Large hotel chains are feeling the heat from Airbnb and other startups building digital marketplaces for travellers with a more flexible range of places to stay, and more flexible prices to match. And that is leading some of them to make acquisitions.RCI, a division of the Wyndh … | Continue reading
Amazon clearly has big plans for Whole Foods once its $13.7 billion purchase of the organic-grocery chain is official. While much of the discussion around the merger has centered on Amazon initiatives like Prime Fresh, Amazon Go, and a possible meal-kit delivery service, the comb … | Continue reading
Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona is now a convicted criminal. The longest-serving lawman of the state’s most populous county, where he became a national figure known for immigration raids and sweeps aimed at rounding up illegal migrants, was found guilty Monday of contempt of … | Continue reading
On Sunday, Breitbart published a column by Susan Berry, who began by invoking the web site’s late founder: “Andrew Breitbart famously said, ‘Politics is downstream of culture,’” she began, using the hyperlink to direct readers to this Red State post:Andrew Breitbart, the late eve … | Continue reading
Facebook and Autodesk, have partnered with non-profit organization Inneract Project, which is geared toward bringing design to young people in underserved communities through free, hands-on classes and mentorship. With the support of Autodesk and Facebook, Inneract Project has b … | Continue reading
It’s high time for launch details regarding new AMD RX Vega cards that were teased in May — high-end graphics cards designed to challenge NVIDIA’s domination with the GTX 1080 and 1070. Both cards are going on sale August 14, at $499 for the Radeon RX Vega 64 and $399 for the R … | Continue reading
The duplex penthouse renovation was designed by Estudio Pedro Feduchi, a small studio specialized in design houses ... | Continue reading
In May, on his first official trip overseas, President Donald J. Trump engaged in good-natured chinwag with Arab presidents and emirs, and even bobbed his head along to a traditional Saudi sword dance in Riyadh. Perhaps the most memorable image of his Mideast sojourn was a comica … | Continue reading
Pandora is probably breathing a small sigh of relief after months of chaos have still ended with a positive second quarter, sending the shares up more than 7% in extended trading. Pandora has certainly had an interesting second quarter, capping off the drama with CEO Tim Westerg … | Continue reading
With a few days to go until the end of its ICO, Digital Developers Fund announced the fundraising has successfully secured over $1 million from nearly 600 participants. Digital Developers Fund (DDF) is an investment fund focusing on high growth digital assets such as domain names … | Continue reading
Redfin, the Seattle-based real estate site, had a great first couple of days on the stock market. After pricing above the expected range at $15 per share, the stock closed Friday up about 45 percent at almost $22. Today, shares were up another 11 percent, closing above $24. Read … | Continue reading
Röteli in Chur I shut my eyes to enjoy the sensation of the Röteli going down my throat. The flavors of the Swiss cherry liqueur are new to me, somewhat spicy, somewhat tart, and thoroughly delightful. It is a warm summer evening in Chur, the capital of the Grisons or Graübunden … | Continue reading
The big number surrounding Tesla’s Model 3 has been $35,000, which is the base price for the electric car. But there’s one big problem: barely anyone will pay that price, if they want a Model 3 with autopilot (which, let’s face it you do), or even a color other than black, accord … | Continue reading
Shroud of the Avatar has been chugging along in its Early Access testing state since 2013 as Richard “Lord British” Gariott’s gang at Portalarium heads toward a planned 2017 release. And now the modern embodiment of his landmark Ultima role-playing game series has some new help f … | Continue reading
The Trump administration’s public response to North Korea’s latest ICBM test has been to criticize China for not doing enough to pressure its client in Pyongyang.President Trump said China was doing “nothing” on North Korea while “our foolish past leaders have allowed them to mak … | Continue reading
The bitcoin blockchain is expected to fork on Tuesday, but what does that mean for bitcoin users? Source | Continue reading
Two weeks ago, Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss announced they were making an alternative history drama called Confederate, about an America where slavery still exists. Also working on the show are producers Nichelle Tramble Spellman (The Good Wife) and Ma … | Continue reading
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While most tech companies are busy trying to harness virtual and augmented reality, a number of audio companies are studying how software can enhance our listening experiences. Even made waves a few years ago with its headphones that could be tuned to your hearing profile – essen … | Continue reading
Lost My Name, the London-based startup that uses tech to create and publish personalised story books for children, has raised $8.5 million in Series B funding. It is also revealing an upcoming tie-in with the Roald Dahl Estate, owners of IP such as Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factor … | Continue reading
Spotify’s singular focus on music sees it adding subscribers faster than the iPhone company with a streaming app on the side. Spotify has added 20 million paid subscribers in under a year, while it’s taken Apple Music over a year and a half to make that progress. Spotify now has … | Continue reading
After living in a condo in Kansas City’s River Market district they set out to find a piece of land to build their home- Carpenter House | Continue reading
Google is making a move to upgrade your mobile browsing experience in future versions of Chrome. The search giant is finally banishing those distracting ads that make it more difficult to navigate websites on mobile device's smaller screens. The latest version of the Google's exp … | Continue reading
Anthony Scaramucci’s reign as White House communications director—a reign of terror and vulgarity, marked by two outlandish interviews and the departures of two top West Wing officials—has ended, just 10 days after it began.The New York Times broke the news Monday afternoon, just … | Continue reading
