Tata unveils their 2 500$ (100 000 roupies) car in India (happened on the 10th).

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From Dezeen: “Smoking in public buildings was banned in France on 1 January this year, so Paris architect Florian Brillet has designed an adjustable hood to keep smokers cosy outside bars and cafes.”

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Will most probably create a mid-to-strong competition to low-cost airlines (less hassle with customs, don’t have to show up that much in advance, usually trains arrive in city centers, …): “Last July seven operators banded together to form Railteam, an alliance that is working to create a seamless, high-speed network across a large swath of Western Europe. [...] the Eurostar now carries more than 70 percent of passenger traffic between London and Paris. And air service between Paris and Brussels has ended altogether now that trains connect those cities in 1 hour and 20 minutes [... but] the train and the plane are complementary,” Pépy says.”

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Facebook “will soon be launching a “profile clean-up” tool. Similar to how your computer’s desktop will remind you to get rid of unused icons, this tool will give users the option to move extra profile boxes to an “extended portion” of their profile.” Thanks GOD!

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Some 250 links, the “Best of of Internet Marketing Blog Posts for 2007“. In other terms, a shitload of info. Great. With summaries and all.

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I always said that Richs were important to our current society, mostly because they provided jobs in sector that they only can nurture. This guy says that they are also responsible for the R&D for most of our “now” products: “These are the people who are willing to pay the extra money to get brand new expensive technology into commercial production, and for all the jobs that will come with that production. Without rich people, technology you take for granted, such as automobiles, would have remained prototype stages for decades, if not permanently. ” I agree. Hail to the richs.

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Two great articles from Agenda inc:
First one on the niche social networks of 2008
Second one on collaboration from luxury brands. I love the DD+1 initiative from Evisu!

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Artist of the day is DJ Deckstream

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