To ripen them, I tried something new: I put two of the pears in a small, white paper bag and sealed the bag with a clip. The other two pears, I included in a countertop basket alongside those in ...

It's a white paper bag with a brown interior and printed with bold black lettering. The bag is everywhere, serving as the vocal point of shots or peeking out of corners as an aesthetic afterthought.

Yes, you read that right. Apple Inc. has now decided to patent a white paper bag. But, not as it's own invention, since the product already exists. The idea is to alter the way the bag tends to ...