Added 16 May, 2013
The Oregon Public House, the nation's very first nonprofit pub, just opened for business Friday afternoon. The pub's motto is, "Have a pint, change the world." You can think of the pub as a fundraising department for local charities. All of the pub's profits go directly to eight local organizations listed on a board behind the bar. Drinkers help...
Added 15 May, 2013
Step aside Gisele Bündchen and Alessandra Ambrosio - there's a new Brazilian beauty queen in town. At the age of 65, glamorous grandmother Irenilda de Oliveira Meneses is giving her younger counterparts a run for their money, after being crowned Brazil's most beautiful elderly woman. Clad in a floor-length green gown, the elegant...
Added 15 May, 2013
McDonald's is yet another fast food chain considering putting breakfast on the all-day menu. Breakfast accounts for 25% of McDonald's business and has been one of the biggest opportunities for the restaurant industry -- the only area of growth in the past decade, according to NPD. And consumer trends in food, including the desire for speed,...
Added 15 May, 2013
A new survey "Women in Technology" from Elance suggests that virtual work is the key to women achieving parity with men in tech roles. The survey, which polled more than 7,000 independent professionals worldwide, found that women are finding more tech opportunities in the virtual world than in the real one. Some 70 percent say online work gives...
Added 14 May, 2013
‘Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin,” at least so says Dolly Parton. Born of the industrial era, the 40 hour work week is now a standard the world over, but using time as a measurement of accomplishments is a relic, says Ilya Pozin. In an article for LinkedIn, the founder of web design company Ciplex argues that companies should do away...
Added 14 May, 2013
So you have an hour free during lunch and you feel like getting your legs moving? Now you can hop into a cab and catch a DJ set at a packed nightclub. Several party promoters in New York and elsewhere are pushing lunchtime dace parties. Flavorpill sponsors one such party at Manhattan's Marquee nightclub, and organizations Lunch Rocks and Lunch...
Added 13 May, 2013
Basic parenting meets social media messaging with TweetPee, a new moisture-monitoring device and iPhone app that alerts parents via Twitter when baby's diaper gets soggy. Created by Kimberly-Clark Corp. for their Huggies brand of diapers, the app also monitors the family's diaper supply, counts diaper use, and facilitates online ordering to assure...
Added 13 May, 2013
The biometric gates at Dublin Airport are using facial-recognition technology to speed passengers through border control. While it now gets passengers through automatic border control gates in as few as 8 seconds, it doesn't bode well for privacy campaigners who see this as a harbinger for widespread, general public use of this technology. “Many...
Added 8 May, 2013
Translation software continues to get a lot of attention, so it's understandable that we are now seeing several apps that purport to decipher a baby's cries. The Cry Translator is one of the largest. To start translation, place the device near the baby when she cries and press the Start button. In seconds the cry will be translated relating to one...
Added 7 May, 2013
Rich pet owners are not going to almost any extreme to give their pooches the best of everything. We've already seen on WikiTrend dog tattoos, doggie fitness monitors and more. Now there's super high end ice cream for dogs. Arrfscarf's signature peanut butter bacon ice cream is mixed with bits of crispy bacon, unsalted peanut butter, vanilla,...