An attendee plays the “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” video game on the Switch during an unveiling event in Tokyo on Jan. 13. Nintendo’s new machine, a tablet-sized device with wireless controllers that can be used anywhere but also connects to TVs, will go on sale March 3 at a price of $300, with a brand-new Zelda game as its launch title. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg Nintendo’s new Switch console is an odd gadget.
Day: January 14, 2017
Nintendoa s weird and wonderful Switch console may be a hard sell for some
An attendee plays the “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” video game on the Switch during an unveiling event in Tokyo on Jan. 13. Nintendo’s new machine, a tablet-sized device with wireless controllers that can be used anywhere but also connects to TVs, will go on sale March 3 at a price of $300, with a brand-new Zelda game as its launch title. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg Nintendo’s new Switch console is an odd gadget.
Netflix Heading Higher on Strength of Original Content, International Growth
Shares of Netflix rose 3.65% on Friday, following a bullish note from a Deutsche Bank analyst raising both the company’s rating and its price target. In October, Deutsche Bank’s Bryan Kraft posted a sell rating and a $90-per-share price target on the video streaming company.
Netflix Heading Higher on Strength of Original Content, International Growth
Shares of Netflix rose 3.65% on Friday, following a bullish note from a Deutsche Bank analyst raising both the company’s rating and its price target. In October, Deutsche Bank’s Bryan Kraft posted a sell rating and a $90-per-share price target on the video streaming company.
Go Inside Darden’s Mind-Blowing Massive Headquarters
This company that owns Olive Garden, among many other brands, operates from a headquarters the size of eight football fields. That’s exactly what Darden , which operates over 1,500 restaurants spanning seven brands, such as Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse, has tucked away in Orlando, Fla.
Go Inside Darden’s Mind-Blowing Massive Headquarters
This company that owns Olive Garden, among many other brands, operates from a headquarters the size of eight football fields. That’s exactly what Darden , which operates over 1,500 restaurants spanning seven brands, such as Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse, has tucked away in Orlando, Fla.
Will Robots Usher In A Utopia Or Dystopia?
Peter Frase’s new book imagines multiple scenarios and lays out some touch choices we’re going to have to make. Will our future of robots and autonomous cars turn out to be a dystopia or a utopia? That’s the question that author Peter Frase grapples with in his new book, Four Futures: Life After Capitalism .
PowerPoint Isn’t Dead Yet: Three Presentation Tips That Still Work In 2017
When you’re in a meeting and somebody flips on a PowerPoint presentation, chances are you’re instantaneously bored or annoyed. Most people probably wouldn’t mind if they never had to watch another PowerPoint every again.
Terror, Trump and nationalism complicating Turkey’s economic recovery
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently suggested that Turks should exchange their foreign currency for Turkish lira as a way of helping to lift the country’s sagging economy. Nil KA ksal is a CBC News correspondent based in Istanbul.
Here’s what really happens to all those gifts you return to the store
A customer carries a TV to the checkout at a Best Buy store in Ottawa on Boxing Day, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016. Between six and nine per cent of all goods sold each year by Canadian retailers will be returned, the bulk of them in the post-holiday period.
Dairy farmers replace ‘way too cute’ cartoon cow in logo redesign
The Dairy Farmers of Canada’s former symbol for Canadian-only milk products has been around for decades. The new look is meant to be less cute and more professional.
Mary Lanning Medical Chief to Depart For Omaha
As per Federal Communications Commission Regulations following is certified: Platte River Radio Inc. does not discriminate in the sale of commercial time, and will not accept advertising which, in its sole opinion, is purchased with intent to discriminate unlawfully on the basis of race, gender, or ethnicity. The advertiser hereby certifies that its purchase of commercial time is not made for an unlawful discriminatory purpose, including specifically that it is not based upon a decision to place advertising on a station on the basis of race, gender, or ethnicity.
Outgoing FCC chair Tom Wheeler uses his final public speech to make a …
Outgoing FCC chair Tom Wheeler uses his final public speech to make a case for maintaining net neutrality – The outgoing head of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, used his final public speech to make a closing argument for maintaining net neutrality, the signature achievement of his time at the agency.
Outgoing FCC boss: Killing net neutrality under Trump ‘not a slam dunk’
To all the critics of net neutrality who believe the Federal Communications Commission under President-elect Trump will reverse its decision on Open Internet rules, think again says the outgoing chairman of the agency. Delivering what may be his final speech as chairman at an Aspen Institute event in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Thomas Wheeler said “Contrary to what you might have heard, reversing the Open Internet rules is not a slam dunk.”
To cut down on clutter, cut up some of your credit cards
From now until the end of January, I’m encouraging people to clean both their real house and their financial house. It’s the 2017 #NoDebtNoMess Color of Money Challenge.
How one womana s fight is helping workers decades after Santa Susana radiation exposure
Bonnie Klea, a former secretary for the Department of Energy who worked at the Santa Susana Field Lab, recently scored a victory on behalf of thousands of workers. Based on documents Klea filed beginning in 2007, the federal government decided that those who were employed by the DOE to work at the Santa Susana Field Lab and related offices from 1948 to 1988 should be compensated for illnesses they may have suffered as a result of working there.