(TrendHunter.com) Virgin is known for their cutting edge ads, but they’re also known for stirring up quite a controversy. The latest ads, which will run in a Toronto newspaper, are for Virgin Mobile and were inspired by the Eliot Spitzer scandal.
Using the political mishap to create the shockvertisement, the Virgin…
(TrendHunter.com) The mystery of texting has brought with it, a unique language known to the “uncool” as SMS language. This language uses abbreviations for certain sounds and replaces traditional ways of spelling words with more intuitive ones – “y” instead of “i” and “k” instead of “c”. Thus, new ways of spelling ba…
(TrendHunter.com) Internet piracy has made it possible not only to access to free movies, but to access films even before they hit theaters. In order to preserve the business of “going to the movies”, cinemas may have to considering offering all movies in 3D to continue to get patrons to the box office.
“A consorti…
(TrendHunter.com) Do you run into problems when eating Asian food because you can’t quite figure out how to use chopsticks? If you’re prone to flicking rice everywhere or shooting sushi across restaurants, stop disturbing other patrons and create your own pair of westernized chopsticks.
All you have to do is use th…
(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen people faking status, but it looks like the hip thing to do in Nevada is faking authority. If you ever see a cop in a 2007 Mustang Cruiser in Sin City, don’t let him pull you over; chances are, he’s not an officer.
Jessie Vigil from Las Vegas painted his black and white Mustang to look …
(TrendHunter.com) I’m sorry, Chocolate Skittles? Why not just buy Smarties right off the bat?
If you’re initial thought was the same, maybe their new commercial can convince you. Serving up the sweet new product with a side of humour, the silly TV spot has the potential to encourage people to at least try the new c…
(TrendHunter.com) VIP Fibers is a company offering the ultimate service for pet lovers. I’m talking series animal freaks.
The next time your doggy goes for a trim or you decide to shear your cat (just keep the fur on the head for a nice lion effect), keep the leftover fur and send it in to VIP Fibers and they’ll spi…
(TrendHunter.com) While much of the world uses US-owned YouTube to watch and share videos, China has come up with their own answer in the form of Youku.com, a company that recently partnered with MySpace China.
The site looks similar to YouTube, showing a main video with different channels and featured videos on the…
(TrendHunter.com) In the future, there will be no more conventional glass ticket box at the theatre. Being heralded as Asia’s most technologically-advanced cinemas, this movie theater looks more like a modern sculpture or a chic boutique hotel.
The movie theatre’s design has been configured for the patrons to be …
(TrendHunter.com) All the wankers out there will be happy to hear about Sperm For Tickets. Passes will be given to any donors in Europe, to a festival of their choice, for contributing to Ireland’s severely depleted sperm reserves. Uh…by mail, in special “donation” containers.
The slogan for the initiative is, …
(TrendHunter.com) These designers aren’t trying to blow anything up your skirts… well, actually, yes they are. If you want these creations by Jak & Jill and Berardi, then you have to find a strong up draft – like a subway grate – to make them look best. Heading to a fancy soiree? Then make sure you hang around the …
(TrendHunter.com) It’s not the first interface and won’t be the last of course, but this one allows for moving, resizing and flipping without having to use gloves or headgear.
According to Donald Melanson at engadget, “It seems that everyone is working on new interfaces. Using thought, gestures or real objects. Th…
(TrendHunter.com) Knowing Lush and their ethics as I do, I honestly believe this was NOT a PR stunt, but that the beauty and soap company was simply trying to raise money and awareness for a good charity.
Lush Cosmetics have started making bath bombs to raise money for Reprieve which campaigns to raise awareness of …
(TrendHunter.com) With a simple keystroke, freeware application Windows Hidie will hide those naughty windows on your desktop so you won’t get busted looking at, say, Heidi Klum while you should be working. Call it the Cyber Slacker’s ultimate must-have.
“When Windows Hidie hides a window, it disappears from your t…
(TrendHunter.com) Hamsters have been made illegal in Vietnam and anyone caught with one of the little devil’s can be fined almost double the average Vietnam ANNUAL wage. It is feared the little fellows are a potential source of disease.
Unlike the UK’s small furries, fish are traditional pets in the Far East. Howev…
(TrendHunter.com) In this world of heightened danger and all the talk about terrorism, it seems everyone lives in fear that harm will happen to us. As a result, we are seeing an increase in products with self defense features. Take the Porcupine Light for example, a new flashlight that comes with retractable spikes f…
(TrendHunter.com) The HANNSMilano is a handbag TV combo conceived by HANNSpree. When we saw Louis Vuitton’s video handbag, we thought it would be a while before any other companies caught on, but I guess we were wrong.
“The inspiration for the piece came from the resilience of modern women,” BornRich said.
I real…
(TrendHunter.com) How much more stuff can be attached to an iPod? I half expect to read any day now that an iPod can launch a rocket into space. Can it? Can it?
The Sergio iPod turntable and mixer comes with two iPod docks which are attached to two separate speakers. You can use the center spin dial to do the spinn…
(TrendHunter.com) This is all kinds of wrong. A team of computer security researchers were able to gain wireless access to a combination heart defibrillator and pacemaker.
“They were able to reprogram it to shut down and to deliver jolts of electricity that would potentially be fatal — if the device had been in a…
(TrendHunter.com) If you are still planning to buy an Apple iPhone, keep waiting. If you can wait until 2009 or even 2010, you could grab one that it will run the Intel processor like all the iMacs do now when the new phones launch with x86.
According to Charlie Demerjian at The Inquirer, “The iPhone is going to go…
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