Tag: KANYEWEST

Kanye West's new video for 'All of the Lights' features, well, a lot of lights -- so many, in fact, that it could cause some people to have seizures. Epilepsy Action, a U.K.-based awareness organization, has reportedly urged YouTube to pull the video, claiming that the strobe light-intensive clip had already elicited seizures in viewers with certain epileptic conditions. YouTube duly removed ...

2010 has been a pretty packed year for tech. Streaming video came into its own with radically improved content choices and affordable living room hardware devices, Android and Apple's iOS dominated the cell phone market, the mobile app markets show no sign of slowing down and the iPad revealed a huge demand for tablets. We here at Switched have taken a look back over the past 12 months and each ...

When recent Twitter convert Kanye West chose to follow the account of a kid named Steven Holmes, everyone struggled to comprehend why Mr. West would want to follow a relatively anonymous student -- and no one else. Surely this kid must be the world's most rabid Kanye fan, right? Or perhaps he's another struggling musician who's been chomping at the bit for his one shot at fame? Well, not ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Perhaps still despondent over the Courier execution, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has reportedly acknowledged that Apple has "sold certainly more [iPads] than I'd like them to have sold." [From: Engadget] Kanye West embarked on an extensive Twitter ramble this week (containing awesomely convoluted references to Kool Aid smiles, ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Yesterday, Kanye West did some networking at Facebook headquarters, where he also delivered some material from his upcoming album. After West expressed a fear that he might "wear out his welcome," employees enthusiastically urged him to continue. Hmm. Go back to work, or slack off and watch Kanye? Tough call. [From: The Daily ...

With E3 taking place in Los Angeles next week, you can expect a flood of gaming news and announcements in the coming days. According to Engadget, Activision has gotten an early start by confirming a fall launch date for 'DJ Hero 2.' The game (pre-orders available now) will showcase beats from hip-hop mainstays Dr. Dre and Kanye West, hard-rockers Metallica, pop-megastar Lady Gaga and over 80 ...

Share Look, we've said it before, but it can't hurt to be clear: We are all nerds. Everyone at Switched, our friends, our parents, and the musicians we love. Because, to us anyway, being a nerd means looking up and imagining something active and wonderful outside of our little cubicle-walled existences. Be it 'Star Wars' or Sun Ra, a healthy imagination, for the most part, is the realm of ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/01/19/music-is-the-future-22-of-the-greatest-high-tech-vids/'; Musicians imagine themselves vanguards, leaders of the path forward. Their music can light the way into the future, bringing revelations that will allow humankind to be elevated to the next level of evolution. Either that, or they just like wearing spacesuits and silver eyeliner. ...

The MTV Video Music Awards (or, VMAs) haven't really been terribly interesting or exciting over the last decade or so. But last night, thanks to a couple of crazed celebrities with no sense of boundaries, and an Internet thirsty for a new meme, the VMAs are once again a topic of conversation. Lil Mama decided to crash the stage during Jay-Z and Alicia Keys's performance of 'Empire State of ...

The Kidz Bop crew, known for family-friendly covers (drastically ranging in quality) of popular songs, isn't taking any direction from anti-auto-tune rapper Jay-Z. As part of a new album 'Super Mega Smash Hits... For Kids (With A Z),' the Kidz have inexplicably covered Kanye West's 'Heartless,' complete with computer-altered vocals. Regardless of where you stand on the topic of kid-friendly ...

In 2006, Kanye West fought off accusations that he suffered from sex addiction, offering this, "I say, 'yeah, I like porn,' then it's all: 'Kanye West: Sex Addict.'" Well, his recent revelation to Details magazine won't help to dispel any of those rumors. The ever eclectic West describes a version of 'Mario Bros.' he had attempted to create as a youngster on his home computer. Here's an excerpt ...

Grammy-winning rapper and producer Kanye West is the latest celebrity victim of hackers, according to the Register. The MC announced last Thursday, via his blog, that hackers had gained access to his Gmail and MySpace accounts, spreading rumors of -- among other things -- his apparent willingness to participate in bisexual pornography. "I had the two greatest days of my life and when I get ...