“The most inspiring person you’ve ever met could be sitting under this ad,” read the signs plastering the walls of New York’s subway cars this winter. An oversized finger pointed downward—straight at said inspiring commuters. “Say hello now…or later on Shapr.” (Considering how much of […]
Month: September 2017
London venue is first to eradicate touts with digital-only tickets
That’s not to say you can’t offload your ticket if something comes up and you can’t make the gig. Earlier this year, Dice introduced a simplified refund feature for sold-out gigs. Dice effectively buys back the ticket and sells it on to another fan on […]
German dating app Lovoo is acquired for $70M by The Meet Group
You’ve probably never heard of Lovoo but in German-speaking countries (Germany, Switzerland, and Austria) it’s the number one dating in terms of app store downloads. It’s also in the top 3 in Southern Europe (such as Italy, Spain, France). It’s now being sept off its […]
Google may now be ready to buy HTC
Rumors of HTC selling its smartphone division have been common over the last few months, but the latest news suggests we may be very near to an official confirmation of what will happen to the Taiwanese phone maker. HTC has issued a trading halt from […]
Amazon to release Alexa-powered smartglasses, reports say
Unlike most previous smartglasses, such as the ill-fated Google Glass experiment and Snapchat's Spectacles, the Amazon glasses won't feature a … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Kubernetes gains momentum as big-name vendors join Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Like a train gaining speed as it leaves the station, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation is quickly gathering momentum, attracting some of the biggest names in tech. In the last month and a half alone AWS, Oracle, Microsoft, VMware and Pivotal have all joined. It’s […]
Apple Watch Series 3 Excels, Even if You Don’t Need Cellular by BRIAN X. CHEN
By BRIAN X. CHEN Date night without your iPhone? That’s now doable with the new cellular Apple Watch, which for the first time can be untethered from your smartphone. Here’s our review. Published: September 20, 2017 at 02:00AM from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/2f9Zm11 via IFTTT
Sindcati, documento congiunto al governo: “Bloccare l’aumento dell’età pensionabile”
Le organizzazioni dei lavoratori chiedono lo stop dell'adeguamento all'aspettativa di vita per accedere alla pensione. Nel 2019 dovrebbe salire a 67 … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
The Morning After: Wednesday, September 20th 2017
Exposed.Google’s mini Home speaker and Pixel 2 XL leak ahead of October event Hopefully you weren’t set on waiting until October 4th to find out about Google’s new hardware, because some pricing and specs have already leaked. Droid-Life found details on the Pixel phones, which […]
Silicon Valley Eats Its Young with “Disruption”
The hate-read news cycle last week was dominated by a story about a tech startup called Bodega, and what a reporter called the company’s quest to “make corner stores obsolete.” Online outrage and much commentary ensued; within a day, the Bodega founders had published a […]