Mayor’s Office of Boston(BOSTON) — The Soofa is so much more than a seat. A dozen of the solar-powered park benches, which charge smartphones and download environmental data, are being installed this month around Boston. The smart benches are the brainchild of Read More
syneksystem.com(NEW YORK) — For anyone who has dreamed of one day being able to brew a personal pint of beer anywhere imaginable, the new Synek draft system hopes to make it a reality. Reminiscent of single-cup coffee brewing, Synek has the ability to serve a Read More
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — More than one billion interactions about the World Cup have been measured on Facebook since the start of the tournament on June 12 — and it’s expected to hit a fever pitch Tuesday when the United States battles Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(DUBLIN) — Hopeful candidates for a position at an Irish bar need not worry about a long application process, as Cork-based bar Sober Lane is currently accepting applicants for their new Dublin location via Snapchat. “We wanted to cast a very Read More
General Motors(NEW YORK) — The numbers are staggering. In the first six months of this year, General Motors announced the recall of more than 29 million cars, including a new recall on Monday of 8.2 million more vehicles. That’s the largest number of recalls Read More
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Search engine giant Google could face a multitude of lawsuits after the U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to hear its appeal about allegedly violating the U.S. Wiretap Act in regards to its Street View mapping. Google was Read More
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Hillshire Brands Company released a statement on Monday saying that the previously announced merger between the company and Pinnacle Foods Inc. had been terminated. According to a company press release, Hillshire’s Read More
MICHEL GANGNE/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — French banking institution BNP Paribas S.A. agreed to pay nearly $9 billion to settle claims that they illegally processed financial transactions for countries subject to U.S. economic sanctions. The announcement was made Read More
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Monday was a mixed bag for Wall Street, with two of the three major indices closing lower than where they began, while still finishing a sixth consecutive quarter of growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 25.24 on Monday Read More
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(DETROIT) — General Motors announced six new recalls on Monday, which, combined, involve approximately 7.6 million vehicles in the U.S. The vehicles affected are from model years 1997 to 2014, and the majority of them are being recalled over Read More
