Before 2010, Black Friday didn’t exist in Britain. Now, the yearly retail sales bonanza is almost as ubiquitous in the U.K. as it is in the United States, and its tremendous growth shows little sign of slowing down in 2017. In fact, this Friday Brits […]
Day: November 23, 2017
New story in Business from Time: How Black Friday Sales Madness Came to the U.K.
Before 2010, Black Friday didn’t exist in Britain. Now, the yearly retail sales bonanza is almost as ubiquitous in the U.K. as it is in the United States, and its tremendous growth shows little sign of slowing down in 2017. In fact, this Friday Brits […]
Twitter is testing Bookmarks, a feature to privately flag Tweets for later
Last month, Twitter started work on a new “save for later” feature for Tweets in your timeline that you wanted to flag to refer back to in the future. Now it’s given the feature a name — it will be called Bookmarks — and is […]
The UK Autumn Budget gets tough on tech companies and tax
The most important notice came during Hammond’s budget speech. As he pledged £400 million for a UK-wide EV charging network and a £100 million subsidy for electric car buyers, the finance minister also outlined steps to claw back money from tech giants like Google, Amazon […]
Is Your Turkey Trot Going to Burn Off That Pie?
This Thanksgiving, you have a plan: You’ve signed up for a race. Nothing crazy, just a few miles, but what better way to offset the culinary onslaught of Turkey-day dinner than by torching a few calories first thing in the morning? That fourth slice of […]
Gold Fund: Bitcoin Will Make Gold ‘Global Money’ Again
“Bitcoin was explicitly designed to be digital gold,” he said. “So if you're going to have a small proportion of a fund in Bitcoin, it should be in a gold fund because that's exactly the point.” The fund, which began in April this year, is […]
iPhone SE 2 could land next year at an affordable price
It’s been over 18 months since the iPhone SE landed, but if you were worried that meant there wouldn’t be a new model, don’t be, because a new rumor suggests Apple is planning on releasing the iPhone SE 2 in 2018. According to the Economic […]
L’Italia è il Paese Ocse che “incassa” più tasse
Infatti ogni contribuente italiano paga 13.383 euro all'anno di tasse. Una cifra ben sopra la media piazzando l'Italia al 13 posto. In media nei Paesi Ocse nel 2015 sono stati versati 12.193 euro pro capite. Il Paese in cui si è pagato più tasse pro […]
Maltrattamenti in un asilo di Vercelli, arrestate 3 maestre
23 novembre 2017 Sberle, strattoni e trascinamenti per terra, ma anche urla, punizioni spropositate e umiliazioni.Tre maestre d'asilo sono state arrestate dalla polizia, a Vercelli, accusate di maltrattamenti nei confronti di bambini fra i tre e i … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews #orecchioacerbo
Mobile payment and loyalty platform Yoyo Wallet integrates with Starling Bank
In another example of Starling Bank jumping on the Open Banking/PSD2 train before legislation in the U.K. and Europe next year will force banks to do so, it is launching its latest API partnership: this time with Yoyo Wallet, the U.K.-based mobile payment and loyalty […]
