In the wake of Cambridge Analytica (CA) and Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony, Bumble’s VP of international marketing and communications Louise Troen said “many” of its over 30 million users were looking for a different sign-up/log-in method. As you might expect, Bumble got access to things […]
Category: Food
New crackdown on British holidaymakers who fake food poisoning
The new regulations will come into effect in the coming weeks, before the start of the busy summer season that sees millions of Brits come to Spain on package holiday deals. Currently, a loophole allows claims management firms to levy unlimited legal costs for incidents […]
Teaching an AI using a dog garners some unexpected results
Artificial intelligence is one of the biggest buzzwords of 2018, and for good reason. AI is making our voice assistants smarter, our cars self-driving, and our photo apps better able to identify our pets. But what if our pets could be the AI? And no, […]
Zillow will flip houses on its own internet marketplace
By choosing to buy and sell houses, Zillow is now officially an OpenDoor competitor. “We are genuinely excited, having invented this new category in 2014,” OpenDoor chief Eric Wu told TechCrunch, “and it’s invigorating to see a host of others in the industry recognize the […]
Digging Into The DNA Of Market Leaders Facebook, Amazon, Apple And Google
At the same time the shares of Amazon, Apple and Google were amongst the widely traded issues, though no longer at their peak valuation. These four … The book also has insights into Alibaba, the Chinese online retailer, Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, Microsoft, Wal-Mart […]
Windstar’s Winning Wine Approach with New Sommelier
Croatia's wine appellations lie coastal to the Mediterranean and inland over the Dinaric Alps, so the two regions produce dramatically different styles of wine. Look for crisp and refreshing whites in Malvasia and Riesling from the inland appellations, while the southern coastal islands offer the […]
Supreme Court Case on Sales Tax Rattles Merchants on Amazon
Small and midsize merchants collect hundreds of billions of dollars a year selling their wares through Amazon.com Inc.'s online marketplace and others like it. That business could be shaken up by a Supreme Court case that may subject consumers on these marketplaces to state sales […]
24 hours in Madrid: A perfect day in Spain’s cool capital
A Spanish evening isn't complete without a tapas crawl. Kick things off with Padrón peppers and deep fried anchovies in Cervecería Restaurante Quevedo (Calle Quevedo, 7). Then move along to Casa Alberto (Calle de las Huertas, 18), one of the oldest bars in Madrid, for […]
OnePlus 5T myytiin loppuun myös Euroopassa – OnePlus 6:n julkistus on todennäköisesti erittäin lähellä
OnePlus 6:sta on liikkunut viime aikoina niin paljon huhuja, että puhelimen julkistus on varmasti aivan nurkan takana. Aavistuksemme vahvistuivat entisestään, kun OnePlus paljasti tällä viikolla, että OnePlus 5T on myyty loppuun valmistajan eurooppalaisessa verkkokaupassa. Tieto oli odotettavissa, sillä valmistaja ilmoitti jo muutama viikko sitten puhelinten […]
Eating shoots and leaves: The art of travelling as a vegetarian
But this was France, where they took their meat seriously, so perhaps I should have known better than to expect actual food. This has happened to me in the past in other countries—Japan immediately coming to mind. At that time, when I was a travel […]