Chinese Breeze
Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 24-12-2010
Inhabitat: In hot and muggy urban Taiwan there’s two important things you need in a house – air conditioning and security. London-based ROEWU architecture came up with a clever green solution for a family home in eastern Taiwan that involves a beautiful bamboo screen wrap. The screen is a more aesthetically pleasing version of the steel security bars found on most homes, and it allows windows to be open to aid natural ventilation. The Bamboo Forest House makes such good use of natural lighting and ventilation that the need for air conditioning is completely eliminated.
Liz Strauss: SOBCon And The Future Of Online Business – Blog Business Success
Filed Under (World Business) by Admin on 23-12-2010
Pay with FaceCash
Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 22-12-2010
Iconoculture: FaceCash, the innovative mobile payment platform launched by one of Facebook’s founders, is about to get a trial run in the real world. Select Subway restaurants in Southern California will be accepting FaceCash payments at the register beginning in November 2010. FaceCash is a free app for smartphones that operates like a funded debit or cash card. Its security features include a photo of the user that appears on the merchant’s monitor at the time of purchase.
Same shit, different medium
Filed Under (Industry Biz News) by Admin on 21-12-2010
The internet changes nothing, argues Marshall Poe, whose ambitious new book, A History of Communications, has just been published: We knew the revolution wouldnt be televised, but many of us really hoped it might be on the Internet. Now we know these hopes were false. There was no Internet Revolution and there will be no Internet Revolution. We will stumble on in more or less exactly the way we did before massive computer networks infiltrated our daily lives … Before the Web we were already used to sitting in front of electronic boxes for hour upon hour. The boxes have…
Dan Hill: About Face – Secrets Of Emotionally Effective Advertising – Blog Business Success radio
Filed Under (World Business) by Admin on 21-12-2010
Dress Up Your iPads
Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 21-12-2010
The Cool Hunter: This would indeed be the best case scenario: You take your favourite gadget and dress it up in with your favourite colour. Monaco-based Case Scenario has linked up with Pantone and as a result, they are now able to make this scenario a reality.
Holidays in a Box
Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 20-12-2010
Springwise.com: Offered under the Mumbai-based SOTC brand of global travel company Kuoni, Box Holidays are tangible, prepackaged travel offerings that can be purchased online or off the shelf in a participating retail store. Rather than having to spend time and effort researching options with a travel agent, purchasers can simply buy a Box Holiday, which features all the key details on the outside of the box, including price, validity period, service inclusions and exclusions, complimentary offers, loyalty benefits, discounts, cancellation rules and hotel images.
Intelligent Art
Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 19-12-2010
TrendCentral: Positioned as Pandora for the fine art world, Art.sy helps users discover new artists by making intelligent recommendations based on the art that they already like. The service leverages the research of The Art Genome Project, an ongoing study of the characteristics that connect and distinguish works of original art. So, if the only work of art you know is the minimalist canvas above your couch, youll have no problem finding creations to populate your space. Once users have exhausted the online database, they are encouraged to request an introduction to an artist or work at a nearby gallery and experience it in person.
