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VIDEO: Powerful new Verizon spot urges encouragement for girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)

Verizon is working with Makers.com and the Verizon Foundation to #InspireHerMind and encourage more girls to get involved with high-tech STEM fields.

“Our words can have a huge impact. Isn’t it time we told her she’s pretty brilliant, too? Encourage her love of science and technology and inspire her to change the world.” – Reshma Saujari, Founder of Girls Who Code

Rockin’ new Apple iPhone 5s TV spot ‘Powerful,’ featuring cover of Pixies’ ‘Gigantic’

http://youtu.be/ODmfmUWqlSA

Tagline: “You’re more powerful than you think.”

We don’t know about you, but we can’t get the song out of our heads – total earworm material. As a bonus, here are its originators, the Pixies, in a live performance recorded in London in 1988:

Vintage 1985 TV commercial for Apple IIc, featuring former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan

The quality of the recording is far from great (it’s a VHS transfer), but the content is pure gold…

Connecting Point introduced the Apple IIc to a lot of folks, back in the day. Its iconic design was innovative for the time, and doesn’t receive a lot of recognition these days.