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The coronavirus essentially shut down travel -- local and internationally -- for the past year. With more people getting vaccinated, we're starting to see some hope that we can go on adventures again in the near-ish future . In the meantime, we've got Google Maps. Whether you're still anxious about the world opening back up, wanting to get a look at some locations before booking a trip, or your lust for travel exceeds your budget, you can take a mini-trip from home quite easily. Just pull up Google Maps on your PC or phone and start your search. While you can check out maps from everywhere on Earth, the Street View and Photo Sphere tools let you digitally roam virtually anywhere. To explore on your PC, first make sure you're in satellite mode. Click and drag the little yellow person in the bottom right of the screen to any blue highlighted spot on the map. On your phone, just tap the photo in the bottom left and Maps will "drop" you into your chosen location. … [Read more...] about Google Maps: 15 most interesting places to explore from home

It's been two years since filmmakers making a documentary about the song "Happy Birthday" filed a lawsuit claiming that the song shouldn't be under copyright. Now, they have filed (PDF) what they say is "proverbial smoking-gun evidence" that should cause the judge to rule in their favor. The "smoking gun" is a 1927 version of the "Happy Birthday" lyrics, predating Warner/Chappell's 1935 copyright by eight years. That 1927 songbook, along with other versions located through the plaintiffs' investigations, "conclusively prove that any copyright that may have existed for the song itself... expired decades ago." Further Reading “Happy Birthday” copyright defense: Those “words” and “text” are ours If the filmmakers' lawyers are right, it could mean a quick route to victory in a lawsuit that's been both slow-moving and closely watched by copyright reform advocates. Warner/Chappell has built a licensing empire based on "Happy Birthday," which in 1996 was pulling in more … [Read more...] about Filmmakers fighting “Happy Birthday” copyright find their “smoking gun”

An IPO means lots of things, including big roles for CFO , investor relations managers, legal & compliance head, top-tier marketing personnel, communications and HR. For startups looking to go public – Policybazaar , Zomato, Flipkart, Nykaa, Grofers and Delhivery among others – and used to hiring for tech, product, and supply chain management roles, IPO prep means hiring decisions most founders have little to no experience in. There aren’t many public-market-ready CFOs in the tech ecosystem in India as there are in the US or China, Shailendra Singh, managing director at VC firm Sequoia Capital , had told ET recently. The VC firm has built a six people team in India, headed by Piyush Gupta, that is working with over a dozen of its portfolio companies to help them chart their public company journey. “We are doing the hard work of building those skills, building the foundations, and helping our CFOs get up to speed and learn,” adds Singh. Often companies put … [Read more...] about Startups in IPO mode in unfamiliar talent hunt

It's been a tough year for 007 fans. First scheduled for a release in March 2020 but delayed repeatedly by the coronavirus pandemic, No Time to Die is now set to premiere Oct. 8. The next James Bond installment will be the 25th film in the 007 franchise and the fifth and final (so he says) starring Daniel Craig as the British secret agent. Like every Bond movie , No Time to Die will span the globe , showing viewers not just London, but also far-flung locations like Italy, Jamaica, Norway and Scotland. From Dr. No to Spectre , each Bond flick is enough to give you the serious travel bug, even if you can't afford the luxury hotels someone on a government payroll seems to be able to manage. Editors' top picks Subscribe to CNET Now for the day's most interesting reviews, news stories and videos. As a Bond fan , I try to seek out sights shown in the series when I travel. Here are a few incredible places I've been so far and one I can't … [Read more...] about Amazing James Bond locales in real life: How to travel like 007

Amazon's Kindle ereaders have never had the option to display cover art on the device's lock screen as a wallpaper... unless owners were able to jailbreak the Kindle. Instead, there was a little library of wallpapers that the device would cycle through automatically. However, Amazon quietly began rolling out a firmware update to add the option to do just that a few days ago, and has now confirmed that the Display Cover feature will be available to most Kindle users worldwide in the coming weeks. Finally! It's a feature Kindle fans have been asking for since the devices first launched almost a decade ago, so it's a long time coming. All three of Amazon's Kindle ereader models will receive this feature in the coming days – whether it's the basic Amazon Kindle , the Kindle Paperwhite or the Kindle Oasis – as long as it's running the 5.13.5 firmware. Note that not all generations of the Kindles are currently supported by Amazon and won't be able to update. Amazon Kindle … [Read more...] about Amazon quietly rolled out a Kindle feature users have been requesting for years