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Browsing frustration

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Technology

Buffer anxiety

Global – Slow mobile load times cause considerable stress, according to new research by communications network Ericsson.

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North America

Fits of rage

Toronto – Sport and leisure centre Battle Sports has opened a new facility where members of the public can take out their pent-up anger on inanimate objects.

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Marketing & Branding

Geico’s unskippable advert

Washington, US – Insurance company Geico’s latest ad is one you won’t want to skip on YouTube.

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Marketing & Branding

The art of boredom: Leica taunts with its dull ad

Germany – Leica has proudly boasted that is has made the ‘most boring ad ever’, touting it as a good thing.

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Marketing & Branding

The Polarity Paradox

Moderation is no longer the modus operandi. In our busy, networked and choice-rich lives, people are finding a new model for self-restraint by fleeing the middle ground and living in temporary extremes. Abstinence and indulgence, shopping and saving, fasting and gorging are the new lifestyle patterns that are enabling consumers to have everything…

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Technology

Online game simulating boredom goes viral

Online game simulating boredom goes viral.

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Design

Oasis of calm: Design reduces aggression in hospitals

London – Design is not just about a pretty chair and a nice colour scheme; it can be a solution to serious problems, a mood-enhancer and a way to simplify the transmittance of information, as seen in the A Better A&E project by London design firm PearsonLloyd.