First of all, let me just state – I love my iPad! I use it more and more as a replacement for my Macbook Pro. My iMac works perfectly as a hub for all my electronic content and of course as a workstation for all my designwork, photo handeling and creative work. However, the iPad [...]

Life is fast paced, being on the go always, and having tools that enable us to be productive and efficient is important. I am one of those who needs to keep track of things synchronized on mobile and my computer.   Good thing their is an iPhone application that has made this possible. Simple Note is [...]

Google Goggles is a visual search app for Android phones. Instead of using words, take a picture of an object with your camera phone: we attempt to recognize the object, and return relevant search results. Goggles also provides information about businesses near you by displaying their names directly in the camera preview. Google is tapping [...]

Here is a brilliant way a designer has incorporated movement and expression with fashion. Based on a window display he first presented in 2004, the japanese designer tokujin yoshioka has now restructured it using a Japanese actress currently being presented at Maison Hermès,   Japan. the installation will run from now until january 19th, 2010. ‘on [...]

A form of waterbed was invented in the early 1800s by the Scottish physician Neil Arnott. Dr Arnott’s Hydrostatic Bed was devised to prevent bedsores in invalids, and comprised a bath of water with a covering of rubber-impregnated canvas, on which lighter bedding was placed. Arnott did not patent it, permitting anyone to construct a [...]

The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck colloquially (informally) includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name. Mascots are also used as fictional spokespeople for consumer products, [...]

If Twitter asks “What is Happening? Sprouter asks What are you Working on? Here is a microblogging site for entrepreneurs. Sprouter facilitates networking and collaboration between entrepreneurs globally. Providing a platform for users to connect with other innovators, entrepreneurs can expand their networks as well as discover and join events in their local areas, start [...]

Creating awareness is one thing but engaging people is another.  Brands are getting more involved with making sure that they also speak with their consumers, not just create ads.  One good example is the IKEA Facebook Application.  The strategy here is quiet simple yet powerful. What better place to engage consumers? Do it where they [...]

For those who make presentations during business meetings, I am sure most of you like me hate carrying the big bulky projection system.  But its a machine that we can’t do without, specially if you are speaking to large crowds.  Good thing a lot of designers and manufacturers think about these dilemma. Here is a [...]

TubeRadio.fm is a web application that looks & feels like a music player where users can quickly find, listen to, build, and share playlists of their favorite artists’ music. Since TubeRadio based on the music library of Youtbue, it makes it easy to find just about any songs you want – Millions of them. What [...]

There are so many handy tools that can really make our experience a lot easier and faster.  With the fast paced and busy lives we lead, having such tools can mean less headaches and more productivity.  There maybe some occasions that would require you to grab your screen and share via email, or via the [...]

There are so many articles already written about Google Wave, the web-based service, computing platform, and communications protocol designed to merge e-mail, instant messaging, wikis, and social networking It has a strong collaborative and real-time focus supported by extensions that can provide, for example, spelling/grammar checking, automated translation among 40 languages and numerous other extension [...]

Here is cool tool Listiti – Its a tool that enables you to get alerts when someone from your Twitter list Tweets an update.   Monitor Twitter Lists for keywords  Get free email alerts whenever a keyword appears in Twitter Lists of your choice. The idea is pretty straight forward. Instead of being alerted whenever someone [...]

Who does not know Sesame Street?  I think everyone has grown up with the television show.  Sesame Street recently celebrated its 40 years and Google helped celebrate it. The air is still sweet on Sesame Street as the world’s longest-running Children ‘s television program celebrates its 40th birthday. Launched in 1969, children in more than [...]

Packaging is an important aspect for any brand.  The founder of Dieline has produced a book entitled Box Bottle Bag.   Here take a look at the cover design! Over a year in the making, they have collected the best of the best from the blog, along with many never before seen projects, into the [...]

As they say sleep is truly important to have a very productive day. More often than not, we design the other rooms in our house but often times neglect our bedrooms.  Decorating your bedroom can be real fun.  But you need to do careful planning.  A Bedroom is the most personal space where one can [...]

People go to social media to sell their product.  They bombard their followers, or readers with tons of commercials and sales pitch.  But you won’t make money on Social Media.  That is not the point.  What one must do is create relationships so that your customers will know you better and see that their interest [...]

Google Street view, Google Wave, Google Earth, Gmail, GTalk, Chrome, so many buzz around the latest Google offerings, found this very cool video that gives us a very good rundown on what Google has been working on through the years. Aptly titled “Google Story”. The animation is superb and the concept is great. Its a [...]

One of the aims of Bitrebels is to always make sure that we do not just write about existing technologies but also aid you whenever we can.  If you already have your Google Wave invite but still confused as to how to start and make the most out of it?  Here is a video.  A [...]

Everyone who has joined YouTube can view their personal information on their Channel or Profile page. It’s a centralized location where other users can see your public videos, favorites, comments, subscribers, video log, bulletin status, and recent activity. Users can also see stats about you, like how long you’ve been a YouTube member, how old [...]