TrendCentral: Bored with the sleek contemporary facade of your external hard drive? Etsy shop CentennialMerchant upcycles discarded VHS tapes into hard drives that can be displayed with geek pride, or camouflaged in a row of other tapes to keep your top-secret information under wraps. Offering up to 640 GB of unique storage, currently the hard drives are available in Star […]
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Lonely No More on Thread
Thread.com in less than a minute from Thread.com on Vimeo. Iconoculture: Lonely hearts looking for love online, but tired of registration-heavy dating sites and wary of total strangers, can tug on Thread for a Facebook-friend-vetted flame-finding alternative. Launched in September 2009 and currently in beta, the currently free Facebook Connect-powered service only requires users to fill out a bare-bones questionnaire to […]
Healthy Seaweed Chips
TrendCentral: These seaweed chips from Maine Coast Sea Vegetables have become a popular mid-afternoon snack in our office. Although it does involve another pricey trip to Whole Foods, we think these chips may be worth fighting the lines and extending our budgets for. Unlike most savory snack foods, they have no added salt, yet still have a distinct sodium flavor […]
So Precious Wine
Luxist: Exactly how long a bottle of wine keeps after it’s been opened is a question that has no easy answer, but Eurocave’s SoWine bar aims to extend the shelf-life of your half-empty bottles for up to 10 days. Designed as both a preservation and storage system it has two compartments, each with independent temperature control settings, and vacuum seal […]
Smart Move Tape
Smart Move tape is a fast, easy, effective way to organize your move. The color coded packing tape has the room or message printed right on it allowing you to tape and label your belongings in one quick step. It organizes the way you pack, the way you load.
Debit or Credit? You Choose
Iconoculture: When U.S. consumers swipe their debit cards, they’re typically asked to choose “credit” or “debit” for the transaction. The first requires a signature, the second a PIN, but either way the money still comes out of a savings or checking account. But what if consumers really had the option on a single card of either charging via a credit […]
Lumosity’s Brainy Games
Lumosity is a scientifically designed brain fitness program designed by some of the leading experts in neuroscience and cognitive psychology from Stanford and UCSF. Brain games on Lumosity.com offer users a full, free cognitive workout in less than 10 minutes per day. It has been shown to improve basic cognitive functions in randomized, controlled clinical trials. Play for free and […]
Pay with Kwedit
Iconoculture: Teens love to buy virtual goods from videogames, but if they don’t have access to Mom’s plastic, they’re often out of luck. That could change dramatically, now that Kwedit has launched. It’s a sophisticated honor system that allows anyone over age 13 to buy virtual goods with a promise to pay later. How will they pay later? By taking […]
Auto Ads from PlaceLocal
PlaceLocal automatically creates unique display ads for local advertisers. Type in any local business and PlaceLocal gets to work, searching the web for relevant information, reviews, and photos to use in the ad. Within seconds, your ad is designed, ready to be tweaked or ordered. Just type in any local business to create an ad — how much simpler does […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 98
Wooing Elite Travelers As the luxury travel takes on to woo the elite travelers, British Airways has also introduced their new first class cabin being installed on a B777. The new cabin features a personal wardrobe, a 60% wider bed at the shoulders, leather-bound writing table, a 15-inch in-flight entertainment screen….. Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 98 >>> – Other […]