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Amongst the crossfire of impersonal pings, tweets and comments, the Nicest Place on the Internet has managed to carve out a cocoon of kindness online by playing videos of stranger-submitted hugs. Now it has launched a way for anyone to create a personalized version of the site — a “hug hub,” if you will.

“If it felt that good to get a hug from a stranger, we imagined how much more of an impact it would have if all the hugs were personal, someone you know, someone you love,” explained co-creators Lauren Perlow and Jeff Lam in an email to Mashable. “Parents with kids off at school, military families, grandparents and grandkids, any sort of long-distance relationship.”

Perlow and Lam had the idea to create the original Nicest Place on the Internet for fun after a rough day at their ad agency jobs, and it took off organically shortly after. About 200,000 people visited the site last month.

To create a personalized version, anyone can simply enter YouTube IDs for the videos they’d like to include. The website automatically formats those videos and sets them to music at a unique URL.

I made this hug hub, which exclusively features cats, in about five minutes. But it’s easy to imagine how putting a little more thought into the project could result in a touching Valentine’s Day gesture for someone special or, at the least, an increase in overall Internet niceness.

Will you be creating your own Nicest Place on the Internet? What will it include? Tell us in the comments.

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Clintons is organising choirs to sing songs to competition winners’ loved ones as part of its personalised Valentine’s Day campaign. 

Clintons hopes to get hearts racing with its ‘Sing it with love’ campaign driven through a Facebook competition encouraging customers to dedicate a verse from 10 Clintons cards to a special someone. 

The retailer will then pick winners from the submissions and send a choir to sing a personalised song to eight people’s loved ones in the lead up to February 14. 

The campaign builds on its personalised offering as it is the first year customers can personalise Valentine’s cards on the Clintons website. 

Five Clintons stores will also install a house choir on the day to croon to customers who have left their card buying to the last minute. 

Clintons marketing director Tim Fairs said: “We understand at this time of year people are looking for inspiration, and customers come to Clintons because they know they are getting the quality of message that matches the sentiment they want to convey.

“This campaign not only creates genuine engagement with our audiences through a number of channels but also puts the sentiment back at the heart of season.” 

Valentine’s products in store will also be on offer, including a Me to You Bear at half price, originally £50, and if customers spend over £5 in store they receive a Valentine’s bear for £4.99.

Source: www.retail-week.com
By: Tiffany Holland

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Simply dubbed the Boxx, this electric vehicle rethinks the traditional design of motorbikes with a minimalistic and stylish approach. The square bike is built using light-weight aluminum and is strong enough to support 300 pounds. It can travel up to 35 miles per hour and can go 80 miles with a single charge.

The Boxx weighs only 120 pounds and its compact design is perfect for urban dwellers. It takes up less space than a usual scooter and can be easily stored inside. It’s priced at $4,000 and includes LED lighting, anti-lock brakes, traction control, all-wheel drive, onboard storage, and control systems with drive-by-wire. It even comes with the optional heated seat that can be purchased separately for $149.

This article originally published at: www.psfk.com/2012/02/box-shaped-electric-bike.html

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Domino’s launched “Pizza Hero” a new semi-real-time advergame that challenges you to become just that, a Pizza Hero as you battle people from around the world to top the leaderboard. The app is pretty cool, and will have you kneading dough, spreading sauce, sprinkling cheese, placing toppings, and cutting slices as you race against the clock.

You score is based on the pizza quality and how quickly you made it. The more you play it, the tougher it gets and the addiction sets in, which I think in part, is because of the real-world nature of the app. It’s something tangible that you could actually physically make and that’s got an appeal to the realness of the gaming concept.

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Hello Little Printer, available 2012 from BERG on Vimeo.

Little Printer lives in your home, bringing you news, puzzles and gossip from your friends. Use your smartphone to set up subscriptions and Little Printer will gather them together to create a timely, beautiful mini-newspaper.

For more see:
bergcloud.com/littleprinter/ 

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Pure genius. Heineken has launched a really cool social campaign to promote their new “BeerTender” that lets you pour ice cold draft beer at home. The catch is, it’s Christmas, and it wouldn’t look all that great if you were to buy yourself a BeerTender right? Well, Heineken thought of that too, and created the BeerFriender app that connects you, with other people who are buying a BeerTender in time for Christmas.

When you buy a BeerTender, you’ll literally be buying it for someone else, who at the same time, will be buying you one too! It comes gift wrapped, complete with an authentic Christmas card to ensure it looks like a legitimate present from a friend at say, work! Love it.

http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/heineken-christmas-beerfriender-for-the-beertender/ 

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