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How Important Are Vacations?

Amanda Karfakis — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:57:56 +0000

Now that fall is near, the summer vacation pictures are uploaded, and the kids are back in school, we wonder, where did the summer go?

New “Social” Tool: Blendr

Emily Testerman — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:55:13 +0000

Foursquare exists. So do a numerous amount of dating services. Obviously, the only clear next step in the minds of Apple’s App-makers is to combine the two into one. Intro: Blendr.

Back To School: Who Needs Punctuation

Amanda Karfakis — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:14:53 +0000

Old Navy’s heavily promoted fresh line of college-themed apparel -- Superfan Nation -- made its debut this month. Go! Team! Win! But wait. Many shirts were missing a little something.

Kraft Foods: Doing a Split

Emily Testerman — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:15:13 +0000

Global foods giant Kraft Foods announced last Thursday morning it will split into two companies.

Pop Culture Winner

Emily Testerman — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:11:31 +0000

Okay, so we’re jumping on a bandwagon here, but we feel it is necessary. This is momentous. This is groundbreaking.

We’ll Convince Them Yet: Marketing = Investment

Emily Testerman — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:47:34 +0000

Too many people see marketing as an expense instead of a crucial investment for your business.

Google Zeitgeist: Internet Spirit of 2010

Emily Testerman — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:00:19 +0000

We’re not always sure what tasks some of Google’s tools are designed for, but we are always happy about their eye-pleasing, time-eating existence. Google Zeitgeist, an annual aggregation of search queries...

Unique Consumer Trends for 2011

Emily Testerman — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:24:19 +0000

We live in a money-hungry society. Charts are made, time is spent, and people devote entire careers to analyzing consumer trends...

Information is Beautiful

Emily Testerman — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:19:23 +0000

We are a nation of data consumers. We are bombarded with bytes of new information as often as we hear commercials, glimpse billboards, and rip out advertisements.

Grammar Attack

Emily Testerman — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:23:50 +0000

That five-second pause during which you’re not sure which form of some word is correct. Spell check isn’t clear. Better safe than sorry, but Googling leaves you even more confused. You feel like an idiot, but you shouldn’t.

Jumpin’ Jack Flash

Vitamin Staff — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:45:36 +0000

Has your iPod reached the end of its life? Several of ours have and that’s why we love a hack we found on Unplggd: How to Convert an iPod Hard Drive to Compact Flash.

Goin’ Mobile

Vitamin Staff — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:10:26 +0000

Juniper Research estimates that the number of mobile web users will grow from 1.2 billion this year to more than 2.4 billion in 2014. While many of these users will be able to surf the mobile web just as they do on their desktop and laptop computers, hundreds of millions of others will still be using smart phones with tiny screens and limited bandwidth and navigation.

‘Stache Your Ride

Vitamin Staff — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:15:15 +0000

Somewhere out on the road, there’s a car with a mustache. Three thousand of them, to be exact. That’s how many of its products Carstache® – “the global leader in automotive facial hair” – has sold since the company launched in San Francisco last April.

Color My World

Vitamin Staff — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:00:09 +0000

When COLOURlovers was putting together their recent report on the colors of the social web, they were surprised to see that blue was such a dominant color. Taking the study a step further, the group looked at colors in the brands from the world’s top 100 web sites and found almost as much blue there, this time with a healthy dose of red as well.

When an Emergency Strikes, Be Ready with a Crisis Plan

Amanda Karfakis — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:00:18 +0000

Two recent area tragedies, one at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the other at Discovery Communications – both involving armed gunmen – showed how essential it is to be ready for the worst.