Above is a video that Megaupload created a music video that features Macy Gray, Kim Kardashian, Will.i.am, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Floyd Mayweather, Estelle, Carmello Anthony, Ciara, Brett Rattner, Lil’ Jon, P. Diddy, Mary J. Blige, and several other celebrities. Universal Music Group had it taken down from YouTube. YouTube’s copyright filters removed the all star video, but Google reinstated the video on Wednesday.

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) subsidiary StubHub has acquired Zvents.com. Zvents is a local event-discovery and promotion service. The terms of the deal were undisclosed. Founded in 2005, Zvents has over 600,000 current event listings at any given time. Zvents will be integrated into StubHub’s own event listings, which has about 30,000 events. Zvents had raised a total of $31.2 million in funding. [VentureBeat]

Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE:CCI) has made a $1 billion bid for NextG Networks, Inc. This would form the largest independent provider of distributed antenna systems. Crown Castle would be acquiring NextG from a group of investors that are led by Madison Dearborn Partners. The purchase is expected to be complete by Q2 of 2012. The acquisition will allow Houston-based Crown Castle to provide additional wireless coverage to customers beyond areas that are traditionally served by towers. The distributed antenna systems are a network of smaller cell sites that are connected by fiber to communication hubs. [BusinessWeek]

I’m a long-time fan of the TV shows Breaking Bad and The Simpsons. Some people believed that there are some striking similarities between Ned Flanders of The Simpsons and Walter White of Breaking Bad. This is why one of them matched up the audio from Breaking Bad with video from The Simpsons. This mash-up has surpassed over 300,000 YouTube views since going online about 4 days ago.

Vistaprint is a digital marketing company that has acquired Webs.com for $117.5 million. Vistaprint sells custom business cards, coffee mugs, calendars, etc. online. The transaction was made $100 million in cash and $17.5 million in stock.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has given out customized versions of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone to many of their employees as a Christmas gift. The back of the Galaxy Nexus has a customized cover. The cover has Google+ and Android icons. Google’s London and Zurich offices are giving out free devices to employees and required their staff to line up and claim their free handsets. [TNW]

Carrier IQ is software that has been installed on about 150 million smartphones, which tracks personal information about users. Security researcher Trevor Eckhart discover the software and posted a video about it on YouTube. People were outraged by what they saw on the video and Carrier IQ was thoroughly investigated after that.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is developing software that simulates labs for students to interact with professors and other students. Students can also earn certificates through the simulated labs.