 DIY Music Remixes - Musinaut Customizable MXP4s::Imagine being able to create your own music remix of songs you have in your playlist--adding harmony, supplementing the existing beat, adjusting the bass--and you have the primary concept behind Musinaut.… [MORE] |
 Photos Converted Into Masterpieces - Canvas on Demand::Canvas on Demand is ranked 283 on America's 500 fastest growing Inc. list. Not bad at all. However, they may get higher in the ranks as being featured on "The View" sure has its advantages -- the search… [MORE] |
 Nixing Dorm Land Lines - UK Coeds Prefer Cell Phones::Paying for individual telephone land lines in college dorms can add up quickly; the University of Kentucky has managed to cut $840,000 in costs by omitting land lines in dorm rooms. According to the University… [MORE] |
 Fast-Food Loyalty - Big Mac Man Eats His 23,000th Burger::While the rest of the world is cutting back on beef and calories, Don Gorske, chowed down his 23,000th Big Mac milestone. He works for a Wisconsin prison and is obsessed with numbers, but calories and… [MORE] |
 Reinventing Viral Technologies - Apple Revamps iPods::Apple presented a line of revised iPods at a San Francisco press event; the revamps included the iPod Shuffle as well as the classic iPod and iPod Touch which received minor design upgrades. The iPod Touch… [MORE] |
 Inflation Killing Retail Brands - 99 Cent Stores Jack Up Prices::Chinese crap costs more, so does Korean, Vietnamese and other merchandise. That being said, 99 cent stores are feeling the pinch, so they will raise their prices to 99.99 cents.
The 99 Cents Only store… [MORE] |
 Top Secret Corporate Promotions - Bo Dietl Relocates KFC Recipe::Former New York City Police Department detective Bo Dietl is one of the foremost experts on corporate security. Today, he’s relocating KFC’s secret chicken-coating recipe from the Louisville headquarters… [MORE] |
 Sexually Confused Ads - Axe Gets “So Cute” With Disney-Style Commercial::Axe is well-known for its sexy and funny marketing campaigns and Axe Shower Gel: So Cute, is the latest.
The ad features a young, handsome man showering and then laying down a piece of pink women’s… [MORE] |
 Portable TV Shows - The BBC iPlayer::The BBC iPlayer allows users in the UK to watch and download TV programs from previous weeks. Until recently, the service was only available for computer download, but is now available for the iPhone,… [MORE] |
 Viral Mistakes - Chicago Tribune Reports United is Bankrupt, Stock Plummets::The Chicago Tribune ran a nine year old story on their website saying that United Airlines was bankrupt. The stock dropped by 99%, as you might predict.
So, for about ten minutes, billions and billions… [MORE] |
 Light Boxes for Fruit - Eco Box by Jung Hyuk::The Eco Box by Jung Hyuk is a clever concept for keeping fruit fresher, starting from when it is still on the tree! The fruit ripens naturally inside the box which has many ventilation holes before it… [MORE] |
 Dot-Com Drug Abuse - Silicon Valley's Provigil Problem::In a trend that is as disturbing as it is unsurprising, Silicon Valley's Provigil problem is starting to get noticed. Earlier this summer, TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington posted an article that asked… [MORE] |
 Outlandish Emergency Food Kits - 275 Vegetarian Meals for $75::Well, there are just so many excellent uses for this humongous container of “food.” If you order online, in theory you wouldn’t have to leave the house for anything. Since the food lasts for 20 years,… [MORE] |
 Geeky Celebration - Google Turns 10 Today::Google is ten years old today, September 7 2008. Will there be an earth-shattering announcement today? The Sergey Brin and Larry Page story of Google is well documented, but always wanting to surprise… [MORE] |
 Canine Hoodies - Wagwear Dog Clothes::Whether taking your dog for a walk on a brisk fall morning, a rainy day, or even a winter night, Wagwear dog clothes will have your pooch looking swanky in no time!
