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Staff member at 'Books Actually' on Club Street in Singapore. 2010 photograph by Geraldine Kan.

In Singapore, the catalytic impact of kids, communities, consultants and capitalists.

by Geraldine Kan on 30 June 2010

The Wuhan Foreign Languages School, or Wuhan Wai Guoyu Xuexiao.

How Chinese teenagers stick it to The Man.

by Michelle Cui Xiaoxiao on 24 June 2010

Adobe released HTML5 extensions to Dreamweaver enabling web developers to optimize content for multiple screens.

Nielsen on telling stories across three screens.

by Bob Page on 22 June 2010

Harvest '09 T-shirt by TS Designs of Burlington, North Carolina.

Re-inventing the T-shirt in North Carolina.

by Bob Page on 21 June 2010

Aasif Mandvi of The Daily Show holds up an example of Chinese 'propaganda' in US public schools.

The Daily Show on Chinese ‘propaganda.’

by Bob Page on 10 June 2010

Still image from an Amazon commercial by Angela Kohler and Ithyle Griffiths.

What exciting thing will happen today?

by Bob Page on 10 June 2010

The Rolex Submariner, the Ulysse Nardin Chairman and the Apple iPhone 4.

Apple iPhone 4 is the new Rolex Submariner.

by Bob Page on 7 June 2010

Photograph of Eric Schmidt at World Economic Forum 2007. Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org) and swiss-image.ch. Photo by Severin Nowacki.

Eric Schmidt on the need for skilled news media.

by Bob Page on 4 June 2010

Apple CEO Steve Jobs at D8: All Things Digital with Walter Mossberg and Kara Swisher of The Wall Street Journal.

Steve Jobs on the need for skilled news media.

by Bob Page on 2 June 2010

From Buzzfeed's '16 Items They Only Sell at Chinese Wal-Marts' -- crocodiles.

Brendan O’Kane on stuff in Chinese Wal-Marts.

by Bob Page on 25 May 2010

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