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Look Less Stressed Fast - Clarisonic Opal

by LeFleur

Cleaning Systems, comes a new product called Clarisonic Opal Sonic Infusion System. The Clarisonic Opal Sonic Infusion System is designed to reduce fine lines and wrinkles especially around the eye area. This egg shaped beauty product is small and easy to travel with and comes with its own travel case.

Starwars Dog Choir Barks Another Winning Volkswagen Ad For Super Bowl 2012

by Lady Bee

One dog barking isn't enough for this year's Volkswagen Super Bowl spot. Deutsch, LA, which produced the winning commercial for the 2011 Super Bowl, The Dark Side, featuring a mini Darth Vader and his dog, decided to make this year's stars a dozen barking dogs, moving its energy from The Dark Side to The Bark Side.

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Tamaggraphy – 360 degree Photography

by LeFleur

Time to take photography to a whole new level, now the sky isn’t the limit – you can include the ground too. With the new Tamaggo 360-Imager you can share your whole world with a single click. This cute little egg shaped dedicated pano-shooting camera (available in multiple colors) will change how we take panoramic pictures.

First Embryonic Stem Cells Used In Humans Safely Treat Dry Macular Degeneration

by T Goodman

Results for the very first human embryonic stem cell treatment were announced today in the online first section of The Lancet journal. The first aim of the study was to determine if the stem cell transplant was a safe treatment for age-related dry macular degeneration (dry AMD), the main cause of blindness in persons over 60. But, in addition...

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Girl Scout Cookies Go Hi-Tech - Find Cookies NOW!

by LeFleur

It’s Girl Scout Cookie time (or almost time depending on what part of the country you’re in) and unless you know someone who is in the Girls Scouts of the USA the problem is always about finding them before they’re gone. Well GSUSA has solved that problem this year with help from technology.

'Dragon Tree' May Bring Good Luck to Japan's Tsunami Ravaged Coast

by Steve Levenstein

The massive tsunami that pounded Japan's northeastern coast following the devastating March 11th, 2011 earthquake left few trees standing along the shoreline. Among those few survivors is a battered, twisted pine that now resembles a Chinese Dragon. The so-called Dragon Tree has become a symbol of hope and renewal for the region's hard-pressed residents.

Is Gmail Smarter Than You?

by LeFleur

Gmail has revamped itself with an all New Look with many great new features. The new look brings the ability for more customization and a myriad of improvements such as better search filters, automatic adaption to screen size, ability to change the size of your text, new themes, easier to follow conversations, the addition of profile pictures and, one of my favorites, drag and drop attachments.

Wearable Eyeglasses Computer Combines Mainframe and Monitor

by China.new

A Chinese technology company has designed a wearable computer with no visible mainframe or monitor - they've both been miniaturized and secreted in a pair of highly modified eyeglasses! This is much more than just another concept, as China's powerhouse mass production capacity ensures the mighty mini multimedia machine will be filling store shelves this coming March.

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Quad-Core HTC Endeavor Delight Awaits

by LeFleur

There are two things on my mind lately: The upcoming Mobile World Congress 2012 and Nvidia’s Tegra 3 chip expected to be in HTC’s next smartphone the HTC Edge, I mean HTC Endeavor – the world’s first quad-core phone.

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SOPA Wrung Wry By History's Most Hated Leader

by Ron Callari

Toward the end of 2011, the American Censorship Org took action against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), a U.S. bill racing through Congress that threatens "prosperity, online security and freedom of expression." On January 18, thousands of websites like Wikipedia have pledged to go dark online in protest. To show its solidarity, Google has blocked out their iconic logo on their search engine.

Sequinetic™ Sun Glasses Chase Away Winter Blues

by Myra Per-Lee

... Light therapy is a traditional method of relief for SAD sufferers, but it requires its subjects to be stationary while under special lamps. But with the help of Kickstarter, three now-happy engineers have succeeded in raising the funds to produce their answer to SAD - Sequinetic™ 'sun' glasses.

Polaroid Z340 Digital Camera – Not Yesterday’s News

by LeFleur

Perfect for the socialite, geek, photographer or anyone who remembers the days of fanning a Polaroid in hopes of it developing faster, the Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera should be on everyone's list for any occasion such as Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day parties, birthdays, weddings and, of course Christmas.

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Flip.to's 2012 Social Media Strategies For The Hospitality Industry

by Ron Callari

The buzz surrounding social media marketing hasn’t gone unnoticed by the hospitality industry and many hotel brands seek to make inroads by engaging more effectively with leading social networks.

