Carrotmob is a Web 2.0-empowered, open community that promotes social responsibility in a clever fun way. Initiated in California they invite company’s of all kinds – though the most illustrative…

www.Zopa.com is the first social finance company. Since 2005 it pioneers a way for people to lend and borrow directly amongst each other online. Mission of http://www.zopa.com: …

Shanghai Tang is evolving in China’s first top luxury brand. Soon China will not only be the country where all commodities are produced. It will also be the country where…

Massimo Voltolina started practising sport only when he was 30. He trains without following rigid schedules: he simply “listens to his body”. At the age of 43 Massimo Voltolina is…

Xerox introduces Ink that uses ultraviolet light and regular surrounding heat to vanish. By using this ink you can recycle the paper as many as 30 times. As soon as…

Candles, make-up, sex toys and condoms – what do they have in common? They can provide little pleasures in a great manner – while, often, staying at home. Therefore they…

Sharing costs is becoming an increasingly popular concept. Fractional ownership allows people to enjoy many benefits at a reduced price. It works in many areas. There is fractional aircraft ownership,…

Conversation is of all times. However, do not underestimate Melbourne today! On any given Friday night you’ll find pods of conversation in some pretty unusual places; Bobby’s Cuts is a…

We know Africa as the garbage dump of the Western world. Literally. Western companies pay African countries loads of money to import their garbage. Cars that are not allowed to…

Nokia has rolled out its own stores over that last year and a half, called Experience Centers. But there’s a twist: the 25 Experience Centers around the country aren’t there…

This unofficial Israeli group specializes in not taking anything too serious. Ever thriving on creativity, the group was formed a few years back, and has been active ever since in…

With more households in which both partners work, it’s tough for families to coordinate vacation schedules, and weakening job security is making employees reluctant to leave for long. As gas…

As middle-class property like cars, computers and phones become more accessible to society’s have-nots, distinctions between the first and third world will grow increasingly murky. The following innovations will help…

Shan Zhai Ji(山寨机), or ‘bandit cell phone’, refers to cell phones manufactured by unauthorized or small-scale factories often located on the South East Coast of China. They usually copy the…