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Apple Sues Over Podcast Trademark

Trade marks allow brands to work, but what if a brand or product name becomes so big its core word takes on the title of another product, not owned by the company who invented that name? Take the iPod.…
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Space Miles
Two Million Virgin Atlantic Miles Get You Into Space

Collecting more air miles than you can use? Well, now you can use your air miles to get into space. For two million Virgin Atlantic air miles, you can buy one of the $200,000 tickets on Virgin Galactic's…
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Employee-Free Store

A new store in Florida, Calling Get & Go, takes automation to a whole new level. Instead of employees, the entire store is serviced by a set of automated kiosks. The structure requires less space than…
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Virtual World Marketing

Virtual World Marketing may be the next big thing. In Research Magazine there is an article about how Mario Menti, a solutions architect, is developing experiments and methodology to perform market research…
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Eat Cockroach, Get First in Line

Madagascar hissing cockroaches made a name for themselves in fashion circles this year by becoming all bejeweled and walking around on skinny models as live brooches. Now during the first weekend of the…
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Cartoon Concoctions
Homer Simpson’s Duff Beer Becomes a Reality

Remember Duff Beer? The official sponsor of Homer Simpson drinking sessions is now available thanks to a Mexican entrepreneur, Rodrigo Contreras Díaz. Produced in Jalisco and distributed only via Internet,…
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Blackberry TV
bbTV Reviewed

Watch television on you Blackberry! As part of a cool Trend Hunter exclusive, I've had the chance to review bbTV (Blackberry Television) on my Blackberry 8700! The service, provided by Canada.com and…
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Smintair
Smoker's International Airline

Can't resist your unhealthy craving? A new airline, Smintair, lets you smoke in flight. From IHT: If Alexander Schoppmann is right, then where there's smoke, there's a flier. As more countries ban…
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The Dog Bar
24 Hour Luxury Pet Store

If you're in to pampering your pet, you might want to drop by the Dog Bar, "a 24-hour luxury pet department store featuring the finest and most unique dog and cat products the world has to offer." The…
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Splogs
Crappy Computer Generated Sites Used to Attract Google

Wired Magazine featured a great article about Splogs - the crappy computer generated blogs that are made to attract traffic from search engines like Google. No doubt you've tripped accross these sites…
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Money Clip Credit Cards

Designed by Roger Arquer, Money Clip Credit Cards were featured as part of a Visa competition for leveraging new chip technology. The contest required innovative designs for credit cards, and it is pretty…
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ATM Gambling
Bank to Woo Customers with ATM Roulette

That's right! A Japanese bank has introduced gambling to its ATM machines. TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese banks have long had a reputation for poor service but at least one is trying something new -- wooing…
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Disaster Capitalism
Red Cross Partners with Walmart for Disaster Relief

Apparently, businesses do disaster better. This was one of the key lessons during Hurricane Katrina which has now led the Red Cross to form a new disaster response partnership with Wal-Mart. Naiomi Campbell…
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Container Stores
Uniqlo Drops Stores in NYC

If you don't have a store location, why not just drop a big box of cargo and call it a store? A Japanese store, Uniqlo, will be opening the first 'Container Stores' in NYC this Labor Day weekend. "Uniqlo…
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Yin Yang Innovation
Browse the Bankruptcy Blog and Patent Pending Blog for Ideas

If you're looking for new venture ideas, two great sources include both the Bankruptcy Blog and Patent Pending Blog. Why? Because all good innovators should know what works and what doesn't. This concept…
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Brazilian Sex Workers Get a Voice
Blog, Clothing Line and Book

With a new blog, clothing line and book, brazillian sex workers now have a voice. The new book, written by brazillian sex worker, has already sold 100,000 copies!
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Simplifying Donations
Charity Vending Machines

Appearing across Japan recently is something called the “charity vending machine,” which allows users to donate their change to such good causes as environmental conservation and child welfare at the push…
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Shopping By Phone Takes Off

Shopping by mobile phone is enjoying growing popularity among young women, who are discovering the allure of being able to purchase the goods they desire anywhere, anytime. All sorts of items are now just…
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The B.O.S.S. Shopping Cart that Doesn't Run Into Things!

It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors let it follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it. And it never crashes into anyone's…
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Bands Funded by Fans

Sell a Band is a cool new community site where fans can purchase shares in aspiring bands. The funding helps the bands to professionally record their music. If they make it big, the fans prosper. For…
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