Travel and tourism is one industry that has continued to thrive in recent years, consistently out-performing the global economy, and 2018 looks to be no exception. We spoke to a number of experts in the industry to find out their opinions on the countries to visit in the year ahead. And so here are 18 of the best countries to visit in 2018. Happy New Year, everyone!
Read Article: https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2018/01/01/18-of-the-best-countries-to-visit-in-2018/ For people who’ve dreamed of having a flying car, the fantasy is set to become a reality in 2025, according to Lilium, the company behind the long-awaited transportation technology.
Video URL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UGJtqASJWs Austria’s capital of Vienna was just named the world’s best city to live in for the ninth year in a row.
Vienna took first place because of its security levels, public transportation, moderate housing costs, and cultural features like famed cafes to musical offerings, according to Mercer’s 20th Quality of Living Survey. The quality of living survey, released Tuesday, offers recommendations for companies operating in multiple countries who want to send their employees abroad. Most cities in the top 10 this year are located in Europe, including Zurich, which came in at second place, Munich, which tied for third (with Auckland, New Zealand), Dusseldof, which came in sixth, and Frankfurt, which came in at No. 7. Geneva, Copenhagen, and Basel followed in eighth, ninth, and 10th, respectively. Read Article: http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/mercer-best-city-to-live-vienna?utm_campaign=travelleisure&utm_content=5ab1ce3704d3016d609c0d6c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&xid=TrueAnthem_Twitter Facebook deserves a lot of the flack it gets, be it for providing Russian propaganda with a platform or gradually eroding privacy norms. Still, it has some genuine usefulness. And while the single best way to keep your privacy safe on Facebook is to delete your account, taking these simple steps in the settings is the next best thing.
Remember, it’s not just friends of friends you need to think about hiding from; it’s an army of advertisers looking to target you not just on Facebook itself, but around the web, using Facebook’s ad platform. In the video above and the post below, we’ll show you how to deal with both. Read Article: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-lock-down-facebook-privacy-settings/?mbid=social_twitter Nov. 29, 2017 - This whisker of baby shrews was seen following their mother very closely around a building in Fuzhou City, China. Each baby shrew is biting the tail of the animal in front of it to stay connected. Shrews have poor eyesight and the babies are nearly blind. Staying together in a line is both adorable and necessary for survival.
Watch Video of Baby Shrews: https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/171129-baby-shrew-formation-vin-spd?-babyshrews&sf184794529=1 Amelia Earhart: Why she should be remembered for much more than her mysterious disappearance3/16/2018
In 1960 an old US coastguard told a curious reporter a tale he had heard some 14 years before on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro.
Not long after the island was first settled in 1938, said Floyd Kilts, a local man was walking by the shore: “There in the brush about 5ft feet from the shoreline he saw a skeleton. What attracted him to it were the shoes. Women’s shoes, American kind…” Was this, the old coastguard wondered, the key to what really happened to Amelia Earhart , the aviation pioneer who had disappeared in 1937 while attempting to become the first woman to fly around the world? Read Article: www.independent.co.uk/news/people/amelia-earhart-mystery-solved-disappearance-bones-discovered-island-female-pioneer-feminist-a8248711.html The New York Times: Paul E. Alers/NASA
"Stephen Hawking’s discovery that black holes are not really black and that they would eventually leak radiation and particles before exploding and disappearing turned scientists’ understanding of them upside down." Read Article: https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2018/03/14/science/space/stephen-hawking-physicist-and-author-dies/s/Stephen-Hawking-adv-obit-slide-KWD8.html "You are standing before a magnificent landmark, holding up your camera to shoot. The many (other) tourists around you are constantly stepping into the frame. On the display you can see that the building’s lines are “falling” backwards, and overall it just does not meet the expectations you had from the beautiful promotional photos. If the lines above sound familiar to you, don’t despair. We’ve prepared some tips for you on how to handle tourist-site photography."
Read Article: https://learn.zoner.com/9-practical-tips-for-photographing-historic-buildings/ By: Nate Lord
Last Updated: Monday January 29, 2018 "We’ve compiled 101 Data Protection Tips to help you protect your passwords, financial information, and identity online. Keeping your passwords, financial, and other personal information safe and protected from outside intruders has long been a priority of businesses, but it’s increasingly critical for consumers and individuals to heed data protection advice and use sound practices to keep your sensitive personal information safe and secure. There’s an abundance of information out there for consumers, families, and individuals on protecting passwords, adequately protecting desktop computers, laptops, and mobile devices from hackers, malware, and other threats, and best practices for using the Internet safely. But there’s so much information that it’s easy to get confused, particularly if you’re not tech-savvy. We’ve compiled a list of 101 simple, straightforward best practices and tips for keeping your family’s personal information private and protecting your devices from threats." Read Entire Article: https://digitalguardian.com/blog/101-data-protection-tips-how-keep-your-passwords-financial-personal-information-safe |