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Phone cases are great. Polaroid cameras are great. Phone cases with the functionality of polaroid cameras? Yeeeees. With a Prynt phone case, you can snap a picture on your phone anytime, anywhere, and print it instantly with the tap of a button. Instagram, we’re happy for you, and we gon’ let you finish, but...

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Ever wanted your own drone? Check out this customizable paper airplane drone kit that syncs to your phone, is controlled by a navigation app, and has a 55 meter range. It’s kind of like a video game except when you inevitably crash into someone on your screen, run.

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Check out this killer hair ad in a Stockholm subway station, henceforth known to the JL team as Platform 9 ¾.

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The 314: blue leather exterior, Florentine suede interior, built-in power technology that can charge an iPhone up to 14 times, and seamlessly integrated LEDs that automatically light up in low-ambient lighting. Sign up to be a beta tester here.

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Check out our very own Marketing Director and Resident Apparator (seriously, we never know where he comes from), Courtland Thomas, gettin' his real-talk on in this exclusive interview with FFI. A few highlights:

S: What advice would you give to someone interested in starting a magazine?

CT: The mistake many first-time magazine publishers make is a lack of balance. A magazine, while it can be all creative, isn’t truly successful without the business side. Who are you writing to? Doesn’t something like this exist already? How will you make money? These are the questions that anyone turning a creative hobby into a career needs to contemplate. Find someone who loves doing what you hate. If you don’t want to look at financials, find a statistics major who loves Excel, and vice versa. It’s about balance.

S: How do you juggle all of your commitments? You seem like a pretty busy guy.

CT: I get this question a lot. It’s about passion and discipline. If you think about it, everyone from Alexander Wang to James Franco has 24 hours in one day. You should often prioritize and aim for simplicity. Setting yourself up for success helps: Barack Obama only wears brown and black suits because it is one less decision he has to make each morning.

S: Any networking advice?

CT: Call it ‘making friends,’ not networking.

Read all about what it took for him to bulldoze into the fashion world here!

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Somewhere inside, we're all kids of '88. 

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Our kickass CEO, Theodora Koullias, taking The 314 bag to the bustling streets of Boston for consumer feedback.

The first question: “Aesthetically, what do you think of this bag?” General answer: “Gorgeous. Love the blue leather.”

The follow-up question: “If I told you it could charge your iPhone 14 times and automatically light up in low ambient lighting, what would you say?” General answer: see last gif. Apply here for a chance to become one of the 20 techinistas that get to test The 314

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A vendor of salep, a hot, orchid-based drink, roams the streets in Istanbul, Turkey. 

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Need a partner-in-crime to stay poolside this summer? Bluetooth Splash Speaker is an extremely versatile speaker that can be used anywhere -- even in water, making sure you stay connected to your iPhone, Galaxy, and Tablet like a dolphin to water. Be the coolest techinista™ at your next pool party.

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For those of us who dream of becoming rockstars, but are economically bound from ever purchasing a real drum set, there is hope. San Francisco-based startup DrumPants created a wearable music player with 100+ built-in sounds that you can literally take anywhere. With basic kits starting at $99, we’re predicting a new breed of NYC subway musicians…

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