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Great Customer Experience: Ebuyer

Posted on December 30, 2011 by rich

I’m the first to complain when a business treats me badly. But I’m also the first to sing the praises of a company who have given me a good experience. This Christmas, online technology box-mover, eBuyer have really impressed me… I ordered a new graphics card one Monday night in early December and I wasn’t […]

Ferrari Rediscovers Its Design Mojo

Posted on December 30, 2011 by rich

Jeremy Clarkson once said on Top Gear, “when Ferrari’s F1 cars are doing dreadful, their road cars are brilliant,” or words to that effect. If the reverse is also true, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa are in for another disappointing year. F70 Ferrari’s F40 was an amazing piece of engineering built at a time when […]

Shock News: Being a Dick Isn’t Good for Business

Posted on December 28, 2011December 28, 2011 by rich

When a guy (Dave) emailed Ocean Marketing for an update on his order for the “Avenger” game controller, he was met with abuse and condescention. “We do value our customers but sometimes we get children like you we just have to put you in the corner with your im stupid hat on.” “im sure […]

Santa’s Elves Decorate Air Baltic 737

Posted on December 22, 2011 by rich

Elves have been spotted tampering with one of Air Baltic’s Boeing 737 aircraft. See the video below:

Zynga’s $10 IPO, and Salesforce’s “Do” takes on Jive

Posted on December 15, 2011 by rich

It’s a big week for tech companies going public! Tomorrow (Thursday 16th December 2011), Zynga, the company behind such social gaming classics as Farmville, Cityville, Mafia Wars and Words with Friends, will begin trading on NASDAQ, just three days after social-networks-for-enterprises company, Jive, did the very same. Jive set an expected stock price of “$8-$10”, […]

New York’s Most Important Building

Posted on December 8, 2011 by rich

The terrorists who flew planes into the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, may have missed an opportunity to deliver a serious blow to capitalism as well as killing thousands of innocent people. Situated just a few hundred yards from the Twin Towers sits an art-deco, red-brick building which houses the network infrastructure equipment […]

LOT 767 Gear-Up Landing: Initial Report

Posted on December 1, 2011 by rich

Remember back in October when one of Polish airline LOT’s Boeing 767-300ERs skidded to a graceful landing without landing-gear at Warsaw’s Frederick Chopin’s airport? Well, the first report of what happened is out. It’s embarassingly anticlimactic. Failure of the Primary Landing Gear Extension System The Boeing 767-300ER has various levels of redundancy. For example, the […]

UK Gov: Schools Should Become Banks If They Want the Money They Need

Posted on November 28, 2011 by rich

This Wednesday, 30th November, public sector workers (i.e. those employed by the Government) will go on strike over a dispute about pensions. The Government says that public sector pensions are “too good” and they should be reduced. What they’re not saying is that they’re doing this to pay for the interest on the loans they […]