February 17, 2014

The Death of the Printed Book

TechRadar: Amazon has announced that it now sells more Kindle ebooks than all print books – that’s hardcover and paperback combined – through the Amazon.com site. Introduced less than four years ago, the Kindle has quickly become Amazon’s top selling product, and now digitised books for the reader have become more popular with its customers

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Why I Didn’t Think Of That

Products to amuse and inspire. Disposable Sunglasses. Trims your eyebrows as a bonus. Circus Peanut Soap. Now you can get clean with a childhood memory. Math Quiz Wall Clock. You have to figure out what time it is? You’ll never be on time again. The Draft: Bacon Beer! One word….bacon! Photos by redferret/trendhunter/gq.

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Flip Flops Are Huge!

Did you know that flip flops are a $20 billion dollars industry? I had no idea. Flip flops have replaced the running shoe, said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst with the NPD Group. “It’s one of the few categories that, even during the recession, continues to do well,” he said. “Flip-flops, from even before the

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Putting Bugs on the Menu

Business Week: World Entomophagy is one of a growing number of insect suppliers that promote bugs as food. For humans. Encouraged by media attention, TV shows like Fear Factor, and growing concerns about the threat of overpopulation to the food supply, Americans—at least a few—are warming to the idea. “In the past three years, interest

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Pretzel Wars

FSB Magazine: Squeezed between Moe’s Coffee Shop and the Shop N Go minimart on hardscrabble Frankford Avenue, in the heart of working-class Northeast Philadelphia, lies the Philly Pretzel Factory. With its algae-green sign bolted to the building’s khaki stucco exterior, it looks more like a takeout joint than the headquarters of a $40 million empire.

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