Archive for September, 2010

  • Banned Book Week: Celebrate the Freedom to Read

    Banned Book Week: Celebrate the Freedom to Read

    Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information.

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  • Flashback: Movies from 1980-1989

    Flashback: Movies from 1980-1989

    What better way to spend a rainy day than with an old movie? Well, not that old… In honor of Movie Monday at Swap.com’s Facebook page, we dug up some oldies, but goodies, from one of our favorite decades – the 1980s. These aren’t the typical movies you love – like “Top Gun”, “Ghostbusters”, or [...]

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  • Swap.com Movies: ‘The Town’ Takes Boston by Storm

    Swap.com Movies: ‘The Town’ Takes Boston by Storm

    Ben Affleck just released his newest big-screen masterpiece, The Town, which came out in theatres this past Friday. The movie stars Affleck as a long time bank robber, who while planning his next heist must balance his feelings for a bank manager associated with an earlier heist, along with the FBI agent who is after [...]

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  • Spooky Swap: Top 10 Movies for Halloween

    Spooky Swap: Top 10 Movies for Halloween

    As the Halloween season draws near, we’re prepping for all things spooky and scary. That’s why we’re taken the time to create our top 10 favorite scary movies of all time list. These are the movies you watch in the dark, but have a little bit of light on just to feel a bit safer [...]

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  • Jeff Bennett: Everyone Has a Voice

    Jeff Bennett: Everyone Has a Voice

    You cannot let the masses define you. You have to take an active role in the discussion! In this social web everyone has a voice – that is the way it is – and the result is all of us are exposed to criticism and praise by those who have varying degrees of intormation. Swap.com is [...]

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  • What is Collaborative Consumption? And Why Do We Care?

    What is Collaborative Consumption? And Why Do We Care?

    Collaborative consumption is essentially a retro-style trend that has reacquired and cultivated a vast popularity within the automotive industry. It offers consumers the opportunity to participate in a capitalistic lifestyle while budgeting personal resources and engaging in eco-friendly incentives.

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