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"Sina Weibo, the Twitter-like microblogging service from China, outguns its original western counterpart by rolling out two new multimedia features: voicemail &amp;quot;tweets&amp;quot; and direct video uploads.\r\n\r\nThe microblogging service is definitely one of the most innovative in the industry with proven success,\u00A0currently growing at around 10 million users per month, and\u00A0expects\u00A0to exceed 150 million users this year,\u00A0making it one of the top social networks in China. \u00A0The two new features that \u00A0aim to enrich multimedia experience with the service will be launched today.\r\n\r\nFirst is the Voicemail Weibo (\u8BED\u97F3\u5FAE\u535A) lets users dial a service number on their mobile phones and record a message which will be uploaded and shared to their Weibo accounts.\r\n\r\nNext, we have Direct Video Upload where users can now upload a video of up to 200mb, instead of simply linking to external video sites.\r\n\r\nThese multimedia Weibos (equivalent of &amp;quot;tweets&amp;quot;) are embedded\u00A0in the post itself and can be played inline.\u00A0Video uploads are ported directly to Sina\u2019s video site (video.sina.com.cn) and can be played independently.\u00A0Moreover, it supports both HTML 5 and Flash, which means compatible playback, even when accessed using smartphones.\r\n\r\nApparently, Sina Weibo is also planning to provide location based services, which is currently on closed beta testing (\u65B0\u6D6A\u8FD9\u91CC http://f.sina.com.cn) but can be expected to be released within the year.\r\n\r\nHow about you\u00A0Twitter, what's new with you?\r\n\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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