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Interest-ing Bling is a series of posts about random things that interest me.
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Kicking off this week with // Top 10 Advertising Icons of The Century: Advertising Age’s list of the Top 10 ad icons of the 20th century recognizes those images that have had the most powerful resonance in the marketplace. The criteria include effectiveness, longevity, recognizability and cultural impact.

The Marlboro Man – Marlboro cigarettes
Ronald McDonald – McDonald’s restaurants
The Green Giant – Green Giant vegetables
Betty Crocker – Betty Crocker food products
The Energizer Bunny – Eveready Energizer batteries
The Pillsbury Doughboy – Assorted Pillsbury foods
Aunt Jemima – Aunt Jemima pancake mixes and syrup
The Michelin Man – Michelin tires
Tony the Tiger – Kellogg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes
Elsie – Borden dairy products

Saudi Arabia Bans Koran Reading Over Cellphones; Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Islamic Affairs Sheikh Salah bin Abd Al-’Aziz Al-Sheikh has issued a decision banning imams from reading the Koran in Ramadan night prayers over CELLULAR PHONES.” Why? God’s will, presumably.

It’s official, Apple is the new Microsoft; weirdly many columnists, bloggers, pundits and observers from all around the globe, including at the BBC, WIRED and others are ranting about Apple. And the EU, having dispatched Microsoft, are now turning their guns on Apple. Shame on you guys!

New Shows To Watch; watch at Jacqui.

Enjoy!

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