Atari made headlines today when it announced the first real details about the Ataribox, its first home console in over two decades. The console will run on a Linux PC platform, come stocked with a mid-grade custom AMD processor and cost, believe it or not, […]
Day: September 27, 2017
Il trucchetto dei finti poveri: percepivano l’assegno sociale, ma risiedevano all’estero
Maxi truffa all'Inps da 10 milioni di euro, denunciate 370 persone. Tra loro due coniugi ottantenni che dichiaravano di abitare a Potenza, ma vivevano in Venezuela dal 1955. ANSA. Leggi anche … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Apple Might Have an iPhone 8 Sales Problem
The iPhone 8's opening weekend didn't go nearly as well as Apple might … By the end of its first weekend on store shelves, Apple's AAPL iPhone 8 … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Signal update keeps your address book secret, keeps it safe
No one would use a secure messaging service like Signal if you couldn’t find out who else was on it — but how can you trust Signal and others not to snoop when you submit your contacts for it to check against its list of […]
The Internet Doesn’t Need—or Want—Longer Tweets
According to Twitter’s well-worn origin story, the 140-character limit for tweets was born out of the now bygone restrictions of text messaging. The founders wanted Twitter to be used via SMS; at the time, messages were capped at 160 characters. (The extra 20 accommodated user […]
Airbnb reportedly wants to offer apartment rentals in Florida
According to The Information, Airbnb is working with a real estate developer in southern Florida, Newgard Development Group, to design a new apartment building as a proof of concept near Orlando in Kissimmee, right next to all those theme parks. Airbnb won’t own or even […]
Pensioni. UIL, Barbagallo: innalzamento dell’età pensionabile a 67 anni dal 2019 è una questione …
“L'innalzamento dell'età per la pensione a 67 anni dal 2019 è una questione ancora aperta, fino all'ultimo cercheremo un accordo”. Queste le parole … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
The Inside, a maker of so-called fast furniture, lands $1.5 million from Forerunner
Seventeen years ago, Christiane Lemieux created DwellStudio, a popular catalog and e-retailer that built one brick-and-mortar store in SoHo before getting acquired for undisclosed terms in 2013 by the online store Wayfair. Now, she’s back with The Inside, a two-person, New York-based direct-to-consumer home decor […]
Apple, Fitbit and more join regulator’s fast-track program for health app certification
We don’t see more certified health apps on mobile devices in part because – at least in the US – they need to go through a rigorous screening process that can mire development for months. Soon, though, that may change. Today the US Food and […]
Amazon’s struggle to revive a Seattle neighborhood could be a worrying omen for its 2nd …
Thanks to Amazon, Seattle may very well be America's largest company town. But as the nation's largest retailer seeks to expand to a yet-undecided … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from