Digital signage, online ordering and loyalty apps have each helped to transform the restaurant vertical in different ways. During a panel entitled, “I’ll take digital to go,” at the Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit, four restaurant execs addressed the changes they’ve seen in their operations. Speakers included: Jodie Conrad, vice president of marketing, Fazoli’s. Jacqueline O’Reilly, senior […]

VATICAN CITY – Thirty-four Chilean bishops summoned to the Vatican over a cover-up of sexual abuse by clergy began crisis meetings with Pope Francis on Tuesday that could result in a purge of Chile’s Catholic hierarchy. “We feel pain and shame,” Fernando Ramos, an auxiliary bishop of Santiago, told a news conference ahead of the […]

Visitors to Madrid may find themselves with fewer booking options, following new proposals that will place sweeping restrictions on Airbnb-style home rentals. The Spanish capital is the latest city to place regulations on the rise of short-term vacation rentals, which are blamed for driving up rents and driving out locals. The new measures would place […]

You might assume that chats sent on Facebook Messenger are completely private. But you’d be wrong. Facebook confirmed Thursday that it uses automated tools to scan Messenger chats for malware links and child porn images. It also allows users to report chats that may violate community standards. The company’s moderators can review any messages that […]

President Donald Trump said in a tweet Sunday that he’s working to give China’s ZTE “a way to get back into business, fast.” ZTE (ZTCOF), a smartphone and telecom equipment maker that does business around the world, announced last week that it has halted its main operations after the Trump administration banned American companies from selling it vital […]

What do land mines and tuberculosis have in common? Both kill people in developing countries — and both can be sniffed out by rodents that grow up to 3 feet, head to tail. Since 2000, the international nonprofit APOPO has partnered with Tanzania’s Sokoine University of Agriculture to train African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys ansorgei) to pick […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) on Tuesday revised its strategy for fighting abusive internet “trolls,” saying it would use behavioral signals to identify harassers on the social network and then limit the visibility of their tweets. San Francisco-based Twitter, known for freewheeling discussions since it was founded in 2006, has been trying to rid […]

GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER – Palestinians buried the dead on Tuesday from the bloodiest day in Gaza in years, after Israeli forces killed 60 Palestinians near the Gaza-Israel border during demonstrations against the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Israeli forces shot dead at least two more Palestinians on Tuesday, although protests were quieter than the […]

Is your digital content driving interest and engagement or leaving the audience unimpressed? An Intel study found that digital communications capture 400 percent more views than static signage. But not all digital content is created equal. There are myriad of digital communications strategies and as technology advances, so do the capabilities of content. Less than […]

A DOCTOR in the UK has revealed the single food we need to be eating more of in order to improve our overall health. IF you’re one of the four out of five Australians who fail to eat enough vegetables, this may be welcome news. According to a doctor in the UK, you only need […]