nico lumma from mabber lost 15 mabber in the blogosphere, help him find the little guys and win a sony ericsson k310i cell phone. mabber is a web and mobile based all-in-one instant messaging system. the little 5x5 pixel characters with its orange antennas are hiding in 15 different blogs, find and report them here. clicking the "wanted" poster above might

i'm attending some neat web 2.0 events in the city these days (that's how they call san francisco in the bay area). first and foremost the web2open. "the web 2.open was conceived with foocamp/barcamp in mind. this open event blends some pre-scheduled content with an open grid where the attendees fill in the sessions they either want to discuss or present

if you are interested in culture, design, arts, photography, lifestyle, artists and their works then check out the recent issue of candy* - a bi-monthly, independently produced digital magazine made in ireland. the most arty and beautiful digital magazine out there. you can subscribe for it at www.candyculture.net and check out the past issues, it's worth the download. (via werbewunderland) [tags: candy, candyculture,

duval guillaume antwerp have created another nice piece of creative for brother's inobella printing technology - colors that stay longer. (via adarena) [tags: brother, inobella, colours that stay longer, clip, commercial, adarena]

still not sure about getting serious and making this "forever" decision? just rent a wife! here is how it works: create your wishlist, choose from different plans and receive her within 24h by mail, keep her as long as you want and exchange her when you are up for a new one - that's rent a wife. does this sound familiar?

i recently thought about my first "viral clip", made a quick google search and actually found it - very exciting! it was back in 1988 or so when a clip called "birdie nam nam" spread through our little amiga community, nothing special actually, three chicks rapping, not longer than 30 seconds, but at that time it was cool, sticky, funny

german pr agency dkd goes bullshit marketing for calvin klein and pisses off the german blogosphere - client coty prestige lancaster group. five fake bloggers tried to infiltrate the german blogosphere with comments in popular weblogs, linking to their fake blogs and myspace profiles. the intention was to promote a new perfume by calvin klein. it fired back and the blogosphere

speaking of which google launches another free service called "google voice local search". to try this service, just dial 1-800-goog-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone (in the us). "it is an experiment on google labs that offers free 411-like service. with google voice local search, you get fully-automated, fast access to same local-business information you would find on google.com. but you can

i wrote about epic and the autocrat google before and it's businessweek's cover story this week asking "is google too powerful?". "here it is only 2007, and already epic 2014's picture of an online landscape dominated by one ravenous, all-knowing corporation looks to many people like — well, a lot like google. all by itself. that simple little search box we

a great print campaign by adidas - straight forward, authentic, simple and self-confident. it clearly draws attention to the fact that consumers are a lot smarter than when it comes to decide a company. credits: adidas love competition, school - willem de kooning academie, art director - yona h