Both challenged conventional thinking and won!

Zaazu.com introduced its brand of cuter and more vibrant smileys that looked different from what online users have seen on the internet and initially, reception was cold and remote. Online users were so used to seeing round-faced emoticons that showed the most basic of human emotions - crying, smiling, winking and laughing – and perhaps online users were not ready to give way to smiley designs that showed a lot more character and expressions. Fast forward to 2008, Zaazu smileys are most-sought-after for their new designs that cover the widest range of emotions. Popular movie and sports idols, including those in the news and politics, and ordinary men and women from all walks of life, young and old alike, are sure to have a Zaazu smiley character to call their own.

President-elect Barack Obama won over John McCain in a presidential election that will be remembered in history as the longest, toughest (for a Democrat at least), and the most expensive. Never mind if originally, he was almost sidestepped by a woman candidate. Never mind if he was criticized for his “inexperience”. When the dust of the November 4 elections settled, Barack Hussein Obama, though met by resistance just like Zaazu smileys, finished victorious! History books will record his triumphant entry to the White House with the caption: the first black man to sit on the throne of power that is the United States of America!

“We want change”

Barack Obama challenged all Americans to rally behind him if they clamor for change and want to see it happen. It seemed that Barack struck a common chord among the whites who believed in him, the blacks who saw him as a brother, the young and old alike, people of all races, the well-heeled in Beverly Hills and those in the Bronx. When the election results came out, it was clear people of the United States of America – not the blacks and the Democrats alone - but everyone who wanted to see change happening soon, have spoken.

Onwards to 2009

2008 will close with Zaazu.com beating competition bit by bit, but surely. It has added new and more attractive designs to its database; there is now a wider selection of emoticons depicting every thinkable human expression there is. Zaazu.com has designed its unique premium package that gives full access to “limited-edition” smileys among its subscribers while still allowing online users to experience the use of Zaazu smileys in their emails by providing them the free version. There is definitely an arsenal of bigger things to come for the company and its loyal patrons; 2009 will definitely be a “Zaazu year”. Online users can look forward to more designs, additional categories and more online support for subscribers.
President Barack Obama will be the first Democrat-candidate who won the presidential elections after Jimmy Carter with more than half of the total votes, though it failed to cap a landslide victory that many in Obama’s quarters have hoped for. Nevertheless, it was a convincing win. John McCain, the ever- true gentleman that he is, conceded easily.

Give way to Barack Obama in your emails help shape a new America. Send in your emails, Zaazu’s Obama smileys, and encourage everyone you know to give change and President-elect Obama, a chance. For after all, no President can move his country onwards to prosperity without his people’s faith in his leadership, as well as in themselves.

Zaazu.com is one with the entire nation in its bid for change. Let it begin – now.

Sarah Palin was thrust under the spotlight, albeit reluctantly, by her decision to run as Vice President for the Republican ticket.  It was a roller coaster ride of fame and ridicule, of praise and scathing remarks for Alaska’s pride.  Sarah Palin became instant celebrity, but with a cloud of doubt on her capacity to truly deliver.  She’s young, disarmingly charming that most people believe the whole Sarah Palin’s mystique is a product of hype and that her being chosen to carry the Vice Presidential ticket for the Republicans is the party’s most serious blunder yet.  Could Alaska’s first female governor and the youngest governor elected to such office weather the storm of public opinion?  Is there something in her track record that can buoy up the public’s confidence in her abilities?

Sarah Palin Smileys

Tough Act to Beat

For Alaskans, John McCain did not err in choosing Sarah Palin as his running-mate.  Young and aggressive, Sarah has demonstrated resoluteness of purpose; she knows what she wants, but above all, she knows how to get there.

The youngest and so far, the only female governor to hold office in Alaska, Sarah has proven that there is more to her than just being moose hunter, or hockey- Mom.  What others perceived to be “inexperience” can actually be her strength; only a half-filled glass can take in more up to the brim.  Only the inexperienced can afford to look at things more objectively.

As Mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin did far more than any Mayors before her:

1.    Implemented new sales tax for Wasilla to finance community projects;
2.    Cut-down property taxes;
3.    Saved-up on government costs by slashing her own salary;
4.    Streamlined government spending by cutting down useless government posts, which were either redundant or unnecessary.

