In the late 90s it was companies like Shutterfly that ruled the Internet photo industry. Today it is services like Photobucket, Flicr, or Picasa that seem to be taking up the biggest chunk. According to Bloomburg Businessweek, a new company, Instagram, is beginning to get the attention of the people now. With their iPhone app, […]
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In Brooklyn, NY, there’s a store that only sells artisanal flavored mayonnaise. No, it’s not a joke. Founded in 2011 by chef Sam Mason and designer Elizabeth Valleau, Empire Mayonnaise creates mayonnaise with exotic flavors and formulations. We use natural and organic local eggs and flavors whenever possible, but our primary goal is to make
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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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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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Walyou: Ad agency DDB teamed up with Mexican Internet Portal Terra in an attempt to clean up the parks of Mexico City from dog droppings and other foul odored objects and materials by rewarding those who make an effort to clean up after their pets. Pet owners pick up the mess their dogs left and
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New Scientist: Lorna and her classmates, who range in age from 4 to 7, are taking part in a pilot study here at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, to see how young children respond to ScratchJr, a spin-off of the Scratch programming language. Scratch was invented to teach students as young as 8 how to
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Peter Wooldridge’s two sons enjoy the benefits of their father’s job, but baulk at the idea of one day following in his footsteps. You see, Wooldridge Senior is a Tupperware salesman and can well appreciate his boys’ aversion to joining the family business. “They’ve grown up with Dad selling tupperware,†the Adelaide man says with
MSNBC.com‎: In these convenient times, we’ve come to expect a certain level of customer service. Too tired to go shopping? Have your groceries delivered. Dog too shaggy? Summon the mobile pet groomer. Got the munchies at a weird hour? Oh look! A food truck! So perhaps it’s not entirely surprising that the quickie Las Vegas
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Sydney Morning Herald: Ah, le divorce. The dissolution of a marriage is so inconvenient, so uncomfortable, so… lacking in continental breakfasts. Well, at least it was until one Dutch entrepreneur/genius named Jim Halfens decided to open the Divorce Hotel, a one stop shop (actually, there are six branches conveniently scattered across the Netherlands) for couples
The Independent: Its detractors may end up dubbing it “Dementiaville”, but Switzerland is brushing aside a debate raging among geriatric-care experts with plans to build a mock-1950s village catering exclusively for elderly sufferers of Alzheimer’s and other debilitating mental illnesses. The newly approved 20 million EUR housing project is to be built next to the
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