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The living room opens into the deck with a vertical garden. By Saima Salam After design, what’s the singular most important thing when it comes to zeroing in on your home? The location of course. This apartment called Sky Villa in Lower Parel, Mumbai has one of the best locations the city can offer. Consider … Read more

New appliances from Cisco aim to make branch SD-WAN easier

Cisco has claimed to be “bringing intent-based networking into every domain”, the latest being branch offices which need software-defined WAN capabilities and security. The quote came from product management senior veep Sachin Gupta, who told El Reg the cloud has destroyed traditional notions of the “network edge”, and while SD-WAN makes it easier to shift … Read more

Whirlpool wants its appliances back from Sears

Whirlpool has demanded that Sears send back products the appliance-maker shipped in the weeks before the retailer filed for bankruptcy protection. Whirlpool, which stopped selling its branded products at Sears last year but makes appliances under Sears’ Kenmore brand, asked the department store chain to return all merchandise it received in the 45 days before … Read more

SAY WHAT People are sharing the brilliant hidden messages they’ve found on products from a zip warning to an SOS from a factory worker

This gallery, from Bored Panda, shows the weird and wonderful labels found on products from food to clothes. They range from a simple ‘Hi’ to praising people for being inquisitive. Others could be a genuine mistake, with one label randomly referencing an iguana. Either way, we might check the labels from now on. This box handily … Read more

Samsung’s SmartThings Wifi mesh router/smart-home hub mashup features AI tech from Plume

Samsung is putting its well-regarded SmartThings brand front and center in the latest iteration of its combination Wave 2 Wi-Fi mesh router and smart-home hub. SmartThings Wifi replaces Samsung’s first stabs at the home network, the Connect Home and Connect Home Pro. Like those devices, this new product blends an 802.11ac wireless router with a SmartThings hub … Read more

How to awaken your curiosity with travel – tips from a modern wayfarer

Henry Miller once famously wrote: “One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.” That was over 60 years ago, yet still holds true today. Travel broadens the mind, opens us up to new experiences and changes how we see the world – and, in turn, ourselves. Ultimately, it … Read more

Furniture Maker Heritage Home Files Chapter 11 with $98MM DIP Commitment from PNC

Heritage Home Group LLC announced that it, its parent company HH Global II BV, and its related U.S. affiliates have filed petitions with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in Wilmington to commence a restructuring process that will allow the Company to complete the sale of its businesses under Section 363 of the … Read more

Mum’s super simple hack to stop her kids from wreaking havoc in bathroom

It might look cute in a Kleenex ad but any parent will tell you that chasing a child armed with a roll of toilet paper around the bathroom (or worse still – the house) is anything but fun… Thankfully, a Sydney mum has shared a simple hack to keep that from happening and filmed her fabe trick. In the … Read more

Direct-to-consumer brands see gains from traditional TV

For many direct-to-consumer companies trying to diversify their marketing away from Facebook and into traditional media, TV stands as a new opportunity. Some DTC companies that have been experimenting with TV for a few years say it’s paying off in web traffic and sales. HelloFresh, the 7-year-old food delivery service, has bought national TV spots since … Read more