What do you get when regular phone service is combined with the latest web technology? An IP-based voice services like Skype, and now there is Google Voice that is currently available to U.S. residence – no invitation required. Google Voice has been in the works since mid-2007, when Google acquired the core Google Voice technology from GrandCentral, a company that consolidated a lot of your phone services into one service to streamline voice communication.

Google Voice already has 1 million people with accounts, a large number of these accounts are inherited GrandCentral customers who continued to use the service. People who are interested in signing up for Google Voice, check out this video that explores some of the most popular features of Google Voice.

I have a Skype account and I’m very satisfied with their service. I will check out Google Voice, however, at this point I’m not eager to open an account.

Have you ever misplaced or lost your iphone? This hasn’t happened to me. [knock on wood] However, not too long about I had a scare, actually two scares. The first time I thought I left my iphone at the grocery store. Very scary. I called the grocery store, no one turned in an iphone. My husband and I searched the house and the car. I ended up finding it in the car. The second time my iphone was MIA, I wasn’t sure what happened. I couldn’t figure out if I had set it down and someone took it, or what. It turned up at home. I left it on the dining room table.

It’s not a good feeling losing anything, especially your precious iphone. In the event that you do [let's hope that never happens] Apple has released a new app Find My iPhone. This app helps MobileMe subscribers hunt down their missing iPhone, and also the iPad or iPod.

The new Find My iPhone app is free. There is a $99 fee for MobileMe. It’s an investment well worth every penny. You’ll be able to physically locate your idevice, remotely lock it, and wipe out the data. You can even send a sound alert and a message to your device. That’s peace of mind.

In the rap and hip-hop music world, West Coast Bay Area rapper MacShawn100 needs no introduction. For those of us who are becoming familiar with him, get ready, he is poised to take to music world by storm.

MacShawn100 has a long-standing career as a rapper and song writer, has previously released several solo album, and has worked and recorded with other rap artists, too name a few, E-40, Too Short, Daz Dillinger, Tupac, DJ Quik, and others. He had record deals with labels like Jive, Sick Wid it, Death Row, Music Fo The Mobb, and is currently signed on with DoggyStyle/Priority Records.

“Tha Bigg Fish”, his latest studio album due out later this year, features the recently released single “And You Do Know That” [available on iTunes]. Other songs on this album feature Snoop Dogg, E-40, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, and other artists.

In this interview, MacShawn100 shares with us, what inspired him to become a rapper, and more. Enjoy the interview.

Thanks for taking the time to answer a few questions. What inspired you to become a rapper?

Well, what inspired me to be a rapper, would have to be in 1982 or 1983, for me it was the first time listening to Too Short. When I first heard Too Short rap that’s when I knew I wanted to start rapping. Hearing him in the Sugar Hill Gang. The music I heard from Too Short inspired me to start rapping.

Who has influenced you and has been your greatest inspiration as an artist?

Too Short

Do you play any instruments?

I can play the drums a little bit.

Do you write all of your songs?

I write all of my music.

Where do you get inspiration to write?

I get inspiration from various sources and various things.

When you aren’t writing music, recording, or on the road performing, what do you like to do in your spare time?

Well in my spear time I like being around my kids and the family. I like kicking back and relaxing, and I also like to taking some vacation time and be around family members.

If you could be or do anything else other than your music career, what would you be or do?

I would play professional baseball.

What’s the one thing about you few people know?

I like to laugh a lot.

So, maybe you’re a little bit of a comedian?

Right.

What words would you use to describe yourself in relation to your career?

Motivator, innovator, promoter.

Is there any advice you’d like to share with aspiring rap & hip hop artists?

Stick to your craft, try to stay all original. You don’t want to be a copycat and copy someone else, try to be different, try to be all original, and stay true to your work. Hard work pays off.

What’s next for you, are you working on another album?

I’m working on a lot of songs, that’s always a given. After this album I’ll put out a MacShawn dance album. Also, I’ll be promoting another artist.

More About MacShawn100

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