Our first model, Butch the English… [MORE] |
 Transgender Corporate Takeovers - Chick's Will Change to Dick's::Dick's Sporting Goods will change Chick's into Dick's. Dick's has no sporting goods stores in California. Last year Dick's bought 15 Chick's stores in Southern California. The retail chain will convert… [MORE] |
 Education Marketplace - The School of Everything::The School of Everything is an addition to marketplaces like Foodzie, Etsy and Threadless that offers not homemade products, but education. The School of Everything is a place where tutors and teachers… [MORE] |
 Luxury Date Movies - $35 Ticket Comes to Southern California::Wait, $35? Yep. A movie theater in Costa Mesa, CA wants to open a movie theater that will charge up to $35 per tic. Buy your ticket online, pick your seat, valet park your car and concierge service is… [MORE] |
 Spinning Bathtubs - The Rotator::It’s a bath. It’s a Shower. It’s the Rotator by Ronco!
No, it’s not really a design by Ronco, the maker of the pocket fisherman, this spinning bathrub is the creation of Ron Arad, but it is designed… [MORE] |
 10 Business Cards To Keep, Not Trash::What better way is there to make your company stand out than with a super-trendy and creative business card?
Business cards are literally visual representations of your profession, and the right ones… [MORE] |
 Socially Conscious Supply Chains - ebay's WorldofGood.com::Although eBay has no shortage of charitable contributions to its name, their latest venture is designed to let the world know exactly how socially conscious they can be. On Wednesday, eBay launched a new… [MORE] |
 Mobile PA Systems - The Orator Briefcase for Impromptu Speeches::The election is quickly approaching and politicians are dying to tell the world about their flawless sound and sharp speech. Let the people hear the language of your tongue with the newest and up-to-date… [MORE] |
 Fighting The Fall of Print - Wall Street Journal Launches WSJ Fashion Magazine::Want to know how Sarah Palin keeps in shape? Then add WSJ to your list of high fashion, fancy sports and uber luxe travel magazines. Published by the Wall Street Journal, WSJ launched during the biggest… [MORE] |
 Green Photography - Olympus Reducing Packaging Waste::Olympus has announced that they will remove a huge amount of plastic from their packaging.
Plastic is one of the most seriously detrimental environmental problems, and finding alternatives for it is… [MORE] |
 Life Coaching for Intellectuals - The School of Life in London::One of London's newest shops is no ordinary shop. In fact, it may not even be a shop at all. Don't expect to pop in and be a passive consumer. Do expect to be challenged and intellectually stimulated.… [MORE] |
 Custom Fabric Designed By You - Spoonflower.com::Want custom fabric? I mean one-of-a-kind, design it yourself custom fabric? Check out Spoonflower.com.
You send them your specific design and lots of details as to what you want, and they will make the… [MORE] |
 Crowdsourcing Music Wikis - Amazon Launches SoundUnwound.com::Amazon.com wants to hone in on Wikipedia as the source for all their content. Specifically, Amazon.com wants their SoundUnwound.com site to be the place to go for everything musical.
Users can build… [MORE] |
 Spray-On Jeans - The Genetic Denim Graffiti Collection::These jeans by Krylon simply invite the question, "Did you spray those jeans on?"
Well, actually the colors were inspired by the paint preferred by graffiti artists everywhere, named Krylon. Genetic Denim… [MORE] |
 Brand Killing Cross Promotions - Photoshop Marketing Fun::Cross promotion: The result of two products teaming up to sell more of each. Like Rum and Coke or Peter and Pan, cross promotion has been around since Adam tried to cross promote Eve.
Gizmodo invited… [MORE] |
 Premature Obituaries - Steve Jobs is Dead According to Bloomberg::Steve Jobs is sick, but he’s not dead - yet. Even if you read the Bloomberg Report, Steve Jobs denies he is dead. Apparently, somebody was updating his obituary at Bloomberg and hit publish instead of… [MORE] |
 Marketing With Free Music - Nokia Phones With Unlimited Music Downloads::Nokia is aiming to take on the growing influence of the Apple iPhone by launching a new series of handsets that enable owners to download an unlimited number of music tracks. Users can peruse Nokia’s library… [MORE] |
 Olympic Cereal Mascots - Micheal Phelps Endorses Kellogg's Frosted Flakes::Micheal Phelps is incurring the wrath of the health food crowd because he signed on with Kelloggs to promote Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes. Will Tony the Tiger be saying, "EEEEiiiigght" instead of "Grrrrrrrrreat?"… [MORE] |
 Open Source Browsers - Google Chrome::Google announced their new open source browser, Google Chrome, which launches in beta tomorrow.
