Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui is world’s top high street, beating Madison Avenue, Bond Street – Go Health Pro

Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui is world’s top high street, beating Madison Avenue, Bond Street – Go Health Pro

Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui district commanded the most expensive rental fees among the world’s retail markets last year, as luxury brands from Cartier and Dior to Tiffany kept their flagship stores running on the Kowloon peninsula, according to Savills. Prime retail rent in TST, as the area is called, was £17,132 (US$22,976) per square … Read more

Mario Kart World’s $80 price isn’t that high, historically – Go Health Pro

Mario Kart World’s  price isn’t that high, historically – Go Health Pro

$70 was a common price for N64 software, and that was in 1997 dollars! $70 was a common price for N64 software, and that was in 1997 dollars! Hughes Johnson By 2008, top-end disc-based prices had settled to the current standard of $59.99. By 2008, top-end disc-based prices had settled to the current standard of … Read more

Japanese Firms To Build World’s First Decentralised IoT Platform – Go Health Pro

Japanese Firms To Build World’s First Decentralised IoT Platform – Go Health Pro

CollaboGate Japan (CG) has formed a business alliance with Tessera Technology (TSSR) to develop a decentralised IoT platform – a first in the world – that will use robust hardware-based security functionality of the Renesas’ microcontrollers (MCUs)  to verify contactless transactions conducted through IoT devices. Tokyo-based CG provides Japan’s first decentralized ID platform called UNiD, … Read more

The Belgian political space – two worlds, one nation? – Go Health Pro

The Belgian political space – two worlds, one nation? – Go Health Pro

Voters in the predominantly Dutch-speaking Belgian region of Flanders are often assumed to be more conservative than those in predominantly French-speaking Wallonia. Yet as Daan Delespaul shows, there is reason to question whether the two regions constitute distinct political worlds. The structure of western European party systems has long been shaped by sticky political divides … Read more

The quest to save the world’s largest CRT TV from destruction – Go Health Pro

The quest to save the world’s largest CRT TV from destruction – Go Health Pro

At this point, any serious retro gamer knows that a bulky cathode ray tube (CRT) TV provides the most authentic, lag-free experience for game consoles that predate the era of flat-panel HDTVs (i.e,. before the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 era). But modern gamers used to massive flat panel HD displays might balk at the display size … Read more