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How Steve Jobs Achieves Masterpieces at Apple: MobileMe Memo


For those of you who love Apple, you are great admirers of Steve Jobs and are well aware of his work. For some, however, Apple is an often-sneered at company for its “elitist” practices. Either way, at the end of the day, if you’re listening to music on the go, you have an iPod. Love [...]

Why is iMeem Killing Rhapsody, Napster, & eMusic in Traffic?


iMeem has received ~$25 million in Venture Capital, currently has all 4 major labels signed to licensing deals, and has about 10 million visitors per month to their website. As for their competition, Rhapsody is doing the best with 4 million visitors, while Napster and eMusic struggle with 2 million visitors. Granted, these are great [...]

How the RIAA YouTube Suit Wins John McCain the White House


John McCain has been (rumored) sued by the RIAA for using a song without permission in a recent YouTube video, and with this suit, John McCain has an opportunity to turn his, so far, unfortunate run for the White House into a rallying cry for the average Joe and in turn land him in the [...]

50 Cent is Suing Taco Bell For $.79, $.89, $.99? No, $4 Million


50 Cent, the consummate promoter, entrepreneur, rapper, Vitamin Water rep, gamer, video gamer character, and now publicity stunt for Taco Bell is now suing Taco Bell for unfairly using his trademark.

50 Cent Has a Case Against Taco Bell
While I typically abhor these ridiculous lawsuits where the plaintiff is simply trying to pocket some money off [...]

3 Tips to Optimize Your Blog for Adsense


Advertising is your blog’s lifeline. We’re all trying to provide a great resource to our readers in our blog’s content, but we need to pay the bills and sever costs can get expensive. Optimizing your advertising is a way to reduce the amount of clutter your readers see and also provide the least amount of [...]