November 2019

Suffolk artist’s sketches raising funds for farmers’ mental health

An artist has completed her “100 drawings in 100 days” challenge to raise money for farmers suffering with mental health problems. Kate Batchelor, from Kessingland, sketched every day at locations across Norfolk and Suffolk from July. Her drawings will be sold at an exhibition at the Norfolk Showground, near Norwich, this month. A percentage of […]

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Google buys Fitbit for $2.1B, enters crowded wearables field

Fitbit is being acquired by Google’s parent company for about $2.1 billion, a deal that enables the search-engine company to leap into the hotly competitive market for smartwatches and health and fitness trackers. Fitbit is a pioneer in wearable technology, but it’s been shredded by that competition. The company’s market capitalization soared to just under

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Sam Smith’s Cover Of Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’ Is Disco Ecstasy

Sam Smith delivered on their promise of new music Friday by dropping a cover of a disco classic.  Smith teamed up with longtime collaborator Guy Lawrence of Disclosure for a revamped take on Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love.” Commissioned for a Target holiday campaign, the new version isn’t as sonically groundbreaking as Summer’s 1977 original was but

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Behind Apple’s ‘Slow-Roll’ Marketing Push for Its New Streaming Service

On the New Jersey-side of the Lincoln Tunnel, by contrast, three gargantuan signs for the iPhone 11 Pro, which was unveiled and made available in September, hang above the three tunnel entrances, dominating the sight lines of captive drivers and passengers in the traffic-clogged patch of Weehawken below. Lee Clow, who crafted many of Apple’s

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