But when you rip back the shock value of dresses made with garbage bags, others held together by safety pins or staples, skirts with strategic slashes and T-shirts fronted with provocative sayings, punk largely stood on the principles of individuality and authenticity, both so greatly valued in a DIY, Internet-savvy culture.

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She could not be present to personally receive the honour at YouTube's Live event in San Francisco, but her pop-culture-savvy pre-recorded acceptance speech showed her to be possibly the coolest queen alive.

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The group has listed over a dozen entities in China and Hong Kong, mostly in transportation, and its bank wins plaudits for its service culture and IT savvy.

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Bursting the pop culture bubble of Web-savvy wunderkinds, the Institute asserts that youth is actually a disadvantage.

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They briefed the Cobra committee (made up on this occasion by on-the-ball, internet-savvy actors playing the prime minister, culture secretary and home secretary) on response strategies to the threat, analysed a simulated Twitter feed to gauge the social media response to the issue, and discussed and debated strategies for managing the attack on a chat site called the Und3rgr0und - the gathering place of choice for Incognito hacktivists.

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To coincide with a booming population, Boston sports owners have made savvy investments that have turned the city into an extremely viable sports culture.

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He also appears geeky enough to run Skype, which was founded by two highly tech-savvy European entrepreneurs and retains a do-it-yourself (DIY) culture and reputation.

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They look at values, at semiotics, at visual style, and insights that align with the subtle culture nuances that nicely connect the kinda-new, kinda-now with the savvy, visually-cued next gen global consumer.

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