There seems to be no limit to airports’ creativity in their quest to be more than just a point of departure or landing in travelers’ lives, and we’ve already se ...
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In San Francisco, the world’s first airport yoga room
Posted by Springwise in February 7th 2012
Hybrid German snowshoe can glide downhill
Posted by Springwise in February 7th 2012
Snowshoeing may not enjoy nearly the level of popularity that snow sports such as skiing do, but recently it’s begun to see an upturn in the United States, according to dat ...
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In Australia, QR payment system delivers food direct to moviegoers’ seats
Posted by Springwise in February 7th 2012
The list of uses for QR codes appears to be endless. We’ve seen them used to teach vocabulary and track employee hours, and now we’ve discovered QkR — a mobile app ...
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Mapmaker with a local touch and a global plan
Posted by Springwise in February 6th 2012
Tourist maps are not unique. Artistically rendered maps are available for many cities, usually created by a local artist. What distinguishes Guatemala-based mapmaking company Where To Go M ...
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Free downloads for life from new record label
Posted by Springwise in February 6th 2012
While free downloads are seen by many in the music industry as a problem to be fought against, we recently spotted a label that’s embracing them with open arms. Specificall ...
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Adapter connects smartphones to microscopes for scientific photography
Posted by Springwise in February 6th 2012
It wasn’t long ago that we covered MobiUS’s use of smartphone technology to provide portable ultrasound imaging, and recently we came across a related innovation. Aim ...
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Denmark’s new digital postage stamps
Posted by Springwise in February 6th 2012
The inevitable replacement of 'snail mail' by free, instant online communication has seen postal operators around the world struggling to maintain relevance. However, in Denmark at least, t ...
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Pop-up store helps launch new software platform
Posted by Springwise in February 5th 2012
Pop-up retail is a trend we've been covering for years, but it wasn't until recently that we had seen it put to work for software. Sure enough though, part of Danish software firm Podio's s ...
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Butler rental service provides catered picnics in Amsterdam
Posted by Springwise in February 4th 2012
We’ve covered numerous innovations designed to enliven and re-imagine the picnic experience, from balloon delivered pizza picnics to picnics on snow covered mountain slopes. Now, however, ...
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Subscription service for men’s underclothes
Posted by Springwise in February 4th 2012
The subscription services are coming thick and fast lately, automating for shopping-weary consumers the routine purchase of life's little necessities. Most recently it was men's skincare p ...
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Adventures for sighted and non-sighted travellers
Posted by Springwise in February 3rd 2012
Few would dispute the value of a business that breaks down barriers for consumers with disabilities. A shining example of this, Traveleyes is a UK-based travel company whose primary functi ...
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Single-estate coffees curated and delivered monthly to the door
Posted by Springwise in February 3rd 2012
The march of the subscription services continues! The virtual ink had barely dried on our story about UK-based Trinkets when we came across Kopi, a like-minded company whose focu ...
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Online to offline platform rewards diners with Facebook credits
Posted by Springwise in February 3rd 2012
Facebook credits are a virtual currency that can be purchased with a credit or debit card to buy virtual goods in games and apps on the Facebook platform. However, never before h ...
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In Norway, dog ‘locker’ keeps pets safe while owners shop for groceries
Posted by Springwise in February 3rd 2012
According to In Defense of Animals, approximately 5 million family pets go missing each year. No wonder, then, that a pet “locker” has popped up outside a Norwegian grocery s ...
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Restaurants’ takeout menus made interactive via QR codes
Posted by Springwise in February 3rd 2012
It’s become increasingly common for restaurants to build and offer custom, branded mobile apps that let patrons place orders by phone, but it’s still up to consumers ...
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Facebook app helps friends share books, DVDs and video games
Posted by Springwise in February 2nd 2012
In the same way consumers can use Keepio to list and sell items through Facebook, they can now use StuffPal to share their goods. Specifically, the new Facebook app from Los Ange ...
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In the UK, cotton tampons delivered by monthly subscription
Posted by Springwise in February 2nd 2012
No end in sight to the monthly subscription services! Hard on the heels of our recent stories about artisan breads, eco-minded products and care packages for new parents delivere ...
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Geo-targeted messaging with a public services twist
Posted by Springwise in February 2nd 2012
Hard on the heels of our story about BlockChalk comes word of Nixle, another location-based service for community messaging. But where BlockChalk focuses primarily on letting neighbours co ...
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Tags: Government, In Boston, Jersey, Jim Stewart, New Jersey, SMS, Telecom & Mobile
Tags: Government, In Boston, Jersey, Jim Stewart, New Jersey, SMS, Telecom & Mobile
Crowdsourcing site helps publishers find new authors
Posted by Springwise in February 1st 2012
Back in 2008 we wrote about Authonomy, HarperCollins's Sellaband-like effort to recruit the crowds to help spot the next bestseller. Suggesting the concept may be starting to stick, a new ...
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Wise Words with Jesse Potash
Posted by Springwise in February 1st 2012
Jesse Potash is the founder of PUBSLUSH Press, a publisher that lets readers decide what books get published, and donates a book to a child in need for every book sold. Jesse com ...
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Pedometer wristband motivates schoolchildren to be active
Posted by Springwise in February 1st 2012
We’ve already seen wristband devices designed to motivate kids into physical activity, but what makes MOVband different is that it is available to schools as part of loan p ...
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