Mind the gap

Electrifying a classic, stop motion genius with the Wes Anderson team, the big gender pay gap reveal, and one man and his daughter in the Australian outback.

The best thing since sliced bread? Millennials continue to take things too far.

A plug-in Mini Cooper. Already labelled as ‘sacrilege’ by diehard Mini fans, the brand have replaced the usual petrol engine with lithium-iron phosphate, batteries and an electric motor.

Just a one-off though, so you can calm down Gary from Wigan.

The nostalgia of punching in an unnecessarily long code to purchase an overpriced Curly Wurly – long live the humble vending machine.

Kicking things up a considerable notch, China. Ford and Alibaba have joined forces to bring citizens a vending machine for cars, loaning vehicles to potential customers to test drive up to three days for free.

In the land of very specific colour palettes, Helevetica and Futura fonts, and continual Bill Murray - Wes Anderson has freed his latest stock-motion spectacular to the world, Isle of Dogs.

From attaching GoPros to real life dogs to sculpting the tiniest facial movements on pocket-sized puppy puppets, here’s a mini behind-the-scenes behind the meticulous creation.

Mind the gap.

Do not ignore the gap.

You better hope and pray you’ve published the gap.

Interested to know the gender pay gap at your company? Spoiler alert: absolutely textbook.

If heavy lids and twiddling thumbs are an all-too-familiar sight the boardroom, then you might want to consider picking up the pace. The new pitch process: shorter, faster, better.

‘Ok, so what’s the ETA on the yum yum gobble drops?’ Brighton-based animator and designer, Laurie Rowan walks Lecture in Progress through mastering the production process and bringing the fun, for Creative Lives.

Facebook. Zuckerberg talks GDPR, revealing no plans to extend user privacy protections beyond the EU.

‘Consumers want privacy above ‘relevant’ ads’ says Mark Ritson in what he labels a critical point in marketers’ relationship with data privacy.

Tuesdays. Aren’t they just nicer with Nicer Tuesdays? Get your March round-up featuring the sisterhood, the seven-second rule and everyone’s reoccurring nightmare – Mr Blobby.

Your tea-break moment this week comes courtesy of Swedish singer, Anna Leone.

Plug in, tune out.

‘Cause if you liked it, then you should have pierced my finger flesh’ Beyonce’s ‘Single Ladies’ takes a sinister turn.

Remember when Steve Jobs popularised the mouse? God knows, we all love a good mouse. I certainly don’t know where we’d be without the mo-

-forget the mouse! Cast it into the flames! Right-clicking is for the weak!

Apple are working on technology that allows users to perform some tasks by moving their finger close to the screen without even having to tap it. The wondrous and beautiful height of laziness.

Meanwhile, on the Isle of Skye – it’s not any just news, it’s DINO NEWS.

Film. Flesh-eaters. Freeman.

Netflix’s latest big-hitter, Cargo places us in the good ol’ unforgiving landscape of the Australian outback – oh, and it’s the zombie apocalypse, naturally.

Makes his journey across Middle Earth look like a walk in the park.