San Francisco Board of Supervisors President London Breed wants you to remember that she was once, and will be the future of mayor of San Francisco, she said at the Lesbians Who Tech conference on Friday. For those unfamiliar with San Francisco local politics, Breed […]
Day: March 3, 2018
Incubating tech in the shadow of the civil rights movement
When Birmingham led the charge in the civil rights movement in the sixties, the city inadvertently created big shoes for itself to later fill. Just how Birmingham was the birthplace of many civil rights actions in the sixties, the city wants to be the birthplace of […]
Stop Calling Snapchat a Social Network
First, it was the rampant copycatting of Stories. Then, the spectacular failure of Spectacles. Then the Great Millennial Migration to Instagram. And the redesign so universally hated that more than a million people signed a petition to undo it. Oh, and that tweet from Kylie […]
Camping in Istria: A Dash of Waterfront Luxury at Aminess Park Mareda in Novigrad
A brand is one thing, but living up to it is quite another, and I was not surprised at the recent Adria Hotel Forum in Zagreb to find the company's name on a slide highlighting the 16 top hotel success stories in Croatia. Four hotels […]
Recommended Reading: The dark past of Jessica Jones
The creator of ‘Jessica Jones’ serves up a dark mirror for our momentJoy Press,The New York Times Jessica Jones returns to Netflix in less than a week, and thanks to a couple of trailers, we know it’s going to be dark and angry. The New […]
Only £21 per month for Vodafone fibre broadband deal with guaranteed speed
This week Vodafone launched its ‘Ultimate Speed Guarantee‘, making it the first UK provider to offer widely available guaranteed minimum internet speed. We were concerned that would mean prices would fly through the ceiling, but Vodafone is still offering the market’s cheapest fibre broadband deals. […]
Pensioni, Ecco chi sarà dispensato dall’uscita a 67 anni
I lavoratori che infatti si riconoscono in una delle 15 categorie professionali potranno continuare ad accedere alla pensione di vecchiaia con 66 anni e 7 mesi e 20 anni di contributi sino al 31 dicembre 2020 evitando il prossimo scatto di cinque mesi previsto per […]
SFGATE: Rainfall boosts Bay Area water levels; storm isn’t over
Rainfall boosts Bay Area water levels; storm isn’t over Published on March 03, 2018 at 06:23PM by By Sophie Haigney Recent storms have dropped more than an inch of rain in San Francisco and blanketed the Sierra with snow, but water levels and snowpack around […]
Startups Weekly: Raising huge sums quickly
Hey, did you know that TechCrunch sends out a weekly newsletter rounding up the latest startup news? Well, we do! But for as-yet-unidentified technical reasons, it doesn’t seem to have gone out today, so I’m publishing it here. And if you haven’t subscribed yet, what […]
Pavia, antifascisti ‘marchiati’ con adesivo sulla porta di casa. La reazione dei sindaci che si ‘automarchiano’
A Pavia indignazione e allarme montano sui social dopo la condivisione di immagini che mostrano un adesivo con la dicitura “Qui ci abita un antifascista” attorno al logo barrato della rete antifascista. I denuncianti affermano di aver trovato il “marchio” incollato alla porta di casa […]