Sporting stadia can offer #eventprofs great and often inspiring venues for meetings and events of all sizes. Here are 6 stadia that do events with power and panache. On a weekly basis, massive scale events take place at stadia around the world. While stadia, on average, cater for … | Continue reading
The year 2015 has been a particularly good one for Bitcoin startups all over the world, as a lot of money was raised over the course of 12 months. A recent report by Consultancy in the Netherlands shows how FinTech, in general, has been booming last year, with close to US$19 bn i … | Continue reading
A 42-year-old designer based in Hong Kong, has fulfilled his childhood dream of building a humanoid robot.And not just any robot, but a female humanoid robot that looks a lot like Hollywood actress, Scarlett Johansson.SEE ALSO: A dancing, laser beam-shooting robot aspires to teac … | Continue reading
Anti-piracy outfit Rightscorp says it’s working on a technology that will see suspected pirates blocked from using their Web browser until copyright infringement fines are paid. According to TorrentFreak, the struggling company is looking for new ways to make money from users wit … | Continue reading
Well, it certainly has been a banner week for the folks over at Tesla. So far, the company is reporting that the pre-sales activity on the Model 3 just might account for over $8b in sales. One customer even used Bitcoin to lock their new ride in. A new post by a user named “Maso … | Continue reading
Cadbury marked the launch of the new 'Taste Likes This Feels' campaign for its Cadbury Dairy Milk brand with an activation at Westfield London last weekend (31 March to 3 April). | Continue reading
Neuer Schwung für das Parkhotel Castellani: Der Salzburger Michael Oberrauch leitet das von ARCOTEL geführte 4-Sterne-Hotel. Salzburg/Wien (ots) - Spritzig, engagiert und... | Continue reading
In a sea of data, what data/sources/analysis can you trust? Learn 6 strategies to manifest your skepticism, and one to get to wisdom plus a great career. | Continue reading
We offer 5 tips for handling negative online reviews the right way to keep your customers happy. | Continue reading
“Quick, help me, the inmates are running the asylum” is what is running through the heads of most business owners with multi-generational employees these days. That is another way of saying those business owners are struggling with the rapid rise of the millennials generation in … | Continue reading
Destiny's long-term exclusive content deal with PlayStation isn't just limited to big expansions - the game's April update has stuff just for Sony fans too.We had already heard mention of a PlayStation-exclusive set of quests involving Reef character Petra. You'll only get to pla … | Continue reading
The free Mediah Expansion has landed for Black Desert Online. It's a 2GB download and contains a significant amount of new content. Simultaneously the game's Korean developer, Pearl Abyss, held a press conference and detailed future plans for the game.Let's begin with Mediah. It' … | Continue reading
Amazon baut bekanntlich eine eigene Paketzustellung auf. In Berlin etwa lässt der Online-Versandhändler ein Geschäftshaus in zentraler Lage umbauen, um eine Lieferung innerhalb von zwei Stunden zu ermöglichen. Otto-Vorstandsmitg... | Continue reading
Amazon India has reduced the price of the OnePlus X smartphone from Rs. 16,999 to Rs. 14,999 this weekend. | Continue reading
Starting Friday, Walmart will be taking $150 off the price of Samsung Galaxy devices as part of its instalment plan promotion on AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. | Continue reading
Ever since the project was announced at Comic-Con last year, we've been dying to see what the animated adaptation of Batman: The Killing Joke will look like. Well, the first teaser trailer for the film has now appeared, along with a 10-minute behind-the-scenes featurette. The pro … | Continue reading
While gamers are definitely excited about the March release of the Oculus Rift headset, virtual reality could do a lot more. For example: Helping scientists build the case for "jaguar corridors" in remote corners of the Amazon.Kerrie Mengersen, a professor at the Queensland Unive … | Continue reading
BlackBerry has announced its latest move to remain relevant: making all the privacy and control features within its BBM messaging app completely free to use. The company first launched its Retract and Timer features within the cross-platform BBM app back in 2014, and though they … | Continue reading
I think that's always been a little true, but now it's a lot true. Everyone reading this has an enormous amount of power. Cultural power, mostly. The ability to speak up, to paint a picture of a different way, to... | Continue reading
lastminute.de: München (ots) - Wenn die Deutschen über's Wochenende verreisen, dann machen sie am liebsten einen Städtetrip (59 Prozent), gefolgt von einer kurzen Auszeit am Strand (35 Prozent) oder einem Aufenthalt im Spa-Hotel (31 Prozent). Das ergab eine ... | Continue reading
A number of Valk Fleet’s management team tell TechCrunch they have been on the receiving end of “death threats” from disgruntled drivers who, due to their self-employed status, have no employment rights beyond the contract they signed with Valk Feet. Read More | Continue reading
At the close of the week on Friday, we noted that we often see a big move during the weekend, and that this move more often than not comes on a Sunday. As things turned out, we did get a decent move, but it came late Friday night rather than Sunday. The chart below illustrates … … | Continue reading
Overwatch's second animated short is all about Widowmaker, the game's cold-hearted assassin lady. She's french and well into spiders.These shorts, intended to flesh out the backstory of Overwatch's heroes (and villains), continue to look really, very good, following last month's … | Continue reading
Japanische Wissenschafter haben aus den Stammzellen von Mäusen eine künstliche Haut geschaffen, die von echter Haut kaum mehr zu unterscheiden ist. Das Gewebe besitzt Haarfollikel und Talgdrüsen und ließ sich erfolgreich in die... | Continue reading
