SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — When is a penny worth $1.15 million? When it is a rare experimental penny minted in 1792.
The unusual coin was auctioned off Thursday at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in suburban Chicago.
Officials with Heritage Auctions say Kevin Lipton of Beverly Hills, Calif., bought the penny on behalf of a group of unnamed investors. The winning bid was $1 million, but the investors also must pay the auction house’s 15 percent commission. Read More
Coming June 15- Ice-T takes us on an intimate journey into the heart and soul of hip-hop with the legends of rap music. This goes beyond the stardom and the bling to explore what goes on inside the minds, and erupts from the lips, of the grandmasters of rap. Recognized as the godfather of Gangsta rap, Ice-T is granted unparalleled access to the personal lives of the masters of this art form that he credits for saving his life.
Forbes Releases its Annual List of Hip hop’s Cash Cows for 2012. Check the list below:
Forbes Top 5 List is Below:
1. Sean “Diddy” Combs – $550 Million
2. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter – $460 Million
3. Andre “Dr. Dre” Young – $270 Million
4. Bryan “Birdman” Williams – $125 Million
5. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson -$100 Million
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to share a name with a superstar? Here, we follow an ordinary man who has been saddled with a legendary name. It’s not crazy, it’s sports.
As you’ve likely already seen, the late West Coast rap legend Tupac Shakur performed at Coachella alongside Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg thanks to the work of San Diego company AV Concepts. Performing classics “Hail Mary” and “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted” the four-minute holographic performance cost over $100,000 to execute. Read More
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Facebook values Instagram at $1 billion and LinkedIn (LNKD) has a market cap of $10 billion.
Twitter claims it is worth $8 billion. So where does that leave the new kid on the block Pinterest? Well, it looks like you can pin $7.7 billion on your Pinterest board.
Pinterest is important because the traffic is growing and statistics are impressive. It is known for its magazine quality images. Pinterest is to artful images what Twitter is to artful words. What’s more, Pinterest appeals to college-educated females between the ages of 25 to 44. A sweet demographic known for its spending decisions and habits.
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The highlight of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s historic performance at Coachella 2012 was the rumored and much talked about hologram performance by Tupac Shakur during their headlining set. Fans gasped and celebrated as the late legendary MC was brought to life for a medley of “Hail Mary” and “Amerikka’s Most Wanted. This is kind of crazy due to the fact that the song “Hail Mary” was released after 2Pac’s death in 1996. Watch Video below:
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Viddy, a fast-growing video-sharing application that is only second to Instagram in Apple’s App store, has just celebrated its first year anniversary with about 4.5 million users, including celebrities, including comedian Bill Cosby, Snoop Dogg and the band Linkin Park.
Not bad for a little start-up from Venice, California that began as an idea with Brett O’Brien, a 45 year old entrepreneur and former founder of Xdrive, an internet storage site.
O’Brien, one of the co-founders of Viddy, got the inspiration for the video sharing application when he started thinking about the several billion smart phones in the world – many of them with video cameras in them.
He thought what a great service it would be to consumers if he could come up with an application that would allow people to share videos complete with special effects and music from their phones.
Four months later Viddy was ready to be launched. On the first day of its launch — April 11, 2011— 4,000 people joined the service. A year later on its official anniversary, 300,000 people joined on that single day.
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