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1. Apple Maps2. Path privacy breach3. Facebook IPO4. Fake Nokia Lumia ad5. Instagram's almost privacy changes6. Research in Motion7. Oprah's Surface tweet8. Facebook's chair commercial9. Homeless people as Wi-Fi hotspots10. Samsung's killing puppies commercial

It's hard to imagine how anyone at BBH Labs thought that using homeless people as Wi-Fi hotspots at SXSW was a good idea, but it happened, and it got a lot of attention.

9. Homeless people as Wi-Fi hotspots

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It's hard to imagine how anyone at BBH Labs thought that using homeless people as Wi-Fi hotspots at SXSW was a good idea, but it happened, and it got a lot of attention.

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