Not long ago we wrote about high-end grape juices by First Blush, and recently one of our spotters came across MonaVie, another ultra premium line of alcohol-free juices that could easily be confused with wine. Utah-based MonaVie offers both...
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Motopower: solar-powered cellphone kiosks for Ugandan women
Submitted by Springwise on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 7:04am.
Mobile phones are connecting people around the globe like never before, but the simple fact remains that they don't work without electricity. In Uganda, which has one of the lowest levels of electricity in Africa, Motorola has launched an...
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SeatGuru for hotel rooms
Submitted by Springwise on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 12:30pm.
Mapping the best and worst seats in hundreds of airplanes, SeatGuru is one of our favourite examples of transparency tyranny—the power of detailed information to help consumers find the best of the best and leave the rest behind. So...
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Reverse-boycotting: Crowd clout meets eco persuasion
Submitted by Springwise on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 3:52am.
Crowd clout is a force that can be very effective in getting consumers what they want—such as cheaper prices, as we've noted before. For helping to effect social change, though, it typically focuses on punishing bad corporate citizens through...
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All-you-can-read digital magazines
Submitted by Springwise on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 12:46pm.
Earlier this year we wrote about idiomag, a digital music mag that's customized to subscribers' tastes. Picking up on the digital-delivery theme, French magazine distributor Relay and kiosk retailer now offers eco-minded consumers a way to receive issues of...
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