1869 – Japan’s samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system (ShinÅkÅshÅ) is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese date: June 25, 1869). 1870 – Tower Subway, the world’s first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom. 1873 – The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in […]
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Wall Street Journal: Small and midsize U.S. businesses are expected to spend $700 million on tech tools or platforms to monitor customer opinions on the Web over the next year, more than double the spending in the past 12 months, according to BIA/Kelsey, a Chantilly, Va., media-research firm. Some of the services make bold promises.
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Zhu Jingxuan, a student in China has created a device to capture the aroma of food on a postcard. The ‘food printer’ uses a camera to take the picture and a smell extractor to collect the aroma simultaneously, then prints a postcard with aroma ink. China Daily has the details: During a trip, when people
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Cassandra Daily: Eliminating the time suck that typically accompanies online dating, Coffee Meets Bagel is an online dating platform that does the legwork for its members by delivering one curated match each day to their inboxes. An email containing a photo and simple user profile arrives at noon, and the recipient has 24 hours to
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