Amazon loves dealing with booze in Japan. In 2016, it launched a free Sommelier service for those who just can’t choose which wine to buy. Now, it’s opening a pop-up bar in Ginza, Tokyo’s high fashion center and home to its ritziest establishments, to promote […]
Category: Food
New story in Business from Time: U.S. Customs Vows to Block Imports of Seafood Produced by North Korean Laborers
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it is ready to block U.S. imports of seafood — as well as any other goods — produced by North Korean laborers who work in China. An Associated Press investigation tracked salmon, squid and cod processed by North Koreans […]
Apple’s Siri Falls Behind in the Virtual Assistant Race It Started
Apple has a reputation for entering markets late—think portable music players or smartphones—and then blowing away competitors with a superior product. When it comes to Apple’s virtual assistant Siri, that storyline appears to be playing out in reverse. Apple revealed Siri with the iPhone 4S […]
Columbus tastes a slice of Italy with 38th annual Italian Festival
“With that whole salute to the Italian culture [we have] many cooking demonstrations, Italian language…a course on if you travel to Italy for the first time … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Google Home Max vs. HomePod and Google Home Mini vs. Amazon Echo Dot: battle of the smart …
On Wednesday, Google unveiled two new versions of the Google Home … is positioned at the luxury end of the market, similar to Apple's HomePod. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Il Canto del Maggio
The night I stayed was the property's pizza night and, even with more than a decade of living in Italy, I was impressed. The side dishes are also … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Fly To Bologna, Italy From $454 Round Trip!
Act now and you could be eating your way around Bologna, Italy in no time. Enjoy exquisite food, day trips to the countryside, and simply walking … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
NearGroup chatbot startup lands $1.6m Seed round led by OpenOcean
In Arabic, Indian or Eastern cultures where people can’t really have an open dating profile, the traditional Tinder/Happn/Bumble/Badoo etc dating apps don’t work too well as they are based on images. It turns out chat bots may be the way forward in these markets if […]
Amazon Echo vs Apple HomePod vs Google Home: the battle of the smart speakers
Update: Now that Google has announced the Mini and the Max versions of the Google Home, we’ve updated our comparison to include this new hardware. Piece continues below… It’s gotten pretty crowded in the smart speaker market as of late. After Amazon created the product […]
Zefo, an online store for secondhand goods, gets $9.2M Series B led by Sequoia India
Zefo, which bills itself as “India’s fastest growing used goods marketplace,” said today that it has raised $9.2 million in Series B funding. The round was led by returning investors Sequoia India and Helion Venture Partners, with participation by Beenext. Along with its Series A, […]