Jake Gaecke over at Appletell has put together a selection of free iPhone apps that even a Grinch would love.
Ustream Live Broadcaster
Finally, the app we’ve been waiting to see from Ustream! Live Broadcaster allows you to stream video live from your iPhone to [...]
CNet’s Crave gadget blog has a cool story about a DIY secret door lock.
DIY’er Steve Hoefer used a piezo speaker, a tiny gear reduction motor, an Arduino, and a PVC pipe to make his secret-knock door lock.
It opens a door when it detects a secret knock. Here it [...]
Thomas Alva Edison will receive a Special Merit Award from The Recording Academy this January according to The Morning Journal.
Among his thousands of inventions, Edison patented his phonograph, the device that allowed people to record and play sounds.
“Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most [...]
Unique products to inspire and amuse.
Bacon Lip Balm. Don’t limit bacon consumption to meals – have it all day.
The Commuter Tie. Hide your iPod Nano from the Boss.
Dry Erase Clock. Combines your calendar with your clock.
Cleve Wortham and his family used to get a kick out of visiting homes featured on maps of the best and brightest holiday decorations. Then his youngest child asked, “Dad, next year can we get on the map?”
Boy, did they ever. reports The Denver Post.
The [...]
Trendspotter Springwise has seen one-of-a-kind jewelry created to replicate a wearer’s scar, as well as bracelets featuring a map of the New York City subway. Borrowing a bit of both concepts, Etsy designer triggerhappy offers two necklace designs that can be personalized to reflect [...]
Daniel Sieberg spoke with Mattel’s Jim Sheridan about their new mind control toy, Mind Flex. The game uses brain waves to power a fan that floats a ball through an obstacle course.
Is there someone on your list who spends a lot of time in his or her car?
Save them from a potential traffic violation with the Jupiter Jack, which allows you to use your radio as a hands-free device.
Just plug the Jupiter Jack into your phone, [...]
Sitting on the cream carpet of her Lee Street home, just a stone’s throw from the Brookline Reservoir, Megan Woods doesn’t look like the kind of mom who spends her afternoons sifting through ugly sweaters in the back of a thrift store.
But Woods has become [...]
Your well-loved iPhone deserves a lot better than the flimsy rubber case you bought after being badgered by that guy at the mall kiosk.
The Vers Wood iPhone Case will let your iPhone know it’s good enough, it’s smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like it. [...]
Starting mid-January 2010, McDonalds will be offering free wireless Internet access at 11,000 of its 14,000 fast-food joints, reports Download Squad.
Whether it will be ‘gated’ via some kind of time code on your receipt, or really free remains to be seen.
This opens a scarily interesting [...]
Hobby jingle maker Love Harnell is copying the model proven by I Wear Your Shirt — matching the social media sharing and the one-dollar-per-calendar-day-of-the-year surcharge — but substituting jingles for shirts, according to a story on Mashable.
With LoveJingles, which officially kicks off on January 1, [...]
This year has been the biggest yet for online video, and for the first time The YouTube Blog is sharing our official Most Watched lists and some of the fastest-rising search terms on YouTube.
Some moments were big (President Obama’s inauguration), some small (a Minnesota wedding [...]
This Philco PC harks back to the very stylish Philco Predicta TV from the 50’s, old pre-war typewriters and just a dash of steampunk.
Unfortunately, it’s just a concept at the moment, produced by SchultzeWorks Design. The design is being shopped around to manufacturers so maybe [...]
In 2007, Heather Roman and Noelle Moreno opened Chulamama, a designer maternity clothing store in Salem. Roman and Moreno, both mothers of two, felt there was very little for the pregnant, fashionable woman who didn’t live in a big city.
So they sold Juicy Couture maternity [...]
In a world where many people look forward to retiring someday, there are innovative women like Laurie Cohen that do things a little different.
Not only did she leave retirement behind to help a company rebrand itself but she has since slipped into a new role as an [...]
Entrepreneur Danny Bamping has launched what he claims is “the greenest toy in the world”, reports The Herald.
The Carbon Cube, is claimed to be the toy with the lowest carbon footprint.
It is made “yards away” from the Crazee Thingz Company HQ in Plymouth, and [...]
Finale Desserterie & Bakery in downtown Boston has always had a ZIP code. Now, thanks to the Internet search titan Google Inc., the dessert restaurant also has a bar code according to a story in The Boston Globe.
The black-and-white square, with its pattern of irregular shapes, [...]
UK-based YoYo Games lets you create computer games to earn a little extra cash, even if you don’t already have programming experience, reports trendspotter Springwise.
Users of YoYo’s site begin by downloading its Game Maker software for free. That lets them create professional-looking games without [...]
Remember the old days when only movies and restaurants were rated on the Internet?
Following the wave of Web sites aimed at rating real people’s job performance, such as ratemyprofessor.com and ratemydoctor.com, a California public relations guru has created ratemycop.com, reports The St. Petersburg Times.
The [...]
The scientist some call “Mr. Christmas Tree” has already conquered conifer diseases, developed guidelines to keep cut trees fresh and helped introduce new species to the American market, reports The Seattle Times.
Now Gary Chastagner is using old-fashioned genetics to create a super-race of conifers immune [...]
