Jul 10
McRib fans, get your appetites to Tokyo! McDonalds’ iconic boneless barbecue pork sandwich makes the leap to competing fast food chain Lotteria, gaining lettuce & mayo along the way.
Jul 08
Can’t stand flying? Try flying standing! Chinese low-cost carrier Spring Airlines has shown interest in SkyRider – semi-standing, saddle-style “vertical seats” that will allow the budget carrier to increase capacity by up to 40 percent.
Jul 06
Dust off that Walkman, Daddy-O! SONY’s new series of cassette tapes sports larger text and wider labels designed to appeal to a whole old generation of music fans!
Jul 05
No soup for you! Shark’s Fin Soup, a traditional yet controversial Chinese delicacy, is to be phased out of official reception menus. The decision banning shark’s fin announced by China’s State Council is a long-awaited response to the rising tide of revulsion against conspicuous consumption of a threatened group of species.
Jul 05
(Rumored) Winklevii’s Social Network "Zurker" For The People & Of The People (Models too!)
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Not content to sit on their laurels, nor the $65 million they pocketed
from their lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing their
Facebook idea – the Winklevoss twins have launched their own network,
named Zurker.
Part investment opportunity, part chic-magnet, part-democratic social
community, their innovative new wrinkle is to convince members they can
become joint owners of their company.
Jul 01
Business owners in the Chinese municipality of Tianjin have found an attractive way to appeal to a distinct market demographic – women – hoping that preferred “pink” parking places convenient to store entrances & exits will keep their female customers satisfied… and, keep ’em coming back for more!
Jun 28
We know that art has been inspired by nature at least as far back as the
Cave Man. Technology too has had a love affair with nature for
thousands of years, though we are just recently experiencing a
resurgence with a new ‘biomimicry’ movement.
But besides biomimetic art and technology, there are biomimetic
exercises, such as those we find in certain yoga positions… and now,
an NYU design student and insomniac, has employed the shapes and sounds
of nature to help the sleepless sleep.
Jun 25
Pepsi Japan’s new workplace coffee alternative, Pepsi EX Extra, offers a hot coffee cup’s worth of caffeine in a cool can of carbonated cola. As Pepsi puts it, “Enjoy the shot of cola with strong caffeine, for long working hours.”
Jun 23
Acer
has released a new Android tablet boasting a screen with far more
pixels than the average laptop, with decent internal specs to match.
Jun 21
“A Blue Work Shirt” from OSPOP is an updated version of the no-nonsense, long-lasting tops that clothed Mao Zedong’s China of the 1950s through 1970s. Proudly made in China but not just for Chinese anymore, A Blue Work Shirt salutes those who made the Great Leap Forward from shattered post-war China to today’s economic powerhouse.
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