Kim Dotcom, the king of the internetz, may have just been deposed by the United States government. Megaupload has been shutdown.
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Kim DotCom – King of the Internetz Deposed
January 21st, 2012 · No Comments · breaking news, win
Tags:epic fail·lack of win
Friday the 13th: S&P Slashes Credit Ratings
January 13th, 2012 · 2 Comments · breaking news, Currencies, fail, loller euro, markets
On Friday the 13th, the S&P slashes the credit ratings of 5 European countries. Is Jason Voorhees the new head of the S&P?
Tags:lack of win
What’s a Bored Exec To Do?
December 11th, 2011 · 2 Comments · breaking news, fail
Two of Research In Motion’s execs found themselves in a dilly of a pickle recently – but not because the dog ate their BlackBerry. No, because they got a little too drunk on a flight to Beijing. You might infer they were a bit rowdy. The two were eventually charged with ‘mischief’, ordered to paid [...]
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Credit Card Companies Resort To Name-Calling
December 4th, 2011 · 8 Comments · all ur bankz, breaking news, fail
There’s an adage in marketing that you should surprise and delight your customers. I think this one qualifies as a “surprise” but not so much as a “delight”. NetSpend, a company in Austin, TX, shipped out a prepaid debit card offer to one “Asswipe Williams” in Sacramento, CA. Problem is, the dude is actually named [...]
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$BAC and The Google+ Pages Free For All
November 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment · all ur bankz, breaking news
Now that the shiny new social network Google+ is open to brand pages, there’s been something of a free-for-all during the time between when a page is built and when it is verified (and by “when”, I mean “if”, as $BAC has a verified page yet this one still stands). Which is, of course, bad [...]
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