Inhabitat: We certainly cannot talk about spring sustainable style and layered dressing for the great outdoors without checking in with Patagonia to see what they have on tap for the season ahead. Whether you are a surfer chick, a seasoned rock climber, or an urban adventurer, Patagonia organic cotton hoodies and hemp separates create eco-chic combos for both travel and […]
Sustainable Style
iPod Docks
Gadgets Weblog: I always liked iPod docks, and some of them are getting pretty original in their construction. For example, the High School Musical Clock radio for the iPod. As you can see, it’s shaped like a locker. Open it up, and you put your iPod within. It also has an integrated AM/FM tuner, a sleep timer, and snooze button. […]
Coaster Pagers
ZD Net Asia: Remember the days before mobile phones made their way into our pockets, when beeping pagers were the toast of the town? During blogger Eileen Yu’s Vegas trip last week, she chanced upon a food outlet that used radio paging technology in its ordering system. Rather than make its customers stand around the store waiting aimlessly for their […]
Sim Card Reader
Gadgets Review: Are you paranoid about the fact that your girlfriend or boyfriend is cheating you? Do you want to know, what numbers she just dialed and what SMS had sent? You can hire a private detective for all this tasks, but his services may cost you more than expected. Listening devices are expensive to buy and need a special […]
OverstockArt.com’s Application on Facebook Gears Product Toward Trend-Savvy Youths
Newswire: OversockArt.com, one of the web’s most successful distributors of reproduction oil paintings, has set up shop on one of the world’s most popular youth-driven websites – Facebook.com The company’s new application called, “My Art Gallery”, allows Facebook members to upload photos of various pieces of art for sale on the OverstockArt.com website for free. Members can enjoy works from […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 65
3 Ways To Overcome Marketing Overwhelm If you’re like many entrepreneurs, the thought of marketing makes you slightly sick to your stomach. And it’s more then a simple like or dislike of marketing, it’s the idea of trying to fit it into your to-do list. You already have a million things going on, how can you possibly fit marketing in? […]
Pig Bank
TrendHunter: The Credit Card Pig Bank concept is a logical evolution of the ole’ saving piggy bank or donation box. It allows you to swipe your credit card into the adorable pig and voilà, a pre-determined amount of money is transfered from your bank account into the saving/ donation account. Every time you slide the credit card through the card […]
Very Smart Mobs
Smart mobs re-chart direction – from business to pleasure. The fuel behind mob mentality evolves from its infancy in civil disobedience and business demand to art and social effect. As the days of rights movements and tuangou (Chinese team buying) plateau, group thought accelerates in-step with art and technology. Social antagonizer, Improv Everywhere, has used this mentality to organize mass […]
Luxury Shower
ProductDose: I must not have been living right because I never knew such things as this existed. This thing is a Burke-Williams in a box, containing 6 shower spray functions, 5 whirlpool jets, halogen lighting, temperature control, foot massage, FM/CD connections, and a geisha girl. Just kidding about that last one but I would not be shocked if one popped […]
Textbooks for Rental
Springwise: BookRenter.com is yet another example of a web start-up leaping into a nightmarish logistics problem to make life easier for its customers. The US venture has amassed a multi-million-volume library of new or near-new textbooks, which it rents out to students at college campuses throughout the country. Rental periods range from one to four months, and the savings for […]