Springwise: Sonopia works with Verizon to handle calls and data transfer, and lets anyone from a rock band to a church group set up their own mobile network brand. In return, the mini carrier will receive 3-8% of revenues generated by the customers they sign up. Brands create their own calling plans, get a co-branded website and are able to […]
Mobile Network
Lifecasting
TrendCentral: Not since the ‘90s JenniCam craze has a personal webcam attracted so much attention. Justin.tv is the live videostream of Justin Kan, a 23-year-old web entrepreneur in San Francisco who has coined the term “lifecasting” with his no holds barred self-documentation approach. Kan has attached a camera to his head that delivers a 24/7 stream of his life from […]
Voice Advantage
Ecommerce-Guide: Every business owner knows it: If you could just talk to prospects one-on-one, you could convert them to customers. Click-to-chat and click-to-call features, of course, have existed for years, but now there’s a new, more viral twist. Starting today you can test out a new service that attempts to combine the best of social networking with Internet-based telephony. In […]
SmudgeGuard
Cool Tools: My son is left-handed and kept getting the side of his hand dirty from unwanted graphite and ink smudges in school, so we ordered him a SmudgeGuard. The glove, which covers his pinky, is made of nylon and spandex, so it fits snug to his hand and glides easily over the paper when he’s writing fast. Usually, when […]
BurnLounge
TrendBlog: BurnLounge is a community-powered digital music service. BurnLounge provides music fans with the necessary software and an expansive catalog of music, to create and sell music (and fan merchandise) to peers from their own digital music stores. This consumer-driven retailing model draws on the power of peer relationships and shared interests of its seller’s communities. After purchasing the software, […]
Denim Code
TrendHunter: Levi’s invented jeans and Diesel turned them into a fashion item. Now DENIM CODE is taking jeans into the interactive digital communication era. DENIM CODE, the new French brand of jeans, has come up with a revolutionary concept consisting of making it possible to access an audio/video recording free of charge from a pair of DENIM CODE jeans.” Simple […]
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 40
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: RETAIL TV Wardrobe Shopping enabled entertainment gives a whole new meaning to product placement where viewers no longer have to be persuaded by advertisers to buy their products, but instead their brands are being actively sought-out by a celebrity-obsessed culture. CONSUMER GOODS Laser Scissors Talking about scissors is general but talking about it […]
Music Craftsmanship
The Cool Hunter: Techno craftsman Gresso (http://www.gresso.com) are better known for their African Blackwood mobile phones. The collection of phones are beautifully constructed out of 200 year old wood and have placed Gresso in a unique market where wooden craftsmanship meets technology. Now, Gresso have developed their own line of MP3 players called, The Symphonia Collection. The model is again […]
Fatigue to Fitness
Domanic Tay is introducing his fatigue to fitness program, Ultimate “Fatigue To Fitness” which will teach and guide you along to kiss goodbye to fatigue and welcome a new toned body. You will learn: – Breaking out the dangerous vicious cycle of ill health – 2 things to do before you exercise that could dramatically change your fitness forever – […]
Laser Scissors
CoolBuzz: Talking about scissors is general but talking about it with laser is something good and new. Every time you cannot mark the area that you have to cut, with a marker. And, without marking it is very difficult to achieve sheer cutting. Laser Scissors is designed with an in-built laser light on the handle. According to the website, “The […]