Springwise: Home cooking is a basic pleasure that gets denied by busy schedules all too often, and at least part of the reason is the time that must go into shopping for and preparing ingredients before the cooking can begin. Customers of the Singapore-based service, which just launched in October, begin by going to ilovemother.net and choosing from a wide […]

Springwise: While there are plenty of reminder services online that help people remember anniversaries and birthdays, few connect to the physical world. Which is where Boston-based Jack Cards comes in: a company that delivers pre-scheduled, ready-to-go greeting cards to the card sender, just in time for them to add a personal message and drop the card in the mailbox. Customers […]

Cart-Away Supply is the first franchised concrete, rental and landscape supply store. Cart-Away Supply sells construction materials that people walk on every day, like concrete, soil, rock and bark. The franchise also rents equipment and stocks merchandise that is used to install the concrete, soil and rock. Cart-Away Supply is a construction supply business that provides delivery trailers to take […]

Springwise: Visitors to Sydney who want the scoop on where all of the best boutiques, cafes and galleries are need only point their browsers to Urban Walkabout to download attractive, pocket-sized walking maps in PDF form, complete with a detailed listing of shops and other attractions—for free. Maps are clean and concise and include information on buses, trains and other […]

Springwise: Hair salons on wheels aren’t particularly novel anymore (to wit: Onsite HairCuts, which we covered last year), and most often they cater to office workers who spend their days in large industrial parks. Now UK-based HairPOD is picking up on that basic idea but bringing it out to the masses—wherever they happen to be—with quick, inexpensive haircuts on the […]

Cool Tool: This service will digitize your old slides, negatives and photographic prints at high quality and at a very cheap price. I’ve been using them to scan my 30-year backlog of photographs and I have been delighted with the results. I’ve used other services to scan my old photos; ScanCafe is by far the best deal. Their prices are […]

BusinessWeek: France is famous for its relaxed attitude to affairs of the heart (and loins). Unlike in the Anglo-Saxon world, the existence of extra-marital affairs — from the fictional Madame Bovary to former President Francois Mitterrand — is taken for granted there. French men even have a term for their mistresses: Le cinq á sept (the 5 p.m. to 7 […]

Springwise: Baby-oriented websites provide a unique marketing opportunity, since they’re aimed at a highly motivated readership—new parents—who have a strong desire to learn and share their experiences. For advertisers, the value stems from bonding with new customers at a moment when they’re experiencing a major and (mostly) positive life transition. When a new baby arrives, families must make new purchase […]

3LUXE: has launched a new editorially-driven review site designed to simplify the online research/purchase process by giving consumers a means to “Simply find the best of everything.” Instead of returning an overwhelming number of choices as search engines do, 3LUXE only provides the three best products or services. “We started 3LUXE to help people save time, and possibly their sanity, […]

TrendWatching.com: Oh, and let’s not forget about automotive insurance: UK-based Sheilas’ Wheels, a division of esure, launched in October 2005 to provide competitive quotes for women. Sheilas’ Wheels designed a policy for women, with features such as additional coverage for handbags and their contents up to GBP 300 if stolen or damaged while in the car, a 24-hour confidential counselling […]