[THE MOGUL GROUP] ..:: Apple iPad: Everything You Need to Know ::..

From the realm of sci-fi to Steve Jobs’ stage: The iPad is official.
What is it? What can it do? How does it work? Here’s everything you
need to know about Apple’s newest creation, all in one place.

It’s almost impossible to overstate the buzz leading up to this device.
Immediately after the death of the Newton, rumors began trickling out
about a followup from Apple; in the last five years, speculation and
scraps of evidence about an Apple tablet have been a fixture in the
tech media; in the last year, the rumors were unavoidable. Today,
Apple’s tablet has finally arrived, and we’ve got the full rundown—from
specs, features, content and price to what it’s like to actually use
one.
The Hardware

• Size and shape: The screen’s aspect ratio makes it seem a bit squat,
but this is intended to be a bi-directional tabl—err, Pad. The bezel is
a little fat, but otherwise, this thing is basically a clean slab of
pure display. It’s just .5 inches thick, which is a hair thicker than
the iPhone 3GS, and measures 9.56 x 7.47 inches. Final weigh-in is 1.5
pounds without 3G, and 1.6 with. Says Brian, who’s actually held one:

Imagine, if you will, a super light unibody MacBook Pro that’s smaller,
thinner and way, way, way lighter. Or, from a slightly different
perspective, think about a bigger iPhone that’s been built with unibody
construction.

• The screen: The tablet’s multitouch screen measures in at 9.7 inches,
meaning that it’s got a significantly smaller footprint than the
smallest MacBook, but a much larger screen than the iPhone. (That’s 9.7
inches diagonal, from screen corner to screen corner.) The screen’s
resolution is a dense 1024 x 768.

Here’s what it looks like in photos, and on video:

• The guts: It’s a half-inch thick—just a hair thicker than the iPhone,
for reference—and weighs 1.5 pounds. It’s powered by a 1GHz Apple ARM
A4 chip, and has 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of flash storage. From the looks of
it, Apple finally got some use out of that PA Semi purchase, and built
their own mobile processor, but that’s no totally clear yet. It’s also
loaded with 802.11 n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, a 30-pin iPod
connector, a speaker, a microphone, an accelerometer and a compass.
Video output runs through and iPhone-type composite adapter at up to
576p and through a dock-to-VGA adapter at up to 1024 x 768. No HDMI, no
DVI—not even a Mini DisplayPort.

3G is optional, and costs more, not less. Along with 3G, the upgraded
models include A-GPS. (More on this below)

Oh, and there isn’t a rear-facing camera, nor is there a front-facing
camera. This tablet is totally camera-less, which seems a bit odd.

• The battery: Apple’s making some bold claims about battery life: ten
hours for constant use, with a one-month standby rating. Ten hours of
constant use includes video viewing, so you could conceivable watch
about six feature films before this thing dies.

• How you hold it: You can hold it two different ways, and the software
will adapt to both. Portrait mode seems like the primay mode, a la the
iPhone while landscape mode—better for movies and perhaps magazine
content—is a secondary mode. The Apple decal is oriented for portrait
mode, so basically, just get ready for a whole bunch of HEY IT’S A
GIANT IPHONE!! jokes.
Connectivity
Some models have Wi-Fi exclusively, while some have 3G as well. It’s
with AT&T, and costs either $15 a month for 250MB of data, or $30 for
unlimited data. With the plan, you get access to AT&T’s Wi-Fi hotspots
as well. Best of all, it’s a prepaid service—no contract. You can
activate it from the iPad any time, and cancel whenever you want. This
sounds like a fantastic deal, until you consider how it’s probably
going to brutalize AT&T’s already terrible 3G coverage.

The iPad itself is unlocked, so you can conceivably use it with any
Micro SIM card . But what the hell is a Micro SIM card? For one, it’s
not the same kind of SIM that’s in your iPhone, so don’t expect to just
pop that in and surf for free. It’s a totally different standard, and
the iPad’s the only device that uses it right now. Even if, say,
T-Mobile released a Micro SIM card, the iPad can’t connect to its
1700MHz 3G network.
The Software

• The OS: The operating system on the tablet is based on iPhone OS,
which is in turn loosely based on OS X. In other words, it’s got the
same guts as the iPhone, as well as a somewhat similar interface. What
this means in practical terms is that the UI is modal; you can only
display one app at a time, and there aren’t windows, per se. There’s a
new set of standard UI tools as well, including a pull-down menu,
situated at the top left of most apps.

