NexPro Media Staff

NexPro Media Staff

NexPro Media Staff

Monday, 17 December 2018 05:05

The best day trips from London

The train from London Victoria takes 1 hour 34 minutes.

Brighton is a brilliant mish-mash of retro, seaside fun and progressive culture. Book in advance and you can get return tickets from London for as little as £10.

 

Read more at Cn Traveller.

Caffeine and napping have something in common. Both make you feel alert and can enhance your performance, whether that’s driving, working, or studying. But some people are convinced that drinking a coffee before a nap gives you an extra zap of energy when you wake up.

How could that be? Is there any evidence to back the power of these so-called coffee naps? Or are we better off getting a good night’s sleep?

 

Read more at Inverse.

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but name-calling could actually change the structure of your brain.

A new study has found that persistent bullying in high school is not just psychologically traumatising, it could also cause real and lasting damage to the developing brain.

 

Read more at Science Alert.

California regulators no longer plan to tax text messages.

The California Public Utilities Commission said a new FCC ruling prevented the state from levying a tax on text plans. The state hoped to add new monthly fees onto wireless customers' bills to increase funds for programs that bring connectivity to underserved residents. Regulators were scheduled to vote on the measure on January 10, 2019.
 
Read more at CNN.

Ding Weijie, 19, opened an “express hairdressing salon” in his dormitory at the Sichuan Hope Automotive Vocational College in early November, Chengdu Economic Daily reported on Friday.

Although Ding is self-taught, his hairdressing skills have already turned heads on the campus in Ziyang. His 5 to 6 yuan (73 to 87 US cents) cuts for men have become so popular that appointments need to be booked a few days in advance.

 

Read more at SCMP.

Monday, 17 December 2018 04:27

Time to plan digital marketing for 2019

Approximately $327 billion is expected to be spent worldwide on digital advertising in 2019, according to eMarketer.

Creating a well-tailored digital  strategy for the year will help ensure your marketing dollars are used wisely.

 

Read more at News Day.

 

 

Apple’s search for its new campus is pretty low-key compared to another tech giant, Amazon. But even without the public bidding war, Apple received good tax breaks and money from the local governments.

Since the tech giant announced its $1 billion investment in Austin, Texas on Thursday, more details about incentives from the state and local county have emerged. The state of Texas has offered Apple as much as $25 million grants from the Texas Enterprise Fund. Apple also is seeking a 15-year property tax abatement of 65% from Williamson County, where the new campus will be located, according to the contract between Apple and the county.

 

Read more at Yahoo.

Everyone wants to move to New York City or San Francisco -- or at least everyone wishes they could afford to.

But given the sky-high housing market, cities like Nashville, Tennessee, and Portland, Oregon are appearing a lot more glamorous as a relocation destination. (And, for the time being at least, a little less crowded.)

 

Read more at Fool.

A coalition of states with Democratic leadership is promising to appeal a Texas federal court ruling on Friday that aimed to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act.

The case was brought by a group of Republican state attorneys general and is expected to go to the U.S. Supreme Court. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

 

Read more at PBS News.

Legislation quickly passed by North Carolina’s lawmakers this week would prepare a path for Republicans to dump their nominee in a still-undecided U.S. House race marred with ballot fraud allegations.

“I think (legislators are) worried that Mark Harris might be damaged goods and they want to have the opportunity to have a different Republican nominee,” said Carter Wrenn, a Republican operative and consultant to former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms and others for more than 40 years. “That’s how I read those tea leaves.”

 

Read more at PBS News.

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