PSFK: The End of Shopping is here. The barcode scanning technology, mentioned in that Times article Guy touched on, actually exists and If you have a camera phone and either T-Mobile or Cingular, you can download the software for free and start scanning for the lowest price around. This is how scan-commerce works, after you download the software from ScanZoom, […]
Shop with Phone
Smart Ass Underwear
Straight.com Vancouver: Think of it as giving your girlfriend her own personal thong song: new locally made Smart Ass underwear flashes a saying at its back T-bar every time she bends over in her low-cut jeans. The duded-up dental floss, in pink or black seamless polyamide-spandex ($2.95 at www.getsmartass.com), sports mottos like Desperate Housewife, Yummy Mummy, Drama Queen, and, for […]
Page-turn Ads
TechRepublic Blog: CNET has recently launched page-turn ad units. Here’s a sample, the Circuit City ad. It’s interactive without being in-your-face like interstitial ads or the ads that take over part of the page. You can browse the pages if you like, or just ignore the ad. And for a retailer I think it’s perfect–the Circuit CIty example is a […]
Seeing Possibilities
we make money not art: NEC has developed a 0.3-millimeter (0.012-inch) thick, foldable battery to be used in cards or clothes, leading to new possibilities such as people walking through ticket gates with fare passes in their pockets. The battery can support tens of thousands of signal transmissions on a single charge and can be recharged in less than 30 […]
360 with the Rampboard
Vertech Industries: Snowboarding is easier to learn than skateboarding. On average a skateboarder will need at least six years of practice before attempting to ride a VertRamp with any degree of skill. A snowboarder is able ride a HalfPipe and launch into the air in as little as two. What’s more, skateboarding is not a suitable summer alternative to snowboarding. […]
Condo Hotels
BusinessWeek: When Keith and Kimberly Hartke heard that the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach was building a new condominium tower, they were ready to buy, quickly plunking down $600,000 for a 1,000-square-foot one-bedroom unit. Keith had vacationed at the hotel as a child and returned as a newlywed with Kimberly years later. But what sold the Hartkes on investing in […]
Moist Granola
Fort Worth Business Press: Justin Avery Anderson, 18, came up with the idea for his product, Anderson Trail’s Original Premium Moist Granola, on a trip in the mountains of New Mexico when he was 16 years old. There, he visited a bed and breakfast that served granola that didn’t damage his braces, as crunchy food can. He offered to buy […]
Loading Service
Entrepreneur: Apple Computer’s iPods are everywhere these days, and they’re hungry. Just ask Catherine Keane, 24, who started her business, HungryPod, shortly after an acquaintance offered her $500 to load his CD collection onto his iPod. Keane took the offer and determined that with two more customers paying similar prices, she could launch a business for $1,500–enough to buy a […]
Million Dollar Home Page
News Blaze: These days, one college student in England is changing the world of real estate one pixel at a time. Sound strange? You bet it is and, in fact, it’s just strange enough to work. Alex Tew, a 21 year old college student, is on the way to being a millionaire and it’s all thanks to the world wide […]
Personalized Cookies
American Chronicle: Personalized cookies are the hottest new product in the highly competitive wedding, party favor, and personalized gift market – now available to dealers. Dealers and specialty Internet marketers looking for a unique new gift idea to add to their wedding and party favor line are excited about this new product. UBU Personalized Products has utilized a process that […]