(TrendHunter.com) I am not sure how on-board I am with this environment friendly Japanese water-free urinals. I am all for going green, but something about not flushing after peeing just doesnt sit well with me.
Introduced by The Nankai Electric Railway Co. the urinals eliminate the need to flush after use by using …
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Reinforcing print publishers' frequent assertions of relationships with readers, new research by MediaVest suggests that readers trust print more than the web in almost every area.
LONDON – Clear Channel Communications has publicly admitted for the first time that its proposed $19.5 billion buyout by a group of private equity firms might not go through.
The lines between broadcast and cable continue to blur going into this year's upfront. Aggressively hoping to lead that charge this year is USA Network, the top-rated cable network across all demos in prime time and home to broadcast-caliber shows like "Monk," "Burn Notice" and "The Starter Wife" — not to mention its ongoing coverage of the WWE and its status as the new home to "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," a refugee from NBC.
(TrendHunter.com) If you’re one of those “pet parents” who can’t shut up about your dog or cat, now there’s an ID tag made just for you.
Why be limited to your dog’s name and your phone number when you can put tons of information on a flash drive and hang it on your dog’s collar?
The PCPetID is enclosed in a wate…
LONDON – Royal Mail has come under fire from independent postal services regulator, Postcomm, for failing to embrace structural changes in the mail market, including the rise of email and the internet.
Media entrepreneur, Om Malik, had a heart attack three months ago. Since then, he’s quit smoking, consumed less meat and started an exercise routine. He’s also retooling how he works.
Simplification Through Elimination
I was reading a review of the Macbook Air over on Macworld when I realized that the machine and post-recovery me have a lot in common. I have to be very careful as to how I use my mental and physical resources, for there is a high risk of relapse. Similarly, the Macbook Air comes with miniscule amount of storage space, so one needs to be careful about how to use it. The machine’s battery power limitations remind me of how much time I have to devote to work on a daily basis.
It has been hard to use the Macbook Air as my primary computer, just as it’s been hard to change all those pesky “little things.†Indeed, the Macbook Air is an acquired taste. It’s also an apt reflection of an effective “simplification through elimination†strategy.
Three months on, I am looking to eliminate a number of things from life: excessive public appearances, too much travel and many, many RSS feeds. I am going to cut down the effort I spend on certain projects and focus on making the most of what we have at hand.
The Macbook Air as simplifier is an intriguing idea. Maybe I need to get one. I noticed in response to Om’s piece that Steve Rubel says he only keeps two apps open on his desktop at a time–Safari and Mail. I currently have 12 apps open.
LONDON – Aviva has completed the review of its £4m combined digital rosters for its Norwich Union Life and Norwich Union Insurance Brands.
Is there anyone out there that still actually likes Facebook applications?
Whomever is responsible for buying Disney’s online media is – or soon will – be getting an irate phone call from Mickey. Again.
SAN FRANCISCO – The growth in the number of US web users clicking on Google ads has begun to show signs of slowing down, unofficial figures from web measurement body ComScore have revealed.
LONDON – An independent audit has found that 32 drinks products, mostly alcopops, have fallen foul of the Portman Group’s code of practice on the naming, packaging and promotion of alcoholic drinks.
(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve finally hatched a killer idea and developed the great product, one of the most frustrating parts can be figuring out what the do with all your merchandise until it’s sold. That’s where Amazon is stepping in, with a new service to help businesses with warehousing and shipping.
You can shi…
LONDON – Following the success of his school dinners and chicken farming campaigns, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has decided to tackle what Britain eats at home in his latest Channel 4 series.
Metalheads: (the new) AT&T has you covered. As part of a new push to prove its network beats out Verizon's, the telecom giant is employing anthropomorphisized cellphones (or vice versa?) to tell the sad stories of people who missed calls, and, in the process, life.
Hello! magazine is to launch Hello! Couture, the second title from its new stand-alone fashion series, on 2 April.
(TrendHunter.com) As GPS navigation devises come, this one is pretty stacked with special features. The navigation is in 3-D maps which are rendered on a photo-realistic 4.8-inch 800×400 screen resolution. In addition, the gadget has a three axis sensor that provides stable use of navigation and speed in searching fo…
Where do you go after you hold a M.I.L.F. sale? Well, if you’re Spirit Airlines, here’s the next one:
Having worked on more than my share of retail clients who are absolutely lifeless and humorless when it comes to sales and promotions, I dig this approach.
(Thanks to The Consumerist for calling this to my attention.)
LONDON – Egmont Magazines has revamped two of its websites to attract return visits from its youth audience.
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