MANILA—The Philippines has moved up a notch in the world’s most powerful passport ranking, according to a London-based consultancy firm that tracks the number of destinations a passport holder can go without a prior visa. Philippine passport holders are now allowed to travel to 67 destinations visa-free, placing the country at the 76th spot in…
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Published Jan 8, 2020 8:22:35 AM (CNN) – What’s the travel document that opens more doors around the world than any other? It’s a Japanese passport. The Henley Passport Index, which periodically measures the world’s most travel-friendly passports, has released its first report of the new decade. Japan is now top of…
View photosREUTERS/Candace ElliottDespite a Santa Claus rally to close 2019, Canadian energy stocks remain undervalued as the sector strengthens into the new year, according to analysts at Laurentian Bank. The iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index ETF (XEG.TO), a basket of large Canadian energy companies, has climbed 15 per cent since early December as oil prices pushed…
If you include quality keywords in your meta tags, Google is more likely to list your site higher in web search results. January 3, 2020 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Within the constantly shifting guidelines for what does and doesn’t boost a website’s SEO, meta tags typically don’t garner…
It’s funny how a few years away can cure all (or enough) ills. In December of 2014, the San Francisco 49ers parted ways with head coach Jim Harbaugh after four seasons. Harbaugh, from a wins and losses perspective, had been wildly successful as the 49ers’ head coach. He had a 44-19-1 record as the team’s…
MLB Rumors: The Texas Rangers are “likely out” on Josh Donaldson, according to Levi Weaver on Twitter, who says that Donaldson’s price has exceeded the Rangers’ comfort level. Donaldson, 34, had a great bounce-back season for Atlanta in 2019, and was generally seen as getting a deal in the 3 year, $75 million range. With…
In the span of just over 24 hours, the 49ers went from the top seed in the NFC looking towards a 1st round bye and homefield advantage to the #5 seed with the potential of facing the Dallas Cowboys on the road for their 1st playoff game. The 49ers dropped a close game against the…
Ohio StateUpdated Dec 12, 2019;Posted Dec 11, 2019 TNSOhio State receiver Jameson Williams (6) outruns Miami of Ohio defensive back Ja’don Rucker-Furlow (24) for a touchdown during the Buckeyes’ 76-5 victory at Ohio Stadium on Saturday, September 21, 2019.COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s Jameson Williams is arguably the fastest player in the Buckeyes’ wide…
Billboard has announced that YouTube streams will be factored into the Billboard 200 albums chart starting early next year. Video streams from other platforms will also count, including Apple, Spotify, Tidal, and Vevo, and Billboard says the change will also impact genre album consumption charts, like country, Latin, and others. Billboard’s charts have historically been…
Courtesy of Comparably Career site Comparably released its annual ranking of the 50 best companies for people of color.Non-white workers took an in-house survey that inquired about pay equity, support from leadership, and company culture.Major companies featured on the list include Facebook, Google, Starbucks, and Adobe.Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.While employers still struggle…
Facebook, Google Drop Out of Top 10 ‘Best Places To Work’ List (bloomberg.com) Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @08:30PM from the top-ten-lists dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Big tech companies like Facebook and Alphabet’s Google, long seen as some of the world’s most desirable workplaces offering countless perks…
Southwest Airlines is one of the best places to work in 2020. Glassdoor Job site Glassdoor released their annual ranking of the best companies to work for, based on employee reviews.Major tech companies like Microsoft and Google, plus smaller Silicon Valley firms like HubSpot and DocuSign, rank high on the list. Grocery chain Trader Joe’s and…
Google has game developers in mind with three new features just added to the Google Maps Platform. The company says the ten mobile games that currently employ the platform have been very successful, with nine million daily active users (DAU) in the last month. New features will improve graphics performance for some Maps tasks, as…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – For a night in Louisville, it felt like old times. And maybe, it was a tipoff to some pretty good new times.Before Tuesday night’s game against No. 4 Michigan, Louisville coach Chris Mack was told by a friend here in town that he was going to be introduced to the Louisville…
How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results (msn.com) Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday November 16, 2019 @11:34AM from the I’m-feeling-unlucky dept. Long-time Slashdot reader walterbyrd shared this report on “arguably the most powerful lines of computer code in the global economy,” the Google algorithms that handle 3.8 million queries every single…
David Wasson | 5 days ago Survive and advance. And if you can’t advance, at least survive another week.Tuesday night was a literal referendum on Alabama football. Perhaps you missed it in the weekly comings and goings of the 500-channel cable television smorgasbord, but a group of 12 men and 1 woman got together and…
Consumers expect connected shopping experiences from research to purchase. But their journeys aren’t linear; they move around, visiting—and revisiting—multiple sites and apps, multiple times a day. This makes it challenging for businesses to deliver a coordinated site experience, especially if they are running an experiment or personalization on their site. How do they make sure that…
Is it the web page that’s slow or is it your network connection? In the future, Google’s Chrome web browser may have an answer for you. Google announced today a plan to identify and label websites that typically load slowly by way of clear badging. The company says it may later choose to identify sites…