• The homescreen: It’s like a mixture between the iPhone and OS X: it
uses the iPhone launcher/apps metaphor, but has an OS X-style shiny
dock. It feels very spread out compared to the iPhone’s homescreen,
though I suspect this is necessary to keep things from getting too
overwhelming. For our full walkthrough of the new OS, check here.

• The keyboard: Input comes by way of an onscreen keyboard, almost
exactly like the iPhone’s. Typing on it is apparently a “dream,”
because it’s “almost lifesize”. Steve wasn’t typing with his thumbs,
but with his fingers, as if it were an actual laptop keyboard.
Navigation throughout the rest of the OS is optimized for one hand,
though.

• The browser: The browser is essential an upscaled version of Safari
Mobile, with a familiar, finger-friendly title bar and not much else.
It rotates by command of the accelerometer. From the looks of it, it
doesn’t have Flash support, but we’ll have to confirm. UPDATE: Yup,
none at all. You can get away with that kind of thing on the iPhone,
sort of, but on a 10-inch tablet it’s a glaring omission.

• Email: Mail again takes its visual cues from the iPhone, but with a
lot more decoration: you can preview your mailbox from any message with
a pull-down menu, and preview any message from within the mailbox, with
a pop-up window.

• Music: The music player is even more hybridized, styled like a mix
between the iPhone’s iPod interface and full-fledged desktop iTunes.
Interestingly, Cover Flow seems to have more or less died off.

• Maps: This one may be the most direct conversion from the iPhone,
with a very similar interface through and through. It includes Street
View, too.

• Photos: The photo library app looks a lot like iPhoto, only adapted
for multitouch finger input.

• Video: YouTube is available by way of an app, iPhone-style, which can
play videos in 720p HD. iTunes video content plays back in a dedicated
app, just like on the iPhone, and can also play back in HD. Movie codec
support is otherwise the same as the iPhone, which is to say pretty
limited.

• Calendar and contacts: The calendar app is desktop-like, until you
open organizer mode, where it looks like a literal organizer. It’s
beautiful, and dare I say a bit Courier-like.
Apps

• iPhone apps: This thing runs them! The iPad runs iPhone apps right
out of the App Store, with no modification, but they’re either
relegated to the center of the screen or in “pixel double” mode, which
just blows them up crudely. Any apps you’ve purchased for your iPhone
can be synced, for free, to your iPad.

• New apps: The iPhone app SDK has already been expanded for tablet
development, including a whole new set of UI elements and expanded
resolution support. The raw iPhone app compatibility is just a
temporary measure, it seems—any developer who wants their app to run on
the tablet will develop for the tablet. Some of the early examples of
adapted apps, like Brushes, are spectacular. More on the SDK here.
Apple’s pushing gaming on this thing right out of the box, demoing
everything from FPS N.O.V.A to Need for Speed. It’s presumably running
these games at HD, so the rendering power in this thing is no joke.

• Ebooks: Apple’s also opened an ebook store to accompany the iPad, in
the mold of iTunes. It’s called iBooks.
It offers books in ePub format, and makes reading on a Kindle seem
about as stodgy as, you know, paper. To be clear, though, this is just
Apple’s solution—unless they’re explicitly banned from the iPad, you
should be able to download your Kindle app as well.

This store doesn’t sell magazines or newspapers, which’ll be relegated
to regular app status. At this point, whether or not the tablet helps
them out is in their hands.

• iWork: Apple’ also designed a whole new iWork suite just for the
tablet, which implies that this thing is as much for media creation as
it is for consumption. There’s a new version of Keynote designed just
for the iPad, as well as new version of Pages, (word processor), and
Numbers, which is the spreadsheet app. Here’s what Keynote looks like:
The interfaces are obviously designed strictly for touch input, but
from the looks of it can handle every function that the old,
mouse-centric version could, plus a few more. And man, they’re so much
prettier. Each app costs $10, and you can get them all for $30.
Accessories

Right away, Apple’s offering three main official accessories: a
book-style case, a regular dock and a keyboard dock. (Ha!)

The book cover doubles as a stand, so you can prop the iPad up in a few
different ways. The keyboard dock hooks up with the iPad when it’s in
portrait mode, so you can type longer documents, charge, or both. The
iPad will also support Apple’s Bluetooth keyboards.

