Airbnb argues that cities are missing out by not working with the startup to collect hotel, tourist, and occupancy taxes.
Airbnb wants U.S. mayors to know that their cities could profit from the home-rental business.
Amazon Is Offering Refunds To Customers Who Purchased Hoverboards
After yanking hoverboards from its site, Amazon said it will refund customers who purchased the devices.
After pulling so-called hoverboards from its site in December, Amazon is going another step further and granting refunds to any customer who purchased the two-wheeled electric scooters. The device was yanked from Amazon in response to reports that the hoverboards were exploding and causing fires.
Michigan’s jobless rate down to 5.4% in 2015
80,000 payroll jobs were added during the year and unemployed workers dropped by 60,000, state says
Read More Auto supplier fine-tunes nonprofit coat-making process
Car seat maker helps local coat producer reduce assembly time by 73 percent and cost by nearly 50 percent
Read More Bedrock Real Estate buys Lofts @ Woodward
Acquisition includes three Woodward buildings listed in National Register of Historic Places.
Read More Art studio coming to Annapolis Towne Centre
A studio space that specializes in painting classes will be opening at the Annapolis Towne Centre this spring.
Muse Paintbar will occupy a roughly 2,000-square-foot space in the area near Smyth Jewelers and Cleo’s Fine Oils & Vinegars on Towne Centre Boulevard. It is an art studio for all ages…
Retail changes continue at Mall in Columbia
Two women’s clothing retailers will be closing their doors at the Mall in Columbia by the end of the month, leaving some shoppers wondering if possible rent increases by mall owner General Growth Properties are out-pricing some stores.
Management at the mall’s Chico’s and Kokopelli stores confirmed…
Medifast launches line of sports nutrition products
Medifast Inc. is getting into the sports nutrition market with the launch of a new line of bars and shakes, the Owings Mills weight loss plan company said Wednesday.
The Dual Fuel brand will be sold online through partnerships with Rutgers University and The V Foundation for Cancer Research, with…
How To Avoid Making Products No One Wants
Before designing a user experience, try “product thinking” to discern whether the experience is worth using.
The term “user experience” often conjures up simple, beautiful, easy-to-use feature sets that make the user’s life easier. But the core user experience is not a set of features; it is the job users “hire” the product for. Uber’s core user experience is to get a taxi. The countdown, displaying when the taxi will arrive, is a feature that expands this experience. But Uber’s product works regardless of the feature. The countdown, on the other hand, cannot live without the product. There is a one-way interrelationship between feature and product: Features don’t work without the product. This is why designers should think in terms of products first.
Meet The Booming Design Practice That’s Transforming Mexico City
Architect Fernando Romero tells us what fuels his creative vision, from rapid prototyping to Mayan culture.
Mexico City–based architect Fernando Romero‘s most recent project isn’t a building, but a scintillating orb made from thousands of custom-cut crystals. Illuminated from within, El Sol, as it’s named, features a tessellated surface composed of triangular prisms—a nod to the pyramids that were so meaningful to Aztec and Mayan culture. There’s an aural element to the piece, too: a soundtrack of acoustic waves produced by the sun, which astronomers at the University of Birmingham have recorded since the 1970s. The piece throws light around a room and gives off a disco ball vibe that’s fitting, since Swarovski commissioned it for the tradeshow-cum-social-event Design Miami.
