• COMPUTERS
    The Guardian view on privacy: computers gossip

    Our digital lives are now as real as money, and so debates about online privacy are actually about our political freedoms. Photograph: Alamy Wednesday 30 August 2017 19.04 BSTLast modified on Wednesday 30 August 2017 22.00 BST At the beginning of the internet age, people used to go online, but no longer. Instead we live there from the moment […]

  • CLOTHING
    Foiling Pick-Pockets: The New Women’s Line From Clothing Arts

    Cloting Arts Women’s Travel Shirt I first met Adam Rapp in Namibia a few years ago at the Adventure Travel World Summit (ATWS). He was there to show off some rather cool shirts and pants that he called Pick-Pocket Proof, designed after a year of vagabonding around the world. His company is called Clothing Arts […]

  • How to get the most money for your used clothes

    Adapted from a story by Elisabeth Leamy for The Washington Post. U.S. households spend at least $1,700 on apparel each year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and it’s a lot easier to shell that money out than it is to recoup it. You won’t strike it rich selling used clothes, but it is possible […]

  • COMPUTERS
    The next revolution in computers is right around the corner

    The industry’s biggest players are working on quantum computing Getty ImagesIntel has acquired Mobileye, a maker of computer-vision chips.Digital devices are getting smaller and more powerful each day, and that trend hasn’t slowed because their components are constantly shrinking. Moore’s law, an observation of this phenomenon, shows that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits (chips) doubles every […]

  • NEWS
    Foxconn Display Panel Factory in the US Takes One Step Closer to Reality

    HIGHLIGHTS The Wisconsin Assembly approved a $3 billion tax break for Foxconn Foxconn announced earlier it planned to invest $10 billion in Wisconsin It could eventually hire 13,000 workers at the Wisconsin facility The Wisconsin Assembly approved a $3 billion tax break Thursday with bipartisan support for Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group to build a massive display panel […]

  • COUPONS
    Retail: Shoppers save receipts – for the coupons

    A new study from inStream shows that shoppers have strong preference for receipt-based offers. Online retailers are increasingly popular, but shoppers seem to prefer receipt-based product offers over digital offers, Fierce Retail reports. A new shopper tracking study from inStream shows that consumers show a strong preference for receipt-based offers for savings. More than 80 percent of those surveyed […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    Grasses in the Garden

    The natural surroundings of the coast incline us to design with the beauty and fluidity of grasses. Creating this beauty requires the right selection of grasses for the garden. Beautiful gardens, whether in magazines, across town or a step out the door, have that magical sense of place when all the plants share a communal […]

  • ALL DEALS
    How to Create a Job Description That Will Land the Right Candidate

    Job descriptions are important both to job seekers and employers. They let the candidate know the duties and requirements of the position and what the company will expect regarding performance. They also provide a way for employers to evaluate the job’s importance, its place in the business and to identify the characteristics needed by a […]