Vending machines are among the most popular business concepts out there –
at least according to our readers! And you know what else is incredibly
popular with the masses? Coffee! Now these two things are being combined, there’s a new concept that just might be the best in the world.
There is something cheesy going on in Wisconsin these days and it isn’t a bunch of rabid Packer fans in cheese hats. This winter it is the roads in Milwaukee that are getting spread with Gouda and cheddar — well, sort of. It is actually the waste product of the cheese-making process that is being tested for use as a road de-icer.
We’ve been covering the NSA and other spy agencies pretty faithfully here at SlashGear, and while all that cloak-and-dagger, hack-and-spy, Big-Brother-Is-Watching-You drama can be provocative, that’s not why we cover it. We cover it because it affects the tech industry and, by extension, the gadgets we obsess over. The reverberations of mass data surveillance by […]
For those of you that read the rumor that LG would be dumping their smartphone business in favor of television manufacturing solely – no, that’s not true. Today a real-deal LG representative has made clear that they’re certainly not getting out of the smartphone business at all, and that the rumor was and is, of […]
The marijuana business is one that has been on the rise in states that
have decriminalized the drug for some time. But up until now they’ve
only been able to cater to an elite clientele – those with licenses to
purchase medical marijuana. In Colorado where the drug has been
legalized, that’s all about to change.
Just when you think you have the rug pulled from under you, Microsoft seems to want to put it back again just as suddenly. That’s what’s appearing to happen this week when not one day after the music player app Winamp was announced as shuttering its doors, Microsoft has been tipped to buy it. While […]
A new verdict has been reached in the Apple vs Samsung case, a verdict which has awarded the former with $290 million in damages vs the latter. This is the latest in the ongoing battle between Apple and Samsung over patent issues surrounding devices such as the iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy S. Earlier last […]
Due to the less-than-stellar state of affairs in selling computers at Acer as of late, both the CEO and the Corporate President of the company have stepped down from their respective positions. To replace them, the board has elected the company’s founder Stan Shih as both CEO and Corporate President all rolled into one. This […]
Mom & Pop shops, sometimes derogatorily referred to as the dinosaurs of the retail
industry have of recent date been able to exert some clout during the
holiday buying season, at least for one day out of the year. Founded by
American Express, since 2010, the "Shop Small" movement (aka Small Business Saturday®) …
Japan is deeply dyed in age-old traditions and beliefs. One of these old beliefs is that a woman’s mouth should be small and discreet. That is why there is a cultural convention of women covering their mouths when they eat, especially in public and not eating anything that requires taking a big bite. For Freshness Burger, a Japanese fast food restaurant, this has created a huge challenge in marketing their biggest burger to women.
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