The Langham, London The Langham, London is continuing its 150th anniversary with a chance to win a special tea time reservation for the milestone where the tea is served at its original price from 150-years ago. A Facebook application organizes the contest with a whimsical explanation and an overview of the event. Offering a chance for aspirational consumers to win an experience typically reserved for more affluent guests will likely gain
Karlie Kloss with attendees at 2014 Vogue Festival With media company Condé Nast putting the weight of its 140 titles behind an ecommerce venture, it has the potential to alter the playing field for fashion and upscale retail. Previously, individual magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar and Lucky have combined their content with ecommerce, but the publisher represents a broader reach than any of the single publications, joining together all of its
Providing picture-perfect moments and memories to last a lifetime, amusement parks are ideal places for family fun, but not all parks are designed for smaller visitors. Featuring the conveniences and necessities that children demand and parents appreciate, the country’s 10 best family-friendly amusement parks deliver a treasured day of thrills and laughs for kids and their keepers. Expect carousels, animatronic dinosaurs, and real bulldozers as these parks push the limits of innovation
The phones that make you go: MWauuauuuughghAARGH! How do you make a phone that stands out? LG’s strategy is to plaster the back of its brand new LG G4 with animal hide. That’s right, real bonafide leather made of the skin of dead animals. Don’t think about it too much or it might make you a bit queasy. Not only that but you can get your LG G4 in an
Instagram’s getting into music – sort of. The filtered photo-sharing app beloved by millions today launched a @music account which it says will be “exploring music, those who create it, and the community around it in a very visual way”. “@music will cover all facets of the musical experience: from stars to up-and-comers; from session players to the most passionate fans; from instruments to lyrics, the studio to the stage,”
Best wide-angle prime lens for Canons To celebrate the 100th issue of Photo Plus magazine we’re running this summary of its latest lens roundup. The test team has taken eight Canon-fit prime lenses and run them through its full sequence of lab tests and real-world workouts to decide which one is best. You can see the full 11-page test in Photo Plus #100. All but two of these lenses work
The autonomous cars are coming, and though they might be some while off hitting the high street, TomTom is going to have a big hand in their creation. At an event in Amsterdam today it talked up how important its role will be in autonomous driving – the necessary data for self-driving cars is exactly what TomTom has been collecting for years. “We are good at big data, we started
First it was wearables – now TomTom has just announced it is branching out into a new category: action cameras. GoPro might be top dog in this domain right now but TomTom reckons it can deliver a unique experience. The aim was to create a device that makes the journey of shooting, editing and publishing much more straightforward. The result is the Bandit, a camera that will use its motion
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc’s slowing revenue and user growth has raised further doubts about its ability to entice advertisers to spend more on its platform – at least in the near term. Twitter’s market value fell by a fifth, or about $5 billion, on Tuesday after its disappointing first-quarter results were released in error an hour ahead of schedule. At least 15 brokerages cut their price targets on the stock.
Microsoft Corp is set to allow apps from rival Google Inc’s Android system onto its own Windows phones later this year, according to two sources familiar with the matter on Wednesday. The move would mark a radical shift for Microsoft, which has struggled to attract users and has only 3 percent of the global smartphone market. Microsoft is expected to make the announcement at its developer conference in San Francisco
