Sky Live: Tipperary v Tyrone
Tyrone have made two changes in attack for their first championship meeting with Tipperary at Semple Stadium on Saturday.
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Samaras leaves West Brom
Greece international Georgios Samaras has terminated his contract with West Brom by mutual consent.
Duty-free spending to grow 51pc in 5 years: report
Affluent consumers spend when they travel; image courtesy of Michael Kors The number of outbound international travelers is projected to reach 1 billion by 2018, creating an opportunity for luxury brands to reach a global audience through airport retail placements, according to a report by Conlumino. With more airports, lower-cost airlines and bigger planes, international travel is becoming more accessible to less affluent consumers, especially those in emerging markets. Shopping
Burberry invests in New York market with expanded SoHo shop
Interior of Burberry’s SoHo store British heritage brand Burberry has reopened its SoHo boutique in New York after extensive renovations to the space. Burberry’s newly expanded storefront on SoHo’s Spring Street reopened July 15 after being under construction for an extended period of time. The redesigned boutique is larger than the original and reflects Burberry’s global design concept. New home Located at 131 Spring Street, Burberry’s larger SoHo boutique is
Top 25 Free Things to Do in Washington, D.C.
Few U.S. cities reward the frugal traveler as much as the nation’s capital. While it’s true that hotels and restaurants don’t offer much respite from big-city prices, Washington, D.C., is teeming with historic sights that won’t empty your pockets. From the bustle of the Capitol and the National Mall, to the tranquility of Arlington National Cemetery and the Tidal Basin, to countless world-class museums, D.C. combines the best of America
A candle and some water could keep your phone charged in an emergency
During a disaster, there are few options for charging the electronic devices that are so important to our modern lives. But now there’s one more, courtesy of a company called Stower, and this one depends on very basic elements. It’s kickstarting a ‘Candle Charger’ that exploits a nifty physics trick to charge any USB-powered device using just fire and water. That trick is the thermoelectric effect – a property of
Two thirds of our readers plan to upgrade to Windows 10 in 2015
In the build up to the launch of Windows 10 in 12 days, we have produced a series of polls – to be more precise – related to Microsoft’s forthcoming operating system. Our first poll was about whether our readers will upgrade to Windows 10 in 2015. Given that the OS will be available for free to a year for people who run genuine versions of Windows 7 or Windows
Chunks of Britain's geology are being recreated in Minecraft
Following in the footsteps of Denmark and Antarctica, parts of the UK are being recreated in Minecraft by the British Geological Survey in an attempt to teach people about the geology beneath our feet. Parts of West Thurrock, York and Ingleborough have been recreated in the blocky videogame using the Ordnance Survey’s topographic maps and the British Geological Survey’s own data about what lies beneath. The result is six maps
Week in Tech: Week in Tech: Watch wobbles, HTC M9 whines and sad news from Nintendo
Amazon dominated the tech headlines this week with its Black Friday-esque Prime Day, in which lots of people were offered discounts on things they didn’t really want to buy. But while Prime Day shifted stock Apple was uncharacteristically quiet about Apple Watch sales, HTC raised our hopes only to dash them again and a generation of gamers mourned the premature death of a gaming giant. Is the Apple Watch a
Is SnapChat-style digital decay on the rise – and should it be welcomed?
Introduction and digital hoarding Data is everywhere. While your photos, documents and emails for the last two decades are probably archived and accessible somewhere, your tweets, social media updates, instant messages and blogs are not only on the internet for all time, but fully indexed and searchable by Google. It was the fashion a few years ago to ditch worldly possessions, live out of a laptop and declare yourself a