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Meet Wendy, A Partyscape That Cleans The Air

By The Editor on July 4, 2012 in Arts, Arts, Community Service, Entertainment & Media, Technology, Technology, Trends, Visual/Graphic Arts with No Comments

Check out ‘Wendy’ a new art installation in the courtyard of MOMA/PS1. The design is partly funded by merchandise clothing that cleans the air!

Mobile growth

By The Editor on July 3, 2012 in IT & Telecommunications, Mobile, Nomad, Technology, Technology, Trends with No Comments

.Mobile growth is significantly greater than the rest of the web.

Glassware That Charges Your iPhone

By The Editor on July 3, 2012 in Consumer Products, Innovation, Mobile, Nomad, Technology, Weird and Wonderful with No Comments

Solar-powered drinkware coated with dye-sensitized photo cells can power gadgets when placed on a special bookshelf.

NFC Is Great, But Mobile Payments Solve A Problem That Doesn’t Exist

By The Editor on July 3, 2012 in Financial Services, Innovation, Mobile, Technology with No Comments

For the past few years, we’ve been told over and over again that NFC will eventually replace the common wallet. And yes, NFC is a great technology. Parts of Europe and China are using it for public transport transactions, and the sharing of content between devices is incredibly cool (just check out this commercial). And moreover, the ability to ditch all of your loyalty cards and combine them in one place (potentially) PassBook-style would be highly convenient. But where mobile payments are concerned, there is no problem to be solved.

Augmented Reality Shopping Coming Soon

By The Editor on July 3, 2012 in Consumer Products, Ecommerce, Fashion, FMCG, Innovation, IT & Telecommunications, Mobile, Music & Fashion, Nomad, Retail, Technology, Technology, Trends with No Comments

IBM Research announced the prototype of a mobile app that can act as a personal shopping assistant in stores. The mobile app could be branded and provided by retailers. Consumers would download the app and then input products they’re shopping for and their selection criteria.