Who will Save the Heritage Buildings in Shanghai?

I recently read this article about architect Ruan Yisan trying to save architectural heritage in China. Whenever I read something like this, either about someone trying to save an old building or demolishing of...

YouTube beams up 'Star Trek' for long-form video

Youtube is experimenting with sanctioned longer-form video clips... entire TV episodes, preceded and interrupted by ads. Basically, emulating television.""We are starting to test full-length programming on...

350: Climate Ads in the New York Times, Financial Times & International Heral...

The Tällberg Foundation in Sweden have placed advertisements in three major international newspapers calling for international climate negotiations to focus on reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations...

Personalized web ads are creepy: poll

Remember that time you were innocently writing a gmail when you noticed all the ads on the page had to with knitting and soap collecting, your two favourite hobbies? Apparently you're not the only one to find that...

U.S. Man Sells Pizza.com Domain for $2.6 Million

Oh the dot com boom: a time when your average domain squatter could snatch up a big brand name domain name, like IBM.com, and then attempt to persuade said brand to buy the domain back from them at a hefty...

Grammy For Math ... At The Wire :: Symblogogy

"Math algorithms aid our lives in many ways. Here at Symblogogy, we have highlighted the use of math and the reading of symbols with regards to: ** Barcodes for retail transactions and item tracking...

Captive Audience: Radio Ads on School Buses

Yes, this is the same district that tried to force McDonald's-sponsored report cards onto their kids... just how bad, exactly, is the fiscal situation for Seminole County?"Despite concern about pushing...

Decapitator: Culture Jamming for the Not-So-Faint of Heart

As I hunted for a cool tech story, this piece of twistedness just fell into my lap... the oft-vulgar folks of b3ta had a link to Decapitator's Flickr page, in which the unnamed artist/vandal/anticorporatist/I'm-not-really-sure goes around London and alters advertisements to...

Culture-Jamming Decapitator Hacks London Ads

I'm glad to see that the subversive art of culture-jamming is being kept alive in an appropriately gory and 'stumpified' form."Renegade artist and head-hunter the Decapitator has been targeting the streets of London with a signature style of graffiti tag - eerily removing the...

My Quest to Find the Truth About Affiliate Programs

The internet is filled with “affiliate program” advertisements enticing people to post their codes onto their website with the hopes of making a quick buck. Headlines like "Make 3k a week bloggin", or "Get...

Auto ID > Symbology > Biometrics > Photo Pattern Recognition :: Symblogogy

"What is Photo Pattern Recognition (PPR)? PPR is the ability to render a still photograph into an algorithm discernable identification symbol that then can be used for all of the cellphone applications that are...

Making confession cool? DC churches hope so

The most interesting thing about this story to me is the fact that people are choosing to go elsewhere for their confessional needs, specifically online. This comes just one day after christian1021 posted a link...

Shake it! Carnaval in Brazil

The time is upon us where those of us not in Brazil get to watch those in Brazil have an amazing time shaking it.  This year the party starts on the 17th and runs through the 20th.  I found a a couple of...

Two Arrested Over Mooninite Ad Campaign

While the pros and cons of guerilla marketing are open to debate, there is no legitimate reason for Turner Broadcasting System to apologize for Boston's paranoia. The arrests are clearly an attempt by the city to legitimize their own skittishness."Authorities have arrested...

Fiji's doublespeak battle for hearts and minds played out through press

Survivor Snafu?? - Last night (Sunday), during the Survivor Cook Islands Finale on CBS, Jeff Probst announced that the 14th season will be held in the Fijian Islands ... I wonder if they know what they are in for. This may really become a NEW type of "Survivor". Here, in this...

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