Shopping your favorite television shows has been something tech forecasters and commerce nerds have been talking about for years: in my early days living in the Bay Area, I even worked on a few interactive television projects for the boutique ecommerce consultancy that brought me out to California in the first place. There were lots [...]
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I recently tried Printic, a photo printing app that allows you to have images from your iPhone printed for $.99 and shipped for free with or without a custom message to the recipient of your choice. Originally launched in France, the company has opened a shipping facility in Berkeley, Calif., so they’re able to get [...]
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Current shopping app intrigue: Lasso, a San Francisco-based fashion startup proposes to help you find exactly what you’re looking for in local boutiques with the help of people who are, like, real living thinking breathing humans that might actually know a thing or two about style. It’s only available in San Francisco at the moment, [...]
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With a new baby (she’s 12 days old as I write this) this year, I needed – more than in previous years – a number of quick, easy gifts that didn’t require me to leave the house. Sure, I stocked up on Amazon.com gift cards from the grocery store display and did my fair share [...]
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Yes, in the video’s comments, a few people are kvetching about the newness of this technology (Japan kicks ours asses again). And you could also make a plausible argument that it would take less time to just paint on a sample nail color, but those two things aside, New Look’s augmented reality, app-enabled virtual nail [...]
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Want to kick off an early round of giving thanks among your friends this week? Wrapp is making that easy. Today only, the social gifting platform is offering up a bevy of $10 gift cards from retailers such as Sephora, Levi’s, Warby Parker, Fab.com, Rent the Runway and others. They’re totally free if you’re using [...]
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