WetPaint, the free wikis website announced recently the opening of a new site called “Wetpaint Please Touch“. It is a free website that lets anyone with Internet access become a virtual artist. Like a Wiki, which allows users to create written content that can be shared and edited online by multiple users, Wetpaint Please Touch enables visitors to easily create an online painting with the input of their friends.

Designing an online masterpiece with Wetpaint Please Touch is free and incredibly easy. Would-be artists can navigate to www.wetpaintpleasetouch.com and click on the “Paint” button to begin their group art project. Starting with a blank canvas, the user can dabble with a variety of painting tools and colors to create their mural. Photos and text can also be added to the painting. Once the masterpiece is complete, the canvas can be forwarded to friends so that they can contribute additional touches. Once finished, the paintings are automatically exhibited in an online gallery located at www.wetpaintgroupart.com. Visitors to the gallery can explore and rate their own paintings as well as those of others. Wetpaint Please Touch artwork can also be downloaded to post on other Wetpaint sites, MySpace pages, and Facebook profiles; or emailed to family and friends.

I tried a painting. But, unfortunately it didn’t turn out well. So here are a few examples from the Wetpaint Group Art Gallery :

It was a busy week for the people at YouTube. There are lots of cool updates over at YouTube. One of the most important update is that the have moved all their accounts to the Google Accounts.

They have updated their header and have moved the Search box to the center. I failed to locate it on my first visit to the redesigned site. The have also made a lot nice changes to their embeddable player.

They have also modified the layout of the search results, the video page and some other pages too. The new video interface is a lot cooler than the older. People would get used to this interface quickly as a lot of other sites like Flickr and such use similar layouts.

Source : Google System

Yahoo have today announced the opening of their new Celebrity site OMG. It is mainly a fun entertainment news site. The site collects photos, articles and videos related to celebrities. The site has partnered with Access Hollywood for videos and articles and with X17 Online for photos.

Currently, it gives a usual startup feel. The site is very attractive with large images, bright colors, big fonts etc… But as they say, we can expect a lot in the coming weeks.

OMG! is very much a work in progress, but since the appetite for this kind of news continues to surge, we wanted to launch the site as soon as possible. We have an aggressive plan for adding in even more excellent Yahoo! products in the coming months. Think Bix, Flickr and Messenger. And check back soon for our badge.

While we continue to “accessorize” the site with enhancements and features, do what the stars do: take a coffee break, post comments on any of the assets, consider laying off the bronzer and try to stay out of jail.

I came across an animated version of Google.com today. It is the Korean version of Google. To tell the truth, it is really really cool. Especially, i love the rollovers at the bottom of the screen.

But i wonder why the page has a PR of ZERO. Most of the other country versions of Google like Australia, India, Samoa, UK, Canada etc.. have a PR ranging from 8-10. Thats makes me wonder if this is really google’s homepage or an illegal RIP off google. But Greg at Search Engine Land points out that it is really Google’s page.

Anyway, congrats to google for such cool new homepage. I hope, all other google’s homepages be updated to this version soon too.