Happy Pills Candy Store: ‘Cuz A Little Bit Of Sugar Helps The Medicine Go Down

You’ve heard the anti-sugar advocates refer to it as a drug , and
there’s no doubt that candy can fall under the addictive category if you
are a sugar-lover. That’s why one European business decided to take
that notion and run – they’ve created a themed business that’s sickly
sweet.

Cash For Cuddling: The Business Of Professional Spooning

Cuddling is typically considered an intimate act, reserved for couples,
parents and children, and perhaps close friends. But cuddling has many
benefits to our well-being, physically and emotionally, and individuals
that don’t have a designated cuddle buddy miss out on them. That’s why
some very people-friendly entrepreneurs have carved out a new industry.

Will Semantic Technology Make Our Smart Phones Smarter?

Will Semantic Technology Make Our Smart Phones Smarter?In the foreseeable future, search on smartphones will allow for
intuitive logic not just text-matching based on keywords. But what will
our smartphones offer in the Web 3.0 world of Semantic Technology,
Augmented Reality and the Internet of Things?

Oppo Dog Muzzles: The Business That’s Gone To The Ducks

Some business find their niche in a world of innovative products, other
businesses find their niche making light of what would otherwise be
serious business. Whether you like the direction that this unique
business has gone is up to you, but they sure have managed to attract
attention.

CoinYe West is the newest Bitcoin, destroyed in one day

Users of the crypto-currency called Bitcoin have some competition out in the wild this week in the artist-inspired CoinYe West. This currency, while lovely to look at, will likely never … Continue reading

Is The Gig Up For Internet Speed?

Sprint - Is The Gig Up for Internet Speed?While Gigabyte broadband might still be on the drawing boards for many
of our major telecom companies, Sprint is tackling high-speed mobile
while Google is making its mark in the wired internet side of the world.
Both are pressing hard to deliver a gigabit of data each second to the
home in the not-so-distant future.

Radionomy buys Winamp and Shoutcast

Fans of music services Winamp and Shoutcast received some bad news in late November when it was announced that AOL would shut down both the services. The original announcement said … Continue reading

Top 5 Christmas Businesses That Made 2013 Special

With the Christmas season behind us, and the new year here, it’s time to
look at the coolest businesses that helped make the holidays magical
this year. Take note because these businesses made for a successful 2013
holiday season, and might just help make it a little more merry and
bright when it rolls around again in 2014. And what better time to think
about Christmas businesses than now – as we cross the threshold into
the no longer appropriate to have a tree up, or lights on –  territory. 

Wenyard, Empire Avenue On Steroids Or Pyramid Scheme?

Wenyard, Empire Avenue On Steroids Or Pyramid Scheme?Usually one learns of a new innovation, invention, social media breakthroughs from techie news sites like Spot, AllThingsDigital. Mashable, and
others.  Word traveling fast in real-time is then amplified by all the
major social networks (Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, for starters) and
if it’s really ‘disruptive’ it will begin to blanket our zeitgeist.
This is then followed by the business trades and legacy publishers
elaborating on the shiny new thing’s various iterations over time.

HP employee layoffs grow by another 5,000

Aside from some recent smartphone related rumors, much of the HP related chatter has surrounded the Chromebook 11. Or more specifically, the recall for the charger. While the rumor remains … Continue reading