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September 25, 2017 Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale: Top Deals on Smartphones, Electronics And More
Amazon India has announced the Great Indian Festival sale on the e-commerce website starting from tomorrow. The sale will commence early for Amazon Prime members, starting at 12 noon on September 20, 2017. For the rest of the users, the Amazon Great Indian Festival sale will begin from 12 am on September 21 and will […]
HOME & GARDEN September 23, 2017 She sheds: The new man caves
When her artistic pursuits grew larger than her living room could hold, Katie Locke looked to her backyard in Bradley for the solution. “I have been an artist since I can remember, and I’ve always worked on the dining room table — or a TV tray,” Locke said. “Every artist dreams of a space to […]
CLOTHING September 23, 2017 Is gender-free kids’ clothing the way forward?
Anyone who has shopped for children’s clothes lately will know the horrors that await in many high-street stores. For girls, the palette is overwhelming pink and purple, dripping with unicorns and sappy slogans about the need to find one’s inner goddess. For boys, trucks and spaceship motifs are splattered across tops which typically come in […]
COMPUTERS September 23, 2017 Master computer science with 124 hours of training
This bundle replaces an expensive college education, with 980 hands-on video tutorials. You learn a range of skills, from fintech with Python and R, to big data with Hadoop and Spark. Stack Commerce When the tech giants hire new talent, they invariably look for people with computer science skills. Knowing how machines think lets you […]
ELECTRONICS September 22, 2017 Toshiba Prepares to Formalise Chip Unit Sale to Bain Capital, Rejected Suitor Steps Up Legal Action
Japan’s Toshiba is expected to formalise the sale of its prized memory chip unit on Thursday to a group led by US private equity firm Bain Capital, even as jilted suitor and joint venture partner Western Digital took fresh legal action. The embattled conglomerate said on Wednesday it had agreed to the sale, but the formal signing of the […]
ALL DEALS September 22, 2017 Uber Needs a Tim Cook. Can Its New CEO Deliver?
Some Uber observers were sarcastically relieved that new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s first meeting with employees on Wednesday went without a single sexist gaffe. That part of Uber’s history is probably behind it, given Khosrowshahi’s reputation for low-key levelheadedness and the stellar record of his former company, Expedia, in hiring women (they make up 52 percent of its staff and a quarter […]
NEWS September 22, 2017 The Netflix of Apps Is Coming – Are You Ready?
HIGHLIGHTS Ulysses recently switched from a paid up-front to a subscription model Developers need recurring revenue to cover costs There’s already a service that lets you use many apps for a monthly fee Would you pay Rs. 45,000 to own Adobe Photoshop or would you rather shell out around Rs. 750 per month for it? […]
COUPONS September 21, 2017 How many coupons in the Sunday paper?
How many coupon inserts will we have in the Sunday paper on September 24, 2017? This Sunday there should be 3 inserts including 1 SmartSource, 1 Redplum and 1 P&G!. Head to HotCouponWorld.com for a preview each week of many of the coupons we will get. We won’t receive all the same coupons on this list, but […]
HOME & GARDEN September 21, 2017 Check out our Home and Garden page!
Find stories in Thursday’s print edition offering five simple tips for making your home safer to prevent falls and ideas for fast-growing vegetables if you still want to get a little gardening done before it gets too cold. You’ll also find ads for local businesses offering everything from tree trimming and roofing services to mattresses. […]
ELECTRONICS September 21, 2017 Find a new home for your old electronics
Whether you’re heading off to college, moving into a new place or just need some extra cash, selling your old electronics is a good way to free up some space and earn money at the same time. You could try selling your gadgets through marketplaces but this often eats up your time and leaves you […]
CLOTHING September 20, 2017 This blogger’s side-by-side photo proves clothing sizes are a myth
Blogger Mira Hirsch reveals the startling difference in clothing sizes. Image: Instagram/@mira_hirsch Mira Hirsch has a public service announcement: don’t let numbers define you. For a good reason. The South African blogger posted a photo on social media, exposing how different clothing can be, even when it’s technically the same size. Hirsch posted a side-by-side […]
COMPUTERS September 20, 2017 IBM Just Broke The Record of Simulating Chemistry With a Quantum Computer
The Future of Quantum Computing Engineers have modelled the interactions between subatomic components of a complex molecule using a quantum computer, making a significant leap forward in our modelling of chemical reactions. Image Source: Berkeley University The simulations were carried out by IBM on superconducting hardware, and this milestone just pushed into new territory for […]
