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.
Can those cans and battle the bottles! Japan’s ongoing “eco” movement for environmental friendliness and sustainable living seems to have even influenced the appearance of plastic water bottles… these ones look like cans.
How many times have you left your home, only to come running through the front door to check if the alarm has been set or if all of your appliances have been unplugged? Unfortunately, it’s part of being human to be forgetful. One solution? Fully automating your home.
Fruit fans rejoice, pears could be getting bigger, tastier and more resistant to drought and disease! Now that researchers from the Chinese-American "International Pear Genome Cooperation Group" have finished the world’s first pear genome sequence, we can expect new high-yield, high quality, low-input varieties of pears to land on store shelves someday soon.
On a diet and looking for a light meal? Try a light blue meal instead: Tokyo’s Tea Room 2525 has brought back a turquoise temptation from last summer, disingenuously dubbed "Blue Curry Loss of Appetite". It’s a great way to get the blues while losing weight.
A Chinese pig farm project inspired by the hugely popular online game “Happy Farm” has seen over 500 eco-friendly pig cottages spring up in the coastal province of Jiangsu. Though these swine are living fine, don’t get jealous: their luxurious digs are intended to encourage tastier meat.
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.
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.
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited, famed for its high performance GT sports cars favored by the likes of James Bond, reckons its future lies far to the east of MI6 headquarters in the garages of China’s rich and famous. The super-luxury 4×4 Lagonda SUV is expected to cost a pretty moneypenny and would likely leave 007 shaken, not stirred.
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