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that prohibits forms of technology that grant access to banned websites in Russia, effective November 1st. The ban covers services that allow people to use the internet anonymously, such as virtual private networks and proxies, and intern … | Continue reading
Sam Shepard was a titan of American theater whose darkly funny, sometimes surreal, and often frightening evocations of the fringes of American life formed the backbone of a storied career as a writer and actor. He died last Thursday at his home in Kentucky at the age of 73 of com … | Continue reading
An employee of New York City's Department of Education has been disciplined after being caught mining bitcoins on his work computer.Source | Continue reading
GUEST: Growing revenue is a constant battle for ecommerce websites. This can involve fine-tuning processes by optimizing funnels, checkout pages, or calls to action. It also means being open to new technologies and opportunities. Recent research on consumer attitudes shows the in … | Continue reading
Google announced today the public availability of a developer tool that will allow Android apps to better communicate with nearby devices, even while offline. The company touts a number of potential use cases for this technology – like hotel rooms that sense your entry then set … | Continue reading
Spotify has just updated its subscriber information, and it now has more than 60 million paying users. That means the company is up 10 million subscribers since March, when it last announced it had 50 million. As of last month, Spotify said it had 140 million total users. Since i … | Continue reading
Great ideas rarely come from conventional sources. Coss Marte, a former inmate, is now one of the most successful up-and-coming marketers in NYC. | Continue reading
The best ideas rarely come from conventional sources, and Coss Marte is hardly a conventional source. Marte first experimented with entrepreneurship as a teenager, selling goods in front of bodegas in New York City. By...read moreThe post 4 Groundbreaking Things an Ex-Con Taught … | Continue reading
Google today announced a small but important update to how Google Calendar and Microsoft Exchange can work together going forward. It’s not unusual for a company to still use both Google’s G Suite tools and Microsoft Exchange in parallel, and with this update, G Suite admins can … | Continue reading
GUEST: Now in its third year, Startup Scaleup is pulling in Silicon Valley executives who want to see Cleveland’s entrepreneurial spirit up close. Former Yelp and Move.com executive Rob Krolik and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Alex Bard are among the speakers appearing at the event … | Continue reading
Reddit, the 12-year-old, San Francisco-based online discussion platform that has long called itself the “front page of the internet,” just closed its biggest round ever, from a whole lot of investors, reports Recode. Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Coatue Management, Vy Ca … | Continue reading
The Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica just set a new record, sailing through the Northwest Passage above North America earlier than ever before. It took 24 days at sea to travel the 6,215 mi (10,000 km) from Alaska to Greenland, arriving on July 29. Arctic sea ice has been melting s … | Continue reading
When you leave, you leave so much behind. I was fortunate enough to met him in person only a couple of times. I insisted he at least briefly stop by one the parties we hosted during the holidays. D… | Continue reading
HBO confirms it was the target of a hack, though the company doesn’t appear to be quite sure what the damage is yet. So far, episodes of the HBO series Room 104 and Ballers have trickled out online. Though new episodes of its bloody centerpiece Game of Thrones have yet to surfac … | Continue reading
By now, information about marketing strategies is so widespread, it can feel like you know all there is to know about designing the perfect push. From SEO to visual infographics, most aspiring and current marketers have pretty well-stocked advertising toolkits. However, even the … | Continue reading
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union representing 1.4 million members, is fighting tooth-and-nail against the legal implementation of autonomous trucks in the US. Last week it successfully lobbied Congress to place a 10,000 pound weight-limit on current driverless … | Continue reading
South Korean bitcoin exchange Coinplug has announed a new joint remittance venture with the fintech subsidiary of Japan-based investment group SBI.Source | Continue reading
There hasn’t been a single smooth week in the Trump presidency, but last week was, by popular consensus, the worst of them so far. Given the struggles of this president, that’s no small statement. What was remarkable was the breadth of Trump’s troubles. His top legislative priori … | Continue reading
Football (or soccer) fans wanting to attend UEFA Super Cup 2017 in Skopje last week found that many of their hotel rooms were cancelled and rebooked at astronomical rates – sometimes 500 to 900 GBP for a hotel room that was originally a fraction of that. In order to fight back a … | Continue reading
Lyft has a big name new partner – Disney Parks, which will introduce on-demand transportation within select resorts as an added hospitality feature for guests. The service will employ Minnie Vans, vans painted in Minnie Mouse trademark dress in committed service to a wonderful d … | Continue reading
Your third life is here (in beta). The SF-based Linden Lab is at last launching an open “creator beta” of its VR-ready universe simulation, Sansar. The world creation and exploration title is expansive in its ambitions and still has a long way to go. After a lengthy creator pre … | Continue reading
The mobile role-playing game Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle has passed 200 million downloads on iOS and Android, publisher Bandai Namco announced today. The free-to-play title launched in 2015 and has steadily attracted players. It’s download number was at 150 million in April, so … | Continue reading
Ryan Reynolds tweeted the first official image of Domino from Deadpool 2 today. The photo of Zazie Beetz, who will play the X-Force mutant in the sequel, is a callback to one of the first promo images of Reynolds as Deadpool, in which he lounges on a bear rug by a fire. In the ne … | Continue reading
There’s a problem out there in Developer Land in that developers of apps in iOS, Android and other platforms have to manually set up every step for their application. It means they can easily customize things, but that then creates more maintenance costs. The ideal solution woul … | Continue reading