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LG and Google announce Nexus 4 smartphone

LG and Google announce Nexus 4 smartphone

Designed by LG and Google collectively, the newest Nexus smartphone was introduced yesterday for availability sometime next month. It will be available in 8GB and 16 GB. It will be interesting to see how the 3D Google Maps compares to the Maps on the iPhone. Most notable features below: High Performance Camera – Nexus 4 comes with a … Continue reading

Funny Pic: Presidential Candidates Switch Hair

Funny Pic: Presidential Candidates Switch Hair

Last night, a tremendous amount of Americans took to Twitter and social-media to comment on the first U.S. Presidential Debate. The picture below, was photoshopped, then posted by a Twitter user during the debate. By the end of the debate, the tweet had over 10,000 retweets. The Audio Dope thought the pic was pretty funny … Continue reading

Facebook launches first advertisement

Facebook launches first advertisement

In celebration of Facebook’s 1 billionth user, Zuckerberg and crew decided to launch Facebook’s first advertisement. The video titled “The Things That Connect Us” was developed by Wieden & Kennedy. Overall, the ad is pretty well done. It gets the point across in a creative way using simple metaphors. In my opinion, they should have just stuck with … Continue reading

Facebook to allow users to advertise?

Facebook to allow users to advertise?

For anyone familiar with finance and valuation, you know the bottom-line question for many growing companies is “where is the cash flow coming from”. In a move that The Audio Dope sees as a desperate attempt to find new sources of revenue, FB is going to allow users to pay to advertise on the social-networking … Continue reading

Kate Upton Cosmopolitan Cover/Picture

Kate Upton Cosmopolitan Cover/Picture

The Audio Dope hasn’t featured Kate Upton on our site in a while and we felt she was due for an appearance. This week’s “Cosmo” magazine-cover featuring Upton was released today and she looks pretty sexy as-per-uuszz. While The Audio Dope would definitely rather see our favorite 20-year old in perhaps a a little less … Continue reading

Tarantino Film Collection Box-Set due Thanksgiving; features “Mondo” art

Tarantino Film Collection Box-Set due Thanksgiving; features “Mondo” art

The film studio Lionsgate will be releasing a movie box-set featuring movies directed/written by director Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol. 2) this Thanksgiving. The box-set entitled “Tarantino XX” will feature the following eight movies: “Reservoir Dogs” (1992),”True Romance” (1993-written) “Pulp Fiction” (1994), “Jackie Brown” (1997), “Kill Bill Vol. 1″(2003), “Kill Bill Vol. 2” … Continue reading

Apple to launch service to rival Pandora

Apple to launch service to rival Pandora

I think it’s safe to say Apple can do whatever they want. After recently winning their court case with Samsung and announcing the release date of the iPhone 5, Apple confirmed that they are working on a online music streaming service that would rival Pandora. The service would be available through all Apple devices. It is going … Continue reading

New iPhone 5 leaks look credible

New iPhone 5 leaks look credible

New iPhone 5 leaks hit the web this afternoon and it seems the new pics could actually be legit. The leaked design shows the new iPhone side-by-side with the current iPhone 4s for a comparative view. The new phone features a 4-inch screen as opposed to the 4s’ 3.5-inch screen. The Audio Dope thinks the … Continue reading

Crazy Batcave Home-theater

Crazy Batcave Home-theater

If I ever hit the jackpot financially, I’ve always known building a dank movie theater in my basement would be one of my first big splurges. Between that and always wanting my own personal Batcave, I now have a new hero. Some boss dropped a cool $2 million on his own customized home theater built … Continue reading

Dope: Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles art

Dope: Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles art

Not sure about everyone else, but the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had a profound impact on The Audio Dope’s life. Between action figures, Halloween costumes, and dope lunch-boxes, The Turtles were omnipresent. Here’s a pretty cool pic that is believed to be one of the original concept drawings that led to the birth of TMNT.