Anty-Climax

If you're suffering from one the many interminable troubles that plague your average entrepreneur -- slow paying debtors, recalcitrant staff, feelings of isolation and loneliness (yes, it's common) -- sit back and sink into this digital representation of the earth and all the asteroids (that we know of), which are forever navigating our planet.

Vooza, my favourite parody of a startup, have done it again. This time, the business is recruiting a social media expert. And, by crikey, the...

Science and innovation are well known as the best of bedfellows. Science and rap... not so much. In the same spirit that we have enjoyed posting musical tributes to social media nerds, new dork entrepreneurs and Carl Sagan (who deserves a category of his own), we bring you this Epic Rap Battle between Albert 'MC-squared' Einstein and Stephen 'Auto-Tune' Hawking. Your minds will be 'relatively blown'!

In this video, strangers on the streets of Brussels are asked if they are willing to have their mind read by Dave, for an...

It’s hardly a laughing matter; An Australian national accused of espionage and treason by a foreign power, excluded from the services of multi-national financial institutions at the request of an excitable few, hung out to dry at home by a PM who misread ‘the public mood’, all for publishing information illegally acquired by others. Yet, NMA.TV has once again managed to turn the serious into the absurd.

There are already countless videos on the Interwebs that present side-by-side comparisons of the most popular smart-phones. You know -- which has the fastest browser, the brightest screen, the quickest boot-up. This is not one of those videos. All we can say to the person who put this video together is, "Dude, we wish we had that kind of money to burn."

This funny (and strangely catchy) mashup of television footage from Carl Sagan's Cosmos and Stephen Hawking's Universe series (with the aid of some masterfully applied Auto-Tune singing technology) was created as a musical tribute to honour the two great men of science. It also begs the question, 'Why can't science be cool?' (Or so uncool that it becomes cool... like Sagan's skivvy.)

Two or three times a year, I run an online marketing masterclass. Imagine 10 to 15 business builders jammed in a small room learning what...

This video is an oldie, but a goodie. There's more to branding than a logo. Plus, a good designer, knows what they are doing...

Frustration with tardy debtors was the obvious impetus behind this nifty invention from Belgium outfit ikki; an invoice with a voice-chip that begins to make weeping noises 20 seconds after the envelope is opened. But what's truly inventive about the 'crying invoice' is its other purpose.

This week, Apple's much anticipated iPad became available for US consumers. In Australia, we can't expect to see them floating around our offices and coffee-shops until late April (at the earliest). But to keep your inner-early-adopter satiated until then, hear are a couple of user reviews from the crew at Mashable keen to share their tech-lust.

In this video promoting his book, The Antidote: Happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking, author Oliver Burkeman puts forward a very reasonable proposition. And, it is this. As a culture we are crippled by failure, or the prospect of failing. To counter this, he explains, we need to enhance out pyschoemotional wellbeing and learn to embrace uncertainty, not fear it. Plus, there is increasing evidence that all the self-help books that encourage positive thinking actually make people miserable.

Reminiscent of the Simpsons episode where Homer has a $1 billion note until it is stolen by Fidel Castro, US Federal authorities have seized 250 bogus $1 billion notes in a Los Angeles raid. The notes, which bore the portrait of President Grover Cleveland, were believed to be modelled on actual $1,000 notes from the 1930s. Rumour has it that the notes will be used to relaunch the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

If you're not sure what success smells like, try the new Google Nose Search tool. Optimised especially for April Fools! Google has gone all out in this year's April Fool's videos. Here are the top three.

CREATIVE ESPRESSO By Stephen Sammartino Click to image enlarge ************* ANT BYTES Scouta hits the tube Richard Giles, CEO, Scouta Remember Scouta, the Perth-based intuitive...

I'm going to be a tiny bit controversial. I hate NDAs. Generally, I refuse to sign them. Seriously. I know the business plans of many startups,...

Researchers in Germany are developing a mobile ride-sharing service that could turn every car into a make-shift taxi.

Warning: This video contains salty language. What is it about the U.S. state of Georgia and its brilliant YouTube ads for local businesses? During...

You may have already caught wind that something major is afoot at Anthill. Over the past few weeks, we've watched 200 Anthillians happily rampage through...

Sure enough, audiences flocking to see the futuristic teen blockbuster, which has been raking in revenues right and left, were able to verify a cameo appearance by the water container in the sleek, hyper-sanitary control room scenes of the film. 321 Water founder Gretha Oost, who has not yet seen the film, said she was "blown away" when she heard about the sighting.