Beach Sand and the Bloom Box ~ Here come the conspiracy theorists

Allow Rapidsea to be the first to predict the ecological uproar over the Bloom Box by Bloom Energy, a power-generating fuel cell stack that was revealed to the television world on 60 Minutes on February 21, 2010. The technological and economic doubters have already had their say, even before the product is fully revealed, but [...]

Accenture Dumps Golfing Tiger for Surfing Elephant

If you Google “dumps Tiger,” half of the front page listings deal with the Accenture corporation. They officially cut ties with him in December 2009, giving a crisp send off in this press release (emphasis added):
Accenture Sponsorship Update
NEW YORK; Dec. 13, 2009 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced that [...]

Nobody’s laughing at the clownfish spokesmodel for Dell’s fantastic new monitor

What better way to showcase your new monitor than with a clownfish or two?

Finding Nemo changed the world for better or worse. Can Dell? The Dell UltraSharp U2711 monitor is now shipping—sans fish. Will its color gamut be the ultimate desktop medium to paradise? Professionals awaiting something new (and not glossy) from Apple may [...]

Apple iPad ~ Surfboard Dog

Following on the success of a skateboarding dog selling iPods, a surfing dog from YouTube has made its way into the Apple iPad marketing package:

“Buddy the Surfing Dog” (if that is indeed the dog pictured above) is admittedly cute, but is that poor little guy really enjoying the experience? It makes you think that [...]

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