Karaoke

Volkswagen planning ‘big moves’ and hiring spree in China

Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess said the company is planning “big moves” in China. The world’s second-largest automaker is beefing up operations in its largest market to keep pace with fast-growing

Tesla is selling a microphone for in-car karaoke, but only in China

Tesla is now selling a microphone for in-car karaoke. The TeslaMic is only available in China for the time being, and was introduced amid the rollout of a Chinese New Year software update.

See you tonight at the Boulder Micro-Meetup

A reminder that I’ll be holding a micro-meetup at Boomtown on Broadway in Boulder, Colorado tonight at 7pm. You’ll have two minutes to pitch in front of two local judges and then two minu

A few iPhone patents for you: Karaoke, fancy haptic feedback

<img src="http://www.mobilecrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/karaoke.jpg" />Oh, patents. Companies file you all the time, often coming to nothing, yet you still mystify us for some reason. A few i

Would you please STFU: Mute Karaoke mic for Nintendo Wii

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/wii_mute_mic.png" /> You own a Wii? You like Karaoke? But you suck at singing or you are so loud that you annoy everyone in your vicinit

Shut up and sing with this weird-ass Japanese karaoke mic for the Wii

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/top.jpg">We’ve all been there before: you sing like a nightingale – <em>a damn nightingale</em> – but your neighbors don’t apprec

New technology lets visually impaired people sing karaoke, too

Two companies from the motherland of Karaoke, Japan, partnered up to develop a new Karaoke system that is tailor-made to meet the demands of the blind and visually impaired. Tokyo-based Nippon Telesof

Try these Karaoke pills in case you suck at singing

I swear the timing of this posting has nothing to do with this one. It just so happened I came across these Karaoke pills today at Rakuten [JP], Japan’s biggest online shopping mall. The Fushigi

Goodmans XB5CDG karaoke machine has a camera so you can watch yourself act a fool

Like karaoke? No? That’s OK, it’s strictly an activity for old people. But at least this Goodmans XB5CDG gives the hobby a techy twist. You connect the R2-D2-looking thing to your TV where

Next iPod or iPhone May Have Dynamic Lyrics Display

A recently published patent filed by Apple shows that the next iPod or iPhone may have a new way of displaying song lyrics. The patents shows that text displayed would be highlighted in some way, whet

Emerson, IXT Launch Affordable Karaoke Add-Ons

Looking to do a little extra entertaining for the holidays? Like karaoke? Then you’ll be ecstatic to find out that Emerson and IXT systems are bringing the public a whole host of karaoke add-on

MusicJam Adds Recording to Karaoke Offering, Sales of Earplugs Set to Soar

CrunchGear likes karaoke. For reals. Nothing gets our teamworkometer cranked up like seeing Raj on stage belting out Journey, except Brad Pitt’s abs in “Fight Club,” but that’s

High Tech Karaoke

IBM and Xing announced today that they have come together to release a new high tech karaoke controller that will allow users to take karaoke with them throughout Japanese restaurants and karaoke bars

New Griffin iPod Accessories Announced

I don’t own an iPod, and it’s very rare that I regret having bought a Creative Zen Vision: M–today is no different. Griffin has announced yet more iPod accessories, and these things