This year, culinary masterminds from five continents gathered in the Spanish port city of Bilbao for an award ceremony to name the 50 best fine dining … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Category: Travel
Oppo Find X launches with no notch, almost no bezel and three pop-up cameras
The Oppo Find X has been officially unveiled, with an impressive 93.8% screen-to-body ratio and a rather bonkers triple pop-up camera setup. It directly challenges the Vivo Nex, itself only launched last week in China, which had boasted the best screen-to-body ratio of any smartphone […]
Grateful parents send Silverton teacher on the trip of a lifetime
Last week, a group of grateful parents gave their beloved preschool teacher a trip to Italy. In just three days, families of past and present students and … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Amazon launches an Alexa system for hotels
Alexa is coming to your hotel room. Amazon this morning is announcing a new program called Alexa for Hospitality, designed to bring its voice assistant technology to everything from chain hotels to vacation rentals. The system can be customized to include key guest information, like […]
South Okanagan Travel Show aims to help you achieve your travel bucket list
The upcoming South Okanagan Travel Show can help. … Ahh, Italy! This destination is consistently in the top 10 of most Travel Bucket Lists. There are … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Peek raises $23M and inks partnership with Google in push to digitize travel activities
Peek, a U.S. startup aiming to digitize the travel activities industry, has pulled a $23 million Series B round of financing and uncorked a partnership with Google that will help increase its visibility. Founded in 2012 by Ruzwana Bashir (CEO) and Oskar Bruening (CTO), the San Francisco-based […]
The Collapse of a $40 Million Nutrition Science Crusade
On Monday night Gary Taubes will board his second transatlantic flight in a week—from Zurich to Aspen—then eventually back to Oakland, where he calls home. The crusading science journalist best known for his beef with Big Sugar is beat after four days of nutrition conference […]
Spain’s PM heads to France on June 23 for migration, euro zone talks
PARIS (Reuters) – New Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will travel to Paris on June 23 for talks with Emmanuel Macron on migration and euro … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Veriff raises $7.7M Series A to become the ‘Stripe for identity’
Veriff, the Estonian startup that wants to become something akin to the ‘Stripe for identity’, has raised $7.7 million in Series A funding. Leading the round is Mosaic Ventures, joining an impressive list of backers that include Taavet Hinrikus, Ashton Kutcher, Paul Buchheit, Elad Gil, […]
Synthetic ‘blubber’ could triple divers’ survival time in icy water
The team starts by placing a typical neoprene wetsuit in an autoclave filled with a heavy gas (such as argon, krypton or xenon for one to three days. The design replaces the usual air gaps in the wetsuit with that heavy gas, giving the material […]