L'accusa di associazione per delinquere, bancarotta fraudolenta, falsa fatturazione e illeciti tributari costa l'arresto all'imprenditore Giuseppe Barletta, … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Day: March 14, 2019
Freitag’s Latest Bags Have a Funky New Ingredient: Plastic
Not long ago, upcycling became ultra hip. It’s now common in consumer soft goods to find apparel, tote bags, backpacks, and laptop sleeves made of material that was used for something entirely different in a previous life. You can get shoulder bags made of discarded […]
Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage
Messaging platform Telegram claims to have had a surge in signups during a period of downtime for Facebook’s rival messaging services. In a message sent to his Telegram channel, founder Pavel Durov’s just wrote: “I see 3 million new users signed up for Telegram within […]
These are some of the add-ons coming to Microsoft’s new Chromium-based Edge
It appears that Microsoft is getting ready to release an early preview build for its Chromium-based Edge web browser soon, as it has just launched the ‘Microsoft Edge Insider Addons’ website. This website will allow users to test out add-ons (also known as extensions) for […]
When Facebook Goes Down, Don’t Blame Hackers
It happened again. Facebook went down in pockets around the world for several hours Wednesday, as did Facebook-owned Instagram and WhatsApp. The outage inspired the usual existential jokes—and rush to news sites to fill the void—but it also gave rise to conspiracy theories that hackers […]
For Pi Day, Calculate Pi Yourself Using Two Colliding Balls
This is at least my ninth year of writing about Pi Day—here is my post from 2010. Of course it’s called Pi Day because the date, 3/14, is similar to the first three digits of pi (3.1415 …). At this point I’ve built up a […]
WTTC: Greece’s travel and tourism sector outgrows broader economy in 2018
World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) reported (13-Mar-2019) Greece's travel and tourism sector grew 6.9% year-on-year in 2018, more than 3.5 … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Surging costs send shares of ecommerce challenger Pinduoduo down 17 percent
China’s new tech force Pinduoduo is continuing its race to upend the ecommerce space, even at the expense of its finances. The three-year-old startup earmarked some big wins from the 2018 fiscal year, but losses were even greater, dragging its shares down 17 percent on […]
Nuovo attacco alla Sarti: foto hot sul web
Roma, 14 marzo 2019 – Da caso "privato" a caso politico. Davvero "scottante". Giulia Sarti, deputata M5s, è di nuovo nel mirino e sempre per una questione tanto privata da costringere il Garante della Privacy a intervenire in sua difesa. Girano, ormai … by Livio […]
Il mini-taglio delle pensioni? Dopo le elezioni
Nei primi tre mesi dell'anno non sono ancora stati applicati i tagli alle pensioni sopra 1.539 euro lordi al mese previsti dalla legge di Stabilità. Ovvero … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
