OYO, the fast-growing budget hotel startup out of India that’s backed by Airbnb, SoftBank, Grab and Didi, has made an acquisition to expand its footprint into Europe, specifically around self-catering home rentals. The company has picked up @Leisure Group from Axel Springer for about $415 million […]
Day: May 1, 2019
These Super-Precise Clocks Help Weave Together Space And Time
The world’s most precise clock sits on a table in Jun Ye’s lab in Boulder, Colorado. A tangle of electronics, fiber optic cables, and laser beams, the clock is still a prototype, so no one actually uses it to tell time. Ye, who is a […]
India’s Times Internet isn’t ceding ground to US rivals Facebook and Google
The aggressive push by Silicon Valley companies and Chinese firms to win India, one of the last great growth markets, has decimated many local businesses in recent years. With each passing day, Amazon is closing in on Walmart-owned Flipkart’s lead on the e-commerce space. Uber […]
World’s Biggest Welcome in Croatia: Day 39 – Trilj to Omiš (Biking, Canyoning, Rafting, Kayaking)
May 1, 2019 – Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. Day 39 of this incredible 2011 adrenaline trip … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Samsung Ventures’ first investment in Southeast Asia is HR startup Swingvy
Samsung Ventures, the VC arm of the Korean electronics giant, has made its first investment in Southeast Asia after it backed HR startup Swingvy. Singapore-based Swingy’s service provides HR services, payroll and insurance for SMEs on a freemium basis. The company announced this week that […]
Pensioni e pace contributiva, quando è conveniente e quanto costa
In tema pensioni sembrerebbe che la misura che ha avuto maggiore risalto in questo 2019 è stata quota 100 ma non si tratta comunque dell'unica … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Watch Hannah Gadsby’s TED Talk on Having Autism and Breaking Comedy
Right as Hannah Gadsby was getting to the emotional pinnacle of her TED talk, the microphone cut out. She’d just told the audience how after her grandmother’s death, she was bereft, but that then … nothing. There Gadsby stood, awkwardly in the red TED circle, […]
The Grid Might Survive an Electromagnetic Pulse Just Fine
Over the past few years, speculation has risen around whether North Korea or any other nation could detonate a nuclear weapon over the United States that would create an electromagnetic pulse, and knock out all electricity for weeks or months. This doomsday hypothesis has been […]
India’s Times Internet isn’t ceding ground to US rivals Facebook and Google
The aggressive push by Silicon Valley companies and Chinese firms to win India, one of the last great growth markets, has decimated many local businesses in recent years. With each passing day, Amazon is closing in on Walmart-owned Flipkart’s lead on the e-commerce space. Uber […]
Amazon officially launches in the UAE
Souq.com delivered its first order in Dubai 13 years back and has evolved into the biggest e-commerce player in the UAE. That attracted he attention of Amazon which bough souq.com and today is finally the day where souq.com closes and amazon.ae launches. While the transition […]