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Ending the Wild West The exceptions, the problem First-person shooters, action games and sports games have been popular among boys ever since the early ’90s. In 2012, the three categories combined were responsible for 58.8 percent of video game sales in North America. They’re easily some of the most visible kinds of games, lining…
Had great tweetchat with @chronotope today about adblocking and state of adtech, digital advertising and publishing with a cameo by @mediatwit. Sequence edited for readability. Today in #Adblocking Tweetchats · Storify.
“The internet is full of shit and that’s making us all stupid.” via Why We Title Things The Way We Do – YouTube.
On Sunday, one year to the day after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, people from the community gathered to remember and reflect. At the same time, halfway across the country in Staten Island, New York, baseball fans were made a part of a “Blue Lives Matter” event…
Logitech is dropping the tech. That leaves … Logi. The computer accessories maker may face a little backlash, if history is any guide. Or the name change could turn out to be genius, if varying pronunciations don’t mess with the clean identity shift it’s looking for. New products will be labeled Logi. You’re supposed to pronounce…
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By Sam Haysom2015-06-19 11:09:43 UTC LONDON — Whoever came up with that “best thing since sliced bread” expression never witnessed slices like these.Newcastle upon Tyne resident David Walker was so disturbed by the wonky slicing of a loaf bought from his local Morrisons that he took to Facebook to vent his outrage. As you can…
In my experience, kids are pretty dumb, so it seems like getting them to buy something should be simple: Make it a bright color, attach a speaker that plays loud noises, and all the kids in the store will fall over themselves in an attempt to swallow it. Then they’ll demand a 3 a.m. trip…
When asked what he’d wished he’d known before starting up, Neil Patel, co-founder of Web analytics start-up Crazy Egg, answered: “I wish I knew how to price test. When we first released the product we based pricing based off of what we wanted to charge, versus optimizing price to achieve maximum revenue and profitability.” Chances…
[Editor’s Note: The author of this piece is a former Marvel employee and wishes to remain anonymous.] Disney does not care about Marvel’s female market, which makes us virtually invisible. I could probably populate Pluto with the amount of Princess items Disney makes. But where are Gamora and Black Widow? This exclusion of women from Marvel…