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Is it Ever Worth Pulling an All-Nighter?

May 7, 2013 By
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The other day a meeting cancelled and I decided to dedicate the 60 minutes to cleaning up my email inbox. That was until I opened Outlook and saw that I had accumulated 20,346 emails. It wasn’t getting done in an hour. In a similar moment, Teresa Coles and her partner Cathy Monetti at the marketing agency Riggs Partners, joked that they should just pull an all-nighter and finally make a dent in their to-do list. They recalled how in college the all-nighter was the go-to play in this … [Read more...]

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Beyoncé Is Expertly Manipulating Us All

April 29, 2013 By
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Beyoncé—Earth-Bound Goddess, Queen of All Divas—has in the past year proved herself an expert at manipulating her image and her audience. She has an archivist, for goodness' sakes. And the way she's embarking on her tour and the release of her new songs, well, that's no different. While Beyoncé did release "Bow Down/I Been On" as an isolated track, the other songs we've heard—songs leading up to some sort of an eventual album—have come attached to advertisements that promote … [Read more...]

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Michael Buble gives surprise NYC subway performance

April 27, 2013 By
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Well, Michael Bublé, you've made our hearts melt yet again. The crooner gave an impromptu performance at the 66th Street Lincoln Center stop of the New York subway Thursday, singing the Jackson 5's "Who's Lovin' You." He sang the song with a capella group Naturally 7 and uploaded a video of the mini-concert to YouTube. The song is one of the tracks on his latest album, "To Be Loved," which was released Tuesday. And it is awwwwww-dorable. Now that's the type of singing you want to hear … [Read more...]

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Psy’s “Gentleman” Hits New YouTube Record With 38M Views In One Day

April 23, 2013 By
Psy’s “Gentleman” Hits New YouTube Record With 38M Views In One Day

“Gangnam Style” was the first video to hit 1 billion views on YouTube, a milestone it reached last December. Though arguably less catchy, Psy’s followup video “Gentleman,” a unique blend of pounding beats and fart jokes, is now also breaking records on YouTube. The video-sharing site announced that “Gentleman” has set the record for the most views ever in a single day with over 38 million hits on April 14 alone, making it one of the biggest online music video launches ever. To put … [Read more...]

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Will.i.am, Bieber play second fiddle to Rudimental in UK charts

April 21, 2013 By
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(Reuters) - London drum'n'bass quartet Rudimental notched up a second number one in Britain's official singles charts on Sunday, at the expense of global stars Will.i.am and Justin Bieber who had to be content with the number two spot. Rudimental's song "Waiting All Night", featuring Ella Eyre, jumped straight to the top spot with 107,000 sales, beating Will.i.am's "#ThatPower", a collaboration with Bieber, by 38,000, the Official Charts Company said. Rudimental had achieved their … [Read more...]

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Will Twitter’s new #Music app boost the recording industry?

April 19, 2013 By
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Twitter Inc. says its new music service helps users discover songs and artists. But the music industry isn't sure it's something to sing about just yet. The #Music app recommends songs based on the artists Twitter users follow. It also shows what tracks friends are tweeting about. And it lets users browse songs that are popular or up-and-coming on the service. The user can preview the tracks from iTunes or subscribe to Spotify or Rdio to listen to full-length versions of the … [Read more...]

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Citi profit rises 30 percent as investment banking grows

April 16, 2013 By
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(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc (C.N) said on Monday its first-quarter profit jumped 30 percent, a stronger-than-expected increase, as the No. 3 U.S. bank generated more money from underwriting stock issues and advising companies on mergers. Citigroup shares closed 0.2 percent higher after the results, which provided more evidence that a long-awaited turnaround might be under way at the bank six months after its board pushed out Vikram Pandit as chief executive and handed the reins to Michael … [Read more...]

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Apple employs 4 of the top 5 highest paid execs in the US

April 15, 2013 By
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Four of the top five highest paid executives in the U.S. work at Apple, and none of them are the company's chief executive officer, Tim Cook. Apple's Bob Mansfield, Bruce Sewell, Jeff Williams and Peter Oppenheimer were all among the top corporate earners in 2012, according to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission data cited by Bloomberg on Monday. Most of their pay came from stock-based compensation rather than base salary. Mansfield was the highest-paid of the group, receiving … [Read more...]

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Aubrey Plaza Was Kicked Out Of The MTV Movie Awards After Bizarre Stunt

April 15, 2013 By
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One of the strangest moments of the MTV Movie Awards last night was when "Parks and Rec" actress Aubrey Plaza ran onto the stage barefoot and attempted to pry the golden popcorn award for Comedic Genius from Will Ferrell's hands. The moment appeared to be a failed stunt reminiscent of Kanye's 2009 VMA stage moment. Though Farrell joked that the bit was staged, it turns out the act was an attempt at a publicity stunt for Plaza's upcoming film, "The To Do List," which the actress had … [Read more...]

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ZipDial, The Missed-Call Leader In India, Adds Jungle Ventures To Seed Round And Launches In Sri Lanka

April 15, 2013 By
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ZipDial, the company based in India that has turned missed calls into a business, has raised new funds from Jungle Ventures and launched its service in Sri Lanka. The company has clients like P&G and Disney, who have realized that the common social interaction of missed calls in India, are turning to ZipDial instead of focusing on driving likes to Facebook pages or chasing followers on Twitter. Basically, in a trend seen by ZipDial and others, people would communicate by calling one … [Read more...]

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