On Monday, a Kashmiri doctor named Sandeep Mawa surprised the residents of Srinagar by starting a hug campaign where he stood blindfolded in the heart of the Jammu and Kashmir capital, inviting passersby to hug him, irrespective of their religion. His inspiration was a similar initiative by a Muslim man in Paris in the wake of the city-wide terrorist attacks on 13 Nov. … [Read more...]
Atlassian Sets Share Prices For HipChat
Enterprise software company Atlassian, which filed a month ago to go public on NASDAQ, has disclosed how much its shares will cost. In a SEC filing, the company said its 20 million shares will be priced between $16.50 to $18.50. … [Read more...]
Snap Fitness Welcomes at New Sainsbury’s Store
Bosses behind the new independent 24-hour gym at Sainsbury’s supermarket are hoping they will be open for business next month. Jit and Dip Dhillon are the franchise owners of Snap Fitness which will be based at The Crescent’s anchor store. To support smooth operations and secure deliveries around the clock, the right dock doors Northern Virginia can be a smart investment … [Read more...]
Fans Slap and Kiss Actor Aamir Khan Virtually
Last week, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan's comments on growing intolerance in India have got a range of reactions, including websites where you can slap and kiss the actor. A few days ago, two students from the Miami Ad School decided to respond to an announcement by a leader from the Maharashtra-based political party Shiv Sena to reward Rs 0.1 million to anyone who slapped … [Read more...]
Air Pollution Reaches Hazardous Levels in Beijing
Schools in the Chinese capital kept students indoors and parents brought their kids to hospitals with breathing ailments Tuesday as Beijing grappled with extremely severe air pollution for the fifth straight day. … [Read more...]
Google Glass Granted Patents for Redesign
The next iteration of Google Glass could get a whole new look. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Google a patent on Nov. 24 for a "wearable device with input and output structures" that could be Glass' redesign. … [Read more...]
11 Ideas for Holiday Decorating Inside and Out
Holiday decorating can be intimidating. Christmas catalogs overflow from the magazine basket, Pinterest posts are plastered across social media platforms and the boxes marked “Holiday decorations” sit on the storage shelves, silently mocking you. Sometimes the task of decorating for the holiday lurks so big, so large, that it takes a brave, incredibly courageous person to … [Read more...]
Business Transaction From User to Server Tracked by AppDynamics Update
In a week when a major retail website went down under the pressure of Cyber Monday, AppDynamics, a company that helps monitor apps and websites in order to prevent those types of outages (or at least understand why they happened and recover as quickly as possible) announced a major update today. … [Read more...]
Target.com Crashes Because of Online Traffic
A number of sites have buckled under the pressure of increased traffic as more Americans turned to online shopping over the Black Friday weekend than those who visited brick-and-mortar stores, according to new data from the National Retail Federation. … [Read more...]
Groupon Best Retailer for 2015 Cyber Week?
Those who choose to skip out on the Black Friday chaos may choose to explore Cyber Monday deals instead, but for shoppers looking to save even more during the online shopping frenzy, it appears some retailers are better than others. … [Read more...]