2014: What Google searches tell us about the year in tech
By Conner Forrest From Techcrunch The technology sector reeled off plenty of innovation in 2014. Here’s what Google search trends tell us about the year in tech. googleyear.jpg If you are wondering what people care about, looking at their search…
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Information for Cayman Islands students planning to study overseas Did you know that as a British Overseas Territory Citizen you are entitled to pay the ‘home rate’ of university fees if you choose to study in England? This means that…
CrowdSolve wants to give serial’s legion of armchair detectives a crime-solving platform
By Darrell Etherington From Techcrunch A new project called CrowdSolve debuting on Indiegogo today asks the question: What happens if you use the “wisdom of the crowd” to solve crime? It’s a marked contrast from the heroic image of the…
Lost-Item tracker tile arrives on Android
From Techcrunch When Tile, the square-shaped lost-item tracker that attaches to bags, bikes, key chains and more, announced this fall that it had raised $13 million in funding (a combination of a seed round and Series A investment), the company…
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Cayman Islands Police Christmas Safety Campaign – Operation Dasher – 188 prosecutions Since Wednesday 10th December 2014 and start of Royal Cayman Islands Police Service Christmas Safety campaign, Operation Dasher, 188 persons have been prosecuted. From these figures 13 persons…
Why Google Fiber missed the mark with free Internet
By Conner Forrest From Tech Republic Many know Google Fiber for its gigabit internet, but did you know it offers a no-cost option for internet access? Here’s how Google dropped the ball on its ideal of free When most people…
A massive volcanic flood could be what killed off the dinosaurs
By Becky Oskin for LiveScience from Mashable An incredible outpouring of lava 66 million years ago could have set off environmental changes that killed off the dinosaurs, a new study finds. The research reports precise dates for India’s Deccan Traps,…
9 jobs robots could replace in 2015
By Lance Ulanoff From Mashable Walking through the city, I find myself thinking about all the jobs a robot could do. A robot could probably stand in for my coffee truck guy, though I doubt he’d smile, call me “buddy”…
Red Sail Sports Grand Cayman launches new dive-specific website
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (Dec 16, 2014) Red Sail Sports, Grand Cayman’s leading resort watersports operator, is gearing up for 2015 with the launch of a new dive-focused website www.diveredsailcayman.com. The website, a one-stop online shopping location for diving customers,…
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Sydney siege: Three dead after commandos storm cafe From BBC Two people died, along with an Islamist gunman, after commandos stormed a cafe in Sydney, Australia, to bring to an end a 16-hour siege. The gunman, identified as an Iranian…