In a little over a year, Pinterest has become the #3 social network traffic site behind Facebook and Twitter. While Pinterest is also a social sharing site, its concept clearly differentiates it from the others. "Pinners" setup Pinboards based on their interests and "pin" images they like, seen mostly online, and want to keep as [...]

Consumers are becoming consumed with concern over the nutritional values of the foods they eat. Of the US consumers with smartphones, over 40% have downloaded apps that answer the burning question: should I eat that? Fooducate, MyFoodWatch, Allergy Eats, and Don't Eat That are among the most popular mobile tools for accessing food product nutrition facts. According to [...]

The newly formed Consortium for Common Food Names, a global initiative of food producers and organizations, thinks so.  They will work to oppose any attempt to monopolize generic food names that have been commonly used, in some cases for over a century.  The distinction here is geographical indication (GIs) that protect legitimate regional products like [...]