Twitter announced today its Twitter Lite app is expanding to 21 more countries, which makes the data-saving app available to now over 45 countries in total. The app was first introduced last year with the goal of bringing in more users from emerging markets to […]
Category: Food
Joanne Weir’s new foodie-travel TV series runs the gamut from stroopwafel to tarte flambee
The series is an irresistible foodie-travel combination. Episode 2, “It's All Greek To Me,” takes Weir to the Greek island of Kea, for example, for pastitsio … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Electric scooters are going worldwide
Despite regulatory hurdles on a city-by-city basis, electric scooter companies and their respective services are continuing to make their way to markets all over the world. Earlier this week, for example, Lime announced its entrance into Madrid, launching hundreds of electric scooters in the Spanish […]
Details on Tesla Going Private Are a Little Clearer, But Not Much
Nearly a week after Elon Musk sent the markets and the media into a tizzy by tweeting he wants to take Tesla private, there’s some more information about how he’d do it, and what it would mean for the company. Just in case you’re not […]
Apeel Sciences is combating food waste with plant-derived second peels
In a world bursting with abundances like self-driving cars and robotic personal assistants, you would think that basic needs like sustainable food sourcing and distribution would be a problem of the past. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. According to the Food and […]
Supergiant VC rounds aren’t just raised in China
In the venture capital market, big is in. Firms are raising significant sums to finance a growing number of large startup funding rounds. In July, there were 55 venture rounds, worldwide, which topped out at $100 million or more, totaling just over $15 billion raised in […]
OLED vs QLED: the battle of the TV tech titans
If you’ve been watching the TV consumer market for a while, OLED vs QLED is like plasma vs LCD all over again. Having been nowhere a year ago, Samsung’s QLED TVs are suddenly everywhere. But is QLED tech the very peak of current TV technology, […]
NBC Universal might reward you for streaming videos
Details are scarce, but some of The Information’s sources said that Watch Back isn’t another attempt to compete against Netflix like Seeso, which the company shut down in 2017. It’s really more of a marketing effort meant to drum up interest in NBCU’s shows. If […]
Bugs in Mobile Credit Card Readers Could Expose Buyers
The tiny, portable credit card readers you use to pay at farmer’s markets, bake sales, and smoothie shops are convenient for consumers and merchants alike. But while more and more transactions are passing through them, devices sold by four of the leading companies in the […]
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