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Where the Wild Things Are: The Most Hipster-ific Movie of All Time?
The new movie, directed by Spike Jonze and written by David Eggers, has spawned a bonanza of hipster cross-marketing.
When some god-awful sequel like Transformers 9 hits screens, you expect the endless parade of merchandise tie-ins. But not so much with Where the Wild Things Are. Nonetheless, the film has become something of a watershed for marketing to the tight-jeans, nerd-glasses set. Witness the current ads running for the film, which featuring gauzy cinematography and...
Dell Bringing Mini 3i Android Phone to the US ?
Update: The WSJ reports that the Dell Android Phone may be headed to AT&T. AT&T is currently the only carrier who have yet to reveal their Android plans.
When we first heard that Dell was making an Android-powered smartphone we couldn't help but get excited. Seriously, the biggest US computer manufacturer creating a smartphone powered by our favorite OS? We were immediately on board....
Dual Screen Laptops: Double the Pleasure for On-the-Go Geeks
Funny, I was just talking to my buddy Derek the other night about how nice it would be to have a tri-fold monitor that hinged and would allow a user to have multiple screens with the sleek performance of a laptop. Well, as it turns out, they may not be that far off!
Dual-screen notebooks are out there, and while they may not...
Sign of the Times: Abandoned Phone Booths Transformed Into EV Charging Stations
As cell phones become ever more ubiquitous, phone booths become increasingly irrelevant. But what to do with the thousands of virtually abandoned phone booths scattered in cities around the world? Madrid's solution is to turn these relics of a bygone age into electric vehicle charging stations.
It's an ingenious idea since telephone booths are often located close to curbs, and they already have built-in electricity supplies. As a result, it's cheaper to...
Doing More With Less: Using the Down Economy as a Design Brief
No doubt, a bad economy sucks. A bad economy is tough on a company's bottom line and even tougher on those individuals that have to struggle to make ends meet. But when it comes to the design profession, I would argue otherwise. Not because the industry is immune from a bad economy--far from it--but because negative economic conditions are often a catalyst for change. It also forces designers to create with more care.
To change,...
The WTC Memorial: Rebranded
A new logo strips away the mess that symbolizes the chaos of the WTC site.
Few things symbolize the debacle that has ensued at the WTC site after the 9/11 attacks better than the actual logo for the memorial--Or, as it's called, the "National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center."
Finally, some things are changing for the better: Landor, a branding consultancy, has recently unveiled the new identity for the site,...
Remembering 9/11 Through Social Media
Today marks the eight-year anniversary of the shocking 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon building in Washington, DC, and the crash of United Airlines flight 93 in rural Pennsylvania. The attacks directly led to the deaths of nearly 3,000 people, including hundreds of police officers and firefighters who responded to the disaster, and was profoundly felt all...
5 Ways Banks Are Using Social Media
Lon S. Cohen is a writer and Director of Communications at @ALSofGNY. He is @obilon on Twitter. Many banks have started using social websites to help them with everything from healing the financial industry to promoting their latest credit cards. By embracing the most popular tools available, the industry has also been embracing the best of what social media culture has to offer, and...
IE6 OFFENDERS: Report Companies Still Using Internet Explorer 6
IE 6 must die! Loads of other sites happen to agree with us, and now those of you who must reluctantly toil under an Internet Explorer 6 regime at work have a recourse: IE6 Offenders, a site lets you blow the whistle on corporate IT policies that require you to keep beating the dead IE6 horse.
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OMG! New Mouse Can Track on Anything Using "Darkfield" Tech
It's not every day that technology advances the human condition, but today, dear computer users, is one such day. If you have a mouse made in the last 10 years, chances are it's one of those red laser mouses with a menacing glow. Badass, yes, but these optical mice utterly fail us when placed on a desk made of glass, or laminated wood, or highly-lacquered material. Plus I'm pretty sure they can blind your children...