A wedding is a special but stressful event. When the couple come from two different cultures, it’s challenging to incorporate both sets of traditions. A growing number of wedding planners are helping out. Berkeley, CA-based ZahZoom Weddings helped Rachel Carroll, of Jewish faith, and Trinidadian Michelle Matt in their cross-cultural nuptials. The couple walked down the aisle to Caribbean steel […]
Blissful Mixed
Baby-speaking for Foreign Language
Springwise: Learning a new language is often best achieved outside the classroom—when one is eating lunch, for example, or practicing one’s profession. Aiming to bring a similar philosophy to the education of children, Parisian Baby-speaking is an in-home childcare service that includes foreign language instruction in day-to-day activities. With services for children aged one and up, Baby-speaking was developed with […]
BookBook for your MacBook
BookBook is a one-of-a-kind, hardback leather case designed exclusively for MacBook Pro. Available in Classic Black or Vibrant Red, BookBook brings three levels of security to your prized Mac. First, the hardback cover and spine provide solid protection from the rigors of the road. Second, the vintage book design disguises MacBook for superior security. And third, the stylish case protects […]
Mobile Mental Therapy
NPR: As the computing power of cell phones increases, more and more sophisticated mobile apps are being developed for the mental health field. They’re seen as a way to bridge periodic therapy sessions — a sort of 24-7 mobile therapist that can help with everything from quitting smoking to treating anxiety to detecting relapses in psychotic disorders. These mobile technologies […]
Smart Banking
CScout: Citibank has opened two new branches in central Tokyo which function as much as educational and exploratory spaces for users, as regular banking outlets. The two branches are in the heart of the city’s money district, Marunouchi and Nihonbashi, and are part of a new development campaign two years in the making called Smart Banking. Insider, visitors can interact […]
Easy Ticket Sales with Eventzilla
How to setup online event registration for training programs and workshops? View more presentations from Eventzilla. Eventzilla is an online event management system that helps to make the process of managing your event from concept to fulfillment, a breeze. It allows you to import your contacts to get started and offers an avenue that enables you to sell on your […]
Personalize Your Own Clever Design
The Graphic Designer’s Shop is a newly launched graphic designer’s shop where people can submit their geeky ideas and then Phases Design Studio will create the artwork. Once the artwork has been created, shoppers can use it on various items such as t-shirts, sweaters, drink coasters and handbags. You can personalize your brilliant design idea on a sweater, get it […]
Kids Scooter
Babygadget: Living here in the UK, we don’t come across Amish-made goods as often as perhaps our readers in the states do – so possibly they hold even more fascination for us. Certainly I’d froth at the mouth with the desire to give this Amish-made scooter a turn. It’s not just the intriguing Amish label, either – it’s the colour […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 100
Community Art A splash of colour and design can go a long way toward beautifying a grey, ugly space. The Favela Painting project (the brainchild of Dutch artist duo Haas&Hahn) aims to revitalize the slums of Rio de Janeiro through large, community-driven murals…. Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 100 >>> – Personalize Your Own Clever Design – Skillfully Sculpted Swan […]
Community Art
Springwise: A splash of colour and design can go a long way toward beautifying a grey, ugly space, as Carspaze and Style-your-garage have already shown. Now aiming to do something similar for the slums of Rio de Janeiro through large, community-driven murals, the Favela Painting project also goes several steps further by incorporating training and employment for local residents. The […]