Kusum is an 35-year old working woman. She has been saving diligently to buy a house in Mumbai and has almost clinched a deal. She has shortlisted a property in the suburbs, finished the paperwork for the home loan and is ready to make the down payment. However, since demonetisation ... Read More »
No matter how many times you drive past the Hoover Building, on the A40 in West London, you just can’t help marvelling at the size and colours of this magnificent structure. Originally, the red-white-and-blue edifice, with its huge sweep of lawn at the front, looked like the home of a ... Read More »
When you visit a museum exhibit, you might be so taken by an item — a striking textile, say, or a cool artwork — that you’d love to actually own it. Museums are feeling you. Many have robust licensing programs with design firms and manufacturers to reproduce patterns or use ... Read More »
Google Maps played an important part in the launch of Pokémon Go – one of the most successful smartphone games of all time – when it featured a very early prototype version of the game as an April Fool’s gag. And now Google has updated its navigation app to recognise ... Read More »
Adding another feather to its cap, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), on Sunday, successfully tested two indigenous scramjet engines at the the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at around 6.00 am. The on-flight test of the two air-breathing engines was conducted successfully with Isro’s Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV), ... Read More »
Reuben Yonatan has a problem with the kind of business jargon we’ve all gotten used to hearing (and maybe even saying). “Most buzzwords are overused, clichéd, and unclear,” says Yonatan, CEO of tech communications advisory firm GetVoIP. Far from making people sound professional, these hackneyed expressions have “become go-to substitutes ... Read More »
A case in point is the Pacific Northwest where trends are bucked with every new experience, generalisations are redundant and everything’s just that little bit different – and purposely so. Bookended loosely by the Pacific Ocean at its westernmost edge and the Rocky Mountains to the east, the region is ... Read More »
If you search for “Hillary Clinton” and “health” on Google, you’re likely to come up with some pretty terrifying stuff — and much of it is false. Photos of the 68-year-old Democratic presidential nominee apparently so weak that she has to be helped up a short flight of stairs by aides. Speculation that the head ... Read More »
Valve, the company behind the excellent HTC Vive VR headset, is making its positional tracking technology SteamVR Tracking royalty free. What this means for you is that more VR headsets might soon be able to accurately track you using the Vive’s base stations. It will also lead to more full-body ... Read More »
A new update to Microsoft’s Windows 10 is coming, but you’re forgiven if you didn’t know. It turns out not many people are going to tell you. Admittedly, there’s not much to talk about. The list of refinements for Microsoft’s free paper-anniversary update to Win 10 can fit on a ... Read More »
An Alexander McQueen skull pillow was the catalyst for this daring en suite bathroom in Chicago’s trendy Wicker Park neighborhood. When designer SuzAnn Kletzien’s clients, a young, fashion-forward couple, pulled it as inspiration, she knew she could infuse the room with serious attitude. The impact begins immediately upon entering with a ... Read More »
With a bewildering number of wedding registry sites making it possible to register for anything, figuring out what you really want – and if it’s appropriate to ask for it – can be an overwhelming experience. Fret not. We’ve consulted with wedding industry experts ranging from wedding planners and etiquette ... Read More »
