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Technology and the Future of Payments: Credit Cards and the Mobile Wallet
by Gadgetry Inc
We are currently living in the digital age, where seemingly advanced technologies from the past are slowly being rendered obsolete. One such technology includes those from the payments industry, where advancements in mobile wallets, which takes advantage of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.
Calling All Inventors! FridaBaby Wants Your Baby Product Ideas
by Myra Per-Lee
I'm going to try to write this with a straight face.... The FridaBaby company, which I have just learned of, markets some very inventive and 'curious' products for babies so far. One is called the Snotsucker, which employs a mom (or dad) to suck the snot out of their baby's nose....
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Add new comment Top 50 Best Quotes About Success
by Spencer Lanoue
Here's a compilation of 50 amazing quotes about success and
entrepreneurship meant to inspire and motivate you. Contributing authors include Edison, Einstein,
Picasso, Twain, Mandela, and other greats.
4 comments China's Taobao Internet Mall Offers Beautiful Girl Delivery Service
by China.new
Special delivery indeed: China's Taobao internet mall is boosting their business with the aid of “beautiful girls” who personally deliver customers' orders for a small extra fee.
Social Media's Dark Side "Is Anyone Up" Is No Longer Up!
by Ron Callari
The number of followers who had joined "Is Anyone Up"
might not have been in the hundreds of millions like some of the more popular
social networks, but it sure was capitalizing on the profiles that were registered on Facebook and Twitter, nonetheless. Entrepreneur
Hunter Moore had taken Chatroulette to a whole 'nother level to what some were defining as "revenge" or "identity" porn.
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.
Chinese Internet Retailers Now Stocking Kim Jong-Il T-shirts & Hoodies
by China.new
North Korea's “Dear Leader” may be gone but online retailers at China's Taobao Internet Mall are making sure he's not forgotten by flogging Kim Jong-Il t-shirts and hoodies. Lookin' sharp, comrade!
Classy or Crass? China Cranks Out Steve Jobs Memorial iPhone and iPad Covers
by China.new
Was it a crass way to commemorate a class act or a stroke of entrepreneurial genius anticipating huge public demand? Within mere hours of Apple founder and tech icon Steve Jobs passing away, memorial iPhone and iPad covers were flooding out of Chinese factories and onto retail store shelves.
Real Estate Spam Drives Chinese to the Nuthouse & the Outhouse
by China.new
A real estate bubble? In my China? It's more likely than you think, and real estate agents are feeling the heat. Overbuilt condo communities, housing estates and planned cities remain vacant as China's consumers keep a tight hold on their wallets while a slowing economy has got spenders spooked. The solution? Spam, spam and more spam!
Obama Fried Chicken, You're Gonna Get Served!
by China.new
Why call on a mere Kentucky Colonel when you can chow down on chicken cooked by the Commander In Chief? Obama Fried Chicken was set up to serve students from nearby Beijing Aerospace City College campus... unless KFC China's lawyers "serve" the store's owners first.
Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs Mourned by China's New Tech Generation
by China.new
Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder and visionary former CEO, was tremendously admired and respected by China's newly wealthy, entrepreneurial, tech-savvy generation. In the wake of his sudden passing, a number of instant memorials paying homage to Jobs have sprung up at Apple's flagship Chinese stores.
Jersey City Ignites Innovation & Waterfront Development In Reality & Fiction
by Ron Callari
The octagonal 50-foot clock remaining on the shore of the Hudson River
facing Manhattan is a historical reminder of Jersey City's tenaciousness and
its prominence during the 1940s & 1950s. By the 1970s, the city
experienced a period of urban decline clouded by corruption held over
from the Mayor "Boss" Hague reign of backroom deals and political cronyism .
Race To Market For The Ultimate Cavity Fighter: Tooth Regrowth Gels
by T Goodman
Out of the lab and into the dental chair, a small group of humans with initial signs of tooth decay got to sample the 'magic fluid,' and it was successful at reversing the destiny of their teeth - without drilling and filling!
Does Today's Income Tax Coddle An Endangered Species?
by Ron Callari
The idea of a personal income tax is a modern invention. Throughout most
of history, the record keeping of tracking individual income would been
a logistical nightmare. During the Civil War, however, Congress passed
the Revenue Act of 1861 which instituted an income tax for the first
time. Today class warfare is more of a concern to American citizens
versus whether or not you hail from the North or South. . .
Reptile Cafe: Something Newt in Yokohama!
by Steve Levenstein
Yokohama Subtropical Tea is Japan's first and only "reptile cafe", offering guests a respite from home and office stress along with the chance to warm up to the cold-blooded staff. What's more, the lounge lizards are real lizards.
Solar Power Blossoming In Japan's Northeast Thanks to PayPal Founder's Donation
by Steve Levenstein
A new solar power plant financed by a donation arranged by PayPal founder Elon Musk will bring safe, renewable electricity and hope for the future to a tsunami-ravaged town in northeastern Japan.
Customer Returns 3-Legged Duck, Didn't Check the Bill
by China.new
Buying the family dinner ain't all it's quacked up to be! A customer who bought a duck at a Chinese farm market was mighty angry when he noticed his purchase had a little extra 'kick' to it.
Black Market Human Milk Being Bought by the Bag in Beijing
by China.new
White milk, black market: Chinese mothers, leery of powdered milk due to a series of well-publicized scandals, are increasingly turning to online human milk sources to help feed their babies.
What I learned from the Inventors at the Minnesota Inventors Congress
by Product For Profit
I just came back from speaking at the Minnesota's Inventor's Congress
(MIC). For those of you who don't know, the Minnesota Inventors Congress
is one of the oldest and most established inventor trade shows in the
country. And I have to say, I learned more from the inventors who
attended MIC then I ever thought possible. It was so inspiring that I
felt compelled to write this article and share.
College Students Win Top Awards For Biomedical Inventions
by Myra Per-Lee
The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) has announced the winners of the 2011 BMEidea Competition. Awards have gone to three college groups for the invention of much needed biomedical devices and applications that will aid patients in the future: an internal bleed detector, a new therapy for dry eye disease, and a superior broad spectrum antibacterial dressing for infected wounds.