If you’re on the go, you need protection The leading cause of damage to phones is water, followed by throwing or dropping them I wish I’d known just how fragile my technology was when I visited St. George, Utah, on a one-week tour of the state’s national parks. In a grocery store parking lot, my … Read more
Rati is the owner of a startup in the cookery business. She is being approached by a number of banks, all trying to woo her with women-oriented schemes like special credit cards, attractively-priced loans etc. She is impressed and some of the offers seem rather enticing. However she wonders if there are any issues that … Read more
For a recent study, UCLA-affiliated researchers in fields ranging from anthropology to sociology used cameras to record in great detail how 32 dual-income families living in the Los Angeles area used their homes. Their findings link real data to something about which I have been yelling into the void for years: Nobody is actually using their … Read more
Even as demonetisation and GST impacted the Indian hospitality sector adversely in 2017, internet startups that aggregate hotels and resorts are demanding a reduction in tax rates in Union Budget 2018. “We expect a forward-looking budget that comes good on reducing corporate tax rates to 25 percent, and effects administrative and tax reforms suggested by Easwar … Read more
To digital media marketing proponents, it sounds like a sacrilegious statement, but it’s true — and a significant amount of online media marketing can be a colossal waste of money. The widespread belief that web and social media ads are giving a higher ROI than the “old-fashioned” TV, press, and radio advertising is a costly … Read more
Police today urged householders to tell them when they’re on holiday — so officers can help keep an eye on their house Ahead of the start of the trades fortnight, community officers are leading a crackdown on break-ins during the summer months — when those types of crimes peak. PC Andy Caulfield, based at Longhaugh … Read more
Design and home furnishing magazines are full of advice on downsizing or for simply streamlining your lifestyle if you are not ready to move to smaller quarters. If you are near retirement, you will do your children a favor by ridding the house of clutter that will be meaningless to them. For example, throw … Read more