SomethingStore is a fun new website that will send you “something”, an item selected randomly among many things from their inventory, for $10 (free shipping) and you will find out what your something is when you receive it. It may be something you need, something you want or something you desire. A cool gadget, rare book, handmade necklace, reverse clock […]
Surprise Yourself with SomethingStore
Update: ClayValet
Here’s an update on ClayValet (clayvalet.com), an online personal shopping service which we featured sometime ago. The Seattle-based company just recently debuted an improved site design and several anticipated features. ClayValet enlists real people to personally answer user requests. The service caters to people who don’t have hours to spend sifting through endless search results and comparing countless options. New […]
Simple Dog Vitamin
TrendCentral: Anyone whose family includes a dog knows that getting Fido to take his vitamins is even harder than getting the kids to eat spinach. Rather than having to shove a horse pill down your dog’s throat or “hide” it in its food only to have it spit out, these innovative new vitamins from OVN can be added straight to […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 67
Working from Home: Creating your first website Starting a home-based business is a huge undertaking. Creating an online presence for your business can be equally overwhelming. Where do you begin to learn the basics of creating your first website? It’s actually much simpler than you think….. Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 67 >>> – Flip & Tumble Reusable Bag – […]
Polaroid Times
NYT: MILLIONS of families once snapped Polaroid photographs and enjoyed passing around the newly minted prints on the spot, instead of waiting a week for them to be developed. Now, Polaroid wants to conjure up those golden analog days of vast sales and instant gratification — this time with images captured by digital cameras and camera phones. This fall, the […]
Kids Safety Bands
You just turned away for a moment. You look in every direction – scanning the area. Your heart starts to pound as you call out their name. You start to panic and think the worst when your cell phone rings. A welcome voice tells you that they found your wandering child and all is well. Has this happened to you? […]
Flip & Tumble Reusable Bag
Flip & Tumble is an unique and modern reusable bag created by Eva Bauer and friends right out of graduate school. While in graduate school at Stanford’s Product Design Program, they began researching how people use reusable bags because while almost everyone owned reusable bags, most didn’t remember them until they reached the checkout line. Flip & Tumble came out […]
Let’s Play Network
TrendCentral: The newest entry to the world of online communities is weplay, a social network for youth athletes and their parents and coaches. Young athletes can create their own profiles in which they can post news, photos, and videos. Through such, they are able to connect with friends and teammates, manage their practice and game schedules, talk to coaches, view […]
StickK To Your Word
TrendCentral: Whether your personal goal is to drop 20 pounds, quit smoking, hit the gym, or even stop biting your nails, stickK uses the power of a “commitment contract” to encourage you to “stickK” to your word. Developed by two Yale professors with backgrounds in law and economics, the stickK concept is based on the idea that most people will […]
Cloakscan Tech
Springwise: Who hasn’t checked their coat at a restaurant or other venue and worried about losing the claim ticket? London-based Idscan aims to put those worries to rest with a biometric cloakroom system that it claims is a world’s first. Cloakscan records a customer’s thumbprint via a small scanner, while a digital camera records the transaction. When customers return and […]