The Founders Of Adidas and Puma Were Brothers… And Nazis

If it wasn’t because of a rivalry between two brothers, neither Puma nor Adidas might exist today. Adidas and Puma are among the most recognized brands in the world thanks to a bitter rivalry between two brothers from a village in Germany. In the 1920s, Adolf Dassler, a soft-spoken sports fanatic who spent hours working on shoe designs in his workshop, and Rudolf Dassler, a great salesman, started a small shoemaking business… Read More →

Apple’s Music Album: “The Apple Boogie”

Yes, we are going to write about Apple again, but this time is not about a technological device, a new application, or about Steve Jobs; we are writing about a music album (a cassette) that Apple produced and released in the late 1980s. “The Apple Boogie” is a collection of 8 tracks that are sure to inspire something in you, whether it is laughter, nostalgia, or wonder at how simply… Read More →

How a 5MB hard drive looked like in 1956. tl;dr: Huge! [Image]

Sure, your iPad can hold 16 GB of data and weights less than 2 pounds. But back in 1956 it would require a truck or maybe something bigger to lift a 16 GB iPad because the hard drives back then were huge in size and weight. Want prove? In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first ‘super’ computer with a hard disk drive. The hard disk weighed over… Read More →

Bill Gates’ 2008 Farewell. It Will Make You Laugh [Video]

Oh dear Microsoft! I always thought of you as a boring company, but that is far from the truth. Microsoft had come up with some great technologies, they are just not that good at commercializing it (except for the Xbox, which is a huge success). It now seems like Microsoft can also be funny. Not funny in the sense that their OS presentations can fail in front of thousands of viewers… Read More →

Mark Zuckerberg, A Gladiator [Image]

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the website you go to stalk people (Facebook), is now a gladiator. Not only does he hunt his own meal; now he also hunts his employees in a battle of fake gladiators. I don’t know about you but I would think about it twice before fighting against the CEO who employs me. What if I break his nose or humiliate him in front of every other… Read More →

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Drunk RIM Executies On A Plane

RIM’s lastest disaster is not the absolute failure to win any ground in the tablet market with the Blackberry Playbook or the 77% drop in stock price since February. RIM’s lastest disaster is two executives who were responsible for turning an airplane in motion back around. Two of the company’s executives, George Campbell and Alexander Wilson, got so drunk and rowdy on a flight from Toronto to Beijing that the… Read More →

Steve Jobs Brainstorming The NeXT Computer [video]

Many of us would love to experience a product brainstorming session with Steve Jobs. Now that he passed away nobody has a chance to experience it, but thanks to a few Apple and NeXT employees who saved a video of Steve Jobs and others brainstorming the NeXT computer we can at least watch it in the comfort of our home. The NeXT computer wasn’t as successful as Apple is now, but it was a… Read More →

Mick Jagger Has Been Recording New Tracks On Paul Allen’s Megayacht

If you’ve got the moves like Jagger, then you know who Mick Jagger is. If not, Mick Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of rock band The Rolling Stones. The recording session for the first album from Mick Jagger’s new band “SuperHeavy” had to be top secret to protect the tracks from music pirates and such, and apparently no recording studio on this… Read More →

8 Pages Of Early Sketches For The iTunes Logo [Images]

Ever wondered what is it like to design a logo? Designing a logo is one of those things that sounds simple, because most logos used today are clean, simple, and without much noise. But don’t let a simple logo fool you, the process of drafting and creating one is actually tedious, repetitive, and at times frustrating; even more when Steve Jobs is micro-managing all your steps and ranting drafts he… Read More →

Richard Branson Vs. Great White Shark [Video]

Richard Branson is about to become the next Chuck Norris. Branson, founder and owner of Virgin Group, is known as a daredevil — and a very rich man too. The Virgin tycoon just posted this video, in which he navigates his mini-submarine to encounter a great white shark. Here is how he described the experience: “Next day we went in search of Great White Sharks. Beautiful, clear, pristine waters. Gently lowered in water covered… Read More →