Google uspet with China – Say it isnt so Bob!
After dragging its feet on the censorship with its google.cn search, it seems the company has done an about face after one too many hacker attacks, so it seems an appropriate time for a Rob Schneider style joke in a Hong Kong fuey stylee. ahhhhhhhhh sooooooooooooooo
Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. However, it soon became clear that what at first appeared to be solely a security incident–albeit a significant one–was something quite different.
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France’s Google tax – Sounds like protectionism = BULLSHIT!
A Press release came into our email yesterday entitled “France’s “Google tax” – Sounds like protectionism”, and if like me you were unaware, The French government has been considering a plan to tax Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook and other Internet companies based on revenue from advertisements. Read the rest of France Versus Googles Evil Empire →
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Internet Censorship – Computer says NO!
In the face of a massive backlash about the governments proposed internet filter, sites have sprouted like rotting potato’s with the case against, and below are a list of those sites thanks to computerworld.com.au.
So get up, stand up, stand up for your rights.
internetblackout.com.au
internet Censorship Facebook Group
rsf.org
getup.org.au
stopinternetcensorship.org
And for the icing on the cake, stephen-conroy.com
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Sarah Murdoch Untouched on Womans Weekly
Shock Horror, Sarah Murdoch on the cover of this month’s Women’s Weekly and.. wait for it…. SHE IS NOT AIRBRUSHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What’s worse, is she looks fantastic, not that she has looked anything less than stunning, but I think this is a great step for magazines in this country, and it will be interesting to see how long it lasts, lets hope this is the start of something positive. Read all about the Airbrushing funeral service →
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Calling all Über cool melbourne artists….
A monumental event in human history such as the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall has been seized upon left right and centre by Big Business this year. One major alcohol corporation has decided to cash in on the blood letting and horror that went into bringing Democracy to the Eastern Bloc and add Über money to their coffers by tapping into the Über cool market of 18-35 year olds with this Über now concept.
It seems the formula is this, find an iconic event in history (something like Tiananmen square for example which hasn’t been used yet but you can expect to see edgy comps requesting participants to create a red t-shirt depicting Über cool tanks and dead people for their latest range of products and you can win big!) Then – with lots of gritty graphics and Über modern styling – promote it as though your Brand somehow has something Über significant to contribute to the epic sweep of the human narrative. Guaranteed to promote your company to the ranks of Über cool via the process of association.
Get your Über on via this link
- David Goldberg
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FFFFound the answers to your invite
‘I would never want to be part of a club that accepts ME as a member” – Groucho Marx.
Since its inception in 2007, FFFFound! has developed into one of the biggest ‘social visual bookmarking sites’ around, with every designer and their Wacom hankering for an invite to the site (which is invitation only – you can even find eBayers willing to pay for invites). Read all about the FFFFound! phenomenon →
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Frank Vizeum Loves Graffiti
Media agency FrankVizeum has gone on a “graffiti rampage” tagging up the strizeets with their logo “We are a new type of agency that goes beyond the world of advertising’s traditional media planning and buying dictate which is too often stuck in the old paradigm.” and according to their website…
It’s time for a change.
Don’t you think?
read all about it on mumbrella.com
