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COMPUTERS 
October 25, 2019 MIT MEDIA LAB PROMISED SYRIAN REFUGEES FOOD COMPUTERS THAT COULD GROW ANY PLANT—BUT THEY DIDN’T WORK
Personal food computers (PFCs) developed by the Open Agricultural Initiative in MIT’s Media Lab and sent to Syrian refugee camps in Amman, Jordan have been revealed to be nonfunctional, according to an article published by IEEE Spectrum. The machines had been delivered to the United Nations World Food Programme which planned to give the computers to […]
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ELECTRONICS 
June 8, 2019 Share of electronics dip in e-tail pie as groceries grow
(Representative image) CHENNAI: E-tailing market is moving away slowly from just selling mobile phones and electronics to grocery and fashion products. A study by management consulting firm RedSeer said that the share of mobiles and electronics has dropped to 38% in the January-March quarter of 2019 from 45% in the same time last year. It has been steadily dropping since then. […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
January 23, 2018 Aquascaping: the addictive hobby that’s making gardeners grow underwater
Aquascaping: Life underwater CREDIT: GEORGE FARMER When James Wong was growing up in Singapore, aquariums were the norm. “Having fish as pets is just a thing that people do,” the botanist, broadcaster and Gardener’s Question Time regular says. “I grew up in an environment where 90 per cent of people don’t have gardens. But even if you […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 18, 2017 Grow a Year-Round Indoor Salad Garden
With this technique, you can grow all the salad greens you need with a kitchen cupboard and a windowsill. PHOTO BY PETER BURKE A very simple idea put me on the path toward growing a year-round indoor salad garden: I wanted fresh salad greens throughout winter. This desire occurred to me one fall afternoon as […]
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COUPONS 
May 16, 2017 7 Ways to Use Digital Coupons to Grow Your Retail Sales
Do you use coupons to attract customers to your retail store? Today’s deal-hungry consumers have come to expect coupons as a part of doing business, and if you want to keep up with your competitors, you’d better be offering deals on a regular basis. Digital coupons are becoming a popular marketing tactic—especially for smaller stores. […]
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CLOTHING 
May 13, 2017 How This Clothing Entrepreneur Engages With Customers as His Brands Grow
Bobby Kim (Bobby Hundreds) is the co-founder of The Hundreds and most recently Jennifer. He sat down with Entrepreneur Network partner Jen Hacker in Hawaii to talk about how his customers influence his brands. Founded in LA, The Hundreds is a streetwear clothing and media brand. Jennifer is a streetwear line of clothing designed for […]
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NEWS 
January 26, 2017 iPhones Grow in Popularity, But Android Platform Still Leads
Apple continues to lead the pack in the U.S. as a smartphone make. To iPhone users, that’s probably not a surprise. iPhone users tend to be loyal fans. More than 39 percent of mobile subscribers in the 3 month average ending April used Apple smartphones, comScore reports. That’s more than any other smartphone maker. And […]
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NEWS 
November 19, 2016 Tender Greens Restaurants Grow Their Own Produce On-Site
When you dine at Tender Greens, a sandwich and salad restaurant chain in California, you don’t just get to see the food that you and your fellow diners are enjoying that day. You will also find yourself surrounded by the food the restaurant plans to serve in the coming weeks. The restaurant grows its own […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
October 22, 2016 Michelle Obama’s White House Garden Will Grow On!
down roots so the gardening tradition will continue even after her family leaves the White House this January. Obama created the garden in 2009, and made sure to expand it twice so it will be hard to plow under by the next family. She’s expanding and improving it so it will endure, along with the […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
June 28, 2016 hooked on greens: 10 vegetables That you could grow at domestic
The practice of developing one’s personal food isn’t a brand new issue in city India. human beingshave been recognized to grow not unusual substances including chillies, peppers, tomatoes, andsimilar flora in terraces and balconies for generations. however, there are quite some different elementsthat may grow pretty without difficulty in your private home – so long […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
May 14, 2016 grow YOUR own CURRY
landscape gardener Christina Erskine aka Zia Mays shares her spice secrets beforehand of her nextsupper membership on November 29 with award-winning blogger Ms Marmite Lover, the name of the game garden club: develop Your very own Curry, where visitors will enjoy a gardening lessonaccompanied with the aid of a scrumptious meal. Ms Marmite Lover’s recipe […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 18, 2016 PC Shipments in India Grow 10.6 Percent in Q4 2015: Gartner
Personal computer (PC) shipments in India totalled around 2.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, a 10.6 percent increase over the corresponding period of 2014, according to information technology research and advisory company Gartner. “Consumers accounted for 40 percent of total PC sales in the fourth quarter of 2015, down from 52 percent […]
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