Yo has moved to your wrist
BY PETE PACHAL From Mashable AUSTIN, Texas — Yo has been building an Apple Watch app to make notifications easy. Once the poster child for “dumb apps,” Yo will be able to deliver a snippet of content along with the Yo,…
Game of Thrones finale ratings record proves it’s the last consensus show on TV
By Eliana Dockterman From TIME The HBO drama is the last show to capture the collective American imagination Much like the Sept, Game of Thrones‘ ratings exploded on Sunday night during the show’s season six finale. Sunday’s show was watched by…
Washington Post reveals new PRISM slides
…. offers greater clarity into the US’ surveillance operation By Joe Pollicino From engadget PRISM: The surveillance story that started with four leaked slides from the Washington Post, gets a bit clearer. The publication has revealed [in 2013] four more…
Cayman Islands police issue Christmas personal safety tips
RCIPS Holiday Safety Initiative: Tips To Enhance Personal Safety During the Holidays Aside from road safety, the RCIPS is emphasizing other aspects of safety during its Holiday Safety Initiative, including personal safety. Violent crime and street crime in the Cayman…
T&T: Lessons for Kamla
By Capil Bissoon From Caribbean News Now The UNC’s internal election is finished and the preliminary results show a major landslide for incumbent political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Figures show just how popular she remains within the party. The last preliminary…
MOVIE REVIEW: The Quiet captive fades out before it has us convinced
By Bilge Ebiri Follow From Vulture On subject matter alone, Captive is a pretty ballsy film. It’s based on a notorious Atlanta incident from ten years ago that some will recall: Convicted rapist Brian Nichols shot up a courtroom and…
Caribbean told to brace for 11 storms in 2015
By CMC/Jamaica Observer From St Lucia newsonline BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The US-based National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting six to 11 named storms for the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season even as regional disaster officials warned Caribbean countries not…
Gadget of the week
Former Apple, NASA and Pixar developers launch beautiful Olio smartwatch By Samantha Murphy Kelly From Mashable The Apple Watch is a high-tech timepiece from a powerhouse company, but what do you call a smartwatch designed by some of the brightest…
Slavery in the cotton fields still exists
From Debra Rosen, Walk Free You may think forced labour in cotton fields has been consigned to the history books, a relic of the transatlantic slave trade. But in Uzbekistan every year over a million children and adults are forced…
UPDATE: Super Typhoon Haiyan Finishes Pounding the Philippines, Headed for Vietnam
By Dr. Jeff Masters From Weather Underground 3:50 PM GMT on November 08, 2013 After spending 48 hours at Category 5 strength, the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone in world history, Super Typhoon Haiyan, has finally weakened to a Category 4 storm….