Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. hired an investigator to rid the Chinese e-commerce business of counterfeit goods. According to Bloomberg, the investigator, Matthew Bassiur, previously helped Apple Inc. find fake iPhones and investigate copyright infringement. Bassiur formerly was a vice president for Pfizer Inc. and computer crimes prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice. As the…
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Everyone has a favorite pen. Whether it’s because it has a name engraved on it, it has a comfortable rubber grip or the ink is smoother than Barry White’s voice. We found three pens that stand out to us because of their designs and functions. 1. Writing electrified Scientists at the University of Western Ontario…
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An Apple patent application for a color 3-D printer surfaced in December, hinting that the consumer tech giant is looking to develop a commercial 3-D printer. According to The Motley Fool, Apple submitted the application, titled “Method and Apparatus for Three Dimensional Printing…
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American Apparel, Los Angeles, has teamed up with artisans from Sierra Leone to create a limited edition T-shirt collection. According to Apparel, a New York-based creative named Massah KaiKai pitched the idea to American Apparel. KaiKai wanted to use the project to shift the focus from the…
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“Back to the Future Part II” predicted that 2015 would be the year that everyone finally rides hoverboards, and, to an extent, it was correct. Hoverboards, meaning the self-balancing, motorized vehicles, have been a popular item this holiday season, and some promotional products companies have used them as…
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Bike-share programs, where people can rent bikes from access terminals, increasingly are popping up in cities, such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Sparse and NOMO Design now have designed the XFR tote bag, which is designed to fit onto bike-share bikes.…
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The Golden State Warriors were undefeated going into the Dec. 12 matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks, but a few Bucks fans in the crowd were confident that the streak would end. Bucks fans donned “24-1” T-shirts, which turned out to be correct after the…
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Ace Bayou Corp., New Orleans, is carrying out a voluntary recall of approximately 2.2 million bean bag chairs sold from 1995 to 2013. So far, only 790 customers who bought…
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In the age of online streaming, it never has been easier to watch our favorite TV shows and movies. Now, thanks to streaming giant Netflix, it never has been easier to pause a show once a viewer falls asleep. Netflix released a design for socks…
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Sometimes sports fans get more excited when the T-shirt cannon comes out than they do about the actual game (especially if the team isn’t doing so well). It appears that rock stars are no different. In 2013, Sir Paul McCartney tried to catch a T-shirt at a Brooklyn…
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