The World’s Fair has given birth to some of the most visually memorable landmarks: Paris’ Eiffel Tower, Seattle’s Space Needle, St. Louis’ Gateway Arch. Now Milan, the site of this year’s Expo, has replenished its historic Darsena port. Originally envisaged in the thirteenth century, the Darsena was where cargo ships unloaded goods, right into the center of the city. During the sixties, a great deal of the Darsena was covered,
Season finales are upon us, which means we’re allllllreadddy losing sleep! Here’s our latest roundup of TV scoop, courtesy of your most excellent questions. (Except for one of you. You…
Prince William and Kate Middleton want to be just like you and me. Sure it’s fun having more money in their bank account than an NFL quarterback, but the truth is, all they really want is to…
Microsoft has revealed a few more details about how Windows 10 will work on smaller screened tablets in the 7-inch to 8-inch ball park. First reported by Neowin, Joe Belfiore, executive VP of the operating systems group at Microsoft, showed just how Windows 10 works on the Lenovo ThinkPad 8-inch model where it is in tablet mode before being docked into a larger screen in which it acts like a
To the elation of the modern gamer, GOG is opening its DRM-free gaming platform, GOG Galaxy, to beta testing. GOG is known for its litany of classic games and is looking to challenge industry heavyweight Steam by offering community-based gaming, while boasting no DRM on offlined games. Galaxy is looking to bring people together with features like in-game chat, friend lists, and cross-platform multiplayer on a number of games, allowing
At the beginning of March Tinder launched its premium Plus service and to the shock of some older users, the dating app was charging them almost the double the amount of users under 30-years-old or younger. At day two of TechCrunch Disrupt in New York City, Tinder Founder and CEO Sean Rad explained the tiered pricing was intended to “provide a discount for younger users.” First introduced on March 2,
The main problem with Facebook is all the people on it. They insist on continually doing and saying annoying things. If only everyone could just be as cool and brilliant as you, checking your feed would be a joy and life would be a dream. But, come now, admit it: even you, bastion of Facebook etiquette and overseer of internet dos and don’ts, have been known to slip. That photo
HP wants your kids to be the talk of the playground by providing a range of new PCs targeted at the 2015 back to school shoppers. The announcement also included a very significant spoiler. The company pulled the covers off a range of all-in-one desktop and tower PCs plus a 4K monitor, while at the same time accidentally revealing a next-gen AMD Radeon GPU that will have gamers drooling. HP
Netflix Inc has urged the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reject the pending $48 billion merger of AT&T Inc and DirecTV as currently proposed, according to regulatory disclosures posted on Tuesday. In a recent meeting with more than 20 FCC officials, representatives of the online video company raised concerns about the combined company’s gatekeeping power as it would become the country’s largest pay-TV provider with potentially expansive broadband reach. Though
By Bill Rigby SEATTLE (Reuters) – Chuck Robbins, the veteran salesman chosen by Cisco Systems Inc to succeed legendary CEO John Chambers, must prove he has the technical knowledge to chart a new course and lead the network equipment maker into the new world of cloud-based computing. Cisco, like tech stalwarts Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM, is trying to branch out from its core business into software, security and datacenters to