The guys at RatedRR decided to test the robustness of the new iPhone 5S by shooting the device with a 50 calibre rifle. You will be impressed to see that the shot would only cause a hole in the Apple smartphone rather than turning it into pieces. Well, of course, after a second shot (from […]
After the “selfie” picture of the pope went viral, it is now the turn of the latest LG prank/ad. To promote the impressive HD quality of its Ultra HD TV, LG “pranked” job applicants in Chile attending interviews by replacing a window with the TV. The actual cityscape view was streamed on TV except that […]
Yekaterinburg is the fourth biggest Russian city in terms of population and it has a very poor quality of roads. Citizens and local media often complain about road holes but it has never shown efficiency. Ura.ru a local website decided to push it further and got street art artists to paint the faces of the governor, the mayor and the vice mayor of the city on three different potholes. A campaign that turned out to be efficient, getting politicians to actually solve that issue.
I had the chance to collaborate with LG for the launch of their smartphone LG Optimus G. They were kind enough to offer me the phone so I can try it, review it here on The JR Express and be part of a panel during an event in Beirut on May 30th 2013. I selected […]
Northwestern university in Qatar published the findings of a survey about media use in the Arab world. It was conducted with around 10,000 respondents from Lebanon, Qatar, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. You can check all the information about this survey, its methodology and the text documents on http://menamediasurvey.northwestern.edu. You may […]
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