Lil Wayne Sets iTunes Sales Record
Although there are many that were not impressed by Lil Wayne’s 10th studio album, The Carter IV, many in fact were, or at least bought it to try it out, because it has broken iTunes sales records with 348,000 digital albums sold in just four days. Nielsen Soundscan figures indicate that The Carter IV moved a total [...]
Read MoreLil Wayne Crumbles Oreo’s Hope for World Record
Here’s one for the “Why won’t you let me be great?” files: What do you get when you mix Oreos, Lil Wayne, Facebook and The Guinness Book of World records? The answer: a marketing campaign gone awry. Yesterday, as reported by Mashable, the cookie staple launched a campaign to set a Guinness World Record for [...]
Read MoreLil Wayne’s Twitter Gets Hacked
Lil Wayne’s Twitter account was hacked yesterday. The username was changed from @liltunechi to @lilchinetu and the hacker began having a little fun at the expense of Wayne’s 1.2 million followers. The hacker also took the time to slam some of Wayne’s celeb colleagues. In one instance, he attacked Atlanta entertainer Soulja Boy: “I sent [...]
Read MoreGoogle Celebrates 12th Birthday with Simpler Doodle
September 27th, marks Google’s 12th birthday. In the past, there has been some confusion on Google’s part about what day is actually the official birth/founding date, but sometime in September of 1998 is about as close as we can get. They’ve sometimes celebrated as early as September 7th and the Google.com domain was registered on [...]
Read MoreAn Unlikely Source of Web 2.0 Contributors: The US Prison System
When thinking about those who use new media, we often bring to mind images of relatively young and well off people who access social media using trendy laptops or stylish smartphones. However, there is a group that is slowly gaining access to blogs and sites like Facebook and Twitter that don’t fit these images. This [...]
Read MoreThe Prison Chronicles (Pt1): Lil Wayne Blogs from Jail
One of the wittiest rappers in the game unfortunately had to leave us a few months ago due to a crime he committed awhile back. Even though his music has been silenced while he’s been in jail, he has just proved that his words can’t be. The initial notice that his silence was broken happened when [...]
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