When Phones Were Fun: NEXTEL

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For a couple years in mid-2000s America, it was tough to go a day in public without hearing a very distinctive electronic “chirp.” It was the trademark tone of “Direct Connect,” a nationwide-walkie talkie built in to every cellphone bearing the “Nextel” nameplate. By 2004, Direct Connect had helped Nextel Communications amass nearly 20 million customers with some of the highest loyalty – and highest revenues – in the industry. ... Read More | Share it now!

Actors Who Injured Their Co-stars During Filming

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For actors, commitment can make you legendary (I mean, it’s no accident that this list includes multiple Academy Award winners). Countless hours of training are aimed at making it so a performer can disappear into a role, both for the audience and for themselves. But the tricky thing about being lost in a role is that sometimes your character doesn’t know the fight choreography as well as you do, and your scene partner gets clipped in the jaw.... Read More | Share it now!