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SFGate: LivingSocial heralded a new era last month when it offered a $10,000 coupon for a penthouse-suite package at the Fairmont hotel: Daily-deal sites are going upscale. After getting started on small-ticket items – cupcakes, manicures and yoga sessions – LivingSocial and its larger rival Groupon Inc. are pursuing buyers willing to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on […]

Gizmodiva: Angry Birds in no doubt a sensation and it is no surprise that they were making a big splash at the Toy Fair this year. One of their most fun items was the cool Angry Birds rubber playground balls. They look so much fun and almost as awesome as the game. I cannot wait to buy them and bounce […]

TrendBlog: Be it hair cuts, laser hair removal or acupuncture, Lifebooker’s appointment-booking model is especially convenient because you can go to it on an as-needed basis, rather than a “I think this might perhaps come in handy in the future” basis, which is often the case with Groupon-style deals (although Lifebooker also offer have their own Groupon-style “Lifebooker Loots”). Other […]

Iconoculture: FaceCash, the innovative mobile payment platform launched by one of Facebook’s founders, is about to get a trial run in the real world. Select Subway restaurants in Southern California will be accepting FaceCash payments at the register beginning in November 2010. FaceCash is a free app for smartphones that operates like a funded debit or cash card. Its security […]

CScout: Usually we try to visit pop-up stores in person, but a new store has made that a bit more challenging: Airwalk launched their limited edition of the 90’s style Jim Plastic and Jim Tennis shoes by invisible pop-up stores in New York and Los Angeles. There were no walls, no store fronts, no sales people or shoes to try […]

Missy Flowers is a new visual shopping search engine that helps convenience-seeking shoppers find that perfect flower delivery gift, without having to shift through multiple websites to compare products and prices. Shoppers can search over 3,000 flowers, plants and gift baskets by the leading American flower delivery websites, such as 1-800-Flowers and FTD. Missy Flowers makes the task of shifting […]

Springwise: Dutch Deadjeans accepts the back pockets of beloved denim pants from all over the world. In return, it will fashion those pockets with felt lining and convert them into unique smartphone holders. Consumers need only carefully remove the pocket they have in mind — it must be at least 14cm high by 9cm wide — and mark the front […]

CNET: As if it weren’t already a breeze to spend money on Amazon, the retail giant’s updated Amazon for iPhone app just made it even easier to instantly shell out for wares. The latest version of Amazon Mobile, 1.2.8, contains a bar code scanner in its search screen. As with bar code scanners in other mobile apps, Amazon Mobile uses […]

Business Journal: Add Minnesota Vikings merchandise to the list of items now sold in vending machines. The Eden Prairie-based football team and Indianapolis-based merchandise monger MainGate Inc. installed a Vikings vending machine at the Mall of America Thursday, the companies said in a press release. It’s the first NFL-branded vending machine, and a test run to evaluate automated sales of […]