Monthly Archives: March 2011

Cryptome (a kind of WikiLeaks) publishes 10 photos of the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant. — [PHOTOS]

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in News | Tagged Cryptome, electricity, energy, Fukushima, Fukushima nuclear power plant, Fukushima power plant, nuclear energy, nuclear power, nuclear power plant, nuclear power plants, photos, power, power plants | Leave a comment

Pepsi invested heavily in so-called “social media” while de-investing in traditional advertising. — [ANALYSIS]

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Result: – Pepsi-Cola and Diet Pepsi had each lost about 5% of their market share in the past year. #fail

Posted in Business, Business Administration, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Internet Strategy | Tagged benefits, branding, brands, cola, colas, Diet Pepsi, growth, marketing, Pepsi, Pepsi-Cola, sales, soda, sodas | Leave a comment

Are citations in science journals reflecting serious, genuine and productive R&D? — [CHART]

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

However the report points out that a growing volume of research publications does not necessarily mean in increase in quality. Via Jason Ruspini.

Posted in Inventions & Innovations, Research, Science, The Global Economy | Tagged China, citations, development, Europe, European Union, France, Great Britain, innovations, inventions, journal, R&D, Research, Science, technologies, technology, United Kingdom, United States Of America, USA | Leave a comment

MicroSoft stole BetFair’s marketing idea. — [PHOTO]

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

- June 2000, BetFair paraded the streets of central London with a coffin in a mock-funeral, to mark “the death of the bookmaker”. – September 2010, MicroSoft employees celebrated a mock iPhone funeral, to commemorate the launch of Windows Phone … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, History, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce | Tagged BetFair, communication, company launch, events, funeral, funerals, marketing, Microsoft, mock funeral, PR, product launch, public relation, publicity | Leave a comment

The future belongs to hedge funds — [LINK]

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Man vs. Machine on Wall Street: How Computers Beat the Market.

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Paul Allen on Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer during MicroSoft’s inception — [LINK]

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Riveting. Paul Allen’s memoir (IDEA MAN) is out April 19, 2011.

Posted in Business, Business & Economic Models, Business Administration, History, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged Bill Gates, Business, business startups, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, History, innovation, innovations, inventions, Microsoft, Paul Allen, sofware, startups, Steve Ballmer | Leave a comment

We have become a nation of beggars. — [VIDEO]

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Today’s society doesn’t value hard work and innovation.

Posted in Economics, Politics, Psychology, The Global Economy | Tagged beggars, Business, economy, Freedom, freeloaders, growth, incentives, John Stossel, liberty, motivation, Politics, taxes, taxpayers, US economy, US government, US politics | Leave a comment

What China is doing with all that copper… — [LINK]

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Copper in China.

Posted in Finance, The Global Economy | Tagged China, copper | Leave a comment

2 academic sites worth bookmarking — [LINKS]

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

http://thinkquarterly.co.uk/ http://theconversation.edu.au/

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Human Achievement Hour 2011 — [VIDEO]

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Individual Intelligence - Anti Consensus, Inventions & Innovations, The Global Economy | Tagged Earth Hour 2011, Human Achievement Hour 2011 | Leave a comment