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Man In New Zealand Given Ridiculous Name After Loosing A Poker Bet

Julian —  10. March 2014

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A man in New Zealand lost a poker bet and had to change his legal name to “Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova”. He already requested the change 5 years ago, but forgot about it. Now he was reminded, when the authorities send him his new passport:

New Zealand man given ridiculous 99-character name after losing poker bet

(…) A friend of the 22-year-old from the southern city of Dunedin posted a message on an online body-building forum explaining that the name had been chosen for him by his fellow card players. He wrote: “My friend lost a bet five years ago and changed his name. “He just found out it was actually accepted last week when his passport expired.” Mr Frostnova is also required to change his name on his driving licence and all other official and legal documents. (…)

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 Posted by Julian on 8. March 2014 In Travel
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German grocery store just raised the bar for weird local commercials

Liechtenstein, a German musician and entertainer, lends his deep voice to a dance-worthy slow jam while bathing in a tub filled with milk and cereal and pretending to smoke a hotdog like a cigar. I can only vaguely understand what he’s singing, but I can’t take my eyes off the screen. The bar has been raised, American grocers. I’ll be awaiting your strange and wonderful response.

 Posted by Julian  on24. February 2014 In Marketing
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E-Plus schreibt Pressemitteilungsgeschichte

Julian —  24. February 2014 — 2 Comments

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Weltpremiere: E-Plus Gruppe und WhatsApp schließen Partnerschaft

Die E-Plus Gruppe schreibt Mobilfunkgeschichte: Das Düsseldorfer Unternehmen kooperiert künftig mit dem mobilen Messaging-Dienst WhatsApp. Es ist die erste Mobile Virtual Network Operator-Partnerschaft weltweit, die WhatsApp mit einem Mobilfunkanbieter eingeht. Die Kooperation durchbricht die bisherige Grenze zwischen Over-the-Top-Playern und Netzbetreibern. Beide Unternehmen werden bald das exklusive WhatsApp-Angebot im E-Plus-Netz präsentieren. WhatsApp verfügt alleine in Deutschland über mehr als 30 Millionen Nutzer.

Zusammen mit E-Plus bietet WhatsApp seinen Nutzern künftig ein attraktives Mobilfunkprodukt. Damit erschließt sich die E-Plus Gruppe eine überaus datenaffine Kundengruppe und baut ihr datenzentriertes Geschäftsmodell weiter aus. Diese nächste Generation moderner Partnerschaften bildet einen wichtigen Faktor für das weitere profitable Wachstum im Markt für mobile Daten.

„WhatsApp ist heute weltweit die Plattform für mobiles Messaging – natürlich auch in Deutschland“, sagt Alfons Lösing, verantwortlicher Geschäftsführer für das Wholesale- und Partnergeschäft bei E-Plus. „Die Zukunft des Mobilfunks liegt im Datengeschäft. Als Mobilfunk-Anbieter, der ohne Wenn und Aber die Bedürfnisse der Kunden in den Mittelpunkt stellt, ist die MVNO-Partnerschaft damit nur konsequent. Wir werden in Kürze WhatsApp-Nutzern eine attraktive Plattform bieten und schaffen damit eine Win-Win-Situation für alle Beteiligten: Kunden, WhatsApp und E-Plus.“

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Julian —  24. February 2014 — 3 Comments

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 Posted by Julian  on23. February 2014 In Smarty-Pants
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After Obama told them to stop spying on Merkel, NSA increased bugging of German ministers

Julian —  23. February 2014 — Leave a comment

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U.S. now bugging German ministers in place of Merkel (Reuters):

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has stepped up its surveillance of senior German government officials since being ordered by Barack Obama to halt its spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel, Bild am Sonntag paper reported on Sunday. Revelations last year about mass U.S. surveillance in Germany, in particular of Merkel’s mobile phone, shocked Germans and sparked the most serious dispute between the transatlantic allies in a decade. Bild am Sonntag said its information stemmed from a high-ranking NSA employee in Germany and that those being spied on included Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, a close confidant of Merkel. (…)

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Google Search Results In $4000 Fine

Julian —  18. February 2014 — 1 Comment

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French journalist “hacks” govt by inputting correct URL, later fined $4,000+

(…) Laurelli initiated a Google search on other subjects, but what he stumbled on was perhaps more interesting: a link that led to 7.7 Gb of internal documents from the French National Agency for Food Safety, Environment, and Labor (the acronym is ANSES in French). Although the documents were openly indexed by Google, Laurelli would soon be in the French government’s crosshairs for publishing them. He eventually faced criminal charges, though he was later acquitted of those. However, a separate government agency pursued a civil appeal. And last Tuesday, a French appeals court fined Laurelli 3,000 Euros (or a little over $4,000), meaning he likely made one of the more expensive Google searches to date. (…)

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 Posted by Julian  on15. February 2014 In Business Ideas
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Update: It is a fake!

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 Posted by Julian on 11. February 2014 In Pictures please
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