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October 29, 2018 Halloween shopping this weekend? Where to save and which coupons to use at Publix, Walmart, Target and Winn-Dixie
The trick-or-treaters are upon us and with Halloween on most advertisers’ minds, this week’s deals are largely candy-centric. Considering Americans will collectively spend about $9 billion this Halloween, it makes sense that every retailer is vying for your dollars. So let’s break down some of your options (and coupons, of course) to navigate what’s sure […]
CLOTHING May 18, 2018 Where Are Our Useful Futuristic Clothes Already?
Future Tense is a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University that examines emerging technologies, public policy, and society. Remember the old days, when you had to pull out your handheld telephonic device and unlock it—using your thumb!—in order to check the location of your incoming human-operated rideshare? How archaic! Or what about when you wasted valuable […]
HOME & GARDEN November 18, 2017 The Russian gardening revolution: where the good life meets luxury
A dacha gardener, Kaliningrad, Russia CREDIT: AGENCJA FOTOGRAFICZNA CARO/ALAMY The winds of change are blowing in a new Russian Revolution that’s having a dramatic impact on some of the last vestiges of the Soviet Union and is making its mark in the UK, too. A people once ordered to dedicate any patches of soil they had to […]
CLOTHING July 13, 2017 Where many of the clothes you throw away end up
Ever wonder where your clothes go after you discard them? In Western countries, when you donate clothing to charities via shops, collection bags, or clothing banks many are given to those in need or sold in charity shops to raise funds. But what happens to torn or damaged clothes, or items that no one wants […]
ALL DEALS May 4, 2017 We reveal where to find the best value all-inclusive deals for £300pp or less this summer
GOING on holiday is all about over-indulging in sun, snacks and sangria, which often leaves us with a gaping hole in the bank account. But all-inclusive vacations don’t have to be expensive – there is a way to have a week’s holiday for less than £300 per person this summer. ALAMY Popular Eastern Med resorts […]
ELECTRONICS February 8, 2017 Bragi Boldly Goes Where Apple’s AirPods Have Yet To Go
Silicon sleeves for the Bragi Dash, what founder Nikolaj Hviid calls an in-ear computer. (Image via Bragi) Back in 2013 a Danish designer named Nikolaj Hviid took his prototype of wireless earbuds to Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. to get some feedback. He then spent most of his meeting listening to someone tell him why his […]
ELECTRONICS February 4, 2017 Where are Apple products made?
Ads by Kiosked Where are Apple’s iPhone, iPads and Macs made? And why don’t they assemble their products in the US? In early 2016, there was a lot of tech-press buzz around the then US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s eye-catching vow to force Apple to make its computers in the US. (In fairness it’s not just Republicans […]
ALL DEALS October 31, 2016 Where Small Businesses Turn for High Value Creative Work
You have an upcoming event and are looking for a unique, eye-catching image. Perhaps you’d like to commission a retro poster? Or how about hiring a celebrity impersonator voiceover of Donald Trump, for a parody video you hope will go viral? Or even “coloring outside the lines” with a marketing message carved on a banana? […]
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March 8, 2016 So where do hiring start-ups hire from?
A start-up that wants to make the hiring process easier for others, looking for developers on other platforms – is it a one-off or the norm? Photo: Getty Images/AFP Bengaluru: Swapnil Vats, founder of recruitment start-up Valonia (Valonia Learning and Recruiting Solutions LLP), wrote last year on his LinkedIn profile that he was looking for […]
