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companies and people: We publish snippets about organizations and key figures making headlines. Facebook's hundred trillion dollar valuation, Apple's iPhone7000, the future of the recession, CEOs getting hired and fired - you'll find it here.
day in the life: Countless professionals seeking employment opportunities live under an illusion of what jobs truly entail, mainly due to the lack of proper resources explaining otherwise. Day in the life aims to clarify these pretenses in a creative way and more importantly by involving you. Click on "submit your own" to tell us about your job and you may be featured on our website!
day in the life: Countless professionals seeking employment opportunities live under an illusion of what jobs truly entail, mainly due to the lack of proper resources explaining otherwise. Day in the life aims to clarify these pretenses in a creative way and more importantly by involving you. Click on "submit your own" to tell us about your job and you may be featured on our website!
skyping and spying
01 August 2012
Microsoft owned, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service and software application company, Skype, denied making system changes that permit law enforcement greater access to its user conversations. The company claimed that changes were made solely to improve 'user experience and reliability' and that actual call data bypasses its equipment going directly from one user's equipment to another. Calls with more than two parties are the exception as the server needs to aggregate streams from multiple users in order to direct them to clients.The issue first came to light more than a year ago when a technology blog posted that Microsoft ...
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google drives to the clouds
16 February 2012
Google’s anticipated cloud storage service, Drive, is set to launch in the coming weeks. Like its competitors, Drop Box and iCloud, Drive will allow users to store and share files (photos, documents and videos) between computers and mobile devices. Users can synchronize content with their Android devices and with the Google Chrome browser. Drive is free for all users but will offer a paid option for those desiring extra storage ...
kellogs eat pringles
16 February 2012
The giant cereal manufacturer, Kellog’s, will buy Pringles, the famous ‘stacked chips in cans company, from P&G for a reported $2.7B. This news came after the troubled snack food producer, Diamond Foods Inc, and P&G called of the $1.5 billion agreement for Diamond to buy Pringles. The deal between Kellog’s and P&G is speculated to be finalized by summer, and will rank Kellog’s the number two snacks manufacturer ...
medal for murder
12 February 2012
Anders Behring Breivik told a court early last week that he deserves a medal of honor for the deadly shootings he committed over half a year ago and demanded to be set free. On 22 July 2011, Breivik bombed government buildings and carried out mass shootings at a Norwegian Labour Party camp killing a total of 77 people. It was the deadliest attack Norway has witnessed since World War II. ...
painting the walls blue
11 February 2012
Facebook going public proved to be a winning deal to many, especially for one Korean-American painter, graffiti artist and muralist, David Choe. He painted the walls of the social network’s first headquarters and upon finishing the job, opted to receive company stock in lieu of cash payment. With the company’s valuation estimated between $75 billion and $100 billion, the artist’s shares are valued as high as $200 million - making him ...
arab golfer dreams of gold
10 February 2012
22-year-old Moroccan, Maha Haddioui, is the first Arab female to play golf in a professional tournament. Haddioui, who quickly demonstrated her skill playing golf at local courses in Morocco, now has her eyes set on the 2016 Olympics Games in Brazil. She has spent the last four years playing on the golf circuit in the US and ranked at the top of the National Collegiate Atheltic Association (NCAA) Division II during that ...
plane crash kills micron ceo
10 February 2012
Steve Appleton, CEO of Micron Technology, died in a plane crash last week when a small airplane he was piloting crashed next to the company's headquarters while he was attempting an emergency landing. Micron Technology is among the worldwide top 20 semiconductor sales leaders and is best known by its consumer brand name, Lexar Media. Despite shock in the market regarding the tragic incident, company shares were up by 3% ...
controversial commercial
07 February 2012
Samsung Electronics faced adverse reactions in Iran over an Israeli commercial that featured Mossad agents, dressed up as women, using a Galaxy Tab to blow up what appears to be an Iranian nuclear facility. The South Korean corporation said that it did not take part in the production of the advertisement, claiming it was made by an Israeli cable television channel. The cable channel featued the tablet in the controverisal ...
senior media planner: amar abou zahr
06 February 2012
background story: When I applied for my position at Starcom Mediavest Group, I assumed my background in marketing and basic knowledge of the advertising world would be enough. If you're set on becoming a media planner, there are two truths you should know first: (1) It is not advertising and (2) in just one day as a media planner, you will have to use and balance finance, psychology, creativity and ...
