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Continue reading →: Convergence Above Culture: Why Orkut Didn’t Cut It
Imagine this: It’s the mid-to-late 2000s. You come home from school with your iPod Nano on shuffle and your Sidekick buzzing in your back pocket. You kick off your checkered Vans at the door, grab a (now probably frowned-upon) snack from the pantry, and head to your desktop to login…
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The Mary Poppins Bag of Apps: How Weixin Rewrote the Mobile Playbook
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Continue reading →: The Mary Poppins Bag of Apps: How Weixin Rewrote the Mobile PlaybookRemember when teachers exclaimed, “you need to learn how to do long division because you won’t be walking around with a calculator in your pocket”? Surprise! We do indeed carry a calculator in our pocket… and a camera, a watch, a gaming console, a wallet, a newsstand, and—let’s be…
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The Breast of Both Worlds: Does Cyberactivism Truly Support the Real-Life Cause?
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Continue reading →: The Breast of Both Worlds: Does Cyberactivism Truly Support the Real-Life Cause?Pink for a cure—Since I can remember, I have associated the color pink with Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. We see the pink ribbons on storefronts, pops of pink lining the uniforms and cleats of professional athletes, and a sea of pink t-shirts in our cities during annual 5Ks. …
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Through The Lens: How Warby Parker Reinvented the Eyewear Industry
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Continue reading →: Through The Lens: How Warby Parker Reinvented the Eyewear IndustryChange can be scary—imagine your whole life, attending eye doctor appointments, trying on glasses (that are far too expensive), going back to the eye doctor a few years later because you need a stronger prescription and of course, new frames, so you try on more expensive glasses… It was a…
