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One day you pass that quaint row of shops in your neighbourhood only to discover it's being demolished to make way for a parking lot. If only you'd known about the tear-down plans well enough in...
Homes & Housing
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Advertisers competing for the much desired attention of the college-aged set now have another opportunity to get their ads in the hands of students-and hold their interest for up to 90 minutes....
Marketing and Advertising
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Vending machines can be found just about everywhere, except, maybe, where they're needed most-tucked away on a remote beach or at the end of a gruelling golf-course hole. An Anglo-Spanish firm has...
Eco & Sustainability
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Cosmocard machines combine photo booths with postcard vending. Berlin-based Cosmocard developed a machine that lets customers take their picture and have it printed on a themed postcard, all within...
Media & Publishing
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While students have traditionally sought work placements with big name brands and firms, those looking to work closely with a company's founders and get hands-on experience in a variety of roles...
Education
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Anyone who's ever had a song stuck in his or her head (and who hasn't?) but was unable to place the title or artist is bound to think Midomi pure genius. Users need only sing, hum or whistle a few...
Entertainment
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Launched in eleven Minneapolis suburbs this month, Get Home Free is a flat rate, prepaid cab card that gets its holder home safely. Mainly targeted at teenagers and college students, the concept's...
Transportation
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Any florist or gardening company can place potted plants in an office, then dutifully drop by to water them when needed. But it takes skilled artisans to create the indoor walls of greenery that are...
Eco & Sustainability
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There are more than 50 million adults with disabilities in the United States alone, but so far, as a specific market, they've been largely unrecognized and underserved. Disaboom, which just launched...
Media & Publishing
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As the season of gift giving draws ever nearer, so too does the Herculean challenge of penning countless holiday cards, letters and notes to family, friends and colleagues near and far. Pre.vu is...
Style & Design
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A new online marketplace with the descriptive name Home Equity Share matches home buyers with investors. To be exact: it brings together buyers who can afford monthly payments but not a 20% down...
Financial Services
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We've already written about several retail spots around the globe that offer shelf space to minipreneurs, and recently we learned of a like-minded effort that gives budding entrepreneurs a short-term...
Retail
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Home cooking is a basic pleasure that gets denied by busy schedules all too often, and at least part of the reason is the time that must go into shopping for and preparing ingredients before the...
Food & Beverage
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The i-Shakti project will enable saleswomen in rural India to access Hindustan Lever product prices and place orders online, from what are now distinctively offline villages and regions With 1.3...
Retail
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After featuring Paste magazine's pay-what-you-want subscriptions last month, one of our Springspotters alerted us to a restaurant in Vienna where diners decide how much they'd like to pay. Located on...
Food & Beverage
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Those of you who haven't visited a US mall lately might have missed the fuzzy phenomenon known as Build-A-Bear Workshops, a hugely successful chain of stores that lets patrons build their own teddy....
Retail
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Small companies can readily compete with major players by refining the experiences they provide customers. For Picnics on the Piste, a new catering business operating at ski resorts in the French...
Tourism & Travel
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Hungarian travel site Joobili believes that timing is everything when it comes to planning a trip. Instead of asking users where they want to go, Joobili provides would-be travellers with inspiration...
Tourism & Travel
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Launched yesterday, Martinair's mobile travel guides combine several not-so-new elements to create a helpful tool for their holiday-bound customers. The Dutch charter company is the first airline to...
Telecom Mobile
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When it's time to make an important decision, technology can help consumers on the research end, but it's humans they typically turn to for practical advice. There's no substitute for a trusted...
Education & Career
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