“We believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web,” Google… [MORE] |
 40 Ways Google Has Changed the World::Google was incorporated ten years ago. Let’s step into the Wayback Machine. I Google searched it so you would know that this was a cartoon gimmick before it was a website.
Do you remember the first time… [MORE] |
 Airport Security Friendly Laptop Bags - The Checkpoint Flyer::Just as irritating and time consuming as having to remove your shoes when going through airport security is being told, “Remove your laptop.” Thankfully, the TSA (Transportation Security Administration)… [MORE] |
 Opening Snail Mail Online - Earth Class Mail::Earth Class Mail founder Ron Wiener says he is doing for mail what the cell phone did to the landline; enable our lives more mobile!
One reason we see the whole postal system as so “snail mail” these… [MORE] |
 Greener Toy Pressures - Wal-mart Pushes For Eco Games::Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer and thus the world's largest seller of game stations, wants toy manufacturers to be more green.
As a result, the big players in gaming were summoned to rural Arkansas… [MORE] |
 Crowdsourced Restaurants - The Instructables Restaurant::Earlier this week, Arne Hendriks sought to do what no other entrepreneur has done before (at least, memorably): Open an open-source restaurant using only items featured on Instructables. This feat of crowdsourcing… [MORE] |
 Steampunked Headquarters - Oakley Architecture at SoCal Head Office::Forget Google. I want to work for Oakley. I want a cubicle with a B 52 Bomber as an office chair. I want to look up and see bolts a foot wide holding the building together. I want to feel like I am in… [MORE] |
 10 Outrageous Beer Flavors - From Pizza to Banana Bread::Breweries and beer corporations in 2008 face an ever-changing landscape and must diversify their portfolios. Luckily for consumers, this means sampling a great variety of new ales, lagers and lambics.… [MORE] |
 Karaoke in Theaters - Mamma Mia Releases Sing Along Version::Because everybody can sing better than Pierce Brosnan, Mamma Mia is re-releasing the ABBA inspired hit movie Mamma Mia with lyrics so fans can sing along.
Even going up against Dark Knight, the movie… [MORE] |
 Sustainable Food Leaders - 7 Leaders of the Eco Food Drive::Fast Company features seven food company executives that are leading their company into making the food chain greener, cleaner, and healthier.
Surprisingly, Coca-Cola considers themselves in the "hydration… [MORE] |
 Anonymous Workplace Rants - GlassDoor.com::Job-seekers, have you ever wanted to learn the inside scoop on a prospective employer before an interview? Corporate suits, are you making as much as the guy in Design down the hall? Glassdoor.com has… [MORE] |
 Gamers Renting Movie Theatres (UPDATE) - Private XBox Parties at Cineplex::In a move that could make the cineplex the place to be again, a theater company in Canada, called Cineplex Odeon, is renting their big screens to gamers. In a move that makes perfect sense to get revenue… [MORE] |
 Social Journaling - Plurk.com::Plurk.com is a step beyond social networking sites. It is a social journal; a time line that your friends, old and new, can provide commentary on.
I was first introduced to Plurk through a friend of… [MORE] |
 Bathroom Humor Through Decor - The Giant Nose for Liquid Soap::Yup, perfect for the local YMCA. This giant nose dispenses dripping gel that you smear all over your body. Just be careful if there is a "lotion" dispenser where you don't expect it. I wonder if you pick… [MORE] |
 Electric Cars in America - Zap! Manufactured in Kentucky::Zap!, the electric car company, has announced the location of their first U.S. manufacturing plant in Kentucky.
Zap! has a full line of electric vehicles already in production in China, and a super glossy… [MORE] |
 Female Bodyguards - U-Nome Feminine Celebrity Security::Female bodyguards are becoming the latest security accessory to the rich and famous.
It makes perfect sense. Whereas big bruisers would stick out like a sore thumb at a soirée, a female can blend in… [MORE] |
 Bollywood Harry Potter - Hari Puttar::Hari Puttar is the Bollywood knock-off of the popular Harry Potter movie series, but it seems that the Indian Hari Puttar isn’t being so well received by Hollywood.
The Warner Bros. company is so upset,… [MORE] |
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