DailyCandy: Let’s face it. E-cards meet a need. When, say, you forget your brother’s birthday. And when you throw a Bachelor finale party for your pals. But those fast and free messages don’t make anyone sentimental. Nothing says someone cared enough to send the very best like a beautifully designed traditional note in your mailbox. (That strange thing attached to […]

Parking Network: Refinery, a Top 25 U.S. interactive agency, announced that it is building an application for the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) that for the first time will link the City’s more than 1,000 off-street parking venues, even those not managed by PPA, through a consumer-friendly Web site. The site will allow users to view detailed location, availability, timing, and […]

Yenra: Swedish lifestyle company Singelringen has launched a finger ring for singles. Meaning the single ring in Swedish, Singelringen is for a burgeoning number of singles who are keen to identify one another as romantically unattached. With sharp declines in marriage rates over the last few decades, single people are not only growing in number but also in influence. Signs […]

FortWayne.com: Now that every corner beauty shop calls itself a day spa, along comes something new: the day resort. That’s what Cornelia Zicu calls the haven she opened recently on top of the Ferragamo building in Manhattan. The main level houses 11 facial and massage rooms, luxurious locker rooms, a hair salon, a separate barbershop and a tranquil relaxation area […]

Yahoo! Finance: Move aside, dull, ordinary light bulbs — Mood-lites, http://www.mood-lites.com, the ultimate lighting to enhance the spa lifestyle, dubbed a “must have” by The New York Daily News, has arrived to brighten your world! Kathryn Goetzke White, the creator of Mood-lites, believes that Mood-lites is a holistic compliment to the spa lifestyle. “Mood-lites offer a variety of light-bulbs that […]

STLtoday.com: It’s easy enough to hang artwork on your wall, but have you ever considered turning your wall into a work of art? Beyond faux finishes, crown molding, chair rails, wainscoting and baseboards, new decorating techniques and products are giving three-dimensional grandeur to walls that is nothing but artistic. Maya Romanoff of Chicago, a textile designer and wallpaper master, said […]

Yenra: Jacuzzi has announced a new initiative called Morphosis and unveiled a new series of whirlpool baths — Alpha, Gamma, and Sigma — that were designed in conjunction with Pininfarina, legendary for their Ferrari car designs. Morphosis is a new and important Jacuzzi initiative focused on seeking out ventures in order to combine the best design aspects from outside the […]

AP: Despite suffering technical glitches that prompted jokes and guffaws, Bill Gates promised Wednesday that Microsoft Corp. would help millions of consumers stay seamlessly plugged into a world of digital music, movies, video games and television shows. In his seventh annual keynote speech at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft’s chairman explained that the proliferation of broadband Internet access […]

Yenra: Hilton has signed an exclusive agreement with Bally Total Fitness to provide hotel guests with access to more than five thousand certified personal trainers at Hilton or Bally locations in major cities throughout North America. In addition, Hilton’s Personal Performance Program includes enhancements to its in-room exercise options by offering an in-room mini gym designed by Bally at properties […]

NewMediaBeijing.org: ScreamBody is a wearable space for screaming. When a person needs to scream but is in the office, classroom, looking after children, or in any number of situations where it is just not appropriate, ScreamBody acts as a surrogate lung allowing the person to let the scream out of their own body and into a body extension. ScreamBody silences […]