My pals of DNA11 fame have broadened their horizons a little bit, and this is their latest startup. They’re letting anyone print images to canvas– very easy and very affordable. Congrats guys!

CanvasPop is the web’s most innovative provider of custom high quality canvas printing services. CanvasPop empowers photographers, digital artists, and interior designers to print their images on high quality canvas. CanvasPop allows anyone to print any image including Facebook and iPhone pictures at virtually any size regardless of the original resolution of the image.

Lost luggage is the worst. And it seems, no matter what trouble you go to to prevent yours from being misplaced – designer bags, vibrant tags, etc. – it doesn’t really make a difference to the airlines or that person who was convinced that they snagged the right bag. But now, maybe you can find your stuff, even if it was brought home by some random traveler. That is if the site, Is This Your Luggage kicks off a new, useful trend.

After an airport “loses” a bag, it tries to contact the owner. If they’re unsuccessful, they hang onto it for a while and then, auction it off. The owner of the site attends such auctions, purchases these bags, then snaps shots of everything in the bag in the hope they may connect the missing luggage with its rightful owner. Weird that some random stranger is touching your stuff – including your sexy nurse’s outfit – but at least you’ll be able to wear your treasured clothes once again.

I’ve been reading my voicemail (sounds weird right) since my good friends over at Cool Hunting introduced me to Simulscribe last November– It’s an amazing voice to text service that I haven’t been able to live without since the day I joined. Their new application called Simulsays allows you to see your voicemail messages in a list and selectively play them back without ever dialing in. If you’re already addicted to Simulscribe (like yours truly), you can just point your mobile phones browser to mobile.simulscribe.com and be up and running in mere minutes. If you’re not a user, I strongly recommend it. This was a great service before and their status just got upgraded to extraordinary in my book. Right now it’s only available for the Blackberry Pearl and 8800– but compatibilty with more handsets is promised in the future.

ExchangeFrame is a new web-based service that may just change the way the boutique garment biz operates (for the better of course). Through various mechanisms before, during, and after the tradeshow, ExchangeFrame tightens the relationship between the tradeshow and its participants. Boutique retail industry tradeshows, as those of you who’ve been to one know, have traditionally been a hectic cluster of craziness– so many brands, so many retailers, and very little (if no) organization. ExchangeFrame digitizes the order registration process for both retailers and the brands themselves, allowing for a more seamless show planning process. This service should create an environment more conducive to trade, where brands can better orchestrate the entire tradeshow process to better achieve their brand mission.

I am not quite sure what I think about this idea, but for some reason I felt compelled to write about it for those of you who don’t already know about it– it’s Australian entrepreneurship at its best. Love Me & Leave Me is an online fashion accessories borrowing service for women, and the realized vision of Melbourne based Simonne Santana– she has created a niche business where there may very well be room for one. The concept is simple: why buy a ungodly expensive handbag when you can rent it for a week (or a month) and return it for a small fraction of the cost of owning it outright? The fashion cycle moves so fast, you’ll want to replace your key accessories soon anyway, right? Some of the brands you’ll find: Marc Jacobs, Chloe, Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci, Balenciaga, Chanel and Dior. Still, for me there’s something a little strange about renting this kind of stuff. Q: “is that bag real or fake?” A: “real, but it’s rented.” LM & LM currently only operates in Australia, but I’m wondering when we’ll see a similar service state-side?

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I think DJ Danger Mouse’s “The Grey Album” is really what brought the term mash-up to the masses. The idea of mixing and matching sound bites and guitar rifts is nothing new, but to do it in a fashion that is more refined than can be found on the turntables yet still gritty enough not to be mistaken for a record label produced piece is what draws people to these modern mix tapes. Combining mashups with my favorite non-profit, The Creative Commons, Splice offers a unique and completely legal way to produce, share, and use music. Every piece on the site is licenced under CC which means that you are free to use it in your homemade videos, movies, or even video games. If you are an aspiring musician yourself, you can use the online sequencer to create your next masterpiece. There is a heavy communal element to the site with forums, blogs, contests, and profiles. Take a moment to check it out!

I know this made the circuit a while ago, but the incredible “Concierge Service Club”: quintessentially, has recently opened an L.A. office, and now hosts a weekly party at Hollywood Roosevelt’s Tropicana Bar for members only. They seem to be heading towards serious domination in the concierge scene– which I know is very competitive.. You’ll never hear the words “Sold Out”, again. Quintessentially is a service that can arrange anything for it’s members; whether it be a private jet, a flock of ostriches for a last minute party, or front row tickets to a sold out U2 Concert. It’s a card for “people who have a lot of money, and not a lot of time”. Or simply, people who have a lot of money, and like the turn key feel of not needing to work. $1500 a year will get you a general concierge, $3500 and you get your personal staff member, from 9-5. Finally, $40,000 a year and you get a 24/7/365 assistant who boasts they can find you quintessentially, anything, anytime.

I’m not so sure how I feel about Googles new “Search History” service. It’s smart, obvious, and was only a matter of time for such a thing to be introduced–but I see a lot of privacy issues coming up for users who choose to use this function on a public machine. You have to have a Google account, which is easy to setup. Google History is almost trying to replace everyday browser bookmarks, and it also shows a search density calendar. You have to login for the feature to work–so it will be an easy feature to ignore, but maybe useful to some. Also, Wired has a good article discussing the privacy issues involed.

Buzztracker is a neat internet based software that “visualizes frequencies and relationships between locations in the Google word news directory. It does a pretty good job at showing how interconnected the world is–right now top 10 locations include Baghdad, Beijing, and washington–but it changes often. These google customizations are really bringing out some great utilities, and fun hacks!