For the drum hero in us all. Capable of being rolled up and stored in your desk drawer, this is the drum kit with six sensor pads that plugs into your PC to provide 70 percussion patterns, samples, loops, and effects while you play with your favorite [...]
Everybody has a great idea that could change the way we work, the way we live or the way we play.
Everyday Edisons, a TV program on PBS, documents the development process of 12 inventions and the parallel stories of the people who invented them.
Selected from thousands [...]
In 1990 Mark Arimura lost his mother to ovarian cancer. In 1994, Mia Arimura lost her mother to colon cancer.
Today in San Clemente, the Arimuras and their four daughters have just opened Possibilities Boutique, dedicated to the two moms and to a charity [...]
Brett Gifkins was frustrated with the amount of time his three sons were spending on the computer, so he began designing a toy that would entice them outside, reports Scoop Independent News.
The innovatively designed Sprinta, which requires no batteries and (to parent’s delight) is soundless, [...]
The afternoon sun beats down on the rocky hills and quicksand pits that surround the still, gray-blue body of water, which is flanked by Israel and the West Bank on the west and Jordan on the east.
As its name implies, there’s little life in the Dead [...]
Tish Ciravolo has founded the first company that makes guitars expressly for women and girls, reports USA Today.
Daisy Rock is still a small player in the roughly $1.6 billion market for “fretted instruments,” as measured by industry trade group NAMM. The company is private [...]
Small companies can already tap the power of the crowds for help with their graphic design, advertising and other business challenges.
Whereas most such services reward the creator of just a single winning solution, however, FreshlyBranded pays its marketing creatives for the top 10 ideas, according [...]
The idea of “free” has become extremely controversial in the technology industry, especially in the case of online content, reports Digital Trends.
Rumors that favorite show streaming website Hulu will be charging for all of their content has most online-media-viewing junkies scared stiff. Sources for [...]
Based on their combined decor and business administrative expertise, a mother and daughter team has established a Christmas decor store just in time for season.
Called Dash Away Dash Away, it is situated in the Marco Town Center next to Obsession women’s boutique.
Heather Dill and [...]
Before you anyone can start their own business, they have to want it bad enough to work for it. That is exactly what Mary Shelton has learned as she works to get her new business off the ground.
Since launching ComfortersandMore.com in June, Mary has worked hard [...]
Last week, we started a biz poll about the addition of tweet ‘comments’ and comments in general.
Sixty-five percent of those responding said they NEVER read the comments. Twenty-nine percent
said they read the comments, but never comment themselves and 6 percent said they always read
the comments [...]
Simple games based on Adobe’s Flash technology have multiplied like weeds in recent years, with an estimated 100,000 of them available on the web, mostly for free.
But a significant number of Flash game developers have moved from amateurs to pros; a survey shows that one in [...]
Tiny airport sleeping rooms — similar to the cubicles that Asian travelers use to catch a snooze in between flights — have arrived in America, reports USA Today.
Atlanta, the world’s largest airport, opened five Minute Suites this month where tired passengers can doze for $30 an [...]
Darryl Holland moves with purpose as he surveys the calm before the storm. It’s about 9:30 a.m. in early December, which means his company, Holiday LiteSource, will soon be abuzz with activity, reports The Avalanche-Journal.
We’re always on the fly,” Holland said.
That’s because Holiday LiteSource [...]
The ukulele, that four-stringed instrument that brings to mind kitschy Hawaiian grass-skirt performances and Tiny Tim, is suddenly hip, according to The NY Daily News.
Roger Greenawalt credits the ukulele’s increased following to something he has dubbed the “Aloha Zen” effect.
“It really transforms your mind,” says [...]
An entrepreneur may have the best product in the world, but if he or she doesn’t accept credit cards, it can be a problem. That’s something St. Louis glass artist Jim McKelvey learned the hard way, and it’s also why he was inspired to create [...]
Who doesn’t love carolers? They show up at your door, sing a holiday favorite, and leave, imparting you with Christmas cheer.
If caroling is your thing, but you’re not brave enough to bear the winter weather and go door-to-door, YouTube has a rewarding incentive for you to [...]
The cloth diapers that Heather Holt sells at her new shop on Winton Road are a lot different from the plain white ones she wore as a baby. Safety pins have given way to Velcro or snaps. And this generation of baby bottoms is a lot more stylish.
After retiring from journalism, Lawrence Breer was looking for something to do and realized he had a pick-up truck that he could put to good use. So he started running ads in the local paper, offering his services to haul trash and junk from people’s garages, reports [...]
Dan Strong owns a business called StripWalker, which sounds dirty but isn’t. Starting January 1, for three hours a day, Strong will be walking along the Las Vegas Strip, wearing company’s T-shirts all day, and Twittering and texting about his experiences, all to promote his advertisers, reports [...]
Unique Products to Inspire and Amuse.
Bacon Jelly Beans. Bacon, ’nuff said.
Credit Card Lightbulb. You never know when you’ll need an idea!
Hand-Cranked Penny-Dispenser. Turning the crank will yield one penny every 5.04 seconds, for $7.15 an hour (NY state minimum [...]
As the Federal Reserve warns that it could be another five or six years before the job market returns to normal, determining if you’re unemployed and therefore eligible for unemployment benefits is probably going to affect many more people in the coming years. Determining whether or not you’re “unemployed” is [...]
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