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  • Spiders Could Eat Every Human In One Year

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    Publishing their findings in the scientific journal Science of Nature this past month, two European biologists by the name of Martin Nyffeler and Klaus Birkhofer have concluded that spiders eat roughly anywhere between 400 million to 800 million tons of… Read More ›

  • Is this the most beautiful phone case you have ever seen? No, it isn’t

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    Consider this. Samsung must pay someone, or a team, money to design cases like this. Yes, real money, which they would need to pay me to use the hideous thing. More here.

  • Africa is beautiful

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    It can often be challenging to find alternative viewpoints of Africa. Perceptions of the continent are so colored by decades of stereotyped coverage and biased academic study that it can be hard to sift through the misinformation to understand the… Read More ›

  • 2 words that changed his life

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    In 1987, an accountant for his management firm called him in for a meeting and dropped a bombshell, telling him, “You’re broke.” “What he really meant was, ‘You’ve got a lot of assets, but you don’t have any money,’” Oates… Read More ›

  • A Not-So-Optimistic Outlook

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    According to the latest figures reported by the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH), February 2017 showed a continued decline in exports, year over year. The FH report states, “Watch industry exports declined further in the month of February…. Read More ›

  • Recreating History

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    Moments in history, whether bigger or more intimate, are often recreated in film. This produces something that is transcending, powerful and nevertheless, haunting. A clever way to bring reality to famous film clips.

  • Apple Music is winning

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    Apple Music is the top music streaming service on our Index, with nearly 41 million monthly unique users reported in February (on mobile devices only). Even without taking PC audiences into account, it’s still the reigning music streaming service, with… Read More ›

  • The Galaxy S8

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    It is inevitable that I am never going to be too excited by any new Android phone because the chances of me moving to the platform at the moment are very remote. For a number of reasons, mainly how much… Read More ›

  • What factors cause you to upgrade?

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    I think a good pairing with this question is “and what factors cause you to upgrade”… to some extent it’s “the quest for new and shiny”, which isn’t great but not as bad as some people say out. Ideally it’s… Read More ›

  • Hitting The Deck

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    After a long, successful run, The Deck’s time has come and we’re shutting it down. We’re sorry to see the network go, but we’re proud to have supported so many independent voices, and the open web, along the way. Thanks… Read More ›