The iPad’s only really got one accessory port, and it takes an iPod
dock connector. Apple’s solution for this? Adapters! So many adapters.
There’s a Dock Connector to VGA adapter, a USB camera adapter (which
gives you one plain USB connection, though it apparently only works for
importing photos), a USB SD adapter, and a USB power adapter, which
lets you charge by AC or USB, not unlike the iPhone charger.
What It’s Like to Use

It’s hefty. Substantial. Easy to grip. Fast. Beautiful. Rigid. Starkly
designed. The glass is a little rubbery but it could be my sweaty
hands. And it’s fasssstttt.

Brian’s detailed impressions in our hands on, right here.
Price and Release Date

The iPad ships worldwide in 60 days, but only in Wi-Fi versions. The 3G
version will be another 30 days after that. Here are the prices:
Without 3G:

• $499: 16GB
• $599: 32GB
• $699: 64GB

With 3G:

• $629: 16GB
• $729: 32GB
• $829: 64GB

Apple will ship all the iPads in 60 days—the end of March—to America,
and just the Wi-Fi models internationally. It’ll be another 30 days
beyond that for 3G models to be available outside our shores; Apple
says they’re still working on carrier deals.

3G comes by way of AT&T, who’s offering the service without contract,
for $15 a month (250MB of data) or $30 a month (unlimited). That’s why,
unlike the iPhone, the iPad is actually cheaper off-contract.

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[THE MOGUL GROUP] ..:: Hyped: The Apple iPad ::.

For nearly a decade the tech world was in a frenzy over Apple’s then
rumored tablet. Almost every year leading up to the final tablet
unveiling was met with top analysts making release date predictions
which later turned out to be completely wrong. However, in 2009 the
rumors began to pick up steam reaching a boiling point. Every source
pointed towards a impending tablet release and every website claimed to
have insider information about the device. It seemed as though everyone
in the gadget world was talking about the tablet, even though Apple
themselves never made a single mention.

Finally on January 18th Apple sent out invitations to those in tech
media about an event they were holding on Jan. 27th which stated “Come
see our latest creation”. The invitation announcement was met with
feverish excitement and anticipation for what Apple was going to unveil.

For years tech enthusiast waited for the announcement day, and it
finally came. The Apple event was the Championship Game for gadgets,
the Super Bowl for the computer world, the World Series for the tech
community, and Apple finally gave the people what they wanted, the iPad.

Apple’s iPad is a tablet/slate computer that measures 1/2 inches,
weighs 1.5 pounds and is capable of browsing the web, playing videos,
reading digital books and more. It features a 9.7 inch capacitive
touchscreen IPS LCD display, 1GHz Apple A4 chip, 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1
+ EDR, 30-pin connector, speaker, microphone, accelerometer and a
compass. But it lacks a camera or multitasking comparable to Mac OS X.
The iPad allows you to run your iPhone/iPod Touch apps, but also comes
with specific apps made just for the device.

iPads come in two models, Wifi only and Wifi+ 3G. The Wifi only model
starts at $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB and $699 for 64GB. Those built
with 3G are priced higher with $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB and $829
for 64GB. 3G service is available through AT&T with data plans of 250MB
for $14.99 and unlimited for $29.99, both of which are contract free.
The Wifi only models will be available for purchase in 60 days, while
the 3G versions will be available in about 3 months.

Although the iPhone and iPod Touch were major successes, will Apple’s
long awaited iPad tablet live up to the hype? I guess we’ll have to
wait and see. So, are you getting one?

You can get a closer look at Apple’s iPad in the video below

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[THE MOGUL GROUP] ..:: What to Expect From Apple’s Tablet Unveiling ::..

By Brian X. Chen

Apple’s got a lot planned for its Wednesday press event.

While the invitation — “come see our latest creation” — is broad and
vague, it’s fairly obvious that the biggest news will be the widely
anticipated tablet.

It’s about time. Tech observers have been anticipating an Apple tablet
for several years, churning out report after report of rumors and
speculation. And Apple has been considering tablet designs since at
least 1983. Now, perfectionist CEO Steve Jobs finally seems satisfied
enough with the product to show it off in public.

But that’s not the only thing the company is likely to announce.
Updates to the MacBook line and the iPhone OS are also likely to be on
the ticket.

Here’s our guide to what you can realistically expect.

