Like Architecture by Sirapop Thongnun On the island of Ko Samui in the Gulf of Thailand, seven beachfront pool villas, built with a contemporary modern design, face the water and the white sandy expanse of Laem Noi Beach. The architect ...
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Lux Gloria The solar-stained glass installment features dichroic glass and will be connected to the city's electrical grid. Courtesy of Sarah Hall A cathedral in Saskatoon, Saskatechewan recently installed stained glass windows embedded ...
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A team of Harvard material scientists has engineered a coating for glass that makes it self-cleaning and scratch resistant. It means that not only will you never have to rub down your glasses again, but huge amounts of money and energy ...
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Android has now captured 80 per cent of the global smartphone market, according to second quarter results analysed by research firm Strategy Analytics. According to the research, the Android operating system now accounts for 79.5 per cent ...
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Soft drinks maker Britvic is dumping BlackBerry in favour of Windows Phone devices from Nokia. The company is currently rolling out Nokia Lumia 720 smartphones to 800 staff as part of the platform shift at the company. Further reading ...
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A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning, and incredibly slippery, a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard School of Engineering and ...
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Global provider of cloud-based mobile sales technology StayinFront, has incorporated the Windows 8 platform in its customer relationship management (CRM) Touch mobile application, which will be available from the fourth quarter of 2013. ...
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Eight months after the launch of Microsoft's Surface line, the company has yet to turn a profit on its first foray into tablet manufacturing and sales, according to a Tuesday regulatory filing. Microsoft's annual report, filed yesterday ...
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Isis will roll out its mobile wallet application nationwide later this year following successful pilots that launched last fall in Austin, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah. Isis, which competes with Google Wallet and other mobile wallet ...
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Microsoft today released a stripped-down version of Office for Android smartphones, continuing its strategy of tying its mobile suite to the Office 365 rent-not-buy subscription plans. Wednesday's launch of Office Mobile for Android ...
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Windows 8's user share growth slowed significantly last month, hinting at further trouble for the struggling operating system, new statistics from an analytics company showed today. The operating system's user share grew by the smallest ...
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PGT Industries (PGT), a supplier of residential impact-resistant doors and windows, has promoted Brad West to vice president and controller. In his new role, West will oversee PGT’s accounting and finance departments, as well as its ...
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The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has released an updated standard that establishes minimum performance requirements for self-adhering flashing surrounding exterior wall fenestration products. AAMA 711-13, ...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) honored the top 10 "green" building projects for 2013 at the AIA National Convention and Design Exposition, June 20-22 in Denver, and at least five of the ...
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The Fiat Punto is back with a starting price of $16,000, making it a highly competitive European made city car. Following the Punto’s facelift in Europe late last year, the little Italian car is invading Australian showrooms as part ...
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