The "ready to drink" (RTD) market is in a state of flux. Sugary drinks are seeing steep declines and energy drinks have reached saturation points. It's no surprise then that we are seeing the market for canned and bottled drinks take many different directions lately. Regular readers of WikiTrend already know about reduced-sugar sodas, sparkling...
Before the digital era, it was much harder to find items you lost or misplaced. With the advent of mobile technology and all the software that goes with it, only the seriously disorganized should now be permanently parted with their things. Today, parked cars are easily found in parking lots with apps that pinpoint them on a map. Keys now hang...
If you've ever seen Google News then you know that the selection and placement of stories on that site is determined automatically by a computer program. But the stories themselves were all written by humans. Not for long. The Los Angeles Times is one of several newspapers now employing computers to write their articles. The stories are...
Crowded spaces and loud noises can be very disturbing to people with autism. Come to think of it, they can be unsettling to "neuro-typical" people as well. In any event, as the world becomes more sensitive to minorities of all kinds, we're seeing more products and services specifically catering to them. As the prevalence of autism becomes...
Tattooing has been part of human culture for almost all of recorded human history. That's a pretty major trend. The style of the tattoos themselves, however, change with the times, whether they be tribal or religious, celebrations of love, maritime in nature, or reflections on love lost. Now, a new style that it very much in sync with the times...
Mobile phones do a lot these days. And what they don't do all by themselves, they are getting help from developers who are creating physical attachments that significantly broaden the phones' abilities. In the past year or so we've seen attachments that run the gamut from blood-alcohol Breathalyzer to bacon-scented alarm clocks. Amazingly, the...
The northeastern United States is just coming out of one of the worst winters in recent memory, with a record number of snow days that stretched from late autumn to just last week. For dog lovers, one of the biggest fashion trends from Boston and Philadelphia to New York City and Washington, DC, has been the rise of the dog boot: colorful,...
On WikiTrend you have already seen the dynamic billboard for British Airways that features a video of a child who points to the sky whenever one of the company's airplanes goes by. You have seen billboards for Volkswagen that flash private messages to VW owners who drive by. And you have seen a cotton candy-scented billboard that was erected in...
Regular readers of WikiTrend, along with regulars at bars, know that we are living in the Golden Age of beer. When it comes to choice, there is now an embarrassment of riches with the number of brands and brews seemingly almost limitless. Walk into most bars in North America or Europe and you will likely see a number of taps dedicated to...
Luxury hotels are in a constant battle with one another to provide better service and facilities then their competition. But it's hard to push the envelope when standards are as high as they already are. So what's a top class hotel to do? The Four Seasons Lanai in Hawaii is opening a new front in this never-ending battle with the launch of an...