This winter, skiers and snowboarders will be hitting the the slopes in a whole new way. Rather than just flying through moguls or sailing off half-pipes, mountain-goers might soon be "checking in."READ»
The rumor mill has been churning ever since Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, flew to New York to visit Foursquare CEO Dennis Crow, reports TechCrunch. The meeting hints at a potential acquisition of FourSquare...READ»
Phillips-Van Heusen, an international fashion conglomerate that owns Kenneth Cole and Izod, announced Monday it would buy Tommy Hilfiger for $3 billion. The New York Times and others have emphasized the...READ»
The Voter hurtled analog regard is among the cool regarded, declared club conduct available under consideration. Low be it from creating serviceable swim women watches that are unobtainable to the mediocre ventilator adventurer, a ...READ»
The Vancouver Winter Olympics has been crowned by many media outlets as the greenest Olympics ever--a title earned because of the city's commitment to CO2 offsets, energy efficiency, and recycling. And while some people gripe that ...READ»
In his book Rules of Thumb, Alan Webber writes that change is a math formula. Change happens when the cost of the status quo is greater than the risk of change:
C(SQ)>R(C)
This is valid both ...READ»
We've put in our time lauding the slick and well-designed Olympic uniforms. These are the other ones. Amid the pageantry of competition, a surprising number of athletes trotted, slid, or squatted into the ready position in garb that ...READ»
The Winter Olympics start later this week, which means fans will soon be subjected to ads from the usual suspects, e.g. McDonald's, Visa, Coca-Cola. But Red Bull, which usually steers clear of mainstream sports in favor of alternative ...READ»
It seems obvious enough: the Winter Olympics require winter to work. With no snow and no ice, it's pretty hard to have the games go on. But Offsetters, the Official Carbon Offset Supplier of the Vancouver 2010
Olympics, is milking ...READ»
Infographic: Let the Games Begin!
More than 80 nations and 5,500 athletes and officials will participate in this year's Winter Games.
NBC paid $820 million for the rights to broadcast Vancouver 2010, 34% more ...READ»
The world's growing interest in all things green--along with international conferences like COP15--have put pressure on Olympic organizers to prove that the 2010 Winter Olympics won't have a big environmental impact. That's why the ...READ»
Professional Snowbarder/2006 gold medal winner/duder superhero Shaun "Flying Tomato" White is nothing if not a multi-tasker. The subject of Fast Company's February 2009 cover story, he's turned down as many lucrative offers as he's ...READ»
My wife is way up in the frosty Bavarian mountains right at the moment, and I don't need to check out the weather reports to know the snow conditions: I just need an SMS from her like the one saying "There's a ton of it. I'm up to ...READ»
As winter continues to dump record amounts of snow, sports enthusiasts are salivating at the thought of fresh powder for skiing and snowboarding. And since ski resorts are incredibly vulnerable to climate change, it makes sense that ...READ»
With the Vancouver Olympics fast approaching, it's appropriate that researchers in Germany are studying how to adapt ski wax and coatings to best suit particular snow conditions, allowing skiers to obtain the fastest speeds ...READ»
Volvo XC90 buyers in NJ can receive employee pricing at Prestige Volvo during their winter promotion. Offers on Volvo cars are extended to NJ Costco members only.READ»
Summer fun means time at the seashore and this year there are more choices than ever for seashore footwear. Manufacturers are producing shoreline shoes that are fun, fashionable and functional. Are you at the coast to bask or to fish ...READ»
Luge freaks, hold on to your skin-tight unitards. For its 2010 Winter Olympics coverage, NBC is firing up surround sound that'll make the luge and bobsled events sound as loud and crisp as NASCAR on Fox.READ»
Technorati's regular "State of the Blogosphere" analysis of the business is just out, and among the stats is the incredible fact that bloggers are being paid more than ever. Is it time to rethink the definition of blogging? ...READ»
