Temporary Bed & Breakfast
16-3-2011
In 2007, roommates Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky, created a temporary bed & breakfast of their appartment in San Francisco to pay the rent. Now, 3,5 years later, the online platform became a great success. Travelers can search on the website for a place to stay out of 9.000 city in the world.
Coca Cola brings happiness
16-3-2011
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Happiness brought by Coca-Cola. Where will happiness strike next? Watch the movie.
PC dinner replaces the TV dinner
15-3-2011
According to the online viewing service SeeSaw.com prefer around 60% of Britons to eat their evening meal while sitting at their computer. 15 % said they watched TV on their PC while eating a meal.
Having lunch in a tram
11-3-2011
A tram from 1927 is the new decor for the lunchroom ‘De Amsterdamsche Tram’ near the Amsterdam Sloterdijk station. The lunchroom wil open its doors the 11th of March.
New Airbus cabin targets Asian corporate jet market
11-3-2011
Airbus Corporate Jet introduced a new cabin concept, called Phoenix, especially made for the Asian matket. The cabin contains a large circular table with six seatings and offers a karaoke area. Both aspects compose an imported part of the familial and business society of Asia.
A personalized magazine on the iPad
11-3-2011
Zite, a Canadian app for the iPad, is a personalized magazine, which automatically adapts to your whishes. Based on preselected subjects, Zite creates a custom build magazine with the news, movies, blogs, etc you are interested in. Also, Zite continues personalizing the magazine based on the newsflashes you read to create a tailor made magazine.
Figure running
10-3-2011
Running the same route every time will get boring after a while. That is why the Dutch women Willempje Prins and Leonieke Verhoog came up with figure running. By downloading this app you can create a figure while running.
Niven Basics
10-3-2011
On April 1st restaurant Niven Basics, the ‘little sister’ of restaurant Niven in The Netherlands, will open its doors. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays the space will be used for cookingclasses and Thursdays to Saturdays it is a restaurant. De formula is simple: guests can choose between two four-course menus for a fixed price of €37,50.
Buy your friend drinks online
10-3-2011
FrinXX gives consumers in Germany the opportunity to buy each other a drink through online channels, even if they are not present at the bar. FrinXX users visit the site or log in via the Facebook app. You then choose the amount you want to spend and you pay by PayPal, iPayment or ClickandBuy. After payment, you receive a code, which you can send to one or multiple recipients via email, SMS or Facebook, along with a personal message. The code must be shown to the bartender and the drinks are paid for.
Waterbottle with jogging route
7-3-2011
Like many hotels, the Hilton Hotel San Diego Bayfront offers jogging-maps to guests. Unlike other routes, these routes are printed on Hilton waterbottles. Very useful when you are jogging in a city you’re not familiar with.