Daily Archives: May 29, 2012

Gumroad offers simple-but-sticky direct sales

May 29, 2012 – 1:55 pm

by Robert van Alstyne WHAT’S HAPPENING Thanks to innovative direct-sales Web platform Gumroad, content creators and consumers can now engage in online purchasing transactions at light speed. Doing away with the drudgery of digital storefronts, Gumroad provides a dead-simple sales platform for anyone with digital content that they want to monetize — e-books, albums, apps, […]

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Dog walkers in Mexico City can scoop poop and trade it for WiFi

May 29, 2012 – 1:50 pm

by Elizabeth Helsley WHAT’S HAPPENING Need to check your email? Pick up some poop. The ad agency BBDO and the Internet portal Terra have teamed up to offer a creative solution to a dirty problem in Mexico City’s parks. When poop goes into a special receptacle, it weighs the droppings and gives minutes of free […]

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Lennar debuts a blueprint for balanced multi-gen living

May 29, 2012 – 1:45 pm

by Nissa Hanna WHAT’S HAPPENING To accommodate the changing family structure, Lennar’s NextGen home is a multi-generational blueprint for privacy and independence. The “home within a home” designs vary in square footage and layout, but all feature two adjoining self-contained living quarters that share either a main entrance and foyer or a front porch with […]

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FUELING OUTRAGE

May 29, 2012 – 1:42 pm

by Sumaa Tekur There’s panic in the air, with changes in gas prices affecting middle-class consumer buying power everywhere. No matter where they are, consumers are tweaking family budgets to accommodate this additional expense. Crude oil prices have increased by an average 12% since January (BBC.co.uk, 23 March 2012). Although the US, Europe and Japan […]

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