And if you don’t care to read our predictions, just stay tuned for the
Jan. 27 event. We’ll be providing live blog and news coverage here on
Gadget Lab and on Twitter: follow @bxchen and @GadgetLab for real-time
news nuggets.
The Apple Tablet
Multiple independent reports have described the tablet’s appearance as
a 10- to 11-inch iPhone or iPod Touch. (AppleInsider’s sources describe
the tablet as “a first-generation iPhone that’s met its match with a
rolling pin.”) The tablet, many have reported, will serve as a
slate-like substitute for magazines, newspapers and books, while also
offering the general-purpose functions seen in the iPhone, such as
gaming, viewing photos, web surfing and using apps.

A recent report from The Wall Street Journal adds that Apple will
market the tablet as a product that can be shared among multiple people
at home or in classrooms, thanks to its bigger screen.

A few reports have claimed the tablet will sport a 10-inch OLED
touchscreen, which would be great for reading books. But there aren’t
many of these displays on the market, and they would also cost Apple
about $400 apiece. A 10-inch LCD touchscreen, on the other hand, would
cost Apple $60 — much more in line with the expected $1,000 price tag.

The true mystery about the tablet lies in its software and user
interface. Simply expanding the iPhone OS to fit a larger screen can’t
be the whole story.

We expect a tablet interface that strives to appeal to everyone, like
the iPhone OS does with its 3.5-inch screen, SpringBoard user interface
and fingertip-sized icons.

The ergonomics of text entry will especially be challenging on a device
that size. People briefed on the product say it will incorporate a
virtual keyboard. But if the tablet is going to serve as an alternative
to a notebook or netbook, an ordinary virtual QWERTY isn’t going to cut
it.

We’re predicting Apple will incorporate new multitouch gestures, and
maybe even the accelerometer, to trigger functions of the traditional
QWERTY keyboard. Imagine if pressing two fingers down anywhere
triggered the Shift key, for example.

And to add a wild guess, we think Apple will expand on the
voice-recognition feature seen in the iPhone 3GS, to augment text entry.

Still, no one outside Apple’s tablet team has a solid idea of what the
tablet’s interface will be like. The only minuscule clue is a quote
from a recently departed Apple employee who told New York Times’ Nick
Bilton, “You will be very surprised how you interact with the new
tablet.”

If it’s taken Apple this long to figure it out, I’m sure we will be.

But we do expect the tablet’s operating system to share some of the
same DNA as the iPhone OS. Indeed, the iPhone reportedly contains some
elements of an older, shelved Apple tablet project.

What could it be called? Internet sleuthers at MacRumors.com have found
evidence suggesting Apple is interested in the names iSlate,
MagicSlate, iGuide and iPad. Apple has apparently filed for trademarks
for each of those names.

Apple not only filed for the iSlate trademark; the company also
procured ownership of the domain iSlate.com, making this the most
likely candidate.

As for when the tablet will ship, WSJ published the most credible
report to date claiming Apple has plans to ship the device in March.

Price tag? All we’ve heard are guesses from analysts, some who claim
the tablet will cost as much as $1,000 including carrier subsidy. We
estimate the tablet should cost between $700 and $1,000, placing it
somewhere in between an iPhone and a MacBook.

There are a few scant rumors claiming the tablet will be carried by
Verizon, but none seems substantive enough to bet money on. There’s too
little information out there about the carrier to make any reasonable
predictions.

In summary:

– A 10- to 11-inch tablet,
– somewhat resembling the iPhone hardware,
– running a substantially expanded version of the iPhone OS,
– probably called iSlate,
– with a new, non-QWERTY interface,
– possibly available in two versions, LCD and OLED,
– with Wi-Fi and 3G data connections. iPhone OS 4.0, iLife 2010
Fox News’ Clayton Morris had a scoop citing anonymous Apple employees
who claim iPhone OS 4.0 and iLife 2010 will be announced at the event.
I’m a believer.

The tablet will likely have a beefed-up version of the iPhone OS with
all the newest features. So given the logic that the tablet OS is ready
to be announced, iPhone OS 4.0 should be ready for a preview as well.
But a preview would probably be it, just so Apple can begin seeding
betas to developers to prepare their iPhone apps for 4.0.

As for iLife 2010, Apple has announced almost all of its iLife suites
during January of years past. I believe we’ll see an iLife launch only
because it would be consistent.

Jobs likes to pepper up press events with small announcements leading
up to the major “One more thing,” so iLife and iPhone OS 4.0 will
probably be the first to be announced.
MacBook Pro Upgrades — Maybe
An Intel contest promoted by e-mail appeared to leak upcoming MacBook
Pros equipped with the newest Intel chips. Intel had sent e-mails to
members of its Intel Retail Edge program, promoting a chance to win two
MacBook Pros equipped with Intel’s new Core i5 processors during
January, according to a report by MacRumors.

