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Walmart Disregards Public Perception

When you’re the largest retailer on Earth, I imagine there is palpable hubris to public perception in the executive level; A sort of, “You may disagree with us; you may not even like us, but our greeters will see you this week anyway” frame of mind. Walmart doubled-down on their company-wide disregard of bad publicity with their latest bold move,…

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The Yelp Shakedown Racket

Review websites are now the primary resource when making decisions such as where to eat, where to reserve a room and where to shop. Sites and apps like TripAdvisor, Urbanspoon and of course, Yelp, are fixtures online; but there’s a growing group of the population committed to their demise—particularly Yelp—accusing the outlet of ratings manipulation and shakedown tactics to sell…

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The Apple Generation

Few corporations galvanize their consumer-base like Apple. Their brand is simply unparalleled in the tech market, creating a war of attrition with companies like Microsoft and Samsung, who are constantly struggling to match Apple’s ingenuity, and public enthusiasm for their products. The Millenial Generation may as well be called the Apple Generation, as one of the biggest chunks of Apple’s…

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Ray Rice and Roger Goodell: Despicable

If the NFL had egg on its face after the bungling of the Ray Rice suspension, they dove head-first into a Denny’s Grand Slam Breakfast yesterday. Commissioner Roger Goodell’s appalling decision to only suspend Rice for two games prior to TMZ’s release of the elevator video showing the violent knockout of his then-fiancé makes the league look even worse for…

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Security Breaches in Cloud Computing

In a society dominated by technology, much has been made about the security vulnerabilities that present themselves as our offline lives become increasingly intertwined with our online ones. These vulnerabilities were on full display over the weekend as many celebrities’ iCloud accounts were hacked, resulting in a mass release of explicit photos. Cloud computing is something that we are all…

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Emmy Highlights 2014

Awards shows are a guilty pleasure of mine. There’s nothing better than drunken rich people with microphones—it’s always a recipe for following day blog-fodder. Unfortunately, last night’s Emmys were the award show equivalent of watching paint dry. No stage-crashing. No rambling acceptance speeches that border on self-involved word-vomit. Station-to-station, it was a three hour exercise in “play-it-safe” emceed by human…

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