Electronic cigarettes are now equated to normal in the US. Now, they will not be sold to minors, the ingredients will be regulated, new models will be subject to licensing. The new federal regulations take effect in August this year. In addition, the electronic cigarette manufacturers will be required to provide their products for testing to the Office of sanitary inspection of the Food and Drug...

May 2016 will go down in history as the beginning of a new era in the Internet development. At least many opponents of new regulations governing the provision of Europe's access to the network think so. According to them, the world will soon have "two Internets" - "for the people" and "elite". The "people" will supposedly be forced to put up with a slow, constantly "freezing" connection, as well...

For the first time in the history, global sales of smartphones are falling – thanks to the Chinese slowdown. Among the main victims is Apple, which models were too expensive for the oversaturated Chinese market. According to analyst firm Strategy Analytics, the company sold 334.6 million smartphones in January-March 2016. This is 3% less than in the same period last year. Year-to-year, the...

The first eSports channel will appear in Europe. It has already been named esportsTV, and broadcast giant MTG Viasat is appointed as the main distributor. Inhabitants of the Scandinavian countries and the Baltic states will be the first to see the broadcast around the clock. Content for the channel will be provided by eSports ESL League. ESports TV is perceived as a queer start, because most of...

Rumors about everything - from the threat of terrorism to the UK's membership in the European Union – are undermining the luxury hotels business in London, as wealthy clients are stopping there increasingly less. The city’s most expensive hotels were only 65% full in the first three months of the year, according to STR. This is the lowest rate in the I quarter since the beginning of the global...

Improved market expectations and the weakening of the US dollar can increase the base oil price’s forecast for this year from $ 37 to $ 41 per barrel. This was said in the World Bank (WB)’s quarterly forecast of the commodity markets. In the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period of 2015, oil fell by 21%, gas - by 15%, coal - by 3%. On the whole, the cost of energy will decrease by...

The prestigious international auto show Auto China 2016 opened in Beijing. Among other major specialized forums, the exhibition is one of the most important for automakers, as the Chinese car market today is confidently ranked first in the world in terms of sales. The exhibition is held for the 14th time. The large event occupies a hall with area of 220 thousand sq.m, which is divided by 1.6...

According to new Global Cities Business Alliance’s report, the fastest growing cities of the world are not always available to its own residents. This non-profit organization, headquartered in London, has compared some of the largest business centers in the world to understand the scale of the crisis in the housing market worldwide. The analysts compared the average monthly cost of rental...

Hong Kong is a city of entrepreneurs. It is not surprising that a lot of games are developed there, and especially mobile. Back in 1999, fellow students from the University of Hong Kong Marti Wong Kwok-hung and Starsky Wong created the game Little Fighter 2. It had become so popular that the university servers could not coped with the influx of people wanting to download the app and. The game...