In a real jewelry shop, you can just walk in and the salesperson will attend to you personally, with recommendations on which pieces suit you best and what the latest fashion trends are. But what happens if you’re trying to buy from an online jewelry e-tailer? Will there be anybody to serve you personally? Well, the answer is yes, at […]
Your Personal Jewelry Adviser
If you ever got lost…
…just use your mobile phone and you’ll be able to find your way home! That is, if your mobile phone is fitted with a route finder. This navigational feature is available from Netherlands-based Route 66 which has set its sight on offering such navigational software for mobile phones simply because it’s the only device that everyone carries around all the […]
Adverts in Public Restrooms?
All sorts of innovative (you might say weird) advertising methods are popping up. We have in the United States liquid crystal display screens that show Internet-based Flash animations to people seeking to relieve themselves in public restrooms. Although marketers have thought of placing indoor advertising in restrooms before, it is the first time that people are seeing Flash advertisements at […]
Adverts on Food Containers?
This is interesting: At least one Chinese restaurant in Manhattan is sending out delivery orders in cartons adorned not with the traditional “Thank You, Enjoy,” but with something a bit more jarring: an advertisement for Cingular Wireless, a purveyor of cellular phone service. From a distance, the boxes are indistinguishable from millions of similar Chinese food containers, but closer inspection […]
Car Advertising
You probably would have came across taxis with eye-catching colours and logos on their exteriors driving along on the highway already. Now, this form of car advertising is being extended to private cars – with great results. In fact, private car advertising is now being taken seriously by companies seeking a cost-effective medium of reaching their target audience. Already, new […]
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 6
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 6 – September 9, 2004 New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: • Wear Your Mobile Phones Mobiles are set to become wearable products which express the owner’s personality. You’re going to see watches, bracelets, and necklaces that are actually mobile phones! • A Vineyard… in the Concrete Jungle Calling all passionate wine connoisseurs and aficionados! Crushpad […]
Whimsical but Practical
Have you ever wanted furniture that are practical but yet have a whimsical element for your precious child? Besides wanting the furniture to be well made, you probably would also want something that is modern, edgy and has an emphasis on fun for your child. Well, you can find all those qualities in Italian firm MAGIS’s furniture designs that include […]
Talking To Your Car
Are you lost or not sure if you have taken a wrong turn? Or have you found yourself in unfamiliar territories? Too embarrassed to frequently stop at the gas station to ask for directions? Well, fear not! Come October, Honda will be the first carmaker to include in some of their models, technology that enables drivers to converse with their […]
Life-saving Car Alarm
Mark Pelletier, a master electrician working for a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Minnesota, has invented a car alarm that may be able to save the lives of the dozens of children who die due to hyperthermia each year in the United States. It’s really sad to hear of accounts of children dying of hyperthermia after being shut up in a […]
The Music Jukebox In Your Phone
Imagine… you could actually have a mini-jukebox in your mobile phone! T-Mobile has recently launched Ear Phones, introducing a totally new category in music. Ear Phones enables customers to browse, download, store and play CD quality, digital music for the first time ever in their T-Mobile phones. Music is already mobile. Just look at the phenomenal success of the iPod, […]