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Norwegian Hotel Chain Bans Pay–TV Porn From Its 171 Scandinavian Hotels 27 Aug 2013 | 05:12 pm
A Scandinavian hotel chain has banned pay–tv porn from its guest rooms effective immediately. The adult channels in the rooms of Nordic Choice Hotels' Oslo boutique establishment The Thief have alread...
See Just How Much You Look Like Your Father In This Stunning Photo Series 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The old line goes, "If you want to know what your girlfriend will look like in 25 years, look at her mom." That's clearly true for guys and their fathers, too, as U.K. photographer Craig Gibson elegan...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's Legacy: A Salesman WIthout Product Vision 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Last summer, as Microsoft was gearing up for arguably the most important product launch in the company's history, CEO Steve Ballmer was nowhere to be found. Microsoft had scheduled a mysterious, last–...
How to Be a Rogue Creative Agent in a Multinational Conglomerate 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
When Disney comes out with a new animated series, you figure its very existence is the result of months, even years, of careful strategizing, testing and brand positioning. That's not the case for at ...
What If We Named Catastrophic Hurricanes After Climate Change Deniers? 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Spare a thought for people named Ivan, Katrina, and Sandy. Through no fault of their own, they're now associated with horrific weather events that killed people and caused millions of dollars in damag...
Los Angeles Contemplates A Plan For Free Citywide Wi–Fi 27 Aug 2013 | 04:35 pm
Will Los Angeles become the country's biggest city to boast free, city–wide Wi–Fi? Such a plan may be in the works, based on recent discussions at a city hall meeting last week. Councilman Bob Blumen...
Design Fail: Why Isn’t There A Standard Way To Swipe A Credit Card? 27 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
The only thing universal about credit-card swipe infographics is that they’re unclear. Designers address the everyday misdirection. See if this sounds familiar: You’re swiping your credit card at a s...
Facebook Allows Multiple Users To Upload Pictures To Albums 27 Aug 2013 | 04:26 pm
The reach and potential size of Facebook's photo albums just got bigger. The firm announced yesterday that it is to allow multiple users to upload pictures to shared photo albums. Each album can have...
Finding The Calories To Feed A Hungry World, Hidden In Front Of Our Faces 27 Aug 2013 | 04:20 pm
The food system is set to come under growing strain as world populations grow and appetites for meat increase––studies show that to meet demand, we could need 60 to 120% more crops by 2050. Of course...
All You Can See: Linea Is An Insta–Collage For Photo Gluttons 27 Aug 2013 | 04:20 pm
Twin technological developments––the ubiquity of the digital camera and the rise of social media to distribute images––have given us a photographic era characterized by one thing: volume. Just conside...