As Governor, Sarah continued her legacy to venture into untried territories and cap her efforts with success:

1.    She supported the development of oil and natural gas;
2.    Increased taxes of oil companies;
3.    Passed laws to protect Alaska from climate change;
4.    Passed laws to protect Alaska’s environment;
5.    Sarah never hesitated to put on hold more than 300 projects including the infamous “bridge to nowhere”;
6.    Protected Alaska’s only dairy farm despite pressure from local sectors to close it;
7.    Sold the state’s jet at ebay for over 2 million dollars
8.    Propelled Alaska to become one of America’s wealthiest states.
9.    Proposed the 2008 Energy assistance rebates which awarded all residents state dividends.

Are these not enough reasons to give the lady a chance as the United State’s first female Vice President?

Carson City, Nevada - October 10, 2008 – The makers of Zaazu Smileys, brand of vibrant and cute smileys, take on socially-relevant issues when it launched recently its election smileys.  With a complete line-up of “presidentiable-smileys”, emails all over the world catch on the fever of the 2008 US Presidential elections.

Sarah Palin

And “gorgeous” seems to be the word-of-the-hour, too. 

James Schmidt, founder of Zaazu.com, with his eyes trained to notice opportunity a mile away, lost no time to launch the company’s Sarah Palin smiley.

Sarah Palin, the lone-woman candidate for Vice President under the Republican ticket takes on the election runway with so much pomp- not because she was a former beauty titlist – but because she might just shatter the glass ceiling, which according to Michelle Obama, has no less than former First Lady, Hillary Clinton, able to “put millions of cracks on for American women”, in a field fiercely dominated by men.

Women all over America who believe that only a woman can represent women’s issues more effectively if she gets elected to public office may find Zaazu’s Sarah Palin smiley, a suitable campaign tool to use.

As November 4 approaches, you can show your support to your favorite candidates by sending their smileys in your emails as you encourage friends and family to go out and exercise their right to vote on Election Day.  

You may rev up excitement on your MySpace and Friendster pages, too by posting election smileys on them or send them in your comments.  Zaazu election smileys are compatible with most email clients, such as Yahoo! Mail, G-Mail, Hotmail, AOL, Comcast or Earthlink, and work best with Internet and Windows platforms.

Definitely, Zaazu’s Sarah Palin smiley and other election smileys lend more excitement to the 2008 US Elections.  Get on with the beat by subscribing to Zaazu smileys premium package or download its free trial version to experience the difference that Zaazu smileys bring in to your online communication.

About Zaazu.com

Zaazu Premium Package Smileys come with a wide selection of vibrant smileys in cute and trendy designs, unlike the usual smileys you see on the internet today; it is another proud innovation of Zaazu.com, a division of King Kong Software, Inc.  For more details on how to subscribe, please visit Zaazu.com or download the free version to experience first-hand the Zaazu difference in your emails and social networking campaigns.

Carson City, Nevada –October 10, 2008 —October marks a milestone in women’s struggle all over the world to find a cure, or at least increase awareness among women about Breast Cancer.  October is observed as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Zaazu.com, a division of King Kong Software, Inc., and creator of trendy and vibrant smileys, launches its series of socially-relevant smileys for breast cancer awareness and

“Stop AIDS” campaign.

Aids Smileys

The pink ribbon is recognized all over the world as the symbol of women’s fight to curb, and eventually eradicate, the disease that has claimed many lives.  Breast Cancer is one of the leading causes of early deaths among women who were yet at the prime of their lives.  Zaazu.com supports the effort to disseminate information about the disease – in style.

Its trendy Breast Cancer Awareness smileys do not undermine the seriousness of the call to fight the disease, but rather tries to “tame” the fear that most women has associated with it.  Available in various designs, you can now send breast cancer smileys in your emails as a subtle, but effective way of calling attention to breast cancer as not purely a woman’s business.  

Every child needs a mother and every brother or husband needs a sister or a wife.  Every home, in fact, is never the same again when it loses its female family member to the disease.

Breast Cancer is the plague of the present times.  Various scientific and clinical studies have been performed to discover a cure, but so far early detection remains the solution.

