Mud washed down from the surrounding hills covers the streets of Ocho Rios after April flood rains. Prevention better than cure. The mantra is just as good for health as it is in the areas of environmental and disaster management. How much was preventable of what happened when Jamaica’s north coast tourism town of Ocho [...]
The iLifestyle era may have gone too far. Minutes after pulling oneself from the floor after rolling with laughter upon discovery of the Chumby, an advert flashes across the homepage; a young, chiseled fellow, a sample of whom one will never see walking the streets of mortals, clad skimpily in boxer, so enthralled in his [...]
On the verge…but not quite over Jerry Yang, Yahoo!’s chief visionary, may not be in shareholders’ good books for his refusal to accept Microsoft’s bid for his ailing internet company, but it would be remiss of them not to tip their hats off to the 39 year old, tech pioneer for his tenacity. Not only [...]
BMW dashboard equipped with Google search access. There was a time when in-car internet access was part of some SXSW nerd’s wildest dream.BMW has transformed that dream into reality. As part of its ConnectedDrive – the German car maker’s patented intelligent network that links the driver, vehicle, and surroundings – the dashboard of the new [...]
Until about a week ago I had never heard of carbon border taxes. But as I have since discovered they are just one of a number of measures being considered by some developed nations to ensure they do not loose commercial advantage as a result of growing global pressure to protect the environment. The argument [...]
Three months ago, Pro-Choice America group, NARAL, attempted to send its subscribers a universal message on the Verizon network. The message was not delivered, at least, not at the time the group’s officers anticipated. Verizon, without warning or reason, blocked transmission of the text. Although the telecommunications giant repealed this imprudent act following outcries from [...]
I remember thinking if he is directly intertwined in the business of information dissemination and cannot ferret out the wisdom in the $US 1.6 billion acquisition, he is clearly asleep. Asleep they are. The cable networks that once held the information reigns and ‘spinfluenced’ the ways in which it was delivered to the public, are [...]