Let’s face it—for people not making that much, buying a business class seat is a pain in the wallet.

Those who are not willing to shell out a ridiculous amount in exchange of a premium seating must swallow pride and fly inside the noisy, crowded, and movement-restricting economy class cabin.

Well, this is not the case anymore, at least with Air New Zealand. Removing an inconvenient custom in airline travel industry, Air New Zealand has just announced changes in their Economy cabin layouts and presented a new feature called the SkyCouch—an option wherein passengers can turn 3 seats into a bed big enough to lie flat and stretch out. continue reading…

There’s not much a young boy can do while sitting in class, ignoring the lessons. Add a dozen years or so and the boy-turned-man will be sitting at four-hour meetings, doing nothing more than twiddle his thumbs.

Thinking of making things more interesting? How about a pen that takes pictures and videos while you’re tapping it against your desk or pretending to write? Maybe you could unscrew the cap to reveal a micro SD card that you can plug into your computer to retrieve your files. continue reading…

Alice in the wonderland of Europe just got herself more attitude.

Far from the apron and the boring coif of her Walt Disney animated remodeling, one of our favorite girly heroes is taking fashion tips from designers such as Nicholas Kirkwood, Alexander McQueen, Chloe, and Ann Demeulmeester, to name a few, as she parades her image in the vitrines of Printemps Department Store in Paris.

The display which started this month will run until March 14. Alice and her adventurer’s ethos might have found herself flattered by the chosen designers’ famous madhatter experimentations with forms and materials. continue reading…

The phenomenal box-office performance of “Avatar” has shown that mainstream moviegoers appreciate 3D, This is why it’s not surprising that Warner Bros. is set to announce that two of their much-anticipated productions—”Clash of the Titans” and the two-part “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”—will have 3D versions.

Though Warner Bros. has not yet released an official statement regarding such move, it is already out in the open that “Clash of the Titans” has already been converted into 3D by an outside vendor. Initially scheduled for showing on March 26 this year, the film will be moved one week to April 2 to accommodate the process of 3D-fication. continue reading…

More than anything else, Hong Kong is a shopper’s paradise. Stores, shops, malls, and other retail businesses are found in almost every street corner in the former Crown Colony. Langham Place, one of the city’s trendiest and busiest commercial complexes can be found in the Mongkok district. Mongkok has the highest population density in the world (130,000 per square kilometer).

Opened in 2004, Langham Place consists of a 15-level shopping mall, a five-star hotel and a 59-story office tower which is regarded as the 100th tallest building on the planet. The mall, in particular, is one of only two vertical-type shopping malls in Hong Kong, which due to limited land space has a multi-platform design instead of the conventional flat shopping mall. continue reading…

With the latest smartphone news from Google Nexus One and Apple’s iPhone, Microsoft isn’t taking the competition sitting down.

However, Microsoft still firmly believes in partners they can rely on to supply the hardware while they focus on the software. This is why Microsoft is bringing out the Windows Phone coupled with cellular phones of different styles and prices courtesy of Samsung, HTC, Cherry Mobile Sony Ericsson, LG and Acer.

Moreover, Microsoft launched Windows Mobile 6.5 as the new OS of the Windows Phone. This new OS features a new free service called My Phone for all WinMo 6.0 and above wherein you can sync your phone data—like pictures, music and SMS—to a password-protected website for security and safety.  continue reading…

The AI revolution will shortly begin with a self-selling box. Or least it suspiciously looks like it.

Artist Caleb Larsen has created a cube that has a mind of its own called “A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter” (2009). The device shaped like a black acrylic box is plugged into the Internet and will sell itself on eBay every week—forever.

Hard to believe? Here’s the kicker: the piece even comes with a legal contract binding the buyer to help facilitate the next sale to the succeeding buyer, ad finitum. continue reading…

Ugly Betty star American Ferrera (Photo Credit: Jerry Avenaim)

It can’t get any uglier than this as Ugly Betty gets the boot from television executives.

Ugly Betty, the comedy series about an average-looking girl trying to survive in the discriminating world of fashion, will not return for a fifth season, ABC bigwigs confirmed.

“We’ve mutually come to the difficult decision to make this Ugly Betty’s final season,” Yahoo quoted a joint statement by the show’s executive producer Silvio Horta and ABC President Steve McPherson read.

“And (we) are announcing now as we want to allow the show ample time to write a satisfying conclusion,” the statement also said, adding, “We are extremely proud of this groundbreaking series, and felt it was important to give the fans a proper farewell.” continue reading…