Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Coles Backflips On Reusable Plastic Bag Decision
Despite Coles initial pledge to phase out the single-use plastic bags that take years to break down, they have since reversed their decision in order to appease a small vocal portion of angry customers. The bags would have been gone by July 1, instead they will now be sticking around and Coles will be advocating…
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Instagram Queen Kayla Itsines Hits Advertising Week
You’d be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard of Aussie workout queen, Kayla Itsines. When the name Kayla Itsines was mentioned a few years ago, the first things that would come to mind were fitness fanatic & Bikini Body Guides. Through years of personal training, educating women and absolutely grinding her way through the health…
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Advertising Week Set to be the Best Yet
Today sees the return of the largest global advertising event, Advertising Week APAC, and it’s set to be the best yet. Taking place at Luna Park, Sydney, the event will address a wide range of hot topics currently challenging the industry. Marketing leaders and advertising gurus will team up to discuss the importance of diversity,…
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Market Value Losses and Dropping User Rates: What Does it All Mean?
Social media site Facebook has seen the biggest plunge in their market value to date, decreasing by approximately 20%, and $120 billion USD. This is the largest decrease in market value within 24 hours by any US company. But what does this mean for Facebook users? Will Facebook fall down the same hole as MySpace…
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50 Years After Moon Landing: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t?
A year’s worth of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing have begun this month. In light of this significant milestone, people are calling to attention the dramatic changes that have occurred within NASA, and globally, since that first expedition. The impacts of the lunar landing have gone above and beyond what…
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Fairfax And Nine Announce Merger Plan
This article was originally posted by Mumbrella. One of the biggest moves in the Australian media’s history is underway, with Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media set to merge businesses. Nine announced the news on the Today Show this morning, telling the audience the deal would conclude by the end of 2018. It is the biggest proposal to…
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Smiles Inc: Changing The Dentist Game
We have Flying Doctors, a service facilitated by the RFDS whereby doctors fly to their patients providing primary health care and 24-hour emergency service across Australia. Now another essential medical provider, Dentists, have become mobile as well. The leading innovator of this travelling Dentist concept is the company Smiles Inclusive. Mike Timoney, CEO and founder…
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Ooh Media to purchase HT&E’s Adshel for $570 million
Originally posted on Mumbrella Australia’s largest outdoor player, Ooh Media, has won the bidding war for Here, There & Everywhere’s (HT&E) outdoor street furniture business, Adshel, agreeing to pay $570 million. The figure is a 21% increase on Ooh Media’s first bid of $470 million, and $30 million higher than rival APN Outdoor’s bid of $540…
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The First Woman To Lead The New York Stock Exchange
Over 200 years ago, 24 stockbrokers signed the Buttonwood Agreement on Wall Street in New York City and created the New York Stock Exchange on May 17 in 1792. The same year British writer Mary Wollstonecraft published one of the first overtly feminist texts, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. In America, women did…
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Genius Beauty Hack Lands Iris Smit A $300K Shark Tank Deal
Iris Smit was a university student studying interior architecture in Perth when she had an innovative idea that impressed the judges of Shark Tank and earned her a $300 000 deal. Smit identified the time-consuming and finicky ordeal of applying winged eyeliner as the inspiration for her idea. Seeking to remedy this problem, Smit created…
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