Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Twitter launches ‘Moments’ in Australia
In a bid to attract its non-active users, Twitter has introduced its Moments feature in Australia. Aussies will be the first Twitter users in the Asia Pacific region to have Moments bring them the very best of Twitter across a range of topics. It aims to deliver the best stories from all over the world…
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Canada to Legalise Medically Assisted Death
By June 2016, Canada will join the handful of nations worldwide, that permit medically assisted death. The Liberal Government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is working to produce a law that recognises citizens legal rights to ‘die with dignity’. Canada’s Supreme court previously ruled that the parliament must have legislation, passed and enforceable by mid-year, meaning…
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Samsung, You Little Ripper!
Samsung just gave us 90 seconds worth of reasons to purchase their new Galaxy S7… and we loved it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCubGgMkms&noredirect=1
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Australian media ownership laws to change
A long-awaited legislation to abolish current media ownership laws has finally been approved by the Coalition. Communications Minister Mitch Fifield proposed amendments to the Broadcast Services act. The changes will eliminate the ‘reach rule’, which prevents a television broadcaster to reach more than 75 per cent of the population. It also stops mergers between regional…
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Youtube finds its way to the Oscars thanks to Casey Nesitat
Casey Neistat is a vlogger (daily video diary maker) and movie maker on youtube as well as the creator of Beme (an app that allows you to take short videos without having to remove your eyes from the scene). He was invited to film the Oscars from his point of view using Samsung’s new gear…
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10 Must Reads for Success
These ten books will change the way you think about success. They will shake up your game plan and help you forge your own path to success. Every book in this list provides a different insight on the multifaceted nature of success and and gets you one step closer to your goals. 1.The seven laws of spiritual…
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Flight Centre help 2500 redundant Dick Smith employees
Human Resources director for Flight Centre Travel Group, Carol Cooper, announced that Dick Smith employees facing redundancy would get through to the final stage of the travel agency’s recruitment process. Dick Smith announced their closure last week, which will result in 2,460 job losses over the next eight weeks. A letter obtained by Business Insider…
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Fast NBN is slow to rollout
Australia’s super fast National Broadband Network (NBN) is ironically super-slow to rollout and, as costs rise, an internal report obtained by Fairfax Media has revealed that it has fallen two-thirds short of its benchmark construction timetable. While nearly 1.5 million premises should have been approved, only 662, 665 have been given the go-ahead thus far. With…
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How to break the business curse
By now you know that the world of new business is full of obstacles. The failure rates of 50% of all new businesses closing by their fourth year and 71% by their tenth year are a testament to this. The land of the entrepreneur seems a treacherous pursuit. But alas the world need not be so…
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Apple refuses to unlock phone of San Bernardino shooters
The FBI wants Apple to write a software to unlock an iPhone left behind by one of the San Bernardino shooters who killed 14 people and injured 22 at a holiday party last December. They believe there could be potential information about future attacks that they cannot access due the phone becoming permanently inaccessible after…
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