According to research from the Environmental Protection Agency, AAA and other sources, using scooters can help reduce carbon emissions, save gasoline and increase worker productivity by stunning amounts. Thanks ColumnFive
On April 20th, 2011 at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA Tina Fey joins Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt for a fireside chat about her new book, Bossypants.
Advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather, UK, created a series of three print ads on behalf of Kodak to promote its line of Inkjet printers. Though the best out of them is the following one -
LinkedIn compared CEOs worldwide with the average LinkedIn member to find the most common names among those with that job title. Men were most likely to be called Peter, Bob, Jack, Bruce and Fred, while women were often called Deborah, Sally, Debra, Cynthia and Carolyn. - CEO names tend to be either short or shortened versions of popular first names. - Female CEOs, use their full name to project a more professional image. - Short, four-letter names are even more popular in sales but not in engineering. - Most popular names Here is the infographic designed by Anita Lillie which sums it all- Check out
Read More“Step 1: Define your perfect girlfriend. Step 2: We bring her into existence. Step 3: Connect and interact with her publicly on your favorite social network Step 4: Enjoy a public long distance relationship with your perfect girl." This is what you heard, and what you heard was rumor, brain behind CloudGirlfriend is a financial analyst for San Diego-based wireless company Remec named David Fuhriman describes it as a combination of Match.com and Second Life, the new Cloud Girlfriends lets you flirt as a fantasy character setting up Chat Dates with others who also are role playing. “We allow people to
Read MoreCreated by Paul Carduner, PhotoSync allows you to sync all or a few of your Flickr albums to Facebook and doesn’t take an eternity. The service partions large versions of your Flickr photos and albums into matching Facebook albums and keeps syncing both accounts every hour, with no effort on your part. Just connect your Facebook and Flickr accounts to PhotoSync and it will copy your Flickr photos onto Facebook. Free of charge.
Eastpak, the backpack company, has built a Facebook campaign based on the concept of tetris but with a twist its human tetris. People flinging themselves off a building and onto concrete. The brand’s Facebook game Spak, which you only get to see if you “Like” the page, lets you play a with your Facebook friends’ faces superimposed over the falling bodies.
Sony wil make its long-awaited entry into the tablet PC market later this year with two models based on the latest version of Google's Android operating system. Sony announced "Sony Tablet" that delivers the perfect combination of hardware, content and network with seamless usability for a high-quality, engaging entertainment experience. Two tablets with unprecedented design, including S1 which is optimized for rich media entertainment and S2 which is ideal for mobile communication and entertainment. It will be available in global market starting in fall 2011. Quick features 1. Android 3.0 2. WiFi and WAN (3G/4G) compatible. 3. Off-center of gravity form factor, 9.4-inch S1 offers
Read MoreTwo BYU students created a webservice called DivvyThat to split utility bills between roomates. Dusty Hulet was explaining to a professor the business idea of electronically splitting utility costs between roommates when a student approached him; he said his roommates owed him $200 each for months of utility bills. Having utility costs in one person’s name can lead to problems. Some feel like poor debtors receiving no mercy and others feel like merciless creditors receiving no justice. Money collecting isn’t pleasant for most, and few like the white boards or sticky-notes with never-ending dollar signs and decimals. This is what Hulet
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