Check out my latest CNET Asia blog post.
Here’s an excerpt.
Thousands of Michael Jackson fans will converge at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the public memorial service on Tuesday morning, July 7 in the US, even as millions around the world are expected to watch the live video stream from different media outlets. News of Jackson’s death slowed down the Web, but the public memorial will be the real acid test as it’s expected to be the biggest Web event in history.
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Check out my latest CNET Asia blog post.
Here’s an excerpt.
In the Philippines, as elsewhere around the world, the shocking loss of Adam Lambert to Kris Allen in Season 8 of American Idol has created a lot of buzz online, with fans wondering about what is arguably the most stunning upset in Idol history.
Now, a New York Times article has come out saying that Idol sponsor AT&T, whose mobile network is the only one viewers can use to text their votes, might have swayed the results in favor of Allen.
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Haven’t used Blip.fm in months but decided to give it another go.
It’s a microblogging tool like Twitter or Plurk, but here you can include songs in your status. So you become an online DJ, in effect, and join a whole community of music lovers. Pretty neat, huh?
Check it out and add me if you decide to join Blip.fm.
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