Bank Simple, seeks to reinvent personal banking with modern online and mobile experiences, no surprise fees, and great customer service. In order to do that, the company is consolidating its San Francisco and New York City offices and moving staff to Portland, where...
Hey I Know, Class Warfare Isn’t To Blame For Civil Unrest, Social Media Is
In the wake of a week of violent protests in Great Britain--spurred, as they were, by the police killing of Mark Duggan--I'm not surprised to see authorities and mainstream media cast blame in any and all directions, including in the direction of social media sites...
Branding And Personal Identity Are Unnaturally Intertwined
I sometimes stumble when meeting new people. At a conference, for instance, a well meaning person will eye my badge and ask, "What's AdPulp?" There's no succinct way to say AdPulp is an industry website that reaches thousands of people around the world every day...but...
Obama Promised Hope And Change, But Preserving The Status Quo Is All He Can Do
President Obama is an enigma. People on the right call him a socialist; yet, his critics on the left can't believe how much ground he's given on fundamental liberal issues. One critic on the left, Drew Westen, a professor of psychology at Emory University, author and...
Is That Spotify In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
I've been playing with free streaming music service, Spotify, for a few weeks now (ever since the Stockholm-based service launched in the U.S). I now wonder if there's a reason to buy music ever again. Spotify does not have every track one might desire in its library...