Day: September 13, 2018

iHeartMedia has agreed to acquire Stuff Media, the company that owns the HowStuffWorks podcasting business. The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, but both the Wall Street Journal and Variety are reporting that the acquisition price was $55 million. According to […]

Google Docs has always been a fairly competent, free alternative to Microsoft Word and now it’s getting a bit smarter with a grammar checker by way of Grammarly. Grammarly, which spots typing and grammar errors as you type, is officially coming to Google Docs. The […]

“You’ve got to make decisions that optimize the user experience, and understand that at times things that provide user value can also add friction,” co-founder Carl Pei told TechRadar. “We’re not doing it for the sake of doing it and because everyone else is. We […]

I was a rambunctious, energetic child. It was hard for me to sit still for anything, but if you gave me a box of Lego and a good set of instructions, I could sit for hours. I had Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, K’Nex, model cars, […]

Mapillary, the Swedish startup that wants to take on Google and others in mapping the world by way of a crowdsourced database of street-level imagery, is taking an interesting step in the development of its platform. The company is now working with Amazon, and specifically […]

E' stata colpita da una pallonata violentissima, lanciata da un gruppo di ragazzini che giocava in largo Agosta, a Villa Gordiani. Vittima una ottantaduenne del quartiere per la quale non c'è stato nulla da fare. E' successo ieri pomeriggio, intorno … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]

UK mobile operators could be required by law to offer inclusive data roaming within the EU in the event of a “no-deal” Brexit. All roaming fees were abolished across the EU in June 2017 following several years of price cuts, as per European law. However, […]

Sulle pensioni quota 100 si sta tornando al punto di partenza. Come nel gioco dell'oca si è di nuovo alla casella via: bisogna cercare di far quadrare i … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit