June 2011
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10 Most Momentous Strikes of the 20th Century
Strikes are renowned as the bane of governments and anybody who wants their garbage collected on time, and yet often are the only resort left to workers. They remain a divisive topic on both the left and the right, with their consequences having far-reaching implications. Nobody, however, can doubt that strikes can be devastating, bringing […]
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The Evolution of Productivity: Paper to Digital
The invention of paper did wonders for mankind’s organizational skills. With the invention of papyrus, a thousand things became possible for the Egyptians: hieroglyphic shopping lists (goats, bread, and charcoal eyeliner), ‘Things-to-Avoid’ lists (asps, crocodiles, and King Tut on a bad day) and even ‘Things-to-Be-Buried-With’ lists (gold, wives, and servants for the afterlife). Thanks to […]
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CloudPlayer.me to Resurrect 11-Year-Old Battle with RIAA
Since the start of 2011, top technology companies like Google, Apple and Microsoft have been ramping up efforts to push consumers on their cloud computing services. Before we continue, I’m sure some of you are wondering what the “cloud” is. Polls show 60% of Americans don’t understand what this new computing term means. The cloud […]
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15 Everyday Products with WTF Origins
It’s tempting to assume that in the back of every Wal-Mart (and some of the seedier Targets) there’s a machine that combines obscure, sterile chemicals and a dash of cancer into everything the modern human needs. Looking at the ingredient list of just about any processed food certainly gives that impression. The truth is some […]
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Advertising Budgets of the Top 200 Brands
With marketing & advertising becoming more and more of a need to succeed, this infographic by our friends at MarketingDegree.net provides an industry-by-industry look at where the leading U.S Brands are spending their dollars. Image courtesy of Ad Age Embed this Infographic on Your Site: Source: Marketing Degree
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10 Ad Campaigns That Backfired Badly
Occasionally advertising executives fail to hit the mark; a joke that passed at the focus group stage ends up flatlining when it hits the TV screen or billboard space. However, sometimes we’re cursed, or perhaps even blessed, with beholding the moments when adverts truly backfire, spinning off ungraciously into the land of ironic failure. Here […]
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Defogging Cloud Computing: An Interview With Egnyte CEO Vineet Jain
Image: Google Man/Wikimedia Cloud computing, like a thunderhead, is abuzz with energy. From Apple’s iCloud to Best Buy’s new cloud music service, companies are scrambling to up the ante on their cloud offerings. Despite all the hype, it’s not common knowledge what the cloud actually is. We all know that the cloud is exciting, but […]
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10 Expensive and Exploitative Beauty Pageant Strategies
You may have been born ugly, but your children are the future! Thanks to medical science, technology and your low self-esteem, you can now make them beautiful and live vicariously through them. All it takes is beauty pageant, a healthy checking account and no moral qualms about righteously screwing up your child’s mind.
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15 of the Most Weird and WTF Museums
Museums are normally full of dusty old bones and the belongings of rich people that somehow managed to not get stolen. But before you plunk down twenty bucks to see the Pope’s bathrobe or Julius Caesar’s toilet brush, try some of the more strange and bizarre museums that exist. Much like the History Channel, the […]
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Outsourced IT Jobs Return Home- Re-Employment in 2011
IT jobs, at one point, became very difficult to find, land and retain. The landscape of the industry was rocked by the ability to outsource labor and finding an IT job close to home was beginning to become a grueling and laborious hunt. The IT sector has bounced back and brought their jobs home. Not […]
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Philip Morris: Still More Malignant Than Cancer
In all likelihood, you’ve never heard of Altria Group, Inc., but you’re probably familiar with their former name: Philip Morris Inc. The mega-corporation changed their name in 2003, probably realizing that, in the public mind, the name was permanently stained with Big Tobacco associations: it evokes images of dirty lobbying deals, unethical advertising, suppressed scientific […]
