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Archive for April, 2010

New Business Ideas: Colour ebook reader for kids

Apr. 12 | The world may be waiting in breathless anticipation for the arrival of Apple’s widely hyped iPad, but Taiwanese AIPTEK has come up with a device that may well be a better choice for children. Its Story Book inColor lets kids...

Personal, reusable hand towels

Apr. 9 | The average person uses between 2,400 and 3,000 paper towels each year just at work, so it’s no real surprise that more than 3,000 tons of paper towel waste are produced every day in the U.S. alone. Hoping to tame that mountain...

Online retailers install widget to enable group buying

Apr. 6 | We’ve seen numerous examples of group buying over the years, but recently we came across technology that promises to enable many more. SyncFu is a free widget that any e-commerce website can install to let deal-seeking consumers team up for volume...

New Business Ideas: High-end motorcycles and Fractional Ownership

Apr. 3 | For supercar fans, there’s already écurie25. Private jet users have long had NetJets. Now high-end motorcycle aficionados have a fractional ownership club of their own through Columbus Club, based in Cannes, France. In exchange for an annual...

New Business Ideas:Paying Offline For Virtual Online Purchases

Apr. 1 | The latest example of the blending of offline and online worlds is Kwedit, a new payment service in the United States that enables consumers over the age of 13 to make cash payments for their online purchases at participating offline retail stores....