Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Myer Weribee store is a breath of fresh air
A Myer store in Werribee is breaking the cookie cutter mould of a traditional department store model; with a new target audience in mind. In September 2015, Myer boss Richard Umbers and CEO Daniel Bracon announced the their five year plan will include a $600 million facelift, including better change rooms and more boutique brands for the affluent buyers. …
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7 vicious habits to break for productivity at work
If you want to keep your job you’re going to have to make sure you’re doing the right thing. Bad behaviour can affect the relationships you have with your boss and colleagues and you want to make sure you’re in their good books. You can easily break any bad habits by concentrating on tasks and definitely keeping…
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Carpool Karaoke Series has a new owner
Apple Music has announced their purchase of James Corden’s popular Carpool Karaoke Series. The show first got attention when comedian James Corden made a segment on his show “The Late Late Show with James Corden”, available to watch on Youtube. The show involved Corden picking up celebrities, from Chris Martin, Adele, Sia, Mariah Carey and Justin…
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Samsung’s up in flames
Electronic multinational company Samsung’s reputation has gone up in flames after several top loaders have turned out to be faulty. Back in early July, Glenhaven Resident Phoebe Teitzel used her Samsung top loader in the morning, before heading to work. She was more than a little alarmed when she received a phone call, telling her that smoke…
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Google’s Emergency Location Service will save lives
Over 70% of emergency calls come from mobile phones (Google Europe Blog, 2016). Time is of the essence and Google has tapped into this by creating an app titled Emergency Location Service. Instead of manually specifying your location, the app uses data from your phone like GPS, network and WiFi location to work out where you are. When you call…
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$201 million property in China jawdropping
Taohuayuan is mainland China’s most expensive property, sitting pretty inside the middle of Suzbou’s Dushu Lake. It’s currently listed for sale at a whopping $201 million (one billion Chinese Yuan). The property took three years to build and it’s no surprise why; as it boasts over 32 bedrooms and 32 bathrooms. The name Taohuayuan converts to ‘utopia’ or ‘peach blossom land’ in…
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Cake culture could be slowly killing employees
We all love our chocolate biscuits, donuts and sweet offerings at work. Especially as incentives when you’re doing a smashing job in the office. But studies have shown that it’s fuelling the obesity epidemic and ruining people’s teeth. It’s no doubt why, as people are sedentary sitting at their desks all day consuming high calorie items…
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Here’s what Wall Street expects from Apple earnings
Apple is reporting on their quarterly earnings on Tuesday, July 26 (American time). While traditionally the second quarter of the year is usually the worst for Apple, this year is looking to be worse than usual. Last year during this quarter, Apple generated $49.6 billion in revenue. CEO Tim Cook says Apple will do $41…
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UberEATS launches in Sydney
UberEats launches in Sydney today, the sixth city to enjoy the service outside of the US. After successfully launching in Melbourne in April this year, Uber has brought the service north. The whole process is similar to many of the delivery options available, taking restaurants that don’t usually deliver and combining them with the ride…
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People are spending more time on Pokémon Go than Facebook and Snapchat
Analytics company 7park Data says that users spent an average of 75 minutes in the app during its first week of release. In addition, Pokémon Go users continues to spend around 35 minutes on the Facebook app, 19 minutes on YouTube and about 9 minutes on Snapchat on a daily basis. “Total US time spent…
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