However, Intel soon after retracted the promotion, saying it was a
mistake and that HP notebooks would be given away for the contest
instead. I found this move suspicious, because the promotion had been
sent in multiple languages to members in the United States, the United
Kingdom and Spain. Seems odd that it would have gotten so far if the
product weren’t even real.

Plus, MacBook Pros are due for a refresh. Apple last upgraded the
MacBook Pro in June 2009, and typically the company refreshes notebooks
every six or seven months. Therefore, my gut tells me Intel realized it
accidentally leaked the MacBook Pros and then moved to undo the slip. I
believe there’s a good chance MacBook Pros will be announced at next
week’s event.
iTunes Upgrade
I haven’t seen any rumors of Apple introducing a new version of iTunes,
but I assume it would have to, in order to launch the tablet. That’s
because the tablet alone won’t be compelling unless it creates avenues
for new content that can be used on the tablet, such as e-books,
newspapers and magazines. Expect Apple to preview a new version of
iTunes, perhaps 9.1, that would add new content sections to the iTunes
Store. We’ll most realistically see a new e-book section demonstrated
in iTunes, as Apple has reportedly been in talks with HarperCollins
Publishers to make e-books for the tablet.

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[THE MOGUL GROUP] Apple planning to shake-up textbooks, newspapers, TV and ga…

by Kelly Hodgkins on January 21st, 2010

The Wall Street Journal has chimed in with its assessment of the Apple
tablet and has described the many ways Steve Jobs is supposedly aiming
to reshape how we read books, browse newspapers, play games and consume
TV with Apple’s new tablet device. Long a stronghold, Apple is
reportedly courting the educational market and has developed this
tablet with electronic textbook technology which will presumably take
the e-book reading experience a step beyond the current
Kindle-experience. The Apple tablet may also reportedly fill the gap
that exists for newspapers who have been clamoring for a digital
distribution channel that offers a better overall experience than what
is provided by a 6 inch e-ink device. Apple is rumored to be in talks
with The New York Times, Conde Nast Publications, HarperCollins and
News Corp in this endeavor. Hit the jump for Apple’s rumored plans for
television and gaming on its tablet device.

Anyone who has owned a 9 to 10-inch slate device knows that it hit the
sweet spot for casual movie or television watching and Apple may try to
capitilize on the feature by bringing a “Best of TV” subscription-based
TV service to the tablet. Rumors suggest that Apple has been
negotiating with CBS and Disney which owns ABC to bring four to six
shows per channel to the tablet. As was the case with the iPod touch,
Apple is also thought to be collaborating with Electronic Arts to
showcase the gaming capabilities of its tablet device. Other features
potentially include virtual sticky notes, facial recognition technology
that recognizes each user presumably to deliver user-specific content,
and , of course, a virtual onscreen keyboard.

Details on how Apple is going to integrate these diverse services into
the tablet is sparse but at least some of the content may be accessible
from iTunes which may be moved to a cloud-based infrastructure
following Apple’s purchase of Lala. The other unknown is the wireless
connectivity which is needed for such a device. Rumors are hot and
heavy that the tablet will feature a Qualcomm chipset that may support
Verizon Wireless EV-DO. Qualcomm also makes the Gobi chipset which
includes GSM/HSDPA in addition to CDMA/EV-DO connectivity so the tablet
may not be a carrier-specific device. Anyone else going to be glued to
their computer next Wednesday to see how these rumors pan out and what
other surprises Apple may have up its sleeve?

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Posted By Mogul to THE MOGUL GROUP at 1/22/2010 11:18:00 AM

[THE MOGUL GROUP] ..:: 5 Clear Signs You’re Dating A Stalker ::..

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“Being with an insanely jealous person is like being in the room with a
dead mammoth.” Mike Nichols. An overprotective relationship can seem
like you are serving a jail term where you get to have sex at least
once a week. One day while walking out of my apt in NC, I saw this girl
whom I haven’t seen since the day I moved in, she was walking super
fast, I later found out she was sneaking out of the house to escape her
alcoholic boyfriend who beat her up and kept her tied down with the
baby. She would have done anything I wanted her to do, just for the
experience of being free that night. I didn’t take her up on her offer,
although something deep down inside wanted to, because she was
beautiful. But, for the year I never seen her I wonder if she knew she
was in a toxic relationship.

