Amazon has today launched a new service to rival Paypal, called Login & Pay With Amazon, maybe not the snappiest name they could have chosen, but a fundamental game changer nonetheless. The idea is to let people pay for their online shopping *on any store* using their existing Amazon account. The idea is simple and logical, and yet so much more than the sum of its parts.
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If you’re not the kind of guy who’d throw a fire extinguishing grenade on a loose fire, you’d better get some early protection like a smoke alarm. However mostly smoke alarms are really annoying because even if you burn toast or over-cook your indoor BBQ (hey it’s your house), the alarm goes off and annoys you until you give it a couple of smacks. (not recommended)
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There are times when you want hair, and times when you don’t. Know what we mean? Like for ageing men with follically challenged heads, it’s definitely a need, but for ladies, swimmers and sports cyclists hair in the wrong places is definitely a bit of an issue. Trouble is, it can get real painful to remove the stuff. Who would have thought?
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Despite our email dominated lives, there are still times when we need to write real letters. Often they’re for official and serious matters, but sometimes they can be strictly for a laugh, or to impress. However writing letters is now something of a lost art, which is why we thought we’d bring you a selection of automatic tools to help you do it without too much effort. Enjoy.
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Why should the dark dudes get to have all the fun? It’s just not fair. We’re thinking there needs to be some sort of a revolution, where light gets to trash talk dark and everyone comes out smiling and covered in cotton candy. Or something.
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When is a watch not a watch? When it’s a nano thingie. This WIME Nano Smart Phone Watch combines more exotic stuff in one two inch square than the most expensive Belgian chocolate we can imagine. Not only is this a tiny wrist worn quad band GSM phone, but it also does duty as an MP3 player and FM radio. And there’s more.
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We’ve covered some weird search engines in our time, remember the one which promised to unseat Google from its dominant position? Yeah right, well moving swiftly along, we’re now pleased as punch to be able to offer you yet another fine piece of Internet engineering, and one which is definitely destined to make your eyes water.
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There are no words to explain how awesome this clever pilot project for Mexican Internet company Terra could be, if it was rolled out worldwide in earnest. The Poo WiFi system lets people exchange scooped up dog poo for WiFi minutes via an artfully designed park wireless LAN.
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Feeling a bit tired? Sore muscles, maybe? Would you love a soothing massage? Of course you would. However, a massage costs you a decent amount of money and time as well. It would be much better to have the latest technology provide us with the comfort of a massage parlor.
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The web is wonderful all right, but it’s also a pretty volatile place unfortunately. How many times have you bookmarked a site or a page, only to return later on and find that it has gone or been significantly altered? The problem is, there’s no guarantee that the page you left is the one you’ll return to, and while we can capture pages to our local computers, that gets unwieldy real fast.
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It’s one of the perpetual debates of the Internet. Does leaving your laptop plugged in ruin the battery quicker than keeping it unplugged and charging as needed? Some say you should definitely leave it plugged in to keep the battery charged up, while others insist you need to discharge the battery to help preserve the cells. Now there’s a new device which aims to solve the problem once and for all.
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You’re a designer and you’re trying to create something glorious, but you need help. Your web design just doesn’t look right without some placeholder images to bring it all together, man. Things are getting desperate and you’re running short on time. What do you do?
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How often have you heard anyone say that they don’t want any publicity because their project is not ready and they want to make sure it works first? Yeah, not many. Which is what makes us think that Boyan Slat and the team behind an ambitious plan to clean up the planet’s oceans may be worth watching.
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Remember when mother used to teach us how to eat properly? How she would lovingly coach us into healthier eating habits through bribery, or maybe a swift clip to the ear? But time passes, mothers become more distant, and eventually we lose that helpful advice, which means it’s difficult to gauge our own eating habits day to day. We need someone or something to monitor and improve our eating style.
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Here’s a quick round-up of Red Ferret posts from the past week for those who missed them. Enjoy. Geonaute 360 Video Camera – this ultra cool cam captures all the action from every direction, even up… – We’re pretty used to video… How green is your art? – It’s customary to see live plants… Soylent – is this really the future of food…or just an engineer’s wild fantasy? – What do you get if you take one… Zikk – brilliant…
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