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03-11-2014, 08:28 PM
Shaq: I Spend $1,000 a Week on Apps
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If you've ever felt like you spend too much money on apps, this should make you feel a bit better.
Shaquille O'Neal, the retired basketball star and self-declared "techie," told The Wall Street Journal (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/10/video-shaquille-oneal-spends-1000-a-week-on-apps/) in an interview during SXSW this week that he spends around $1,000 on apps each week.
See also: Kevin Bacon Schools Millennials on the '80s (http://mashable.com/2014/03/10/kevin-bacon-sxsw/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"Honestly, I probably spend $1,000 on apps a week," he said in the interview. "Real money. Last week, I bought like 20 deer-hunter games."
He added: "When I'm **t working, I spend all my money on apps."
At least some of that spending may be business-related, though. Shaq was an early investor in Google and has repeatedly expressed interest (http://mashable.com/2013/03/09/pitch-shaq-tout-sxsw/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) in working with tech startups. Watch below: Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/11/shaq-apps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Apps (http://mashable.com/category/apps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Sxsw (http://mashable.com/category/sxsw/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Shaquille O Neal (http://mashable.com/category/shaquille-o-neal/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Apps Software (http://mashable.com/apps-software/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/FnRLA3jJxY4
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If you've ever felt like you spend too much money on apps, this should make you feel a bit better.
Shaquille O'Neal, the retired basketball star and self-declared "techie," told The Wall Street Journal (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/10/video-shaquille-oneal-spends-1000-a-week-on-apps/) in an interview during SXSW this week that he spends around $1,000 on apps each week.
See also: Kevin Bacon Schools Millennials on the '80s (http://mashable.com/2014/03/10/kevin-bacon-sxsw/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"Honestly, I probably spend $1,000 on apps a week," he said in the interview. "Real money. Last week, I bought like 20 deer-hunter games."
He added: "When I'm **t working, I spend all my money on apps."
At least some of that spending may be business-related, though. Shaq was an early investor in Google and has repeatedly expressed interest (http://mashable.com/2013/03/09/pitch-shaq-tout-sxsw/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) in working with tech startups. Watch below: Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/11/shaq-apps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Apps (http://mashable.com/category/apps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Sxsw (http://mashable.com/category/sxsw/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Shaquille O Neal (http://mashable.com/category/shaquille-o-neal/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Apps Software (http://mashable.com/apps-software/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/FnRLA3jJxY4