Techcrunch: Today, Walmart is launching an updated iPhone application and a new iPad app, in an effort to better connect customers’ offline and online shopping experiences. The iPhone app in particular brings a number of new features, including voice-enabled shopping list creation, barcode scanning and integrated manufacturers’ coupons, while the iPad app offers the ability to find items both online […]
Apps from Walmart
Touchscreen Gloves for Winter
Dvice: We now have the surest sign that touchscreen devices are no longer limited to the realm of techies and have gone truly mainstream. This winter one of the biggest apparel chains in the world has decided to make iPhone-friendly gloves a major staple of their line-up. Just in time for the cold weather, Japan’s Muji has introduced unisex Touchscreen […]
Special Music Edition, Unlocked
Concept Albums are making a comeback, and the music industry is searching for a new business model. Enter ‘Soul Delay’ by The Mischief Engine, which is free in a standard version, or available via iTunes as a concept album. Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead and others have offered “special editions” of their free albums for a price. These usually take the […]
Stylish and Ethical Marketplace
Saltandethic.com is a marketplace based on one belief: only design and style will be able to introduce responsible consumption into pop culture. For many years, responsible purchasing implied compromising either style or quality, until very lately when a new generation of young and talented designers brought a new approach to the creation and development of products. The result of it? […]
What Should I Draw?
What Should I Draw HD is an iPad app that was developed to answer the question that often arises when we want to draw something. “What should we draw? ” Unlike the other painting or drawing apps, What Should I Draw not only provides drawing media but also gives children suggestions of what to draw. The app consists of four […]
Wake N Shake – The Merciless Alarm Clock iPhone App
It’s called Wake N Shake – The Merciless Alarm Clock – an alarm clock that’s really gets people out of bed. It’s an alarm app that has no snooze button, that can’t be shut down by pressing the home button and the volume cant be lowered. The only way to shut it off is by shaking the hell out of […]
Drinks-Lab Homebrew Kit
The Drinks-Lab Homebrew Kit is the fun and easy way to experience creating each own alcoholic drinks, the way each like them. The Kit contains everything needed to turn each favourite fruit juices into sparkling alcoholic drinks in three easy steps. Simply choose or mix up your favourite juices, pour the special yeast blend into the bottle, seal the bottle […]
HelpersUnite
HelpersUnite is a crowdfunding website that provides a platform for artists and entrepreneurs who want to raise funds using the crowdfunding concept similar to Kickstarter and Indiegogo. The biggest difference between HelpersUnite and the rest is that it has created the only platform that facilitates (and requires where others prohibit) crowdfunding for both creative projects alongside a chosen charity. So, […]
Virtual Grocery At Subway
BBC: Online shopping is nothing new, especially in plugged-in South Korea. But one company says it’s going further. It’s testing out a virtual supermarket in a public place. At Seolleung underground station in Seoul, there’s a row of brightly lit billboards along the platform, with hundreds of pictures of food and drink – everything from fruit and milk to instant […]
Living In a ShoeBox
Shoebox Dwelling: How delightful is this? Swedish company Matroshka Furniture AB managed to squeeze living room, dining room, bedroom and study in just 15m2 (about 160 square feet). This was achieved by inventing a piece of furniture that is able to transform into all of the above spaces. Matroshka system was inspired by Russian nesting dolls. Here too pieces fit into each […]