Spreading the Wealth... Is This The Future of Philanthropy?

What would you do if you suddenly came in to a large amount of money? Would you spend it on a Virgin Galactic flight into space, or would you give it away to complete strangers? This was the exact choice faced by the founder of

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Street Ghosts Coast to Coast: Street Artist Challenges Online Privacy

With this week’s kerfuffle surrounding Google Maps absentee status in the latest Apple iOS 6 update, it’s nice that there is at least someone that still believes in the power of Google Street...

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Belgium NGO Child Focus Uses Your 404 Pages to Find Missing Children

Belgium based organisation Child Focus unveiled the smart project NotFound.org to support its action regarding missing...

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Visual Analytics Make Bike Maps a Whole Lot More Useful

Retracing your steps may get a bit easier in the future…on bicycle at least. Jo Wood at City College of London created an animation that in essence is a 5 min data mapping film of over 5 million bicycles journeys and their...

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Tweets For Treats with Kellogg’s Special K

We all tweet for different reasons. Sometimes it’s to announce a quirky observation. Other times it’s to get something off our chests. But Kellogg’s is giving snack-craving Londoners an entirely different (and reportedly...

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New Esc: A Tech-Free Time Out

The last time you were in a place with no cell phone reception or where electronic devices were prohibited – were you anxious or secretly relieved? If you felt a creeping sense of relief at being given permission to have a break from the...

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Miles of Smiles With Volkswagen

They say that laughter is the best medicine. And if the adage holds water, it’s beginning to look like we’re going to need A LOT of it this fall. In the USA, it’s presidential campaign season, and by any and all accounts,...

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Hopscotch Detroit: Bringing Communities Together

Putting the feel good factor into our Friday afternoon is one of the most fun community projects we've come across; Hopscotch Detroit. Taking place this weekend as part of the

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Style & Sophistication launches William Tempest for River Island

This week we came across a fantastic film by Ryan Hope created for the launch of the William Tempest...

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Unemployee of the Year: Benetton Tackles Youth Joblessness

Youth unemployment, in this lagging global economic crisis, is an issue that transcends national borders, language, race, religion or creed. It’s caused what we’ve pinpointed in our

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