Aids and Cancer Smileys

Early detection can be made possible by accurate information and Zaazu.com aims to be a catalyst of hope for women.  When you send out Zaazu’s Breast Cancer Awareness smileys to all women you knew in your life, including to those who love them, you could be saving a life.

All Zaazu smileys are compatible with Internet Explorer and Windows platforms and with most email clients like Yahoo! Mail, G-mail, Hotmail, Comcast, Earthlink and AOL.  Zaazu Breast Cancer Awareness Smileys also work best with MySpace and Friendster social networking sites.

Zaazu smileys are available thru its free version or available on premium package at very affordable subscription fees.  For maximum use, you may opt for the premium package that allows you wider selection of designs and access to technical support.

Send Zaazu’s Breast Cancer Awareness Smileys to all women you care about and contribute to making every woman’s fight against Breast Cancer, a determined call to win – at all cost!

About Zaazu.com

Zaazu Premium Package Smileys come with a wide selection of vibrant smileys in cute and trendy designs, unlike the usual smileys you see on the internet today; it is another proud innovation of Zaazu.com, a division of King Kong Software, Inc.  For more details on how to subscribe, please visit Zaazu.com or download the free version to experience first-hand the Zaazu difference in your emails and social networking campaigns.

Carson City, Nevada – October 10, 2008 — Crop circles, UFO sightings, reports of alien abduction and a lot of extra-terrestrial movies that grossed millions at the box office have made alien-phenomenon a highly-contested topic - fact or fiction?

Alien Smileys - "We Come in Peace"

Interestingly, Zaazu.com, creator of vibrant smileys has recently launched its new alien designs giving in to the demand of its smiley users to include aliens among its categories.  Bent on pursuing its clients’ optimum satisfaction, Zaazu.com created its Martian Smiley– the typical ghoulish-alien creature with huge dark eyes and green skin, until that alien with a sore finger, ET, came onscreen and gave all aliens a lovable look.

“Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, a box office sensation in the 70’s gave humankind its first alien invasion while he was chomping on popcorn inside the movie house.  Since then, aliens have become fixtures in everyone’s imagination as the possible source of life force behind the pyramids or the Stonehenge.  Aliens titillate the imagination no end.  Zaazu alien smileys expect to deliver the same impact in your emails.

Martian Three-Eyes

All Zaazu smileys are hand-painted by their illustrators for cuter and more vibrant results.

They are compatible with most email clients, such as Yahoo! Mail, G-mail, Hotmail, AOL, Comcast and Earthlink and run on both Windows and Internet Explorer platforms.

Zaazu smileys also work well on MySpace and Friendster pages.

For maximum results, Zaazu’s premium package offers wider design options and comes with technical support. However, a newbie smiley-user may download Zaazu’s trial version, for free.

About Zaazu.com

Zaazu Premium Package Smileys come with a wide selection of vibrant smileys in cute and trendy designs, unlike the usual smileys you see on the internet today; it is another proud innovation of Zaazu.com, a division of King Kong Software, Inc.  For more details on how to subscribe, please visit Zaazu.com or download the free version to experience first-hand the Zaazu difference in your emails and social networking campaigns

Carson City, Nevada – September 28, 2008 – All roads in the US will lead to voting precincts on November 4, 2008.  On that day, the world will stand still and watch as the new US President will be chosen by over 142,000,000 voters.  Who among Barack Obama, John McCain and Ralph Nader will emerge victorious?  A young software company in Carson City, Nevada that is behind innovative tools for image viewing and email needs takes the matter in its own “mouse”.

Remember to Vote!

King Kong Software, through its flagship company for email smileys, Zaazu.com has recently launched its newest collection of cool smileys for Election 2008.  Categorized as “election smileys”, Obama smiley, Mc Cain smiley, Nader smiley, Biden and Palin, too are now ripe for “voting”.  You can openly show support to your favorite candidate by sending his cool smiley in your emails or post it on your MySpace or Friendster pages.  

Who do you think is the rightful next President of the United States? In the same breath, make up your mind as to who should stand next to him:

Zaazu.com has also added smiley designs for those who simply wish to encourage all their fellow Americans to participate and exercise their right to vote on November 4.  Cuter and trendier than other smileys you can find on the internet, these “non-partisan” Zaazu voter smileys can be yours, absolutely free of charge!

