Some Moto G4 Plus owners were upset when the originally promised news of an upgrade to Android Oreo disappeared from Motorola’s marketing and it was suggested the budget handset wouldn’t ever be upgraded to Android 8. Now, however, Motorola has confirmed it will be updating […]
Category: Food
MealPal gobbles $20M for its restaurant meal subscription service
We’ve seen a huge wave of food-on-demand startups hit the market in the last several years: those who deliver restaurant food, those who deliver meal kits to you, those who bring groceries, and those who are building machines to help you eat better at home […]
BP Ventures, BP’s investment arm, leads $20M in private jet charter marketplace Victor
Victor, which bills itself as the “largest ‘on-demand’ marketplace for private jet charter,” has raised $20 million in new funding, bringing total raised to date to $44.45 million since launching in 2011. BP Ventures, BP’s investment arm, led the round, putting in $10 million, whilst […]
Food is Key, Continental Tourism Forum Focuses on Gastronomy
This year the accent was on gastronomy as a Croatian tourism product. … Marijan Martinjaš from the Etno Art Travel DMC agency, headquartered in … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Liked on YouTube: Porsche takes aim at Tesla with the upcoming Mission E | Engadget Today
Porsche takes aim at Tesla with the upcoming Mission E | Engadget Today Here comes a new challenger. http://ift.tt/2hcmKvi Porsche boss Oliver Blume has dropped some details about the Porsche Mission E that should perk up the ears of EV and sports car fans. The […]
Don’t Blame Pigs for Swine Flu—Species Hopping Is How Viruses Evolve
When new species evolve, where do their viruses come from? As little more than free-ranging bundles of genetic material, viruses desperately need to hijack their hosts’ cellular machinery and resources to replicate, over and over again. Without its host, a virus is nothing. Because of […]
A new microscope can quickly generate 3D images of living organisms
The QIs-scope, as it’s called, can take up to 200 images per second — way more than the five per second most confocal microscopes on the market can capture now. It also comes with four lasers that each emit a flat beam, but two more […]
Food for thought (Kindle)
FOR A LONG time, physical books were the best reading experience around. In some ways, that’s still true, but e-readers like Amazon’s Kindle offer a lot of perks. They’re lighter than a paper library, and some even light up to let you read at night. […]
Videoblocks launches its stock photo service and changes its name to Storyblocks
Stock imagery service Videoblocks made its name thanks to its flat-rate, unlimited video library and a marketplace that paid photographers a 100 percent commission. Over time, the service started branching out beyond video, though, and the company first announced its plans for a stock photo […]
Tesla rolling out superchargers in Rolling Meadows
That's because Tesla is setting up a Supercharger station outside the store as … be on your way," Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a video announcement in 2013. … Looking for a generic charging station for your Volt, Leaf or Tesla? …. For the […]