There has been a metaphorical shit-storm of weird products recently, combining odd branding with some of the most obscure of gadgets. And while dropping a brand name on a box in order to sell a few more products isn’t necessarily rare, some of these branding combos are pretty out of this world. The eight gadgets which follow are not only items which have captured our imaginations, but at times have shocked us, made us laugh, and even drawn a tear of joy or two. Regardless of the oddness of the following, well, oddities, they don’t disappoint in the entertaining compartment. So, pull up an Ikea™ lounge chair and take a swig of your favorite Pepsi-Cola® branded beverage and enjoy the show. (more…)

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Update: Plenty of invites still left. Everyone who has requested them has got them. When we say plenty left, we mean like, over 900 invites, so don’t hesitate!

Update 2 (3/9/07 7:50 AM): Keep the requests coming. We still have a crazy amount of invites left! If you don’t get the invite right away, just hold tight. We’ll get to you.  

We swear we fell for it. OK, maybe not, but it’s good to know that one of the biggest companies worldwide has such a good sense of humor. This April Fools mock-up would actually be kind of cool if it were for real. The idea is for a free mail service where Gmail would be sent through the postal service. But postage would be free with the help of strategically placed ads. Attachments would be printed on glossy photo paper.
Google, Google, Google…why do you tease us? — Andrew Dobrow

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As email becomes more important to people’s every day lives, email provider services are competing in the ever growing storage solution for archived messages and files. This morning, Yahoo! Mail vice president John Kremer posted a blog entry announcing the decision to allow Yahoo! users unlimited storage. Previously, Yahoo! Mail had a storage limit of 1 GB, less than half of Google’s Gmail storage limit of 2.83 GB (and growing…). It is still unclear whether Yahoo! will set single file size limits as Gmail does.

Kremer speaks of a “future with no limits”. Quotes like these ingrain images of hard drives impossible of becoming full and portable media such as SD cards that never have to be emptied or refreshed. Yahoo! co-founder David Filo has also been quoted as speaking of advancement of other Yahoo! services as well. Will Flickr become an unlimited image dump? And if so, will Flickr still be a showcase for the same calibar of photography or will it become like every other image dump service? — Andrew Dobrow

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