At Friday's iPhone 4 presser, aka Antennagate, Steve Jobs was tasked with bringing Apple's credibility back up to snuff after angering customers over the phone's nagging reception issues. And just as many cell phone companies such as Nokia and Blackberry cried foul when Jobs unapologetically showed how their phones suffered from a similar "death grip," it seems there is someone else calling foul: South Korea.
Will Crowdsourcing Public Opinion Lead to Government Action?
by Austin Carr on Jul 21, 2010 | Comments
As if in response to yesterday's story about a Princeton scientist's hope to improve government through crowdsourcing, Washington has a series of democratic idea incubators that aim to align government action with public opinion. Taking advantage of a |
Skype Call & Click Creates New Advertising Revenue Stream
by Austin Carr on Jul 21, 2010 | Comments
We all know Facebook has 500 million users--heck, it's even advertised on movie posters now. But many often forget another service that boasts more members than Mark Zuckerberg's social network: Skype. Today, the Internet-phone service announced Click |
BP Photoshops Crisis Center Photo With Stunning Ineptitude
by Dan Nosowitz on Jul 21, 2010 | Comments
On BP's "Response in pictures" site, one photo, purported to be taken on July 16, 2010, sat for days, unquestioned. The photo shows BP's Houston Command Center, a desk with some massive monitors, lots of complicated things happening on them, and |
What Will Apple Do Or Say At Tomorrow's iPhone 4 Briefing?
Apple's called a press event for a select group of reporters on Friday July 16th. The corporate line is simply that it's about iPhone 4. But in all likelihood it's related to the furor over the new phone's antenna problems. |
Study: OMG, Facebook's Ending Tomorrow! What Do You Do?
by Austin Carr on Jul 16, 2010 | Comments
What would Facebook's 500 million active users do if the world's largest social network were to be shut down? Better yet, what would you do? That was the topic covered in a study conducted at Stanford by Andreas Weigend, the former chief scientist of |
5 Deals That Defined George Steinbrenner's Career
by Austin Carr on Jul 16, 2010 | Comments
George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees, died today of a heart attack. He was 80 years old. An icon of the sports world, Steinbrenner saw the Yanks win 11 pennants and 7 World Series. But it wasn't just about winning on the baseball diamond: |
How Much Is Bogusky Worth to MDC?
by Danielle Sacks on Jul 8, 2010 | Comments
Is Crispin Porter + Bogusky a small source of profit for MDC, or a large one? After reading my article from yesterday (Why MDC Will Never Love an Ad Man Like It Loved Alex Bogusky), MDC CEO Miles Nadal e-mailed to dispute figures I’d been given |
Fast Company Cover Subject Soraya Darabi Becomes Cofounder of Foodspotting
by Anya Kamenetz on Jul 8, 2010 | Comments
"We need more young women starting companies," Soraya Darabi told me last month, and after sharing onstage and offstage conversations with her, Ray Kurzweil, Jesse Dylan, and Scott Belsky at our Most Creative People event, I left convinced that she was |
Popularity, Ego, and Influence - What Is the Influence Project?
by Mark Borden on Jul 8, 2010 | Comments
In roughly 24 hours, nearly 6,000 people have registered to participate in an experiment we started called The Influence Project. It's been written about by TechCrunch, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, and a score of personal blogs. While it |
Superstorm: The Worst Leonardo DiCaprio Movie Never Made
by Austin Carr on Jul 8, 2010 | Comments
The pitch: An oil company lobbyist (Leonardo DiCaprio) is shaken after his girlfriend, a local meteorologist, breaks up with him over reservations of his contribution to global warming. The split is hastened by a massive hurricane thrashing its way |