Joe Biden

One thing unique about Zaazu smileys is craftsmanship.  Unlike the more popular smiley providers on the internet, all Zaazu smileys are hand-painted by the company’s in-house illustrators.  This renders all smileys or emoticons look neater and more vibrant.

James Schmidt, CEO of King Kong Software, Inc. shares that their election smileys are getting favorable response from online users as the “best choice” among election smileys that sprouted like mushrooms on the internet lately.  The election fever is truly raging on and sending Zaazu election smileys in your emails or posting them on your blog or social networking pages can drum roll the excitement even hotter!

Sarah Palin

The free version of Zaazu cool smileys can answer most of your email needs by just a click of your mouse however for added punch in your emails, you may want to send Zaazu’s premium smiley collection that comes with the following features:

• Unique designs and wider selection of smileys solely for the use of Premium Subscribers;
• Automatic update and use of newest designs as soon as they become available;
• Zaazu smileys come in three different sizes: small, medium and large; there is no need to resize or crop the Image to suit your preference.  Convenient and easy to use!
• Online support.

Get on with the fun and excitement as Election Day approaches.  Sign up for subscription to Zaazu’s premium package and enjoy a wide selection of cool smileys to send your friends and family.

For starters, you may opt for the free version and get the feel of the Zaazu difference.

About Zaazu.com

Zaazu.com is home to the internet’s coolest and trendiest set of animated smileys  that work efficiently with Internet Explorer and Windows platforms.  

Zaazu smileys offer wider choice of clickable expressions that go beyond winking or smiling and are easy to send in emails.  Definitely no spamware or adware - just fun delivered more creatively.

LeBron James, of the U.S. Basketball Team, in his interview with Stephen M. Silverman of People Magazine, states that whenever he is out there playing, he is representing not just his basketball teammates but every U.S. sports contingent, and that the Olympics is the “biggest stage”. 

Zaazu.com celebrates this human endeavor with its own version of Olympics-themed smiley for email; a fitting tribute to man’s unquenchable desire to win.

Lebron James Smileys

Carson City, Nevada –August 10, 2008 — As the world watched in awe at the skies over Beijing when an elaborate fireworks display lit it up with splendor, another smiley for email was launched online at about the same time on August 8, 2008 by one of the leading companies that provide smiley for email, Zaazu.com.

According to James Schmidt, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zaazu.com, the idea of creating an Olympic-themed smiley for email did not come as a breeze; his team of illustrators had to agree what design would best sum up the Olympics – its legend and history included – all in one recognizable smiley-icon, and that was no easy feat! 

Such perhaps was the same feeling of the Chinese organizers who saw to it that the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games would dazzle its audience worldwide. Their preparation seemed to have paid off as initial reviews of more or less 5 billion people across the world, who witnessed the event on television, were positive. Who could miss the spectacular rising of the gargantuan globe from the grounds of another architectural wonder, the Bird’s Nest that is home to the 29th Olympiad? If some people missed that, for sure they did not miss Yao Ming, the seven-footer hoop sensation who carried his country’s flag. 

Zaazu.com’s illustrators carefully studied the legend of the Olympics, from the time of Heracles, the father of ancient Olympic Games, to its present-day founder, Pierre de Coubertin. Two insignia proved to be of major importance to this worldwide event that is celebrated every four years: the torch and the Olympic flag.

Zaazu’s Smiley for Email Designs

The Olympic Torch: 

Olympic Torch

What are the Olympics Games without the famous Olympic flame? 

The Olympics Torch signifies many things to different people, but one thing is certain: it has to be lit up until the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. Also known as torch relay, the flame is lit up at the ancient site where the first ancient Olympic Games were held and passed on from country to country by runners until it reaches the new host city, and where the flame is only extinguished at the closing ceremonies. 

Zaazu’s designers included the Olympic Torch in their smiley design in keeping with the company’s objective to provide smiley for email that is trendy, but can be used at any time of the year.

The Olympic Flag:

Zaazu’s Olympic smiley for email sports a white head scarf that symbolizes the Olympic flag with its interconnected rings. 

