Magazines see iPad sales grow, but is it too little too late?
By Jason Abbruzzese From Mashable Don’t call it a comeback, at least not yet. The number of ads purchased in 2013 for iPad editions of magazines rose 16%, according to a study by the Association of Magazine Media and Kantar…
The evolution of the password — and why it’s still far from safe
By Rebecca Hiscott From Mashable Just a decade ago, password theft seemed the province of poorly protected Hotmail accounts and AIM screen names. These days, virtually every company with access to our personal data, from Target to The New York…
Fleet hails and farewells for 2014
By Sam Fellman Staff writer Navy Times The fleet is gaining some of the latest amphibious ships in 2014, but also saying goodbye to some stalwarts, including seven frigates, an attack submarine, an amphibious transport dock and a minesweeper. Here’s…
Rihanna sports blue bikini for Christmas, shows Instagram followers how to “twerk” Caribbean style
By Star Cooper From Mstarz Looks like summer came to the Barbados for Christmas. Pop star princess, Rihanna sported a blue bikini while sailing the Caribbean seas. The photo of the glowing star was posted on her Instagram, along with…
Danny John-Jules: Ben Miller helped me improve in “Death in Paradise”
From The List Danny John-Jules felt he needed to improve on ‘Death in Paradise’ after watching Ben Miller. The ‘Red Dwarf’ actor plays Dwayne Myers, one of a group of British policeman on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie, in…
At 94, he must let go of his piece of paradise
By Thomas Curwen From Los Angeles Times Photography And Video By Barbara Davidson Reporting from the Ventana Wilderness As night begins to fall and the lighting in the cabin grows dim, Jack English takes the Coleman lanterns outside to fill…
Cayman Islands air arrivals continue up – cruise ship arrivals continue down
The latest tourism figures from the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism show a continued rise in air tourist visitors. The figures continue a trend of improving arrival numbers for 2013. With the exception of May, every month this year has…
African dust makes journey to Caribbean
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ From the Durango Herald Scientists studying particles’ effect on climate, health PHOTO: In this Aug. 19 satellite image, African dust blowing over the eastern Atlantic Ocean approaches the Canary Islands. Each summer, dust particles from African sandstorms…
UPDATE: Cruise ship spends Christmas stuck in ice off Antarctica – rescued by helicopter
UPDATED: Antarctic rescue of Akademik Shokalskiy ship completed From BBC Rescuers in Antarctica have safely transferred all 52 passengers stranded on the ice-bound research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy. The Australian rescue operators said the scientists and tourists were now all aboard the…
Cayman Airways flight turns back amid safety concerns
On Saturday 28th December a Cayman Airways plane, flight KX105, departed Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) for Cayman Brac at 6:40 p.m., and experienced “an anomaly with one of the aircraft’s flight control systems approximately 10 minutes into the flight,”…
