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The Friday Five - Volume 13

August 16, 2012
Posted in: Marketing | News | Social Media | The Friday Five

Five interesting stories from the last week on the interweb!

• If Xerox PARC Invented the PC, Google Invented the Internet
  Beautiful minds of the internet era.
   
• How this guy went from gang member to multimillionaire entrepreneur
  From rags to riches. Applying lessons learned from a troubled childhood leads to great success in the corporate world for this entrepreneur.
   
• LA restaurant offers discount for dining without your phone
  Tired of the "beeps" and "bings" interrupting your dinner date? See how this LA restaurant is stopping all the interruptions and saving you money!
   
• How Nike made track spikes for Oscar Pistorius's carbon fiber blades
  Desigining spikes for a sprinter with no legs.
   
• A new ad campaign gives Carmelo Anthony a few new looks and James Harden shows how to get rid of a mustard stain.
  Footlocker strikes gold with their hilarious new ad campaign based around NBA stars.

Here is the bonus article from this week that tickled our fancy:

• Two Weeks of Nothing: Random Thoughts After a Relaxing Vacation
  Thoughts after a two week stay in solitude.

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