorized
If you are a business thinking of creating a video online, a funny video should definitely be in your consideration set. Humor is one of the golden tickets to a viral video, and it is not difficult to understand why. According to a study by Pew Research Center, there are more people who watched funny videos on the web than those who watched online news. Half of respondents to the center’s survey watched funny videos online, up from 31% in 2007. News was the second most-popular category, with 43% of adults ...
LOL: The Social Media Guru [Video]
byWillis WeeinUncategorized
Have you met people who claimed to be social media gurus? There are many self-proclaimed gurus out there, but what makes them one? Is it a large following OR knowing how to set up a Facebook page? The talk about knowing how these social tools work are just pure superficial. In my opinion, being able to successfully put them into practical use makes one a real guru. Even so, the real gurus don't use such cliche terms. Only posers do. Here's a video about social media gurus that made me laugh out loud ...
COMEDY: Twitter Tells Users To F*** Themselves

byWillis WeeinUncategorized
A friend of mine shared this hilarious video through Facebook and I thought you'd be interested just by looking at its title. Video description: Comedy.com recently reached out to Twitter, asking it to address the numerous complaints about the company... Although the complaints are real, Twitter obviously didn't tell users to f*** themselves (just for clarification sake!). Just for laughs. Catch the video below! Apparently, Twitter's list of problems don't just end at its absence of revenue stream and broken pages, traffic growth has recently entered a stagnancy. Its explosive growth rate seems ...
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