world culture

This Infographic by Moo, looks at the evolution of Business Cards – from their origins in 15th Century Japan right through to the modern day developments in card stock and printing techniques.

In 2007, the business card industry was a 12 billion dollar industry.

Since the 19th century business cards have been passed out as a form of communication and marketing and is still growing today.

Business cards now are more than a name and number. Personal Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts are present on a good majority of business cards today.

Many young professionals think having an innovative business card design is pivotal to gaining important people’s attention. Like using metal or plastic for their cards instead of paper.

The innovative progression of business cards will continue as long as society keeps looking at them as a form of entertainment as well as a marketing tool. 

With the "world's largest" gathering of atheists this weekend in Washington, D.C., the National Post's graphics department takes a look at how the world's religions break down.

There is no escaping religion. It has enormous societal, cultural, political and historical implications.

It has been blamed for wars and praised for bringing people together. But it is practised in some form across the world by billions of people everyday.

So what are the world's major believing and non-believing constituencies?

Richard Johnson - http://bit.ly/HYp9mz  - coveys in this Infographic that these are estimates of the world religions based on the best data available.

By Sonos - http://bit.ly/waIlvM 

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The discovery of radio in 1892 sparked amazing technological advancements, fundamentally guiding the development of how we communicate with each other and entertain ourselves.

Use the Infographic - http://bit.ly/yh5zjY  to trace the evolution of radio from the very first frequencies observed by Tesla to the social radio phenomenon Turntable.FM.

Find out the best advertising campaigns, slogans, and avoided advertising campaign errors of all time in this infographic; plus Superbowl ad and internet ad revenue data.

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TuneCore president Jeff Price today wrote a blog post praising Apple's iTunes Match service for creating money "out of thin air" for...

Advertising leader and marketing legend Leo Burnett crafted some of the world's most famous and beloved brand-name icons and logos, including the Pillsbury Doughboy, the Marlboro Man, Toucan Sam and even the bright red 7Up "Spot."...

It was an outcome that in our heart of hearts we knew was likely but didn't want to face up to. Josep Guardiola i Salas - Pep Guardiola - will not be coaching Football Club Barcelona next season.

Selling the early 20th century California dream through the art of the fruit crate label.

Motoring in Germany, hunting in the USSR, beaching in Portugal, and other adventures.

By AJ Kumar

Even though the anti-piracy bill has been sidelined, other proposed legislation still exist that pose equal threats to online businesses.

Current incarnations of other proposed bills still exist and pose equal threats to the free flow of information online.

Effectively tabled late last month, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) both aimed to punish "rogue" websites that publish or sell pirated content. But internet companies and some members of Congress argued that the bills could negatively affect the flow of information online.

That's just the tip of the iceberg.

The following are a few issues entrepreneurs should be aware of that could influence the way online business is conducted in the future:

A new study of prehistoric horse DNA suggests that spotted horses roamed ancient Europe, and that early artists may have been reproducing what they saw rather than creating imaginary creatures.