Afew years ago, online shopping was presumed to be a preserve for rich Africans who had relatives abroad and could send for items when their relatives were travelling back. People sought to find quality and authentic items, but would pay a high price. However, nowadays, anyone can shop online and get their items shipped to Uganda affordably in...
US Hospital operator HCA Healthcare Inc. reported a dismal quarter early Tuesday, complete with profit and revenue misses and a cut to its earnings-per-share outlook for the year. Hospital operators haven’t been having a particularly good time in recent months, especially given congressional Republicans’ effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act...
In an effort to cover areas not presently serviced because of the financial woes of newsrooms, Google has committed over $800,000 to develop a software that automates news, known as Radar—Reporters And Data And Robots.
In tests involving about 7,000 property listings in Europe, Google is checking if travelers would like to use it to search and book vacation rentals. Online travel rivals should be on the alert. In the past month, some Google searches have been revealing an option to comparison-shop vacation rentals. The results are limited to a small subset of...
Almost everyone in major Chinese cities is using a smartphone to pay for just about everything. At restaurants, a waiter will ask if you want to use WeChat or Alipay — the two smartphone payment options — before bringing up cash as a third, remote possibility. Just as startling is how quickly the transition has happened. Only three years ago...
Dirty Bones, a a newly opened London hot spot knows that diners like to Instagram their food. So they are facilitating that behavior by offering guests 'foodie instagram packs' along with their meals to help get attention and heighten diners' social media profiles. The free kits include a LED camera light, a multi-use charging device, a clip-on...
The LaWS, an acronym for Laser Weapons System, is not science fiction. It is not experimental. It is deployed on board the USS Ponce amphibious transport ship, ready to be fired at targets today and every day by Captain Christopher Wells and his crew. “It is more precise than a bullet,” Captain Wells told CNN. “It’s not a niche weapon system...
Some workers at a company in Wisconsin will soon be getting microchips in order to enter the office, log into computers and even buy a snack or two with just a swipe of a hand. Todd Westby, the CEO of tech company Three Square Market, told ABC News today that of the 80 employees at the company's River Falls headquarters, more than 50 agreed to...
Korean beauty brand Botanic Farm is leading the pack for carbonated skin care with a product called Mineral Pop Sparkling Cream, which gets its pop from carbonic acid bubbles. This company claims that carbonation works to lock moisture into the skin, while simultaneously refreshing and stimulating it. And people are buying it.
The city of Vancouver is considering a ban on single-use cups, or at least finding strategies to lessen their use by consumers on a day-to-day basis. Single-use coffee cups, along with other disposable items like plastic and paper shopping bags, foam food packaging and takeout containers are the city's largest source of waste, and so an...