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Ball Fall

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

We ring in the New Year by lavishing attention on a colorful crystal ball that is produced by a company that fell victim to the recession.

Posted in Identity, Popular Culture |

Taster’s Choice

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Grocery store brands come out on top.

Posted in Media, Innovation, Food/Beverage, Packaged Goods |

Square

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Twitter co-founder takes aim at mobile payments.

Posted in Financial Services, Innovation, Online |

McSafe

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

How McDonald’s makes sure its burgers are safe.

Posted in Restaurants, Identity, Health/Fitness, Food/Beverage |

Improved Autos

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

The decade’s 10 most improved cars went from beasts to beauties.

Posted in Identity, Automotive |

Kids & iPods

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Apple’s get-’em-while-they’re-young strategy appears to be paying off.

Posted in Insights, Strategies, Kids, Consumer Electronics |

Chrome Page

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Google makes its home page a Chrome page.

Posted in Media |

Dairy 911

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Hard times have dairy farmers calling help lines.

Posted in Food/Beverage |

Sleep Study

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Turns out, there’s no magic in that traditional number eight when figuring out how many hours of shut-eye you need.

Posted in Insights, Health/Fitness |

Google & AdMob

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Consumer groups try to block Google purchase of AdMob.

Posted in Media |

Strange Stories

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Facebook, Twitter top list of weird stories in 2009.

Posted in Media, Quirky |

Off the Wall

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

The designers at Kredema have decided that wallpaper’s days of sitting pretty are done.

Posted in Innovation |

Facebook Fugitive

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Facebook fugitive taunts British police.

Posted in Media, Quirky, Online |

Facebook Changes

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Are you tired of Facebook redesigns yet? We sure hope not, because another one is apparently in the pipeline.

Posted in Media, Identity |

Beer Bike

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

A peddle-powered bar-on-wheels has become a popular draw for tourists.

Posted in Innovation, Food/Beverage |

Naked Meetings

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Businessmen and women take part in telephone conference calls wearing pyjamas, underwear — or nothing at all.

Posted in Insights |