Spike Lee and Jean-Luc Godard were also among the prizewinners at the 71st annual film festival In a surprise verdict, the Japanese film Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, has been awarded the Palme d’Or for main feature at the close of the Cannes film festival. “The ending blew us out of the cinema,” said jury president […]

Many restaurants are embracing digital signage, whether due to upcoming FDA regulations or a desire to boost customer experience. At the  Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit, multiple panels addressed digital signage and how best to utilize it. Be patient While technology moves rapidly, panelists urged restaurants to slow down. This might seem counterintuitive, but individual […]

Moon Alert We have the “all clear” today to shop and do business. The Moon is in Cancer. Aries (March 21-April 19) Trust your financial impulses today because you’re in the right frame of mind to make moneymaking decisions. You are sensible and practical. You won’t waste money. In fact, if shopping, you will only […]

SINGAPORE – Birkin bags are in the news again. On Thursday night (May 17), Malaysian police raided three apartments in a luxury Kuala Lumpur condominium owned by former prime minister Najib Razak’s family. A total of 284 boxes containing luxury handbags – including dozens and dozens of orange boxes holding Hermes Birkin bags – were loaded into trucks and […]

“You want me to what?” That’s how Chrissy Metz first reacted to some surprising advice on increasing her body confidence. “My vocal coach in LA, Dot Todman … she’s like, ‘Chrissy, I want you to sing in the mirror naked,’” Metz said in a recent interview on SiriusXM’s “The Jenny McCarthy Show.” “I was like, ‘The hell?’” But eventually, the […]

There’s no need to leave the continent to eat Hawaiian. The state’s cuisine is spreading across the country, driven by the popularity of poke (rhymes with OK). The raw fish bowl served with rice, vegetables, sauce and other toppings, gets its name from the Hawaiian word meaning to slice or cut. “It’s fresh and healthy, […]

The royal wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry is just around the corner. Here’s a cheat sheet of everything you need to know about the big day: The Date On Dec. 15, Kensington Palace announced that Meghan and Harry will tie the knot on Saturday, May 19, 2018. Other notable May weddings in the […]

The field is growing, with rivals like Apple, Google, Alibaba and Xiaomi stepping up their businesses. The smart speaker competition is heating up. Amazon shipped a whopping 4 million smart speakers during the first quarter of 2018, but rising competition from the likes of Google and Apple has cut its global smart speaker share nearly in half […]

Limiting global warming this century to just 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures would be a boon to the planet’s biodiversity. This lower warming threshold, compared with warming of 2 degrees C, will preserve much larger swaths of the geographic ranges of tens of thousands of land-based species of plants, vertebrates and insects living on the planet, […]

Can you tell whether your website users are engaged? Frustrated? Bored? Your customers’ emotions and mindsets are valuable information for personalising service. In brick-and-mortar stores, this information is readily available through body language. The digitalisation of retail removes body language from the equation, and makes online service personalisation that bit harder. Ecommerce brands can’t rely […]