It’s no wonder that Jay-Z signed a partnership deal with the electronics giant Samsung that’s rumored to be worth $20 million. The Korean company spends an incredible amount on advertising every year. Samsung Electronics’ advertising spending in 2012 was $4.6 billion, an amount higher than that of Pepsi ($3.7 billion), Coca-Cola ($3.3 billion) and Apple … Continue reading
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50 Cent’s extensive sit-down with HardKnock.tv continues. For part #5, the hip-hop mogul discusses why he started his SK Energy Shots, and why feeding children in Africa was a driving force. Later, Fif talks about his thoughts on conscious capitalism, the success of SMS Audio, and why he chose the names 50 Cent, G-Unit and … Continue reading
Paid $1.1 Billion for a company that didn’t generate 1% of that…Ouch. Continue reading
Ben Horowitz, venture capital investor in Silicon Valley, has been using rap lyrics to explain business lessons to techs. He first discovered the relevance of rap to technical issues after he began incorporating lyrics in business lessons as a chief executive. He actively does this through his blog where he has garnered a following of readers as … Continue reading
Simon Cowell’s SYCO Entertainment has partnered with Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment in conjunction with Sony Pictures, to develop and eventually launch a live, new international TV show as a tool to find the world’s best DJs. According to Deadline, this new venture will capture the recent rise of the DJ phenomena. “We … Continue reading
Megaupload’s US attorney, Ira Rothken, has a succinct description of the US government case against his client: “wrong on the facts and wrong on the law.” The week has been a busy one for Rothken, a San Francisco Internet law attorney who has previously represented sites like isoHunt and video game studios like Pandemic. When I call, he’s eating … Continue reading
Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club was shut down for a slew of health-code violations just a day after its celebrity-drenched $10 million relaunch — and now it faces a dreaded “C” grade, The Post has learned. An inspector found perishable food at dangerously warm temperatures inside the walk-in refrigerator and discovered “hot” food left out on the … Continue reading
By Dan Rys, New York Vevo may be taking its music video service to Facebook, with preliminary talks between the companies signalling what may be the beginning of the end for Vevo’s current partnership with Google-owned YouTube, according to CNET.Though Vevo and YouTube still have a year left on their contract, it would appear that the … Continue reading
Today’s students have grown up completely immersed in technology. Be it iPods, iPads or computers, this is the way they’re most comfortable learning and interacting with the world. So why stick with heavy, static paper textbooks? Apple has the answer in iBooks 2 for iPad, a new application that features a truly dynamic, engaging and … Continue reading
Despite SOPA being stalled by website protests/blackouts across the web this week, the FBI has stepped in and shut down one of the world’s most popular file-sharing websites, MegaUpload.com. According to the Wall Street Journal, the FBI shut down the file-sharing giant on Thursday (January 19) and arrested four of the people behind the website as part of … Continue reading
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