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Verses and Flow performers Toyota Corp.’s Lexus is giving consumers a second screen viewing experience for its branded television series “Verses and Flow” through a dedicated mobile application. This app connects fans with performers on the show, allowing consumers to both enjoy content and create their own and share it with the platform’s community. This app extends the concept of the show, which gives a platform to well-known black artists across
Want to make your next trip a vino-inspired one? We’ve got you covered. We found some of the best destinations worldwide for wine lovers and one to recoup from a night on the town. With gorgeous vineyards, fine dining, and UNESCO World Heritage Sites, these spots are perfect for your next vino vacation. 10 Ultimate Experiences in Burgundy With newly designated UNESCO World Heritage Site vineyards, this wine region, a short train ride
On the surface, New Haven seems like a modest New England town, complete with shady lanes, cute cafés, and historic buildings that conjure visions of colonial Connecticut. It doesn’t take long, however, to realize the cultural and culinary explorations that await. Much of what strikes a first-time visitor is related to Yale University, the cornerstone of New Haven’s economy and the root of its remarkably vibrant arts scene. Dive deeper
They say the best things in life are free, and in San Francisco, enjoying some of the most iconic sights won’t cost you a dime. With its stunning natural beauty and a thriving arts and culture scene, the city has an abundance of things to do if you’re on a budget or just saving for other indulgences. From a stroll across the Golden Gate Bridge to a drive down the
Mark Zuckerberg might have 1.49 billion users to his name and a new baby on the way, but he’s not going to stop experimenting with what Facebook can do: and the newest innovation is live event streaming. As the Wall Street Journal reports, users in the US can visit the Lollapalooza event page to see photos, videos, posts and updates from the festival, both from friends who are there and
Running with the pros Hello all, it’s another lovely week and yet again I’ve been off training with celebrities. This week it was the delightful Dame Kelly Holmes who offered me some great tips on breaking that dratted 10K time and how Runner G can start battling the demons all new runners get. I also spent some time trying out Moov – sensors that strap to your body to help
At Samsung’s next Unpacked event on 13 August we’re hoping to see the super-sized versions of the company’s flagship phones: the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus. To help pass the time between now and then, cast your eyes over these official renderings of the new handsets, pushed out onto the web by the ever-reliable @evleaks. They don’t tell us anything we didn’t already know but if
Video games tend to get themselves stuck in ruts every now and again. In the 90s, it was cutesy anthropomorphic animals with names, the 2000s brought us wave after wave of generic war-based brown shooters, and now, when games are more advanced and more capable than ever, we have… sad dads. The Sad Dad Is Sad Sad dads is one of my pet peeves. At first, the video game ‘sad
Brain training, reaction improvements and positive thinking apps all claim to help us by giving our little grey cells a workout in some way. But is it really worth poking around in there? Whilst something like the DreamScience Brainwave-Oriented Sleep Companion claims to work using sounds that gently lull our brainwaves into the right “mode”, the question is, what is the advantage in training our brains to be other than
Mark Karpeles, the former head of defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, was arrested on Saturday in connection with the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the virtual currency, Japanese media reports said. The French-born Karpeles, 30, is suspected of falsifying data on the outstanding balance of the exchange, at one point the world’s largest hub for trading the digital currency, they added. When it filed for bankruptcy
