Dear Dr. Oetker, We have been good friends for the past six years or so. You have been my companion all along. I remember those dark nights during my university life in England when cooking was not one of my core skills (yet). I remember these days when I started working in Spain and the [...]

Better late than never. It seems like the monopoly of Apple and its MacBook Air on the ultrabook market is slowly coming to an end. PC makers are finally realising that in a world where users are increasingly mobile, there is a real need for portable devices that can actually be used without having to come 2 [...]

Mocassins, loafers and drive shoes are among the most comfortable shoes we get to wear. Some will argue that over time, they have even become a symbol of freedom: no strings attached and out of it in a second. Thankfully, the genuine convenience of those shoes lies elsewhere. No matter the occasion, you will always find [...]

I have had quite a few iPods over the past few years but the one I currently use is just the one I treasure the most. This is not one from the latest generation or the very first one released either. It does not have 160 Go of memory but a mere 4 Go. It [...]

When you spend the early years of your life selling ties to your high school classmates, elegance is something that surely runs through your veins. No matter what Ralph Lauren worked on ever since, his lines always embedded this clean and sophisticated image so characteristic of the designer. Of course, that is naturally true when [...]

I recently started using Twitter more actively. While I have had an account for about two years, I have only discovered the real value proposition of the platform over the past two months after having prioritized Facebook vs Twitter for too long. On the one hand, Facebook is proposing a social network very much based [...]

If you have not heard about the Shaker app on Facebook yet, you should check out their website and the YouTube video presenting what they have got to offer right away. It sounds sexy, it looks en vogue and above all it claims to take social networking to a brand new level. In brief, they [...]

I just bought a Kindle from Amazon (see here: Kindle Keyboard, Wi-Fi, 6″ E Ink Display). I love playing around with new gadgets but hesitated for more than a year before stepping into e-reading. You see… The thing with a hard book is that it does not only contain a story but is a whole [...]