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A decades-long stretch of extremely low precipitation in the 1500s may have spurred cultural changes among the Rapa Nui ...
Who doesn’t love Google Maps? The Maps Android app helps those of us with oatmeal for brains find our way anywhere, without having to fire any neurons or exercise any synapses. It even helps us ...
I knew I’d have to include James Griffiths’ “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” a twee-sounding British comedy about a folk musician named Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) who plays a gig on a remote ...
My mistake — encouraged by the offbeat bona fides of the British performers Tom Basden and Tim Key — was expecting “The Ballad of Wallis Island” to provide one. Bereft of chuckles or even ...
When folk musician Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) arrives on the remote, sea-swept Wallis Island, he believes he’s coming to play an intimate gig for a few fans. In reality, the concert is for one man: ...
Enterprise browser startup Island just raised a sizable funding round — one that bumps up its valuation significantly, and less than one year after its last fundraise. Dallas-based Island raised ...
Google Maps is one of the apps that gets the most love from Google in terms of regular updates, and we've spotted another couple of upgrades rolling out to the mapping app in recent days ...
Google Maps now shows parking difficulty, gas savings, and arrival time in the route overview window itself. It saves you the time and effort you'd otherwise spend digging through the app for ...
Some of its galleys rescued survivors fleeing Pompeii after Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. The map locates the island of Punta Pennata, near the town of Bacoli, west of Naples, Italy. Ciro Amoroso ...
Google says it uncovered thousands of illegitimate listings, including for fake businesses, on Google Maps and has announced a lawsuit against the alleged scammers behind the fraud. The lawsuit ...
Our last few days have been taken up by one thing and one thing only—Temptation Island. From our newfound love for host Mark L Walberg (he’s on a par with MAFS Australia’s John) to chaotic ...
Google Maps is already the world's number one mobile navigation app, but the Mountain View-based search giant is continuously looking for new ways to increase the app's market share. One of these ...