BlogHide Resteemssean7 (33)in apple • 7 years agoApple's game-changing iMac turns 20 years oldApple's meteoric rise to the most valuable company in America can practically be traced back to one day. For much of the 1990s, Apple was slogging through an identity crisis. The company's first…sean7 (33)in techiki • 7 years agoElectric Winnebagos are coming soonWinnebago's electric vehicle isn't intended for real camping. You can get electric cars, SUVs and trucks. Soon, you could be seeing electric Winnebagos. There's no word, yet, on when you could be…sean7 (33)in future • 7 years agoTechikisean7 (33)in asiatech • 7 years agoThe wave of massive Chinese tech IPOs has begunInvestors are preparing for a blockbuster year of Chinese tech IPOs. Smartphone maker Xiaomi filed this week to go public in Hong Kong in what's expected to be the world's biggest IPO since 2014.…sean7 (33)in future • 7 years agocture Can the building industry break its addiction to concrete?Concrete: we can't live with it, can't live without it. A combination of cement, water and ground rock or sand, on the surface concrete might seem crushingly mundane. Yet it has defined construction…sean7 (33)in tyrants • 7 years agoSights & Sounds/A ruined regimeCNN's David Turnley was in Baghdad on April 12-14, 2003, and visited a market in the old city, one of Saddam Hussein's bombed palaces, and neighborhoods all over the captial. His photographs…sean7 (33)in wafrica • 7 years agoVerisart brings blockchain certification to the global art auction marketAlmost three years ago Verisart appeared on the scene with an unusual idea. It was going to use the immutability of blockchain to create certification to the fine art market. To literally verify and…sean7 (33)in social • 7 years agoFacebook announces dating feature for meeting non-friendsFacebook is invading Tinder’s space with a new set of dating features. It will let people opt in to creating a dating profile on Facebook. It will only be visible to non-friends who also opted into…sean7 (33)in tech • 7 years agoEurope eyeing bot IDs, ad transparency and blockchain to fight fakesEuropean Union lawmakers want online platforms to come up with their own systems to identify bot accounts. This is as part of a voluntary Code of Practice the European Commission now wants…sean7 (33)in social • 7 years agoFacebook’s dark ads problem is systemicFacebook’s admission to the UK parliament this week that it had unearthed unquantified thousands of dark fake ads after investigating fakes bearing the face and name of well-known consumer advice…sean7 (33)in techworld • 7 years agoMicrosoft attempts to spin its role in counterfeiting caseEarlier this week Eric Lundgren was sentenced to 15 months in prison for selling what Microsoft claimed was “counterfeit software,” but which was in fact only recovery CDs loaded with data anyone…sean7 (33)in health • 7 years agoAXA Mansard Health promotes affordable healthcare with the launch of Easy Care Health PlanNigeria leading health care insurance company, AXA Mansard Health, duly regulated by NHIS, and member of the AXA Mansard Group has launched a new health plan called “Easy Care health insurance plan”…sean7 (33)in wafrica • 7 years agoAfrica talkingBusiness APIs in Africa are getting a boost from global venture capital thanks to a new $8.6 million round for Africa’s Talking—a Kenyan based enterprise software company. The new financing was…sean7 (33)in robotics • 7 years agoSuitX to sell at lower cost pricesThe front of SuitX’s East Bay headquarters is an empty room. No reception desk, no furniture — it’s about as unassuming as robotics office spaces get. For now, it’s a trial space, where perspective…sean7 (33)in weafrica • 7 years agoCalifornia rapistJoseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested without incident on a warrant from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday, said Scott Jones, the sheriff of Sacramento County. He was booked early…sean7 (33)in wafrica • 7 years agoThinking about sellingThinking about selling it