In the summer of 2008, Rich Juzwiak was working as a culture writer for VH1’s website, a job that required him to keep up with a daunting assortment of reality-television shows. Some were well-established hits: Survivor, The Apprentice, Big Brother. Others were single-season oddities, like […]
Day: August 30, 2018
Why China Is A No-Go Land For Google
Why has Google renewed its plans for an epic Chinese come back? … major marketplace Alibaba, AI giant Tencent and Google's major competitor … to guys like Apple and Amazon, perhaps Google started feeling the remorse of its … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Facebook pulls post by Anne Frank Center after seeing only nudity in a photo of the Holocaust
Facebook moderators temporarily removed a post by the Anne Frank Center which was seeking to raise awareness about the Holocaust, after the company was unable to distinguish between historical genocide and child nudity. The post included an archive photograph of Jewish children who had been stripped and […]
Libratone’s new portable Zipp speakers come with Alexa
The main draw of the speakers, though, is their slick Danish design. They come with colorful, textured tops that you can easily unzip and swap (hence the name). At the time of writing, these include frosty grey, cranberry red, pine green and other nifty shades. […]
Milano, mette dell’acido nella bottiglietta d’acqua del collega: arrestata
Ha cercato di avvelenare un collega mettendo dell’acido cloridrico nella bottiglietta d’acqua che aveva sulla scrivania. L’uomo, 41 anni, ha avvertito un bruciore fortissimo in bocca ed è stato portato in ospedale. Gli sono stati diagnosticati tre giorni di prognosi e ai carabinieri della stazione […]
Where in the world is the BCHS Travel Club?
While the Travel Club will meet at school four times a year, the organization is … The trip will include stops in London, Paris, Switzerland and Italy. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Asus shows off new ‘world’s most compact’ ZenBook laptops
Asus has used the IFA 2018 tech show in Berlin to show off its latest ZenBooks, including what the company calls “the world’s most compact laptops”. The laptops about which Asus is making that bold claim are the ZenBook 13 (UX333), ZenBook 14 (UX433) and […]
Caos pensioni d’oro
Ma, ricorda, in quel contratto "abbiamo scritto che vogliamo tagliare le pensioni d'oro. "Sia chiaro – ha aggiunto – che agiamo su persone che … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
I sorteggi di Champions League con Juventus, Napoli, Roma e Inter
I sorteggi dei gironi di Champions League sono in programma oggi a partire dalle 18 presso il Grimaldi Forum di Montecarlo. Stabiliranno la composizione della prima fase del torneo più importante e competitivo del calcio europeo, composta da otto … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
Ultimate Ears Boom 3 and Megaboom 3 Review: New Features, Lower Price
If you’re a consumer electronics brand, what do you do when your hit product—a best-seller and a critical darling since its debut—turns five years old? You buy it a new suit, of course. Ultimate Ears has updated both of its cylindrical Bluetooth speakers. The Boom […]