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Piers Fawkes: MySpace Wants its Cool Back

A new executive team at MySpace is trying to reignite the brand by focusing on entertainment - music, videos and games - as users leave for "cooler" destinations. In a strategy shift, MySpace will try to become an online hangout for people who want to ...

From PIERS FAWKES, Huffington Post,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.

Piers Fawkes: Kellogg's to Laser Etch their Logo on Individual Corn Flakes

Runs PSFK, a trends and innovation company Kellogg's embarked on the project to reinforce that they don't make cereals for any other companies and to fire a shot across the bows of makers of 'fake flakes'. The Daily Mail reports that cereal maker ...

From PIERS FAWKES, Huffington Post,  14 Oct 2009

Piers Fawkes: Chamball: Martial Arts Meets Dodgeball

Runs PSFK, a trends and innovation company ChamBall is a sport that Charles Amis created while completing his thesis in Interactive Telecommunications at NYU, in which he told a story through a fictional sport. The sport has been actualized, and a ...

From PIERS FAWKES, Huffington Post,  7 Oct 2009

Piers Fawkes: theblogpaper: The First User Generated Newspaper

With the long anticipated demise of one of London's premier free newspapers (thelondonpaper) changing the landscape of how commuting Londoners are consuming printed media, (the capital's other free newspapers, the London Lite and the Metro, do remain) ...

From PIERS FAWKES, Huffington Post,  7 Oct 2009

Piers Fawkes: Researchers Create Anti Wi-Fi Paint

Runs PSFK, a trends and innovation company Researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have created a special paint which can block out wirelesssignals. The paint, which could cost as little at ÂŁ10 per kilogram, contains an aluminum-iron oxide ...

From PIERS FAWKES, Huffington Post,  6 Oct 2009

Piers Fawkes: Bicycle Beats Helicopter

Being the business hub of South America and one of the largest cities in the world has its bitter side: São Paulo has been drowning in a sea of automobiles (6 million and counting) for quite some time, and the future doesn't show any signs of ...

From PIERS FAWKES, Huffington Post,  29 Sep 2009

Piers Fawkes: Socially Networked Rescue Relief in Manila

On September 26, 2009, Filipinos were tuning in to their Facebook newsfeeds for actual, real-time news. The streets of Manila had been quickly submerged by a record-breaking month's worth of rainfall in a matter of six hours. A terrifying, city-wide ...

From PIERS FAWKES, Huffington Post,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Google Inc.,  Twitter Inc

Piers Fawkes: (Pics) The Extreme Hair Fashions of Charlie le Mindu

Runs PSFK, a trends and innovation company French hair artist and wig designer Charlie le Mindu recently presented his second collection at London Fashion Week. The stylist to the stars has been generating large media attention since he first debuted ...

From PIERS FAWKES, Huffington Post,  29 Sep 2009

Piers Fawkes: The Economy "Doesn't Need You Anymore"

When you read in the press the oft-quoted concept that "those jobs aren't coming back" this "reduction of need" is what underlies all of it. Technology has reduced the need for labor. And the labor that *is* needed can't be done in more developed ...

From PIERS FAWKES, Huffington Post,  24 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Hank Williams

(Video) Interview With Swoon

Swoon has been one of the most iconic New York street artists of the last decade. Her intricate life sized drawings and cut-outs has made her work stand apart from the noise. In an video by Diana Adams of BitRebels, Swoon explains her outlook on her ...

From PIERS FAWKES, PSFK,  31 Aug 2009

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