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Month: December 2012

Microsoft Warns Shoppers About Getting ‘Scroogled’

The revisions require merchants to pay Google to have their products listed in the shopping section. In its new ads, Microsoft Corp. contends the new approach betrays Google Inc.’s longstanding commitment to provide the most trustworthy results on the Web, even if it means foregoing revenue. To punctuate its point, Microsoft is warning consumers that they risk getting “scroogled” if they rely on Google’s shopping search service.

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STAY AT HOME DAD – A short by John Skipp & Andrew Kasch

An out-of-work father goes to extreme measures to raise his baby daughter…with bizarre consequences. Winner of the Audience Award (Bronze) at the Fantasia International Film Festival 2012.

A Real-Life Robinson Crusoe Lives on His Own Island

In an article for The Sydney Morning Herald titled The Last Days of Eden, photographer Brian Cassey documents the magnificent life of former businessman David Glasheen, now known as Australia’s real-life Robinson Crusoe. After ending his marriage and losing millions of dollars in the stock market crash of 1987, Glasheen up and left his corporate life in Sydney for one of a self-sufficient man on his own personal oasis. The photojournalist joined Glasheen there on Restoration Island, an empty tropical retreat that sits 1,500 miles off the coast of Brisbane, giving us an inside look at his interesting lifestyle.

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Using Social Media To Cover For Lack Of Original Thought

The world’s most successful companies know that social media is a powerful marketing tool, and Cameron Hughes knows how to make social marketing even more effective: by never injecting an ounce of effort into it.