Sexy molto prima di Apple. Tracce italiane nella Valley
SAN FRANCISCO - Prima di Apple, Dell, Google e Facebook, c'era Olivetti e c'era un nutrito drappello di ricercatori Italiani. Trasferendosi negli Stati Uniti finirono per giocare un ruolo fondamentale negli eventi che hanno fatto della Silicon Valley il centro planetario dell'innovazione tecnologica e sociale. La "love story" tra gli italiani e que...
Commission decides against moving on Strip news rack ban
By Conor Shine The Clark County Commission has put off a ban on news racks along the Strip and instead will work with owners of the racks to come up with a compromise that limits obstructions for pedestrians.The issue: Commissioners considered an ordinance that would have banned all news racks along Las Vegas Boulevard from Russell Road to Sahara...
Stare in Silicon Valley è un master continuo. La Nuova Italia che Avanza: Hyperfair
Oggi parliamo di Hyperfair, startup che realizza fiere virtuali online sfruttando la tecnologia 3D. La startup, fondata da Marco Campanari e Max Bonfanti, è in questi giorni sugli scudi per avere appena annunciato un round di finanziamento di 1,2 milioni di dollari. L'investimento (cui hanno partecipato anche Atlante Ventures, il fondo di...
Fancy A Fig? California's Growers Desperately Hope You Do
by Ezra David Romero For many Americans, their only association with figs comes in the form of a Fig Newton. And indeed, once upon a time, most of the figs grown in California ended up in fig pastes and cookies like those familiar chewy squares. But tastes change, and the fig industry has gone through tough times. Lack of demand a...
Masterpieces of Italian Design. The new "Quattroporte" on show at Maserati - Beverly Hills
The new "Quattroporte" was launched at the Maserati Beverly Hills showroom on March 28th during an exclusive cocktail reception with showbiz celebrities and Maserati aficionados. The "Quattroporte" was born in 1963, when Maserati put a racing engine in a Grand Touring automobile. Today, the sixth generation Quattroporte is simply...
Italian E-Motorcycle Maker Energica Challenges Harley Davidson
By Paul Glader In the U.S., motorcycles conjure images of loud, reverberating, menacing engines on stout, chrome-heavy frames adorned in black leather. We're talking Harley Davidson rallies in Sturgis and Daytona, the cinematic scenes of Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda in Easy Rider, the disgruntled war veterans, immigrants and roughnecks ri...
Rosemary is credited with remarkable number of healthy old people in an Italian village
WHEN American cardiologist Alan Maisel went on holiday to the village of Acciaroli on Italy's Amalfi coast a few years ago he was amazed to find that many of its inhabitants lived to a great age despite a lifestyle that broke all the health police's rules. "I was at the beach and I saw all these leather-necked, tanned people in their 90s a...
L'IT trevigiano sbarca negli USA tra i colossi dell'editoria
"Pagination.com" una piccola azienda informatica trevigiana tra i colossi dell'editoria a Pepcon, la più importante conferenza mondiale sulla stampa e l'ePublishing, che si svolgerà a giorni a San Diego (California). Pagination (www.pagination.com) nasce nel 2009 dalla scelta coraggiosa di alcuni ragazzi veneti, che decidono di non partire e s...
X-rated Diavel is born in Italy for the US
It seemed highly appropriate to be test-riding the new Ducati XDiavel along the famous Skyline Boulevard, located in the hills south of San Francisco. For Ducati's North American HQ is located immediately to the east in the valley below, an oasis of real-time hedonism surrounded by several Apple R&D centres attempting to replicate similar...
How Alfa Romeo plans to reintroduce itself to America
By Brent Snavely The long-awaited re-introduction of Alfa Romeo in the U.S. will lean heavily on three characteristics of the brand's new cars — performance, Italian style and technology. But that's not all. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles plans to unleash a marketing blitz next year and plans to expand its dealership network as it brings new c...
Banca Mediolanum vola in USA con AmCham
Dal 26 aprile al 2 maggio una delegazione del gruppo bancario visiterà la zona della Silicon Valley con un'agenda ricca di appuntamenti. American Chamber of Commerce in Italy ha organizzato per conto di Banca Mediolanum una Missione in Silicon Valley dedicata a 25 Family Banker che si sono distinti per aver vinto un contest interno.AmCham si è imp...
Young Italians Draw Inspiration From Silicon Valley
By Mauro Battocchi Bright Italian entrepreneurs from the most recent Silicon Valley Study Tour recently visited the Consulate as they concluded their program. Paolo Marenco, President of La Storia nel Futuro, lauded the gathered young talent for completing their tour of Silicon Valley, where they spent countless sessions learning about startup cul...