Mitchell Fanning, Trend Hunter

Bringing Ladies' Night to Web site

To veteran Internet users it may seem a bit ‘passe’, but according to eMarketer.com online dating is growing in markets worldwide. Since new singles come along all the time, the dating business is definitely here to stay. However, research shows there is a lot of room for growth for online dating and matchmaking Web sites. The biggest challenge for new online dating sites is that the ratio is usually very lopsided. Typically membership consists of 90% men so online dating services have to… [More]

Personalize Your Pizza Online - Domino's Pizza Builder

In the US, Domino's Pizza recently created an online "pizza builder" that is quite amusing. The cool thing is that once you're done with your creativity, you can actually save your pizza and/or place the order and receive at home your "personalized" pizza in just half an hour! Check it out the nex… [More]

US Airlines Turning Planes into Wireless Hot Spots in 2008

Starting next week and over the next few months passengers on several United States airlines may soon hear a new in-flight announcement: “You can now log on.” On Tuesday, JetBlue Airways will begin offering a free e-mail and instant messaging service on one of its planes, while American Airline… [More]

Be Santa on Facebook This Christmas

Be Santa is a new facebook app that was just launched on facebook. This fun application allows you to send virtual gifts to your friends, write a letter to Santa, or actually send real gifts. This facebook app is from the Guys over at Dank Apps (they recently received funding From Bay Partners under… [More]

Tech to Connect Physical & Digital World - QR Codes For Mobile Marketing (VIDEO)

As most of us know, the last frontier in marketing to be conquered is creating a connection between the physical world and the digital world. Well, with use of QR codes spreading to North America (currently big in Japan) this technology has put marketing in the palm of consumers' hands. A QR Code i… [More]

Google Launches iPhone Application to its Arsenal

Not only has Google decided to take to the mobile airwaves, but the company has unveiled a new application for the iPhone to cover even more ground in grand Google tradition. This new application combines various Google services into a single interface. The company said yesterday that the new appli… [More]

Dr Pepper Goes Viral for Flavor Intro: Over 1 Million Hits on YouTube in Just 9 Days (VIDEO)

When Dr Pepper wanted to get the word out about its newly introduced flavor, it didn't turn to its advertising agency, WPP Group's Young & Rubicam, San Francisco. Instead, the soft drink maker engaged True Entertainment, a production company based in New York, to craft a viral video for Cherry Choco… [More]

Why Some Companies Emulate Facebook

Excerpt from Article: Social networking guru Dana Boyd stirred controversy this summer by writing about class divisions online. The Berkeley doctoral student noted that Facebook is used by kids more likely to go to college while MySpace is more popular among students expected to get a job or join … [More]

1974 Lamborghini Becomes Art: 70-ton crane used to hang Car on Wall

Tired of having his 1974 Lamborghini towed repeatedly, Richard Moriarty choose otherwise to hang his car on a wall of his living space. The entire hanging procedure still required the use of a 70-ton crane, to lift the 1,000-pound car through a skylight to its final resting place, where it hangs ov… [More]

$270,000 Sub-Aquatic Restroom - Underwater Toilet at Mumin Papa Cafe (VIDEO)

Mumin Papa Café offers its customers the luxury of using an underwater restroom built alongside a giant aquarium. So, here is your chance to go No. 2 in the aquatic surrounding with fish and turtles. This experience is only available for the fairer sex (that means you, ladies) that will enjoy the … [More]