Software

Red Karaoke Shares Your Voice With The World

You know the one thing missing from your morning commute? Karaoke. Obviously. With the Red Karaoke App, you’ll be able to share your awesome renditions of Mariah Carey classics with everybody on the bus.


July 1, 2011
Software

Disney Spotlight: Karaoke On Your iPad 2

It’s lacking the staples of Tiny Dancer, Don’t Stop Believin’ and Hollaback Girl (am I right?), but if you’re into Disney’s catalogue of croon-alongs, Spotlight could be a lot of fun for the tween in your life (or you).


June 16, 2011
Software

Shazam Has A New Karaoke-Like Feature

Shazam Encore and Shazam Red both have a new feature called LyricPlay. It’s pretty much like karaoke, the app will display and animate (scroll, jump or slide) the lyrics of the song you’re listening to for you to sing along. [iTunes]


May 26, 2011
Software

An iPhone App For Spontaneous Singing

Ask iPhone owners about their favourite music app and most will say Shazam or Pandora. Both are great apps, but they have so many clones they lose some of their zing. That’s why we were excited to discover Vocal Zap.


March 23, 2011
Geek Out

‘My We’ Is Scary Art To Address A Scary Situation

In the Philippines, where you can die for singing Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” off key, artist Louie Cordero decided to satirise the ongoing violence with an over-the-top installation that shows just how crazy the phenomenon has gotten. It’ll make you think twice whenever you find yourself humming the Sinatra songbook.


December 21, 2010
Entertainment

Next-Level Karaoke Bar Has Kinect, Microsoft Surface, 3DTV

I love karaoke, but it amuses me how many joints don’t even have a digital songlist, instead favouring a cheapskate telephone book of songs. Hong Kong’s completely pimped the karaoke bar, with Panasonic’s 103-inch 3DTV, Kinect and Microsoft Surface.


December 8, 2010
Software

The ABBA Karaoke iPhone Game The World Was Waiting For

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ABBA Singbox: An iPhone game that lets you sing ABBA songs alongside Frida and Agnetha, while Björn and Benny do their thing. The only way life could get any better than this is if actual Swedes were singing besides you.


June 22, 2010
Software

Tuneless, Drunken Karaoke Hell Now Available On iPad

If you have no further need for your basic, human dignity, get the latest humiliation device for iPad – in the form of USing Karaoke. It supports MIDI files, so you’ll never run out of tunes to recreate that stuck-in-an-elevator-feeling.


April 16, 2010
Software

Glee On iPhone More Than Good – It’s Fabulous

When Glee first hit the air I loathed it. Sure, it was sharkfully wicked, but for a show about the joys of simply singing, I found the autotune insulting. I survived. Smule’s Glee app makes autotune a blast.


February 8, 2010
Entertainment

Sinatra “My Way” Karaoke Killings Plague Philippines Bar Scene

Apparently, when people sing Sinatra’s My Way in a Philippines karaoke bar, and they sing it poorly, they die.