Iconoculture: Internet killed the radio station? Not so fast. Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com, now offers a next-generation customizable online radio experience with his free-to-use beta site, BYO.fm. Built on top of digital music lockers at MP3Tunes.com, BYO.fm enables music lovers to become their own program directors, allowing them to create, skip, rewind and fast-forward playlists culled from their own […]
Build Your Own Personal Radio
Easy Sonar Ruler
TrendCentral: Available for just 99 cents from iTunes, Laan Labs’ Sonar Ruler may be the answer to our laser measuring dreams. The app emits sound waves, from the iPhone’s speaker, which then bounce off wherever you point it back to the phone, finally offering a measurement which can be set in feet, inches, or meters. Should you download it, you […]
Budweiser Targets New Consumers
MarketingWeek: Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB-Inbev) is to extend the Budweiser brand with a new drink targeting consumers in their early 20s. The drinks maker is hoping Budweiser Brew No. ’66’, a “lightly carbonated lager brewed with a touch of sweetness”, will appeal to younger drinkers and tap into a recent sales gains for the master brand. Stuart MacFarlane, UK President of […]
Cool Search Engines
search engine land: Move over Google, Yahoo, and Bing; blended results or not, personalized search, Twitter results and OneBoxes … you guys are just too predictable for this article. There’s a new breed of search engines out there, and they’re letting users search and find some utterly crazy stuff. And by “crazy,” I mean a lot of things: unique, cool, […]
iTrend Addiction
iTrend is a convenient application focused on new global business trends & ideas. Use this handy iPhone app to stay tuned with the new business ideas & trends spotted around the globe. The app features top content from: – Springwise A network of 8,000 spotters scan the globe to bring you smart new business ideas and concepts. (Powered by springwise.com) […]
Product Placements in Telenovels
MediaBuyerPlannet: Telemundo is increasingly incorporating products into the plot line of its telenovelas, and its newest deals are being made with manufacturers to develop brand new products for viewers to buy – products which didn’t exist before integration with the show. The first products will be jewelry from the Richline Group. The jewelry will be worn by characters in at […]
Food2Dorm
Food2Dorm was started by a former college student at the University of Kentucky who saw firsthand how little time students have and how hard it can be for students to shop off campus. There wasn’t a quick, easy and affordable way for both college students and parents to shop for food, school supplies, care packages, dorm accessories and more. The […]
Luxurious Future Bathrooms
Bornrich: After revolutionizing the modern kitchen, Electrolux has shifted its attention toward bath spaces. In their new endeavor to keep the future bathrooms in tune with their design values of simplicity and purity, Electrolux has presented the Shine washing machine concept that integrates itself with bathroom furniture. Designed by Levente Szabo, the Shine concept’s high gloss finishing blends itself nicely […]
Baby Swing
Babygadget: Oh, Mother Nature, how could you be so cruel? Just as I had found the perfect baby swing, you went all Nor’easter on our back yard and downed the perfect branch for it! The “Filzchaukel” was originally made by Austrian designer John Mohr for his daughter and has even won a design award. The colors for this beautiful lambswool […]
LunchSkins – Reusable Sandwich Bags
lunchskins.com: Whether you care about our environment, saving money, eating healthy, or looking stylish, LunchSkins are the answer to your plastic baggie blues — they offer an environmental benefit (reduce landfill waste), a practical benefit (they can be used hundreds of times and save you money over the long run), and a healthy choice (food tastes better in a pastry […]