Here are some signs you’re with an overprotective lover:

Mr. Telephone Man:

– Does your lover check your phone? If so you might be with an
overprotective person. Trust is the key to this post, and in a
relationship trust is vital to having some sort of freedom in order to
keep your sanity. No one wants to have their interaction with someone
policed. Now granted people are grimy in general, and a friend of the
opposite sex, can be a lover without you knowing. Will Forte wrote
“Steve was incredibly nice, but in a way someone might be nice when
they are sleeping with your girlfriend” You just never know, but at the
end of the day freedom is needed and being the phone police is not the
way to do it.

– Does your lover call you a bit too much? One of my followers on
twitter told me her ex boyfriend called her every 5 minutes when she
wasn’t around him. He would count her rings and he’d know if she was on
the phone or not. Crazy right? “he would be like y r u ignoring me when
your on the phone? Im like how do you know? “b/c ur phone only rang for
37 sec’s” WTF” ~ AlwaysConvinced If you’re not able to enjoy a night
away from your lover, then it’s a clear sign you need to end that
relationship, it’s just not healthy.
– Playing phone games. I had an ex-girlfriend who some how got the
number to my new girlfriend, and one night while chilling at my
girlfriends house my phone run, I answered the phone and all I heard
was breathing, a few minutes later my girl’s phone wrung and again all
she heard was breathing. Come to find out it was my ex girl calling
both of us to listen to the background noise to see if we were in the
same place. If you’re playing games like this, then you might just need
to move on, and if someone else is playing this weird stalker type
game, then you need to make it clear to them that it’s over and not
leave anything open for a future cashing in of a coochie coupon.
Somebody’s Watching Me:

– Overprotective lovers seem to have a team of people to help them be a
stalker. I can’t tell you he many times I’ve heard women say “My man
will know he has people following me” granted I shouldn’t have been
trying to temp any young woman to cheat, but an overprotective
relationship will cause women to start looking for options. You never
know what this crazy lover is telling their friends, they could paint a
picture of their lover being the worst person in the world when in turn
it’s their antics which is causing a person to stray. My boy Napps126
had a similar situation “yep! Had her people watching me in the club
and going on other people myspace pages to see the pictures we took
2gether…Lmao!”
– Ayo Technology: With the popularity of social networking sites like
Myspace and Facebook it’s almost like a stalkers dream come true. It’s
so easy to hop from page to page trying to read deeper into a
flirtacious comment, or an extra sexy picture posted on a webpage. If
you have to check comments in order to figure out if your lover is
cheating, then you need to end that relationship asap.
There are a million other signs of an overprotective lover, but these
are the most common. What are some other ways overprotective lovers
keep tabs on their significant other?

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Posted By Mogul to THE MOGUL GROUP at 1/20/2010 03:30:00 PM

[THE MOGUL GROUP] .. Mariah Carey Concert Afterparty @ ATLANTA’s New Leverage…

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continue and
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(Corner of Cascade and Beecher)

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Posted By Mogul to THE MOGUL GROUP at 1/19/2010 04:02:00 PM

[THE MOGUL GROUP] ..:: Wyclef Sheds Crocodile Tears in Defense of Yele ::..

The pressure and intense scrutiny finally got to former Fugees frontman
Wyclef Jean who put on an emotional show weeping during a press
conference yesterday where he defended the sloppy paperwork for his
charity organization Yele.

The charity took in $2 million in text message donations as a result of
urgent pleas by Wyclef immediately following a massive earthquake that
rocked his native Haiti last week.

Yele and its board members came under fire last week after a Smoking
Gun report revealed that Wyclef — a millionaire — paid himself and his
bass player hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses, and paid
$30,000 to a man who worked in the kitchen of Wyclef’s Manhattan studio.

Wyclef also charged Yele $100,000 for a live performance and annual
rent for a small space in his studio. Additionally, the state of
Florida dissolved the charity 4 times for failing to provide required
disclosure reports.

Yele, which benefited from the star power of Wyclef, has no staff and
no resources or means to get the money and relief to the people of
Haiti in a timely fashion.

Wyclef tugged at heartstrings during the press conference by recounting
his brief time picking up corpses on the island. “My people are dying,
and I have to go back in a few days,” he said.

Though his tortuous path to Haiti and back is lined with good
intentions, the fact is that Yele is not an appropriate organization to
provide massive relief efforts which are required immediately in Haiti.
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Posted By Mogul to THE MOGUL GROUP at 1/19/2010 03:14:00 PM