Day: July 4, 2018

To be honest, the Fourth of July is not the first, or even the fifth or sixth, retail holiday on our calendars. It’s a day for grilling and lighting things on fire, not buying them. And a lot of people—both customers and retailers—are saving up […]

Our Startup Battlefield pitch competition may be legendary, but it’s not the only throw-down going on at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 on September 5-7. This year, in honor of the largest Disrupt event ever, we’ve launched the Virtual Hackathon. Thousands of the best developers, coders and hackers will […]

In February, the company said it aimed to have around 700 original TV shows and movies on its streaming service this year, with around 80 titles being produced outside of the US. Along with Monarca, Netflix also announced this week that filming for its first […]

Tesla's claims that Model 3 cars made on a tent-covered production line were of the same quality as those made inside the plant were questioned by … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit

The Wikipedia article of the day for July 4, 2018 is Hilary of Chichester. Hilary (c. 1110 – 1169) was a medieval English Bishop of Chichester. He served as Dean of the church of Christchurch in Hampshire and as a clerk for Henry of Blois, who […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on July 4, 2018: A female four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata). Alaskan schoolchildren voted this insect, known as the four-spotted skimmer, official State insect in 1995. Like all US States, Alaska celebrates Independence Day on July 4. https://ift.tt/2tRgBvK

moccasin , n : A traditional Native North American shoe, usually without a heel or sole, made of a piece of deerskin or other soft leather turned up at the edges which are either stitched together at the top of the shoe, or sewn to […]