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Sweet Music: Chocolate Scented Headphones for Valentine's Day

by Steve Levenstein

Ear candy just got real thanks to 'Sound Like Chocolate', the world's first chocolate-scented stereo headphones. Thoughtful, tasteful and calorie-free, these sweet smelling headphones from Japan's Fu-Bi are the perfect practical Valentine's Day gift for your favorite cocoa nut.

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Solar Powered & Retro Styled Toyota 2000GT SEV Sounds Crazy, Sparks Interest

by Steve Levenstein

The Toyota 2000GT SEV is a one-off, electric concept car being shown to the public at the 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon. Designed by the Crazy Car Project under the direction of the Toyota Automobile Association, this “shocking” automotive update takes Toyota's iconic late-sixties sports coupe from flower power to solar power.

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Fixed Internet Providers, 4G Wireless, and the Future of the Internet

by Gadgetry Inc

A lot of people pit 4G wireless broadband against fixed internet services. Some say that the former is where the future of the Internet lies, while others believe that the latter will continue to be the type of service that the majority of users will use when accessing the World Wide Web.

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First Refillable Mascara: Guerlain Noir G

by LeFleur

Beautiful long lashes in a mirrored compact case that is also refillable? Yes! The sexy and sleek Noir G de Guerlain Exceptional Complete Mascara is a work of art and also practical.

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New TAGG™ Keeps Track Of Your Pets When You Can't

by Lady Bee

I will probably always remember the last night of 2011. I tried to entice a lost dog to come to me so that I could read her tags and call her owner, but she was fearful and ran away. I called the animal rescue, but it was closed, of course, and all I could do was hope... I guess, just like the owner. But if the owner had outfitted the dog with one of the new Tagg™ digital trackers, he would have been alerted that she was not at home anymore...

Wendy's Japan Premium Menu: Fast Food for One Percenters

by Steve Levenstein

Where's the beef? Try looking under the foie gras and truffle butter, Jeeves. Wendy's has returned to Japan after a two-year hiatus but former customers might be hard pressed to recognize the burger chain, let alone pay for its high-priced gourmet offerings.

Chinese Online Retailers Furiously Flogging 'Three Wolf Moon' T-shirts

by China.new

Remember “Three Wolf Moon”, 2009's meme of the year and, as a result, Amazon.com store retailer The Mountain's biggest selling design EVAR? No? It seems China doesn't either, leaving the field of wolf-wear wide open for one enterprising online seller obliviously ensconced (along with their customers) behind China's Great Firewall.

Achieving Social Media ROI For The Hospitality Industry

by Ron Callari

The buzz surrounding social media marketing hasn’t gone unnoticed by the hotel industry and hoteliers are seeking to make inroads by engaging with the leading social networks in new and innovative ways. Choice Hotels however has indicated that "hotels have been slow or very conservative in the adaptation of social media."

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Nubot Video Chat Doll Attends Meetings as Your Remote Avatar

by Steve Levenstein

Who says you can't be in two places at once? Introducing Nubot, a smartphone faced robotic avatar doll controlled by Skype and webcam that allows you to interact with others remotely.

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Avoid Co-Worker Cooties With The Vioguard™ Self-Sanitizing Computer Keyboard

by Must Love Gadgets

I doubt the word 'cooties' was in Vioguard's application to the FDA for approval of the very first Self-Sanitizing Keyboard (The UVKB50), but when you consider all of the types of germs that congregate on and between the keys of communal computer keyboards, you'll definitely want to avoid them like the cooties. Hopefully, your company is willing to wait on line to order the hygienic keyboard....

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Scientists Hope Natural Herb Will Prove Effective Treatment For Alcoholism

by T Goodman

A tree that is native to China, the Hovenia dulcis, or Asian raisin tree, has been described to contain a hangover remedy since 659 AD. If you can fathom how long it's been in use, you may wonder why it's taken so long for modern research to study its potential as a treatment for alcohol addiction. Well, now a multi-disciplinary team from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) are actively studying its impact; first on rats....

Nokia's 801T Smartphone for China Touts Telescoping TV Antenna

Nokia's New 801T Smartphone for China Features Telescoping TV Antenna

by China.new

Nokia's new 801T smartphone may be Finnish by nature but it's been nurtured to succeed in China's unique telecom environment. Take the retro-looking, telescoping TV antenna, for instance: it'll bring in television signals without putting owners in debt to their service providers.

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