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TechCrunch gets hacked. How the hunter became the hunted.
It’s not often that today’s technology media inspires thoughts of William Shakespeare. However, it’s likely that The Bard, had he lived in the 21st Century, would draw great inspiration from the brief and turbulent history of one of the world’s premier tech blogs, TechCrunch, and its founder Michael Arrington.
Of course Apple’s iPad isn’t what it was hyped up to be
The brand that normally can do no wrong is now feeling the unfamiliar sting of consumers and tech mavens worldwide who believe their expectations have been thoroughly unmet.
The worst viral TV ad ever? Coke’s pimped vending machine leaves a bad taste...
The 'viral' video can be an incredibly powerful tool for promoting the USP of a product, or it can simply be used to make us feel more positively about a brand. But sometimes (more often than most would like to admit) they simply fall flat. So, why is it that this campaign from Coca-Cola left me with a bad taste in my mouth.
The worst viral TV ad ever? Coke's pimped vending machine leaves a bad taste...
The 'viral' video can be an incredibly powerful tool for promoting the USP of a product, or it can simply be used to make us feel more positively about a brand. But sometimes (more often than most would like to admit) they simply fall flat. So, why is it that this campaign from Coca-Cola left me with a bad taste in my mouth.
A rap for the economist in us all… fo shizzle?
In this 'rap off' between two of the history's most influential economic minds, you'll find John Meynard Keynes throwing back Cosmopolitans in an effort to explain the value of stimulus spending. If only K Rudd had tried to articulate this important economic theory from the VIP section of a Manhattan 'gentlemen's club', he wouldn't have encountered nearly so much opposition.
Switched-on innovation converts pedestrian footsteps into energy
There's an interesting post over on Springwise about Pavegen slabs, an eco innovation by UK-based Pavegen Systems, which harvest the kinetic energy from pedestrian footsteps and converts it into electricity.
Research: Australians lead the world in time spent on social media
A recent survey by The Nielsen Company has shown a global rise of time spent on social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, of two and a half hours for December 2009 and December 2008. Going from three hours to five and a half hours represents a staggering 82 percent increase.
‘Bean-talk’ — a golden egg for small business
Running a small business inevitably means becoming a jack of all trades, most notably of which is ‘doing the books’. This in turn requires getting to grips with tricky accounting packages, an understanding of spreadsheets and becoming conversant with accounting jargon. The result is waving goodbye to your evenings, weekends and regular sleep.
The 10 best strategic business slides of all time: #5 — Message Development
In the fifth post in this series, Nigel Malone shares the contents of another of his favourite business keynote slides, drawn from a cross-section of sources that includes some of the great business, brand and military planners of all time.
How to build a business in 7 days for under $500 [Day#7: The Launch]
So you want to start a business but time and money are holding you back? Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin set himself the challenge of launching a startup in seven days for less than $500. He’s posted daily summaries for seven days. This is his seventh and final post in the series.
How Eugene became a porn king in Japan
Eugene Lin wanted to be rich. So, he decided to invent an iPhone application. With nothing but an accelerometer, two dozen naked women, and the nation of Japan, Eugene surprisingly found himself with a ripper story to tell (in under five minutes).
Australian Innovation Policy… Where the bloody hell are you?
While most Australians will have enjoyed the wonderful economic prosperity that digging things out of the ground can bring (while there’s still a market in China) and enjoyed the fat of our land, grilled and shish-kebabed (when not exported to the Middle East), a minority - a rarely celebrated part of our ‘cultural mix’ - used the rare solace of a national public holiday to work on that thing often described as ‘innovation’.
Parody highlights the forgotten victims of modern media mayhem
There has been much coverage of the death of print media and the ever increasing switch to online journalism. However, as this Hungry Beast parody shows, there is a group of once-glorified citizens who have fallen victim to this passage of progress and the inevitable corporate cutbacks that follow in its wake.
Innovative bike helmet prototype folds like a hand fan for easy storage
We're conditioned to expect sturdiness from our protective head gear, but this prototypical helmet being developed by DoYouVélo? turns the concept on its... well... head.
The honeycomb...
Kiss and sell: Will Chinese demand transform Australia’s cane toad problem into a princely...
A Queensland entrepreneur is hoping Chinese demand will solve one of northern Australia’s most pressing natural problems: cane toads.
Kiss and sell: Will Chinese demand transform Australia's cane toad problem into a princely...
A Queensland entrepreneur is hoping Chinese demand will solve one of northern Australia’s most pressing natural problems: cane toads.
Rethinking entrepreneurship for the next decade
The world is currently eyeball-deep in a period of technological disruption that is unparalleled in human history. This is creating a smorgasbord of opportunities for those entrepreneurs who have the balls to innovate, writes Steve Anderson.
End of the Tyranny of Distance? Going global in the digital age.
The world is getting much smaller, which is a particularly good thing for Australia, writes Austrade’s Chief Economist Tim Harcourt.
Microsoft CEO asked to sign a student’s Macbook. Scribbles something almost funny.
When a plucky young Apple fanboy asked Ballmer to sign his Macbook during a visit to Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee last week, the Microsoft Motivator-in-Chief played along, even scrawling a personal note along with his name.
Microsoft CEO asked to sign a student's Macbook. Scribbles something almost funny.
When a plucky young Apple fanboy asked Ballmer to sign his Macbook during a visit to Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee last week, the Microsoft Motivator-in-Chief played along, even scrawling a personal note along with his name.