These 5 interconnected colored-rings signify the spirit of friendship that is hoped to be formed and developed during the course of the Olympics, and beyond. The five colors – green, red, black, yellow and blue are the colors present on flags of the countries of the world.

Like the Olympics, Zaazu.com designs all its smiley-icons for the use of everyone.  James Schmidt concludes that with Zaazu’s latest design, it re-affirms its company’s thrust to be an important catalyst in better communication upon which solid relationships can form.

About Zaazu.com

Zaazu.com is home to the internet’s coolest and trendiest set of animated smileys that work efficiently with Internet Explorer and Windows platforms. 

Zaazu smileys offer wider choice of clickable expressions that go beyond winking or smiling and are easy to send in emails. Definitely no spamware or adware - just fun delivered more creatively.

Carson City, Nevada –June 2, 2008—This one is for the books of amazing stories, but what if it truly happens:  a father and son reunite, after two decades of separation, and it takes but a little smiley emoticon to make a difference in their lives?  For this work of fact or fiction in celebration of Father’s Day, you may click here to read the full story.

Father of the Year

Zaazu.com, creator of web-based animated smileys beams with pride as it introduces its latest innovative designs:  Father’s Day animated smileys, as it joins the rest of the country, and the world, in commemorating fathers on the 3rd Sunday of June.  It’s Founder and CEO, James Schmidt, is happy to announce that these Father Day smiley emoticons can be downloaded, entirely free of charge. Zaazu.com has, as one of its core objectives, the building and enriching of relationships through innovative ideas that come in three sizes:  small, medium and large; cool smileys that are cuter and more vibrant than those already found on the internet:

Zaazu.com has created four (4) Father’s Day free smileys that describe fathers, and how they uniquely differ from one another, in the eyes of every child:

Daddy Cool

Father's Day Smileys

Zaazu.com brings in a cute and vibrant Father’s Day emoticon that depicts how Dads mostly appear:  their children’s Teddy Bear.  They may appear strict or overbearing sometimes, but they are whom children come running to, when Moms become unrelenting with their rules (remember how fathers can break house rules when you ask for additional school allowance, or a new dress?)

Daddy the Chef

Father's Day Smileys

Ever wonder why most men make good chefs?  Zaazu.com pays tribute to fathers who, despite of long hours at work, still find time to prepare steak or whip-up a bowl of potato salad simply because their sons and daughters look forward to dinner with them.

Father Einstein

Father's Day Smileys - Dad Reading Newspaper

Zaazu.com has not forgotten Fathers who always seem to have ready answers whenever their children come to them.  Questions can range from thought-provoking ones, like what comes first, the egg or the chicken or problems of the heart where a father may not have the answers, but would certainly have the reassuring love that no matter what happens, he stands by his child.

And for fathers who seemingly have all the qualities, in varying degrees, as cited above, Zaazu.com recommends downloading this Father’s Day Smiley that exemplifies the “perfect Daddy”.  Not every child is fortunate enough to have this type of Dad, but between having a father who is less perfect, than not having one to spend the growing up years with, most children would rather have an imperfect, yet available Dad instead. 

Zaazu.com believes that with these latest additions to their plethora of animated smileys and emoticons, Father’s Day 2008 will definitely be better, if not the best yet.

 About Zaazu.com

Zaazu.com is home to the internet’s coolest and trendiest set of animated smileys  that work efficiently with Internet Explorer and Windows platforms.  

Zaazu smileys offer wider choice of clickable expressions that go beyond winking or smiling and are easy to send in emails.  Definitely no spamware or adware - just fun delivered more creatively.

Carson City, Nevada –May 22, 2008 — Zaazu.com, creator of web-based animated smileys and emoticons launches its newest (and coolest) “smiley-of-the-hour” – a David Cook’s Zaazu smiley look-alike!

David Cook Smiley Emoticon

“A timely innovation” says Philip of Dallas, Texas who has downloaded and installed the Zaazu software on his PC, January of this year, and since then has been sending Zaazu’s smileys and emoticons in all his emails.  James Schmidt, CEO and brains behind Zaazu.com explains, “David Roland Cook is the man of the hour having won the seventh season of American Idol; a Zaazu smiley that looks like the man who has sweetly serenaded his way to the hearts of millions of Americans is but a fitting tribute.”

But why David Cook?  

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