Having made a habit of emulating (if not outright imitating) Apple's MacBook and MacBook Air lines in recent years, HP believes its latest laptops are going to propel it to a position of design leadership. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal ahead of unveiling a new premium lapto … | Continue reading
Covomo Versicherungsvergleich GmbH: Frankfurt am Main (ots) - Reisende, die auf die Versicherungsleistungen von Kreditkartenunternehmen zurückgreifen, stellen sich damit häufig schlechter, als wenn sie die Versicherung als Einzelleistung gebucht hätten. Das fand die Studie des .. … | Continue reading
As part of its plans to venture beyond the food listings/discovery space, Zomato launched an Android point of sale system for restauranteurs today. Called Zomato Base, the cloud-based system is built on top of MaplePOS, which Zomato acquired last year as part of its plans to expa … | Continue reading
PlayStation 4 fan Peter Byrne, who has cerebral palsy, has received a specially-made controller to help him play.The custom pad was modded by Sony's Alex Nawabi, a PlayStation staff member who works on the company's research and development team (thanks, Kotaku).Byrne contacted S … | Continue reading
Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines wasn't great. Now, a modder has fixed it.TemplarGFX's "ACM Overhaul", released on 20th March and updated since, lets thos… | Continue reading
Tesla Motors founder and CEO Elon Musk went on a little tweet spree late Sunday, sharing some additional info about the company's upcoming Model 3 car. First, Musk tweeted that Tesla had received 276,000 pre-orders for Model 3 by the end of Saturday. At $1,000 per reservation, th … | Continue reading
Das Raumfahrtunternehmen von Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin, hat am 2. April zum dritten Mal erfolgreich einen suborbitalen Flug durchgeführt. Das wiederverwendbare System New Shepard erreichte eine Höhe von 103 km und landete einige Minuten sp&... | Continue reading
Although Oculus officially began shipping its Rift VR headsets on March 28 – beating HTC to the punch – some orders have been delayed due to an ‘unexpected component shortage.’ The company apologized to customers who had previously placed orders for the $599 device over email and … | Continue reading
Having a good website for your small business will help you market your company and get more exposure. This can lead to more customers, more sales, and higher profits, which leads to happy customers (and happy business owners!). | Continue reading
Ferrara (Italy), 6 April 2016 The conference, focused on the most innovative strategies of digital documentation for accessing and understanding European Cultural Heritage, will present the first year of research activities of the project INCEPTION – Inclusive Cultural Heritage … | Continue reading
alltours flugreisen gmbh: Düsseldorf (ots) - Der Reiseveranstalter alltours verlängert seine Aktion "kostenfreie Umbuchung". alltours bietet Kunden von Klassik-Pauschalreisen für Neubuchungen nach Ägypten, Tunesien und in die Türkei weiterhin ein gebührenfreies Umbuchen ... | Continue reading
TBA has appointed Andrew Savill as client development director, a new senior role created by the agency following a record-breaking year in 2015. | Continue reading
Airbnb, which is constantly accused of worsening San Francisco’s housing crunch, has released a report specifying how many of its listings might violate city law. It also said it will take more steps to prevent and delete illegal listings. Read More | Continue reading
According to a report by Content Marketing Institute, only 36 percent of B2C companies rate LinkedIn as an effective platform for marketing. Although the network’s acceptance among B2B is a little higher at 63 percent, you still get the feeling that a lot of marketers are underes … | Continue reading
Harassment, hoaxes, mob justice, public shaming, doxing, citizen journalism, disinformation, snuff, celebrity breakdowns, racist chat-bots, joke plagiarism and an endless stream of delectable cat gifs. The effects of the rise of social media on humanity are myriad, varied and - l … | Continue reading
Tesla hat überraschend viele Vorbestellungen für das Model 3 erhalten. Elon Musk twitterte bereits, dass er die Produktionsplanung überdenken muss, und das betrifft natürlich auch die Zulieferer. Nach Informationen von Reuters w... | Continue reading
When SiriusDecisions asserted last year that content marketers were wasting “tens of millions of dollars a year” on the 60% to 70% of content created by B2B marketing teams that never gets used, my jaw dropped. Waste makes me crazy, and that’s a pretty incredible waste. That’s wh … | Continue reading
ANALYSIS: The first quarter of 2016 has come to a close: European and Israeli startups raised €4.4 billion across 769 deals in Q1, including Spotify’s recent $1 billion debt round. European and Israeli tech startups have raised €4.4 billion (about $5.01 billion) in funding in the … | Continue reading
The DealDey acquisition marks continued outside investor confidence in the value proposition for African e-commerce—expected to top $75 billion by 2025, according to McKinsey Consulting. Read More | Continue reading
Swiss Travel System AG: Zürich (ots) - Mit dem Gotthard-Basistunnel geht am 11. Dezember 2016 der längste Eisenbahntunnel der Welt in Betrieb. Davor zeigt sich das Rekordbauwerk für kurze Zeit zugänglicher denn je: Ab dem 2. August 2016 tauchen Gäste auf exklusiven ... | Continue reading
If you enjoy following reality talent shows, Google’s latest search update will get your vote. The company will soon allow users in Asia so they can cast their votes for their favorite contestants on shows like Idols, Got Talent and The X Factor right from search results on mobil … | Continue reading
Micromanufacturing. As soon as I finish typing the word, my Grammarly spell checker promptly underscores it in red and suggests a replacement: “micro-manufacturing.” But this new spelling is about to go mainstream. When I say micromanufacturing, I don’t mean making tiny (micro-sc … | Continue reading
Despite the perceptions from many outside of the country, Iranians haven’t been twiddling their thumbs, waiting idly all these years for sanctions relief. The country has long since accustomed itself to be self-sufficient, and the e-commerce industry in Iran is no exception. Read … | Continue reading