Added 21 June, 2013
Companies world over are trying to be the Next Big Thing with the under-30 crowd by showing off their corporate street cred. Now W Hotels teams up with Ray Mendez to assemble a collection of five limited-edition decks designed by New York notables including David LaChapelle, Cara Delevingne, Cope2, Amar’e Stoudemire and Zana Bayne. The boards will...
Added 21 June, 2013
A new venture, OpenAirplane, aims to make it easier for pilots to find, book, fly, and pay for aircraft rentals. The site uses Zipcar's shared vehicle model to allow pilots to rent the same make and model airplane they are used to, from airports across the United States.
Added 21 June, 2013
Dunkin' Donuts will begin selling gluten-free doughnuts and muffins across the US this year, becoming the first nationwide chain to offer gluten-free pastries. While competing chains, including Starbucks and McDonald’s, have yet to add gluten-free pastries to their menus, Dunkin’ Donuts is hardly alone: it has jumped on a fad that has taken off in...
Added 20 June, 2013
Major hotel brands have expanded their restaurant menus to include Chinese dishes like congee and dim sum and some Holiday Inn hotels around San Francisco and Chicago offer in-room rice cookers on request. Australia’s coastal Wyong region outside Sydney, a pretty stretch of pristine beaches and wildlife-filled wetlands, isn’t high on the travel...
Added 19 June, 2013
As part of an ongoing effort to keep New Yorkers connected, the city is creating Street Charge, an initiative to provides free solar mobile charging stations in locations across all five boroughs where the public can charge their phones, tablets and other mobile devices. Between now and the end of summer, AT...
Added 19 June, 2013
The nickname “Nairobbery” does little to help the image of Kenya’s unruly capital. That could be changing. The region is witnessing rising visitor numbers, driven heavily by the increased spending power and travel habits of Africa’s growing middle class. On May 26, Nairobi visitors enjoyed the city’s first historical walking tours; two-hour trips...
Added 19 June, 2013
While several high profile companies like Google and Apple have signaled their intention to produce smartwatches,
Shanghai-based GEAK Watch is the first to market a fully-functional computerized arm piece. The WiFi-enabled watch runs Android 4.1, can download apps directly, and get over-the-air system updates. Owners can pair their watch with...
Added 19 June, 2013
Electronic self-publishing is booming in China, where there are at least half a billion Internet users and several websites with millions of user-generated titles in their database. One publishing house executive have pointed out that no authors below 35 years old were discovered recently outside the internet. One reason that online lit is doing...
Added 19 June, 2013
Inspired by the trend in craft beer and spirits, a group of California entrepreneurs is producing Beverly Hills 9OH2O, a beverage they are marketing as "sommelier-crafted water." Created from California spring water mixed with natural minerals, the result is said to be silky smooth, incredibly crisp, and have an "exceptionally fresh taste profile...
Added 18 June, 2013
It's the beginning of the end for the good citizens of Myanmar as their trade doors open to fatty fast foods and sugary fizzy drinks. Coca-Cola is now joining Unilever, General Electric, Philips, Visa and just a handful of other big global multinationals in finally doing business in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, the poorest and least-...