For those addicted to the HBO hit series "Game of Thrones," could you
imagine if those vying for the thrones of the Seven Kingdoms were
competing with Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on today’s
political landscape. The Mother Jones
news team postulates how today’s dirty politics might be played out if
Daenerys Targaryen, Jeffrey Baratheon and Robb Stark were added to the presidential race in contention for leader of the free world.
“A Blue Work Shirt” from OSPOP is an updated version of the no-nonsense, long-lasting tops that clothed Mao Zedong’s China of the 1950s through 1970s. Proudly made in China but not just for Chinese anymore, A Blue Work Shirt salutes those who made the Great Leap Forward from shattered post-war China to today’s economic powerhouse.
In an ingenious TV commercial that we’re sure Don Draper would have
approved, British Airways is utilizing the distribution channels of
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to extend their rallying cry for a "Home
Advantage" at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The iPhone 5 has been released in China… and it’s delicious! Unless somebody from Apple Inc "calls out" the manufacturer on this frozen ice pop’s provocative name, hungry Chinese will be chilling their choppers on iPhone 5 brand Mango and Pear flavored frozen fruit snacks all summer long.
Does anyone remember when iPhone prototypes
were left behind in Silicon Valley bars only to be found by those
looking to make a quick buck while providing the techie world with an advance sneak peak at Apple’s latest iteration? In both cases, Apple execs were none too pleased and subsequent police investigations and threats of litigation were filed against Gizmodo and ex-Apple employees responsible.
If one was to ask what happened on December 7, 2010 and 2011, most folks
would reference the 69th & 70th-year anniversaries of Pearl Harbor.
Few people would know or care that New York’s Off-Track Betting Office
doors were shuttered that first year, depriving thousands of workers
from earned health benefits. And on its anniversary date the following
year, it marked the day that OTB worker Patti McCole entered the
hospital for brain cancer.
The Tornado Beer Dispenser from Japan’s Asahi Beer invites toasting tipplers to go “Bottom’s Up!”… literally. The dispenser injects draft beer into the base of a specially designed plastic mug, in the process creating a short-lived alcoholic vortex of epic proportions.
Another season, another new & exciting Pepsi flavor! This time around the drink designers at Pepsi Japan have reached back to a traditional Japanese summertime treat, salted watermelon.
Being left behind on the mobile landscape has motivated countless
bloggers and techie prognosticators to cyberventilate as to FB’s future.
Based on an 11th hour stock devaluation by the company themselves (see
previous post, "Facebook’s IPO Morality Tale…"),
coupled with the claim the company can’t survive in the public sphere
relying solely on ad revenues, Zuck has ridden a roller-coaster of
criticism in one week’s time that has cast yet another shadow over the
world’s largest social network.
Facebook’s reversal of fortunes in such a short span of time has played
out almost like a modern-day morality tale. The fall-out of the social
network post-IPO, after such an enthusiastic build-up was telling. While it lined the
pockets of some (namely investment bankers), it deprived the 99
Percenters (or Dumb F*cks
as Zuckerberg so adroitly labeled them back in 2004) full-disclosure,
resulting in a subsequent short-fall on their FB investment.
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