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Google The Best Place To Work In Australia

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1:00PM June 23, 2011 | Nick Broughall

BRW magazine has just announced the results of its “best place to work” survey and – perhaps unsurprisingly – Google took out the top honours. More »


Geek Out

If Logos Were Honest, They’d Be Exactly Like This

9:00AM April 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

In a clever art project, Viktor Hertz re-fashioned logos of popular companies and flipped into something a little more…honest. He says the honest logos reveal the content of each company instead of what’s hidden behind the branding. I think it’s hilariously brilliant. See more at Honest Logos. [Honest Logos via Laughing Squid] More »


Mobile

Year Of The Rabbit: Spotlight On HTC

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2:32PM February 4, 2011 | Nick Broughall

To celebrate Chinese New Year, we’re shining the spotlight on some of our favourite Chinese and Taiwanese technology companies. Today, we’re looking at one of the key companies behind the smartphone revolution, HTC. More »


Huawei Going Direct To Consumers Now

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2:30PM December 7, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Even if you don’t know it, you’ve probably used a Huawei device. Now the Chinese company is hoping you’ll know when you use their products, launching the brand officially in Australia. More »


Online

Beezag’s Business Model Of Paying People To Watch Ads

7:29AM October 20, 2009 | Jason Chen

When I was in college, I spent a good month watching ads on my computer in exchange for swag, gift cards and other rewards. Then those companies went out of business. Beezag is doing the same model a decade later. More »


Brand Keyboard Is A Champion, Or Possibly Critic, Of Capitalism

12:30AM July 17, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

This concept keyboard plays on our love of, or at least interest in, marketing by replacing all the letters with logos of corporations whose name begins with said letter. I seriously just spent five minutes picking them all out. More »


Rumour: Handheld PC Maker OQO Not Long for This World

12:45PM April 14, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Despite their high prices and high return rates, we’ve always had a soft spot for OQO. But the recent resignation of a CEO, retailer problems, and messageboard rumblings don’t bode well for their future.

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Bill Gates Creates Mysterious Company, Everyone Looks Around Nervously

6:55AM October 23, 2008 | Jesus Diaz

World, get ready because Bill Gates is returning. His new company is called bgC3. Bill Gates Concept 3? Bill Gates Cartman 3? Big Goose Charbroiled 3? Bad Gastrointestinal Catastrophe 3? We have no idea. The truth is that very little is known about it, except its trademark categories, and the fact that they have a web site showing a very pretty logo.

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