From The Economist:Two Shanghainese entrepreneurs are offering themselves as verbal and physical punch-bags to frustrated office workers. Fed up with your boss? Underpaid? The founders of Wantong Ltd certainly hope so. Chen Jun and Zhang Li are offering Shanghainese a novel service: for 100 yuan they will lend a listening ear; for another 20 yuan… Read More: Let’s hope Manny Pacquiao is not one of their customers »
So, Creative finally sued Apple for alleged patent infringement. But why the wait? After all, the Singapore company received a patent for its Zen music player on 9 August 2005 and has been threatening to sue Apple ever since. Well, here are some conspiracy theories. Either way, it shows how creative a sore loser can… Read More: Is Creative creative? »
Amazingly, some companies just don’t seem to get it. Many maintain that “customers come first”, but their actions indicated otherwise. Dutch electronics giant Philips is one of them. According to The Register, Philips is attempting to patent a technique that would prevent viewers from skipping through ads embedded within recorded programmes or even channel surfing… Read More: The advert enforcer »
Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, said in an interview with FORTUNE magazine (“The Sleeping Giant Goes on the Offensive”, April 3, 2006) that he’s got his kids brainwashed: You don’t use Google, and you don’t use an iPod. (Oh mind, no Google? Does that mean his children only use MSN Search?) But, I wonder whether… Read More: Sleeping giant, hidden dangers »
If a survey conducted for staffing and consulting firm Hudson Highland Group Inc. is to be believed, about 25% of U.S. employees who use a computer at work admit using it to hunt for a new job on company time. “It’s one of the ways employees deal with work-life balance issues,” said Robert Morgan, chief… Read More: Where do we draw the line? »
The only bar in Singapore that should remain open throughout Chinese New Year is probably Long Bar at Raffles Hotel. This is the birth place of the over-rated and over-priced Singapore Sling. At almost S$20 a pop (if I recalled correctly), this stuff is mostly just juice and, worse of all, mass produced – the… Read More: Bar none »