Uber’s drone-based food delivery could begin in 2021
At this year’s Uber Elevate Summit in May, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi discussed the possibility of a drone-based food delivery service. Now, it looks like a job posting has hinted that the company is looking to launch the service by 2021. According to the Wall Street Journal, Uber is looking to hire someone with “flight standards …
A foodie tour of Emilia Romagna, where Parma ham and proper Parmesan gets washed down with …
A trip to Italy is a pretty much unbeatable destination for the culinary connoisseur – or indeed, for any budding foodie who enjoys good grub. And while … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
TRAVEL REVIEW: Getting a real taste of Spain
But, as I discovered, Spain also provides some serious treats for food-lovers. Our host, Devour Tours, offers a selection of award-winning food and … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
corkage: Word of the day for October 22, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
corkage , n : A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided.
Domio just raised $12 million in Series A funding to build “apart hotels” across the U.S.
Hotels can be pricey, and travelers are often forced to leave their rooms for basic things, like food that doesn’t come from the minibar. Yet Airbnb accommodations, which have become the go-to alternative for travelers, can be highly inconsistent. Domio, a two-year-old, New York-based outfit, thinks there’s a third way: apartment hotels, or “apart hotels,” …
Apple’s Tim Cook calls for retraction on Chinese spy chip story: ‘There’s no truth to this’
Apple CEO Tim Cook is calling for Bloomberg to retract its story about … alleged data center hardware used by Apple and Amazon Web Services, and … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Virtual reality makes food taste better
In another example of VR bleeding into real life, Cornell University food scientists found that cheese eaten in pleasant VR surroundings tasted better than the same cheese eaten in a drab sensory booth. About 50 panelists who used virtual reality headsets as they ate were given three identical samples of blue cheese. The study participants …
I Ditched Google for Bing. Here’s What I Found—and What I Didn’t
What finally broke me was the recipes. On July 1, I abandoned Google search and committed myself instead to Bing. I downloaded the Bing app on my phone. I made it the default search mode in Chrome. (I didn’t switch to Edge, Microsoft’s browser, because I decided to limit this experiment strictly to search.) Since …
Tom O’Hare Revels in the Food, History of Italy With The 9&10 Travel Club
One of our own is overseas, drinking in the history and eating traditional cuisine in Italy. Tom O'Hare reports on the first few hours of his trip with the … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours