City’s three casinos experienced increased revenue for the year, ended on a strong note, officials said
Read More Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock buys huge Corktown property
Corktown Lofts contains a four-story loft-style office building, two warehouses and two surface lots
Read More Watson’s Garden Center is closing after 60 years
Watson’s Garden Center, a fixture in Lutherville for nearly all of its six decades in business, will close its doors this month.
The family-owned retailer, known for a Christmas shop that at one time featured live reindeer, kicked off a liquidation sale over the weekend. Prices were slashed on remaining…
Pier 1 Imports is closing Towson store
Pier 1 Imports, one of the anchor stores at Towson Circle in Towson, is closing that location.
The retailer is running a store-closing sale and offering discounts on all merchandise.
“Pier 1 Imports continually reviews new and existing store locations to make sure we’re operating as efficiently…
This Pop-Up Canopy Keeps You Dry On A Bike, Also Makes You Look Insane
Don’t like to ride in the rain? The Boncho can keep you dry no matter what the weather.
Even in a bicycle utopia like Amsterdam, where a sprawling network of bike lanes means most people cycle to work, there’s a reason why riding is sometimes worse than driving—rain. After years of watching cyclists balance umbrellas or wear raincoats that don’t really keep them dry, a team of Dutch designers came up with a new solution: A pop-up pod that covers your whole body while you’re riding in the rain.
I Went On Air At QVC And Sold Something To America
To reverse engineer the secret sauce driving QVC’s $8.8 billion business, I went to the network’s school, then sold a product on air.
It’s five minutes to air, and I’m practicing my “card tricks”—what I’ve come to see as my greatest nemesis. I have to open a wallet, reveal a mirrored metal battery without reflecting the studio lights, yank out a stubborn plug, and slide it into my iPhone, all while aiming this electronic jumble at the camera and pretending the whole charade is effortless—in front of the late night viewers of QVC, the No. 1 home shopping network in the U.S., U.K., and Germany.
“Night Shift” Could Be iOS’s Most Important UX Improvement In Years
A new feature in iOS 9.3 could help millions of people get more sleep.
Reading on a screen at night is probably killing your sleep: Research shows that using a tablet, smartphone, or laptop for a couple of hours before bed can cause you to lose as much as an hour’s worth of sleep per night. With its next major software update to iOS 9 Apple is looking to solve the problem, automatically adjusting the color of the light coming from your iPhone or iPad’s screen when it’s dark out so you fall asleep more easily.
Twitter Just Made It Way Easier To Watch Periscope Videos On The iPhone And iPad
Consuming live streams right inside Twitter could make Periscope a whole lot more viral.
Early last year, Twitter bought live video-streaming app Periscope, before it had even been announced. Then it pretty much let it do its thing—including launching last March—without taking any aggressive steps to meld the newcomer with Twitter itself.
Chinese Gaming Company Buys 60% Stake In Grindr
$93 million investment values gay dating app at $155 million.
Grindr, the popular dating app for gay men, has sold a 60% stake to Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech for $93 million, according to the New York Times. The $93 million investment now values the six-year-old dating app at $155 million. The remainder of the company’s shares continue to be owned by its employees and Grindr founder and CEO Joel Simkhai.
HTC Vive Pre-Orders Begin At End Of February
The release comes hot on the heels of competing VR goggle maker, Oculus Rift.
2016 is starting off to be a banging year for those who can’t wait to embrace the next big technology: virtual reality. No fewer than three major VR headsets are due out this year: the Oculus Rift, Sony’s PlayStation VR, and the HTC Vive—the last of which has now announced its official pre-order date: February 29th.
