MP3digest: At both MacExpo and CES Ten Technologies displayed the naviPlay – a Bluetooth wireless adaptor that allows third-generation iPod owners to ditch their earphone cords. Basically its transmitter plugs into the iPod while its adaptor can connect with any type of headphones or speakers. Its battery will run for about eight hours before it needs a recharge – spookily […]
Wireless iPod Coming Soon
Christmas Business Idea
Bizjournals.com: After launching new products and services for Golden-based Adolph Coors Co. and Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications Inc., Heather Shepardson wants to get a piece of the $8 billion Christmas decoration market. Shepardson, 36, recently introduced the Ever-Green Water System, a plastic box disguised as a Christmas present. The product fits neatly under a Christmas tree, providing a 2.7-gallon reservoir […]
The Internet Goldmine
Business 2.0: The second Internet boom is quietly taking shape — and this one looks like it’s going to last. Here’s how six innovative businesses learned from the past and have begun to make the Web work for them. How to Make Money on the Net [Business 2.0]
Design Wins
MPIO has received the highly rated iF product design award from International Forum Design for its MPIO FL300 flash MP3 player. “Design is a focal point of our product development, so this success is a result of our heavy investment in product development,” said Marcelino Kim of MPIO. “The MPIO FL300 is just one example of how we develop fashion […]
Piaggio Offers Free Music
Adverblog.com: Buongiorno Vitaminic has created a pan-european campaign to promote the new Piaggio NRG Power. The initiative will run in Italy, France, Germany and Spain with the aim of driving traffic to the site www.nrg.piaggio.com and then building the NRG Community. Young users who sign up in the site receive the possibility of downloading free music. There is also an […]
Rental Listing Firms Fail
Business 2.0 Blog: Craigslists, the biggest online business still pretending not to be a real business, knocked another company out, a San Francisco area apartment listing service. The San Francisco Chronicle notes that: RentTech, which bought Berkeley’s Rental Solutions about five years ago, closed earlier this fall. Two other rental services — San Jose’s Home Renters Guide and Berkeley Connection […]
Need a Personal Shopper?
StartupJournal: When life feels overwhelming, many women grab their purse and head for the mall. But while Maggie McQuown also views shopping as entertainment, she gets paid for it. “It’s just something I’ve always been good at — color, shopping, putting things together and knowing what someone else will like, what they can wear and what will make them look […]
goAnywhere, Wirelessly
Infoworld: The wireless airwaves may get a bit more crowded next year following the announcement that Intellisync’s goAnywhere technology, unveiled this week, will give users of low-cost feature phones the same push e-mail capability that is now only available on pricier smart phones. The goAnywhere solution requires no additional software on the handset, needing only SyncML, an industry standard for […]
Desktop Mobile
Burnside Telecom, a developer of innovative landline and cellular communications equipment, today confirmed that its Desktop Mobile would be ‘ideal’ for business users who have signed up for mobile phone tariffs such as Vodafone Sharetime, a service plan which offers users shared minutes and free calls across a group of mobile phones. The Desktop Mobile is perfect for any office […]
Personal E-tailers
BusinessWeek: Remember when the ultimate in personalizing a gift was adding a monogram? Today inscribing initials on luggage or towels seems quaintly old-fashioned compared to what’s available on the Web. Thanks to improvements in software that display customized goods online, guide users through the selection process, and automate production, individualizing a gift has gotten far more sophisticated — and, dare […]