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Apologies for being late guys! Things have been kinda handful lately so we’re really glad that we finally have time to post something up about the show. To those who weren’t there, KL Big Party was held on 5th June 2010 at One Cafe, KL. We arrived to see the place packed with gig-goers, some were stationed right in front of the stage, s0me were taking a breather outside and some recharging themselves with food and drinks. There were also band t-shirts sold at the gig and it was really great to see more bands coming up with amazing designs for their merchandise! So, okay, we’ll not bore you with words, check out some of the photos of the gig, courtesy of www.melodica.com.my

We’ll be posting more photos on our Facebook page, so if you haven’t ‘like-d’ us yet, please do so and tell your friends too, alright? Cheers!

iTalk Whoa is a portal that possesses all the characteristics of social networking coupled with iTalk functionalities and much more, such as making calls, chatting using instant messaging, using email accounts such as Yahoo! and Gmail, send Web-based SMSes and utilize the concept of shared workplaces.

iTalk Whoa is equipped with a Unified Messaging and Convergence platform providing single-point-access to Messaging and Collaboration systems. The portal aggregates the users’ social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter into one single platform for users’ to organize their social networking. In addition, iTalk Whoa Mail is a web-browser-based email application with push capabilities. Hence, for all their networking and communication needs, consumers only need to log on to one portal.

iTalk Whoa is equipped with special features such as:

• Webmail – enables different webmails to be viewed in one portal
• Push eMail – enables email to be pushed to mobile
• Instant Messaging (IM) – full collaboration and communications solutions
• Calendar & Task functions – helps users in organizing appointments, events, scheduling and tasks, among others
• Voice Call – enables users to communicate from PC with the lowest calling rates
• Web SMS  – enables users to send web SMSes from the portal
• Synchronization – includes emails, contacts, calendar, notes, to do lists, messages and much more
• Integration Framework – shared workspace for exchange of information and ideas independent of geographical location
• Social Networking Streams  – single point of access to all networks
• Security – secure/multipurpose internet mail extension encryption

We ran a Lady GaGa Look Alike Contest on our Facebook page recently and here’s our winner! Atira Ariffyn submitted a photo of herself that best resembles Lady GaGa and won by receiving 139 ‘likes’ from Hypptunes’ Facebook fans. Don’t you just love her hair? We think it rocks.

Atira will receive the grand prize – a 3G handphone worth more than RM1000, and other participants will receive exclusive Hypptunes Lady GaGa merchandise.

You can join our future contests too! Just become a fan on our Facebook page here and we’ll give you updates on what’s coming up next.

Do you wanna share any ideas for our next contests? Drop us a note here, we might just make it happen… *cross fingers*

Marionexxes

Yes they could be if you vote for them! Marionexxes has entered the Ernie Ball Vans Warped Tour Battle of the Bands 2010 and they need you to show them your support by voting for them from today until August 6 2010. Should they be among the Top 100 vote getting bands, they’ll be on the running to perform at the Ernie Ball stage at Vans Warped Tour 2010 in the United States of America! The 4 selected bands will then perform live in front of thousands of people at this year’s Vans Warped Tour alongside cool bands like Mayday Parade, Emarosa, The Swellers, Automatic Loveletter, Eyes Set to Kill, Closure in Moscow, and more…

It ain’t difficult to vote…just follow these simple steps:

Step 1: REGISTER as FANS at http://www.battleofthebands.com/register
Step 2: Verify your account through your valid email address
Step 3: LOG ON to http://www.battleofthebands.com/marionexxes
Step 4: VOTE for MARIONEXXES everyday until 6th August 2010

The clock is ticking guys, so don’t forget to vote, vote and vote and tell your friends about it too…best of luck

Okay, yes this is super overdue. Apologies for this, was waiting for the photos to arrive.. ;p

The much talked about Hypptunes Rock The World 9 (yes, the excitement AND the rants too) had finally taken place on 26 December 2009. The whole day music event reportedly drew about 10,000 music fans from across the country. Some even started arriving at Car Park A, Bukit Jalil Stadium as early as 10am. The Hypptunes team was there to cover the entire event and we were truly overdosed with music at the end of the day!

As all of you know, there were 3 stages featuring Malaysia’s best independent acts, but too bad we could not gather enough manpower to capture every single moment at the concert. However, I think we did a pretty good job running from one stage to another with our cameras and what not all day long so we could share some awesome moments with you guys right here.

The concert started off with the winners of the Hypptunes Rock The World 9 Band Search. It was supposed to start at 12 noon, however due to some unforeseen intricacy, the Indie Stage was requested to kick off the show earlier, at 10.30am.

The scene at the Car Park A that afternoon was just like any other music festival – people walking around checking out different interesting booths, some were stationed at their preferred stage, some were happily snacking away oh and of course, not forgetting the must-do thing at any event; the ‘cam-whoring’ session. The weather was kind to us too then but just as things were going smoothly with the crowd just starting to warm up to the opening bands like Pitbull Inc., Robot Asmara, Aku, Jeopardice, Kugiran di Tepi Pantai! and Khottal to name a few, the sky grew darker and within minutes, the rain began pouring so heavily. Those with access to the VIP tent ran inside for shelter and everyone else practically squeezed themselves under every booth around the concert area. Some were even taking shelter in the portable toilets! The rain was too heavy that the concert had to be stopped for a while. After an hour or so, the organizers started setting up the stages again and this time, it was the crowd’s turn to show no mercy to the weather. It was still drizzling, but these rocking people stayed put at all 3 stages, giving their full support to the performers. Kudos to you guys for rocking hard in your wet and ‘squishy’ shoes!

This is beginning to look like an essay and you’re probably yawning already, so let’s just go ahead with the rest of the details with some photos ok? Most of them are from the main stage, but we’ll keep posting more photos on our Facebook page so do look us up – www.hypptunes.com.my on Facebook!