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Would-be entrepreneur and tech magpie will.i.am's startup, i.am+, has bagged $117m venture funding from Salesforce. The former Black Eyed Peas frontman's firm makes a whole load of consumer tech – from phone cases and earphones to wearables – that nobody particularly uses or rates. So the next obvious step is surely to enter …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    "your imagination's the limit"

    Then this thing must be pretty sick and twisted.

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    1. Steve Evans
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      Re: "your imagination's the limit"

      Well he imagined he could sing once...

      And low and behold, the autotuner almost managed it!

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      1. Fruit and Nutcase Silver badge
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        Paris Hilton

        Re: "your imagination's the limit"

        This chap certainly had talent (and could salute too)

        https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHcfFByXUAE9NX5.jpg

        Paris - A Hill's Angel, naturally

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        1. Fruit and Nutcase Silver badge
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          Paris Hilton

          Re: "your imagination's the limit"

          Paris - A Hill's Angel, naturally

          or even...

          A Hilton's Angel

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    2. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: "your imagination's the limit"

      "And will.i.am told Reuters that the firm wasn't stopping at customer support, and that it had several more enterprise voice AI products up its sleeve."

      Presumably it has the perfect third world call centre accent...

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Joke

    I've got a feeling...

    That tonight's not going to be a good night for Will.i.am...

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  3. iron Silver badge

    So...

    Unlike William does it know how to write his name correctly?

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    1. Warm Braw
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      Re: So...

      Orthography seems to have necessitated that they go shopping in Armenia for the "i.am" domain name ...

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  4. Michael Strorm Silver badge

    Shut Up, Just Shut Up, Shut Up

    I'm sure this line of accessories will exhibit the level of quality you'd expect from the guy responsible for "Dirty Bit".

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  5. Anonymous Coward
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    Will go the same way as

    Kayne West's clothing business and Dr. (in WHAT?) Dre's atrocious headphones.

    Soon to be appearing in a bargain bin at your nearest motorway services.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Will go the same way as

      "Dr. (in WHAT?) Dre's atrocious headphones."

      What, to be bought by Apple for an obscene amount of money? iThink that's what he is hoping for,

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    2. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Will go the same way as

      That was the way Beats went? Hmmm... I thought Dre sold the company to Apple for $3 billion. Weird.

      I get not liking these guys, their music or their products, but you'll get nowhere trying to reinvent reality to pretend they didn't make money.

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  6. Haku

    will.i.am still managing to sell tat to the masses?

    well.i.never

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