The budget-friendly, characterful Moto G has taken the manufacturer back to relevance in Great Britain. Thanks to the £135 handset, Motorola has reached 6% of all UK smartphone sales according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. Motorola reached the attention-grabbing market share in a brisk fashion - the Moto G was launched in November last year. Prior to it, the manufacturer had "virtually no existing customers to sell to in Britain". Unsurprisingly, the Moto G has proven popular among younger users from lower income groups. Almost all the device's owners are between 16 and 24 years of age. Source |...
The smell of freshly cut grass and hot dogs has returned to America. It's Opening Day!
Baseball fans endured the brutal winter months without their beloved sport, but spring's arrival means seven months of glory and disappointment on the field
The Cincinnati Red Stockings formed as the first professional baseball team in 1869. Over the past 145 years, baseball has established itself as the national pastime, and in 2014, 30 teams will battle for the World Series crown. Grab your mini baseball bat and travel back in time with 28 photos that capture the sport's storied history. Read more...
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Chris Muscarella's first experience with the restaurant business came in 2010 when he helped his friend open Rucola, an Italian eatery in Brooklyn. Muscarella, an entrepreneur at heart who got his start in the tech industry, was struck by how difficult it is for chefs to launch their own businesses.
"One of the things I saw was a tremendously talented labor pool of chefs," Muscarella says. Yet the cost of opening a restaurant, among other factors, meant many "will probably never have the opportunity to be their own entrepreneurs."
"Restaurants are great," he adds, "but they are bad businesses." Read more...
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A chunk of the genetic blueprint for yeast has been created and pieced together from scratch, paving the way for "designer" organisms that could produce new medicines, food products and biofuels, the creators say.
Researchers took tiny snippets of man-made DNA and joined them together to create a synthetic version of a chromosome, the structure that contains DNA inside cells, from brewer's yeast. The ability to create such chromosomes is a major step for the field of synthetic biology, which aims to engineer microbes to produce useful products. The work also brings scientists closer to creating synthetic plants and animals. Read more...
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Three Al Jazeera journalists on trial for terrorism in Cairo called the charge "preposterous" on Monday and asked a judge to release them.
Baher Mohammed, Australian Peter Greste and Canadian-Egyptian Mohammed Fahmy have been on trial for over a month, along with six other Al Jazeera employees. Authorities say they are guilty of terrorism because they provided a media platform for the Muslim Brotherhood, the religious organization of which ousted former President Mohammed Morsi is a member
The military-led government has deemed the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group. Last week it sentenced more than 500 Morsi supporters to death. Morsi himself is still in jail facing a number of charges, including terrorism. Read more...
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It's time to suit up for the end of one helluva funny era as How I Met Your Mother comes to a close Monday night with a two-part series finale
During "Last Forever Parts One and Two," Ted will end his nine-season story time session by finally telling his kids how he met their mother. "Grab a tissue," CBS warns.
But first, let's relive some memorable group moments from each season.
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Marijuana strains sold in the 20 states where it’s legal are not well tested, and some are even beset with E. coli, mold and pesticides. As more states legalize marijuana, customer demand for organic, chemical-free weed is bound to take root.
MyDx, a handheld device that tests the purity of weed, hopes to put the conscious toker’s mind at ease — more so than it already is. The small testing kit connects with a smartphone app to immediately tell users if their stash contains specific cannabinoids, smell compounds know as terpenoids or harmful chemicals. Read more...
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