More near-instant e-commerce delivery
It's been a few years since we wrote about quick-delivery e-commerce companies MaxDelivery, Lickety Ship and Zifty, but recently we came across a new contender in the field. Launched last December, London-based Shutl also gives online shoppers a way...
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Design your own custom-made beef jerky
Rather than list all the products we've seen offered in customized form over the years, it's getting to the point now where we might be better off listing the ones we *haven't* seen served up in personalized versions. One...
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Facebook and Twitter mugs display pics of online friends
If users of social media are interested in buying notebooks embellished with their online tweets or Facebook feed, doesn't it stand to reason that they'd want a mug featuring the profile pictures of their online friends? California-based CrowdedInk apparently...
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Outfit advice, with help from the crowds
Much the way RestyleMe and checkyourimage.com let consumers get fashion and image advice from the crowds, so GoTryItOn gives people a way to get feedback on particular outfits. Based in New York, GoTryItOn lets users upload digital snapshots of...
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Design your own swim shorts, earn up to $1,000
From jeans to bicycles, fabrics to sleeping bags, we've seen a wide array of products consumers can design themselves. Lest swim shorts aficionados feel left out, however, there's now a design-your-own site for those too—and it even rewards creators...
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Care for sick kids while parents are at work
When a child is too sick to go to day care or school, working parents often have little choice but to stay home and miss work themselves. Not so for those who live in and around Kennewick, Washington, however,...
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Location-based messaging for neighbourhoods
It was back in 2003 that we began covering nethoods, as our sister site calls them, and since then GPS and mobile technologies have greatly increased locally focused possibilities. BlockChalk is a new site that aims to provide the...
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Wearable patches feature scannable code
There are ever more connections being forged between the online and offline worlds, as we've been noting regularly for years. We've already seen T-shirts printed with scannable QR codes, and now a Pennsylvania startup is adding flexibility to the...
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