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Armani updates Milan boutique to celebrate 40th anniversary

Armani’s Milan boutique Italy’s Giorgio Armani reopened its Milanese flagship April 8, after the space underwent a complete redesign. Located on Via Montenapoleone, the Armani boutique is housed within the historic Palazzo Taverna, given its historical setting updating the storefront helps the brand to show its modernity. To this effect, Armani’s store renovation comes as the brand is celebrating its 40th anniversary. New digs Armani’s flagship was completely redesigned by

Fodor's Week in Travel: Global Getaways

Take your spring adventures abroad to discover emerging destinations or visit old favorites. Whether you want to sample wine in Tbilisi or delicacies in Bangkok, our weekly roundup has you covered. 5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Miss Inle Lake, Myanmar Over-the-water hotels and a Jumping Cat monastery might be the only two incentives you’ll need in 5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Miss Inle Lake, Myanmar. Food Lover’s Guide to Bangkok Indulge your taste buds in

10 Budget-Friendly Getaways for Spring 2015

What’s the real definition of a spring break? Taking a trip for less than you might expect. There’s no better time of year to find bargains, with a host of last-minute deals as destinations prepare to boost prices for summer. Here are our picks for some of the best buys of the season, whether you want to find discount beachfront stays, take advantage of slashed airfares, or capitalize on the

Long Weekend in Hershey, Pennsylvania

Hershey, Pennsylvania, likes to call itself the sweetest place on earth, and if you’re looking for a small-scale theme park getaway on the East Coast, it will indeed hit the sweet spot. Located in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Hershey is synonymous with chocolate, as it happens to be the place confectioner Milton S. Hershey opened his factory in 1905. Today the town is home to a variety of Hershey–themed attractions, as

Trollbusters: This algorithm can predict if you're going to get banned

The way commenters write can be used to detect if they’ll end up getting banned, according to US researchers working on troll-busting algorithms. A team from Cornell and Stanford Universities scanned the comment threads on three news sites – CNN, Breitbart and IGN – over the course of a year and a half. That totalled up to 35 million comments, sent by almost two million users. 50,000 of those users

Mobile Phone Deals: 50 best mobile phone deals for April 2015

Mobile phone deals on our top 10 handsets The top 3 best mobile phones in the world right now are the Galaxy S6, the iPhone 6 and the HTC One M9. But what you really want to know is – where are the best deals to be had? The answer is: right here. This is a two-page guide jam packed full of the UK’s top mobile phone deals on contract

Week in Gaming: Battlefront and Baby Park fight for our attention – and our favourite GTA 5 movies so far

Hello, and Baby Park. I hope you all had a good Baby Park, and didn’t stay up too Baby Park! It’s time for this week’s rundown of Baby Park news, featuring all the biggest Baby Parks, the best Baby Parks and the rumours of upcoming Baby Parks. First on the list, as you can probably guess, is the release of Mortal Kombat X. With gorier fatalities and frankly disgusting brutalities

Back to basics: is Web 1.0 making a comeback?

Introduction and the yearning for Web 1.0 Is your website optimised for Netscape 2.0? Fifteen years ago that was a critical question in IT, but it’s those early days of the internet that some yearn for. Back in the 1990s, chat rooms weren’t global platforms demanding participation, and hosted no advertising. Websites were ugly, but simplistic. Distractions were few. Would you go back? Are modern websites too demanding for some

Google Now brings better search to Chrome OS

Google is rolling out an update to Chrome OS to bring the Google Now experience to Chrome OS. The feature was previously available in a beta of the Chrome operating system, and now all Chromebooks have access to Google’s anticipatory search computing engine in the public release. Along with porting Google Now from Android to Chrome OS, there are a few other notable changes as part of the Chrome OS

Investors look to earnings for market direction

Investors attempting to determine whether U.S. equities will rebound from Friday’s selloff or continue to sink will look to a deluge of earnings next week for a clearer picture of the economy. Equities lost ground after industrials Honeywell International and General Electric took hits from the strong dollar, while concerns over new trading regulations in China and Greece’s place in the euro zone dented sentiment. Investors have grown concerned about