Cable & Wireless shares plunge following announcement it will buy Columbus
From Caribbean360 LONDON, United Kingdom, Thursday November 6, 2014, CMC – Telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) fell by 8 per cent after issuing shares to pay for a US$1.85 billion Caribbean deal. The company is buying privately owned…
China hands ‘death sentence’ to 75% of solar cell makers
By Toru Sugawara, Nikkei staff writer SHANGHAI — The Chinese government is pushing for a drastic shakeout of the country’s overcrowded solar cell industry, supporting only a quarter of players and practically telling the rest to get out of the…
F.lux gets updated to work around your personal sleep schedule
By Greg Kumparak From Tech Crunch F.lux! If you haven’t heard of it, be warned: once you get used to f.lux, you’ll probably find yourself annoyed whenever you use a computer that doesn’t have it. The theory behind f.lux: your…
Times Square
From The Boston Globe Opinions vary on the transformation of Times Square from seedy to touristy, but the changes seen in the last decade were not the first, nor will they be the last, to the so-called crossroads of the…
Learning by leaning: The Dreisch tricycle rides like a bike
By Ray From Core77 I can’t for the life of me recall where or when, but I once heard that you turn a bicycle (“cornering,” as we call it) not by steering with the handlebars but by ‘pointing your belly…
Using flexible flatscreens to yield a virtually see-through airplane
By hipstomp / Rain Noe From Core77 You probably remember Richard Branson’s April Fool’s joke about Virgin producing glass-bottomed planes. I figured this next bit of news might be a gag too, but apparently this proposal for a virtually invisible…
HP’s 3D printing invasion strategy: 7 things to know
By Lyndsey Gilpin From TechRepublic HP announced this week it will release its 3D printer in late 2016, but an innovative new PC and 3D scanner next month. Here are 7 things to know about its strategy. In a long-anticipated…
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Join the Cayman Islands for a celebration of its dive industry at DEMA
Interactive Events Showcase Key Dive Initiatives Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, November 4, 2014 – Long heralded as the birthplace of recreational diving, the Cayman Islands will celebrate its thriving dive industry at the Dive Equipment and Marketing Association’s (DEMA) 2014…
New Cayman Islands approach for a floating cruise pier that would Rival Port St. Maarten
From Souagila NewsDay Concept of a floating cruise pier for the Cayman Islands as released to the Cayman business community. CAYMAN ISLANDS-SINT MAARTEN – A floating cruise pier is now being considered by Cayman Island stakeholders that would rival Port…
Writers who don’t use modern technology
From Mashable For most writers, a laptop is an essential tool, providing a space to create and save their masterpieces. But over the years, a number of famous faces have admitted they don’t like using modern technology to pen their…
