
“A Perfect Storm” wasn’t much of a movie. Typical Hollywood: Lowest Common Denominator entertainment. But the book was absolutely brilliant.
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Facebook is showing its juggernaut potential according to a piece in the Wall Street Journal which says revenues could hit as much as $2bn in 2010.
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Chime Communications, the publicly listed communications group headed by Lord Bell, delivered improved revenues and profits in 2009 despite the recession, but suffered a setback in its research business.
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By now, unless you’ve been living in a cave somewhere for the last six months, you’ve probably had it up to the eyeballs with all the Apple iPad b*llsh*t, I know I have
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When brands need to sell in millions it surprises me that some brands get so excited about a handful of people posting comments on a brand fan website. Be honest, do you really want to spend your spare time on a brand fan site when there's so many more interesting places to go on the web?
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I'm not a 100% native geek (i.e. I had a fair amount of friends at school and don't wear glasses), but I do get VERY excited when I experience geek - so I was in my element last night @ the Dorkbot event @SXSW.
Also on Rubbertopia:
With the price of education rising by the minute, it's tempting to think of today's university students as disgruntled nihilists preparing to face a bleak future of crippling debt and unemployability
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Right then. So far, we’ve had a dig at digital, a pop at passive, and blown a long raspberry at long-form video; it’s time now to get irate because of the way we obsess about ‘interruption’ in our industry.
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The Annual BRIT Awards take place tonight marking one of the key moments in the UK’s music calendar. Perhaps even more so this year as the event celebrates its 30th broadcast.
Also on Frukt on Music:
Belinda Parmar - N900 is a star in the Nokia family

After the disappointing N97 it was all to easy to dismiss Nokia as a fading star of mobile phone design. The flagship which failed to float was the perfect excuse for a whole horde of doomsayers to predict the end of the once-greatest mobile company.
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Google's latest social media experiment recently came to life in the form of Google Buzz: a social media-sharing service built into your Gmail window.
Also on the Daily Poke:
Despite millions joining up for more and more social media, there are some people who would rather commit social media suicide than face 2010 sharing status updates, photos, tweets and mafia war games with everyone online.
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