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What a clever and fun design is the Chop Stick Wardrobe.  Not created by an Asian, but by Swiss designer Andreas Saxer, who happens to be a design professor at the Chang-Geng University Taipei in Taiwan.  I’d say Saxer’s Chop Stick Wardrobe just may have been influenced by his stay on the Chinese island.

Well, it was bound to happen. As popular as location-based services are becoming, it didn’t take long for the Spamalot Brigade to step in for a little menace and mayhem

We know about ad deals based on impressions and  we are familiar with banner ads and pop-ups. Google Adsense opened us up to cost per clicks. But as social networking moves from the desktop to mobile devices are we ready to engage in a brand new business model ☞ Cost Per Check-in

Though Slowcooker by Margriet Foolen doesn’t exactly fit easily into interior design categories, it did happen to win Wallpaper’s Best Domestic Design 2010.  Personally, I think it’s great that its good looks are matched by its utility and I can’t wait to purchase one!

AT&T now stands to make even more money than they’re making now, which they said in a press release yesterday was a record high.

I never thought that dogs and drivers might have “issues” with dog sleds.  But inventor Mark Schuette from Bend, Oregon says mushing can create steering battles because the dogs are in front of the riders and, therefore, have the ultimate steering control.  That’s why Schuette invented the first dog-behind-the-wheel Dog Powered Scooter, Dog Powered Trike, TrikeBike, and Dog Powered Skateboard, that put the dog behind the wheel instead of in front of it.  Read on and see how you can urban mush your dogs.

Speculation is circulating from reputable sources such as Mashable  that the New York Times is contemplating charging for content. While legacy newspapers have struggled to develop new business models to address dwindling subscriptions and ad revenue, it’s apparent that a metered system is on the table for consideration.

The last I heard, the yet-to-be-released Apple tablet/ iSlate ticket price was rumored at $1000.

Back in September, I predicted that Twitter would acquire oneforty.com, ” the Twitter Store of Apps ,” where one could shop to his or her heart’s content for any app under the Twitter sun. Not only did that prediction come to past, but today, oneforty is juggling the launch of its Premium Twitter App marketplace with a $1.85 million dollar round of funding.

Some call it the Great Land Rush of 2010. Others don’t quite understand what all the fuss is about.