Want to sing karaoke in the comfort of home and show the world how good you are? You can just do that on NyanyiYuk.com. NyanyiTuk is another project by Agate Studio, the winner of the iMulai 3.0 competition and also the maker of Football Saga. Available for free on the web, NyanyiYuk is currently open for public beta. There are some features that are not available yet and the number of songs are still limited, but the development is definitely ongoing. On NyanyiYuk, people can choose any song and start singing simply by clicking the "Sing It" button. ...
China’s Largest Video Site, Youku, May Acquire Tudou

byWillis WeeinWeb
There’s speculation on the internet in China today that online video pioneer Tudou is no longer aiming for an IPO and is considering selling, with rival Youku as a possible buyer. With the rising cost of content licensing and pressure from investors, Tudou may look for an exit if this report is a valid one. Tudou was the first streaming video site to become popular in China, going online roughly around the same time as YouTube did. Its popularity has only been rivaled by Youku, which was successful in going public last ...
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 ...
Chinese video site Youku to launch animated web series, Miss Puff

byRick MartininWeb
Youku.com has announced that it will begin an new animated web series titled Miss Puff (泡芙小姐) this month. The few clips that I've watched so far have been surprisingly sexy and risqué for something produced in China. Youku itself describes it as a Chinese Sex and the City. The story centers around Miss Puff, a Beijing woman who's looking for love, though she's quite often found lounging around her apartment in her underwear, chatting and smoking in front of her computer. The artwork is pretty stylized, with animated two-dimensional figures overlaid ...
Geisha Launched Its New Album Through A Live-Streaming Concert

byJulian Sukmana PutrainAsia, Creative, Web
Update: record for the live-streaming concert is now available on MusikKamu.com. Enjoy! :) For the first time in Indonesia, a national music band Geisha has launched its new album "Meraih Bintang" through online live-streaming concert and radio. People can enjoy the concert by accessing MusikKamu.com or listening to Prambors radio network that spreads around 8 cities in Indonesia. I caught the online concert and in my opinion, it was a huge success. One of the reasons behind the success has to be Geisha's huge number of fans on social media. There is 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 ...
Get a Profile Video on your Facebook Profile

byAmelia CheninAsia, Web
There are over 140 million Facebook users in Asia and most of us use it everyday. Otherwise, some of us we might suffer withdrawal symptoms without logging on to Facebook. Here's a piece of great news for the narcisstic ones who enjoy changing their profile pictures every alternate days: Thanks to Flip Video, a shoot-and-share HD camcorder, there is now an application on Facebook "Flip your Profile" that makes profiles more engaging by empowering users to upload videos as their Facebook profile picture (instead of a static one). Launched on 14 Feb ...
5 Entertaining Angry Birds Videos on YouTube
byWillis WeeinVideo
Love Angry Birds? Then you will love the videos below. Angry Birds has been phenomenal this year. The classic drag, pull and catapult game has racked up more than 6 million paid downloads via the iTunes App store and 7 million free downloads on Android (Its Android version is supported by ads). Rovio, the architect behind Angry Birds has somehow created a strong culture through a simple storyline. The mobile game now has a strong horde of fans and even has ringtones, plush toys and t-shirts for them to show off their love ...
Social Video Advertising in 2010

Try recalling last year’s social video ads. What came to your mind first? Probably the famous Evian Roller Babies ad or Cadbury’s Eyebrow dance. Interestingly, the number of viral social video ads somehow skyrocketed this year. Some of the more memorable ones are Old Spice’s The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, Nike’s Write the Future, and Pepsi’s Oh Africa social video ads. Visible Measures, a social video analytics company, conducted a study on this year web video scene and provided us with three key findings: 1. More Brands: The number of brands participating ...
This Google Doc Demo is Awesome and Viral [VIDEO]
![This Google Doc Demo is Awesome and Viral [VIDEO]](http://www.penn-olson.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/google-docs-250x167.jpg)
byWillis WeeinVideo, Web
Are you using Google Docs? If not, this awesome Google Doc demo may give you the extra motivation to use it. The video demonstrates several key features of its technology, which include multi-user sharing, collaborative editing, and online document creation. This gorgeous demo video has also gathered over 1 million views since uploaded on YouTube about 10 days ago. The video is part of Google’s Demo Slam Project, which aims to help more people understand technology in a fun and meaningful way. You can check out more video demonstrations on the Demo Slam ...
Google wants to help 50 Million people in 2011 and here’s how

byWillis WeeinUncategorized
Google has started 2011 with charity in mind. Next year, the search giant has set its target to help over 50 million people. To make that possible, $20 million will be donated to these charity organizations: APC.org, ASHOKA, Bharti Foundation, Connecting Up, Global Strategies for HIV Prevention, LASA, NatureBridge, NPTech, NTEN, UNICEF. In general, Google’s effort will help improve education, health and technology infrastructure to various stakeholders in need. Most notably, 50 million children will be vaccinated against Polio. The video below is only available to those who have received Google’s newsletter. In ...
How Technology is Changing the Media
byWillis WeeinVideo, Web
Technology advancements have caused many falls and rises in the media world, that is as described by Adweek’s Alan Frutkin, who discusses the media landscape of 2010. Some of the topics include net neutrality, Comcast-NBC merger and the future of print. On hardware, Apple’s iPad is the highlight of 2010, which is certainly more talked about compared to Google TV. The iPad seems to be establishing standards for digital content consumption and the distribution of the written words. Rupert Murdoch’s iPad-only newspaper, ‘TheDaily’ has taken a peek into the future of print. ...
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