| Spinning a
tale with
Spielberg | | The director of Jaws (that 1975 freakishly malicious white shark movie) jetted
to India to share stories
from his long-running Hollywood career, as well as tips and advice | | To d(e)o or not to do | | WE ALL all know that different people have different tastes A 19-year-old New York teenager has a craving for deodorants and has been walloping up to 15 of the roll-on ones every month for over 15 years now. | | The rise of networked vacations | | NOT SO LONG ago, preparing to go on a vacation used to be a long process. Visiting a trusted travel agent and cross-checking rates with other agents, airlines and hotels were must-do tasks. | | Auto-organise your photo albums | | THE INCLUSIONof high resolution cameras and the abundant storage space available in the new generation smartphones have made all of us use and abuse the camera function. One tends to click images left and right and there is invariably a deluge of images which become difficult to manage and search. If one needs to get organised with photos and images, the answer is available by way of a service from a San Francisco startup called Everpix. | | A Venetian
experience | | Imagine Venice through a magnifying glass! The beautiful brick-coloured town houses and villas, fresh out of the 16th century Venice, the times of Italian Renaissance architecture, lined in an imposing archway overlooking the sea inlet, look like a grander piece of Venice. Yet this isn’t the Queen of the Adriatic, but Abu Dhabi’s latest and one of its biggest hotels that is finally about to open after years of planning and construction: Ritz Carlton Grand Canal. | | Urban Trek | | Jalal’s Art Trip this time’s all about back alleys and unglamorous souks. Emirati Jalal Luqman takes a group of artists to an old neighbourhood, a fish market and an old souk. Here’s a look at what they have come out with | | Michell’s bangs are trendy | | HER HUSBAND might have landed himself in the doghouse all over again with his talk of austerity measures, almost immediately after being sworn in as the President the second time but Michelle Obama is enjoying her days in the sun. | | LinkedIn bucks
the trend | | LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional online networking site, has been a silent achiever with a steady rise in numbers over the years. It now has 200 million members, of which 5 million are from the MENA region and one million from the UAE. | | TILAL IN MARCH | | There is plenty to celebrate this March and the deep desert perched Tilal Liwa Hotel says come on down to the Western Region for some desert fun! | | Bad deal for Mason | | Groupon CEO dispenses with customary corporate doublespeak and tells staff the truth behind his sacking | |
