From the treatment rooms to the décor, even the finest resorts can show wear and tear through the years, and there’s nothing more dispiriting than checking into a luxury retreat to find it feels old and uninspired. Millions are spent each year in a never-ending race to update the country’s premium vacation spots with the most contemporary finishes. From transforming color schemes to building a lazy river, these ten newly
Skype Translator Preview, Microsoft’s catch all language translator, has been in a closed preview since November but now the software maker is finally opening the beta service to everyone. Users will now be able to skip the sign-up and wait process and simply find the Skype Translator preview application on the Windows Store. All that’s needed to use the application is a PC, laptop, or tablet running Windows 8.1 or
Nvidia’s Grid service is gradually turning into a gaming powerhouse, and today it takes the next step with a new public beta that will let you stream games to Shield at up to 1080p, 60fps – excess of what some consoles can handle. The beta will be free to all Shield owners until June 30, after which point the 1080p, 60fps option will come at a cost. Nvidia is yet
Introduction and design With the release of the latest MacBook, Apple proved unwilling to dip its toes into touchscreen laptop territory just yet – leaving the market open for Asus and Lenovo to do a few backflips into the pool and make some big waves. This, the latest from Asus’ (slightly confusingly named) Transformer Book Flip line features the new i7-5500U Broadwell Intel processor, beating its nearest rival the Lenovo
Verizon has announced that it is purchased former internet darling AOL for up to $4.4 billion. The company added that the deal will take the form of a tender offer followed by a merger, although AOL will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the US telecommunication giant. “Verizon’s acquisition further drives its LTE wireless video and OTT (over-the-top video) strategy,” the company said in a statement. The AOL deal has some
Microsoft has confirmed that the hundreds of thousands of people who have enrolled in the Windows Insider programme will get a free copy of Windows 10 when it goes live. Gabriel Aul, who is one of Microsoft’s main spokespeople on Twitter, took to the social network to reveal that Windows 10 RTM will be free to Insider Preview users. RTM (release to manufacturing) refers to the stage where Windows 10
(Reuters) – Internet search company Google Inc’s self-driving cars have been involved in 11 accidents, but have not been the cause of any, over the last six years since the project began, the program’s director said on Monday. “…Not once was the self-driving car the cause of the accident,” Chris Urmson said in a post on technology news website Backchannel’s blog Medium.
By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook Inc may pursue a lawsuit against law firms that represented a New York man who recently turned fugitive rather than face federal charges that he tried to defraud founder Mark Zuckerberg out of half of the company, a judge ruled on Monday. New York Supreme Court Justice Eileen Rakower said Facebook and Zuckerberg could move forward with a lawsuit alleging law firms,
By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – NerdWallet said it had raised $64 million in its first round of funding, far more cash than it needs to run the personal finance startup, in part to underscore its growth and show it has the potential to one day be valued at over $1 billion. The cash, an outsized sum for initial funding, will serve as a signaling device as much as
(Reuters) – Mindbody Inc, a maker of software to help run fitness and yoga studios, filed with U.S. regulators on Monday for an initial public offering of common stock. Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and UBS Investment Bank are among the underwriters to IPO, Mindbody said.