Art has always been a part of cruising, and today many cruise ships are becoming floating museums, offering more priceless art on the high seas than ever before. The best vessels sailing today feature artistic surprises, from sculptures as large as the rooms they occupy to silkscreen prints and oil and watercolor paintings. Many cruises also offer auctions, history seminars, and the ability to meet artists. Here are six cruise lines with gorgeous art
With the launch of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, Apple moved away from the 4-inch handset screen size – though it does still sell the smaller iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C through its website. One of the big questions surrounding Apple’s 2015 iPhone line-up is whether the Cupertino company will introduce a new phone at the 4-inch size, offering a cheaper (and smaller) alternative to the
Only a few days ago, Samsung leaked pretty much everything we wanted to know about the Galaxy S6 Active, so all we’re waiting to hear now is when we can actually get our hands on it. Thanks to a teaser tweet from AT&T, the US carrier expected to sell the new handset, it looks like that day is now very close. “Only one thing is missing from your workout,” reads
Age: 46 Known for: Google, YouTube Quote: “Google is fascinating, and the book isn’t finished. I’m creating, living, building, and writing those chapters.” It seems that every great technology story starts off in a garage. For Google, that garage belonged to Susan Wojcicki. It was 1998 when Larry Page and Sergei Brin set up office in Wojcicki’s garage. At the time she was working as a marketing manager for Intel
Introduction Our Father’s Day gift ideas are designed to give the tech-loving father in your life something to enjoy on his special day. You should also make sure he gets a nice lie-in and some coffee too. The big day, in case you didn’t realise, is on 21st June this year. Our gift ideas are intended to celebrate the man who has perfected the art of being both moody and
Please stand by. Your weekly gaming column will appear in 3, 2, 1… HELLO! This is much less exciting than that Fallout 4 reveal, isn’t it? Despite being around for quite some time, I don’t really trigger the same kind of nostalgia or excitement in people as a well-loved game franchise – unless I have a box of donuts in my hands. I don’t. Sorry. This week, some people on
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock investors are expected to tread carefully next week, as speculation about the timing of a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hike adds to concerns about valuations. Since hitting record levels two weeks ago, the U.S. stock market has struggled for direction, and investors said the next several sessions might prove no better. A run of better-than-expected economic figures failed to boost sentiment and instead
The chairman of a Chinese company that develops online games has agreed to pay $2,345,678 for a private lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, winning a charity auction. This year’s auction was …
Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) named the son-in-law of chairman Rob Walton as his successor on Friday, cementing the founding family’s influence over the retailer as shareholders defeated a measure calling for an independent director to lead the board. Some investors, including large pension funds, had been pushing for a chairman without ties to the Waltons, Wal-Mart’s founding family. Greg Penner, 45, took over as chairman from Rob Walton as of
Boeing Co (BA.N) said it expects airline passenger traffic to rise more than 6 percent in 2015, possibly close to 6.5 percent, above its long-range forecast of about 5 percent. “We’ve got work to do,” to hit the order target, Randy Tinseth, Boeing vice president of marketing, said in a series of briefings ahead of the Paris Airshow that starts June 15. Boeing’s forecast is in line with actual growth