Americans See News as Biased, Al Jazeera Sees Opportunity
Is Al Jazeera poised to become American’s source for international news?
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Annoying News From the World of Calorie Counting
Well how’s your New Year’s resolution to diet working out? Mmmmm.
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Google Map of Jailed Chinese Internet “Dissidents”
Although the text is written in Chinese it isn’t hard to understand the message that this map of Chinese citizens who have been imprisoned for various “crimes” involving the Internet is conveying. ..China is still a repressive place.
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How’s Your Social Nuturition?
Anyone in the food industry knows that nutrition labels have revolutionized the way average consumers choose their food products. Informing the consumer with simple labeling so they can compare two similar products in order to make informed and healthy decisions has given birth to what we call “The Savvy Shopper”. This has been one of [...]
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Your News, Your Way…
Mashable reported recently: “Google News is already a handy resource for staying informed on breaking news stories, but they’ve just become a news source that’s more dialed into your specific needs…”
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It’s Like the Pool Table IS a Pool? Woah.
OK. Seriously. This. Is. Rad.
“The Obscura CueLight is coolest pool table ever, features sensors and a projector that projects an image only where the balls are on the table…”
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Employer asks: “What’s Your Sign?”
Apparently, an Australian company recently put out an ad seeking new employees, but with a rather uncommon request— “the applicants had to be a certain astrology sign. Anyone under the Taurus, Aquarius, Aries, Capricorn, or Leo signs were encouraged to submit resumes because, according to a spokesperson for the company, those signs make the best employees.”
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Beating Up Berlin, One Hit Single at a Time
Being a native of Germany I tend to keep a watchful eye over the culture of my home, and something that I’ve been looking at lately is how much undertoned angst for the city itself is emerging through the German music scene. To put it simply, three of the top hits in Germany right now are all songs about the dark side of Berlin.
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Pop Goes the Subculture
We all know Twilight is making some serious cash, and that everyone else is cashing in on the vampire craze too. But, what made it a craze, what came before it, and what’s coming up to battle the vampire out for box office and teen obsessive glory; when subculture and cult classics get re-spun into modern characters, anything can become a pop-subculture smash. Welcome to part one of a three-part look at the world of subculture pop culture.
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SIGG – WHAT THE “FRIGG” WERE YOU THINKING?
OOOPS! : “Sigg, maker of the metal, reusable bottles that became a badge of consumer eco-consciousness and all-around cool, is in danger of becoming a poster child for brand deception and corporate dishonesty.”
We’ve talked about the BPA issue a lot – and how companies have reacted to the scare, and SIGG always emerged as the [...] -
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