Those living in a developing world deal with many hardships from day-to-day and it takes the work of genuine people to help them provide for their families. Montreal based Moral Fibers is hoping to provide artists in poor communities an outlet to earn income in order to provide for their families. Moral Fibers is an ethical clothing label that sells clothing printed with the artwork designed by artists in developing countries.
Picking up litter as you walk the street is a little act that can go a long way in helping your local area stay clean and motivate others to save our world. A young, six member crew of American’s have set out on a journey to cross their nation and pick up litter from America’s highways. Through actions, this inspirational team is making the statement that we all need to do our part to move toward a “zero-waste community.”
Monitoring how a brand’s perceived value, customer interaction and social position has never been more important and accessible in real-time. Hearing what customers have to say and interacting back to say thank you or to put out unexpected customer complaints is a tireless and up-to-the minute job. Customer’s are surely going to dislike or negatively promote a product on platforms like Twitter, and it’s a brand’s responsibility to mitigate the damage a bad review can have.
If you’re starting new business idea there are undoubtedly going to be obstacles, confusion and down-right moments of no clue what to do. While there are online services that connect buyers to sellers of goods, there are very few reliable platforms that help those seeking advice obtain expertise and confidence from leading industry experts. Sprouter has and continues to be the business startup and expert connection engine that we look to, read and filter through constantly. But with the recent launch of Evisors Startups Entrepreneurship Network there is a new player that:
Facebook has had Pages for organizations, people and businesses for some time and after much discussions and waiting, Google has introduced Pages to its Google+ platform. As posted on the Google Blog, Google Pages is playing a bit of the trailing horse in this realm, but the addition is very exciting.
The white board is the modern day chalk board, but this handy new device might be a more ecological answer for classrooms. Designed by Yonggu Do and Eunha Seo, the Chalkeeper is an ingenious technology that creates a new piece of chalk by collecting and compressing chalk dust.
Ever try to setup a Full Windsor knot or perfectly puff out your tie-bow that would turn heads on Wall Street? The anger and teeth-grinding efforts of getting that perfect tie might be coming to an end with the TieSight app.
Often when shopping or trying on clothes we ask ourselves “does this look good on me?” And, if we’re so lucky to have a fashionista as a friend we can get their opinions before going out on the street in a polk-a-dot shirt and tie-died pair of pants with pink Crocs. But what do our style-expert friends get out of helping out with fashion advice other then a smile and a thank you? Fashonify.com is giving them a chance to earn money for providing fashion feedback to those looking for advice.
Vimeo launched their new Music Store service in September, a new service that should make it easier for video creators to discover and use music for their works, but it wasn’t until recently that we got to test how fun and inexpensive it was to use the service developed by the popular video sharing site.
If you have ever been to a conference, concert, event or anywhere with a group of people you know how easy it is to lose a friend. Not only that, but how much time and aggravation does it cause looking for said friend because you’re just that nice and don’t want leave someone behind? Navizon has launched a new location technology, an Indoor Triangulation System (I.T.S), that just might be the answer for those times when you’re trying to locate someone.