Social networks are popular in the US, but even more popular in many other markets. According to The Nielsen Company, the social network/blog category reached 86% of active internet users in Brazil in April 2010, and 78% of active users in Italy, for example. Reach in the US was 74%. Chinese social networks are strong performers. According to the Data Center of China Internet, the number of social network users in the country reached 245 million in 2009, up 34% over 2008. Social networks such as Tencent’s QQ, search giant Baidu’s Baidu Space and RenRen (formerly Xiaonei) dominate   read more

#1. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter – $63m #2. Sean “Diddy” Combs – $30M #3. Aliuane “Akon” Thiam – $21M [that Lady Gaga money is no joke] #4. Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter – $20M #5. Andre “Dr. Dre” Young – $17M #6. Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges – $16M #7. Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus – $15M #8. Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley – $14M #9. Pharrell Williams – $13M #10 Kanye West – $12M #11. Aubrey “Drake” Graham – $10M #12. Clifford “T.I.” Harris – $9M (tie) #12. Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean – $9M (tie) #14. Marshall “Eminem” Mathers – $8M (tie) #14 Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson – $8M (tie   read more

This is a great series of videos What do you think about hip hip Honestly? Leave us a comment, let us know! Skillz presents: Hip-Hop Confessions episode 1 from Visually Inklined on Vimeo.   read more

Periodically I put up information about online opportunities and affiliate programs because there is a growing population of people that make a good living from various online activities. As small business owners, it is always good to find alternate sources of income, especially when we can tie it in to our core business. Inbox Dollars is one of the programs that I came across recently. It is a legitimate company and they even did a peice about the company on Good Morning America…. You be the judge …. click the banner to get more info…. it’s free …. and family   read more

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The CINCINNATI Bengals for 2million!.. Wow.. Thats pretty good for a dude that was jobless a week after the football season ended! T.O. on 1 side and OCHO Cinco on the other. The Ravens have their work cut out for them. Do you think this will be a good fit?..   read more

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Rock from the acclaimed group Heltah Skeltah has been found not guilty in an attempted murder case stemming from a shooting incident that left a pimp paralyzed. Dru Ha, the CEO of Duck Down Records, made the announcement. “Exhale for Rock & congratulations to his attorney Kenneth Montgomery for the NOT GUILTY VERDICT! Incredible job,” Dru Ha said via Twitter. Rock was accused of being a moonlighting as a pimp at night and shooting a rival in January of 2008. He was eventually released on $125,000 bail and proclaimed his innocent in the alleged shooting, assault and the assertion that he   read more

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Regus collated the insight supplied by 15,000 respondents from its 1 million-strong business contact database. Summary of survey (download) include: - Social networks are now actively used by between half and three quarters of companies worldwide for various networking functions - 40% of businesses globally have found new customers via social networks. - Over a quarter (27%) devotes marketing dollars to social networking activity to both acquire and retain customers. - Keeping in contact with business contacts is the main use of social networks (58%) followed by getting together with special   read more