Watchmaker Robert Forsey, co-founder of Gruebel Forsey, isn’t worried. This plain-spoken creator of some of the most complex and beautiful watches in the world sees the Swiss Watch industry to be in turmoil but not in peril. “They made too…
Thanks to the rise of Fitbits, Apple Watches and other smart trackers, wearables are the new frontier of fashion, often mixing cutting-edge technology with the latest designer trends. However, they aren’t a new idea: companies like Casio have been doing…
Wanna become an Instagram star? Now, you can get a formal education for that. A university in China is offering courses that are meant to equip students with the skills they need for online fame. From make-up classes, catwalk practice…
Warning: The tweet below the scroll-line contains some fairly unpleasant close-ups of a man’s sun-burned skin. Proceed with caution. As soon as the sun comes out in Britain, two things happen: 1) everyone complains about the weather, and 2) everyone…
AvaTrade adds several new cryptocurrency pairs for trading From smnweekly.com The Irish forex and CFDs brokerAvaTradeannounced it expands its already rich cryptocurrency portfolio with two new pairs. Namely, these are Ethereum Classic vs the American dollar (ETCUSD) and Bitcoin vs…
Roland today has announced a desktop monosynth that’s all-analog at US$/EUR 499. It’s got a bunch of nicely balanced sound features, plus a sequencer. And it represents a new collaboration for Roland, working with an actual boutique synth maker –…
The global risk analysis used by big banks, hedge funds, and governments to inform their decision-making around everything from foreign currency investment to foreign aid is getting the machine learning treatment with the launch of the new startup GeoQuant. In…
Jared Kushner finally speaks and we cannot unhear it Why does this dude always look like he’s the evil person in a movie who knows more than the other characters and wants the audience to know it? Image: AP/REX/Shutterstock By…
The global cryptocurrency sphere has taken a slight breather from an incredible rally from 18B total coin market cap at the start of 2017 to about 100B as of this writing, with Bitcoin (Pending:COIN) (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) trading at…
Novation last week released a new set of tutorials for their Circuit. These cover scales, melodies, and chords. Those are interesting not just for those with limited skills on other instruments, but also, ironically, as a way to get away…