(TrendHunter.com) I don’t think I only speak for myself when I say I had a tendency to doodle in class when growing up. If only I could go back in time… then I would enter the Google Doodles contest.
Announcing a winner on May 28th 2008 Google will be holding the doodle contest for students in grades K-12. The …
(TrendHunter.com) Remember Dogside? Now the pet company, whose mission is to pamper pooches with only the best, has launched a viral video of “the world’s first ever canine boy band.”
The clip, which can be seen above, features a series of dogs in a music video to Falling in Love (Doggy Style) which sees the canine…
(TrendHunter.com) The hip-hop mega star Kanye West has his very own search engine which is powered by Google and Ask. The engine which is called “Search with Kanye West”, promises to reward its users with something called “Swag Bucks” which are a sort of digital currency that can be redeemed for goodies such as autog…
(TrendHunter.com) Intel Capital, the investment branch of Intel computer chips, has thrown some money into a social web site called Bragster.com. The site hopes to attract the craziest stunts ever caught on video – for instance, “I bet I can do 15 shots of tequila in 60 minutes.” Do it and you can win bragbucks and e…
(TrendHunter.com) By the end of this year, you can live out your dream and become an American Idol during your visit to Walt Disney World! Well, sort of. The actual television show isn’t going anywhere. Disney has come to an agreement with Fox TV to put their own version of the popular show in a sound stage at Disne…
(TrendHunter.com) We all love to receive customize things, and there’s never been an easier way to send personalized messages than with viral internet greetings. Just in time for February 14, you can customize your own sweet Valentine with the Candy Heart Generator.
The site lets you create your own heart-shaped ca…
(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter has covered rental culture in the past; we’ve seen iPhone rentals, pet and garden rentals, EV city cars, the ability to rent designer ‘it’ bags and even luxury car time shares.
Last year we featured baby clothes rental, and now a similar concept, Baby Plays, allows for toy rental.
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(TrendHunter.com) If you’re addicted to watching music videos online, then you’ll love Spinvision.tv, a website that has over 5 million videos, enough to entertain for over 27 years if you watched it all.
The experimental video art project by David Troy was launched on January 28, 2008. It’s basically a collection …
(TrendHunter.com) An americano connoisseur and Trend Hunter addict, I can often be found stationed at a table inside Starbucks, laptop out, catching up on the latest goodies on the site. In addition to my drink, I also have to pay for my internet access, but that could soon change. At least for residents of the US.
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(TrendHunter.com) Due to the popularity of virtual clubbing sites like the hip party venues in Second Life or sites like Virtual Ibiza, MTV has launched their own version to allow party lovers to enjoy their favourite night activities at any time, from the comfort of their computer chairs.
The coolest part about Vi…
(TrendHunter.com) Urban Outfitters is making use of the Yahoo-owned photo sharing website, Flickr in an attempt to encourage brand interaction.
The Urban Outfitters Flickr Pool lets the public upload photos of anything related to Urban Outfitters, whether it’s people wearing their clothes, images of store fronts or…
(TrendHunter.com) Six people have quietly launched Yahoo Live. This experiment comes from the Google competitor, but with a very small team of testers, will they be able to correctly evaluate if the YouTube competitor will meet market demands?
With the new service, Yahoo provides all the back end support allowing …
(TrendHunter.com) 1-click award is a competition rewarding the interactive works using mouse actions such as click. The contest offers the winner 500,000 yen and is being organized by Japanese recruiting company, Recruit. This in itself however is not the awesome part, no no, the awesome part is the promotion of the …
(TrendHunter.com) This concept is similar to writing something in junior high and having your teacher mail it to you years after you left the school. It would be so exciting to get mail from yourself you had forgotten you wrote.
Future Me is a website that does exactly that, via email. All you do is create a new en…
(TrendHunter.com) eBay sellers are pretty miffed after a new rule regarding comments was put into place after some users abused the system.
eBay doesn’t like that sellers have been gaming the system in order to influence the buyers’ abilities to participate.
If you are given three negative comments by a seller, t…
(TrendHunter.com) This is definitely cool! GoodSearch is a service that utilizes Yahoo’s search engine to earn money for charity. There are hundreds of charities already in their database, but if your favorite is not there, you can easily submit it.
For each standard search, your charity can earn about US$0.01. …
(TrendHunter.com) Domino’s is allowing online users to create their own pizza, name it, and add it to their menu for others to order and enjoy. They call it BFD Builder, aka Big Fantastic Deal. Users can choose from 4 types of crust styles, 6 types of meats, and 6 types of other toppings. Some of the current names in…
(TrendHunter.com) Viral videos are one of the most looked at things on the web and have proven to be an excellent way to boost publicity. Hollywood actors are slowly starting to catch onto this wildly popular form of media, thanks to stars like Will Ferrell who was one of the pioneers of self-made celebrity virals.
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(TrendHunter.com) For once there were no guest lists on the door of the ‘must go to party’ this weekend. That’s because the Banksy party was in the virtual world of Second Life. The 24 hour party, which took place on Saturday, was to launch the online Second Life Banksy gallery know as ‘Banksy’s Ghetto’.
It was se…
(TrendHunter.com) Despite the all-American image, Hannah Montana’s popularity is dominating the charts of Fandango, the online ticket seller.
The 3D movie, called Hannah Montana 3D, is Fandango’s top advance seller for February opening and it’s already Fandango’s fifth biggest advance seller. That makes it the top-…
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