Links for 2008-01-24 : Braun vs Apple, Virgin Galactic, AT&T WiFi, Free Music at Last (.fm), WalMart’s Social Manifesto, The Holy Bibel

• Apple’s future and Braun’s past
  The technology site Gizmodo today points out striking similarities between Apple’s recent design aesthetic and that of Braun from the 1960s. Gizmodo writes…
  (tags: apple braun gizmodo design)



• Virgin unveils spaceship model - fuel consumption not mentioned
  Entrepreneur Richard Branson Wednesday unveiled a model of the spaceship he hopes will be the first to take paying passengers into space on a regular basis next year.
  (tags: richartdbrandson virgin virgingalactic pollution wasteoffuel)



• AT&T Frees Wi-Fi Access to Broadband Users
  AT&T is giving its broadband subscribers free access to some 10,000 wireless locations.Its wi-fi network includes airports, McDonald’s restaurants, Barnes & Noble bookstores, coffee shops, and sporting venues nationwide, according to InformationWeek.
  (tags: AT&T marketing telecoms wireless internet digital)
• Ad Support Liberates Last.fm
  On CBS-owned Last.fm, users can now play complete songs from the Big Four record labels and 150,000 indie labels at no cost up to three times, reports MediaBuyerPlanner.
  (tags: drm last.fm socialmedia music digital)
• Wal-Mart Chief Offers a Social Manifesto
  Wal-Mart pledged to cut energy used by many of its products 25%, to force its suppliers to meet stricter ethical standards and to use its cost-cutting skills to help companies deliver health care for employees.
  (tags: walmart greenwash environment eco green pr)
• Mother New York: ‘I Date a Hooker’ and Other Stories
  “The Holy Bibel,” is one of eight mini coffee-table books just out from the folks at Mother, in collaboration with Blue Q Books
  (tags: mother paulmalmstrom excellent agencies advertising)