Decluttering other people’s homes has become big business for Japan’s diminutive tidying guru Marie Kondo. Her books, including The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, have sold more than six million copies worldwide and…
“Where are you staying?” and “How are you getting there?” are Art Basel Miami Beach’s two most over-used icebreakers. They might, however, get nipped in the bud this week as two app game-changers – Airbnb and Uber – get…
It might seem as though the world has slowed down but
new ideas and changes to make the world a better place
are being pursued every day, from a Peru-based app
designed to combat dangerous driving to a roadside journa…
Like other state-owned mail services, Swiss Post is under pressure from private-sector competition and the internet, but it is not running scared. The firm is transforming itself into a media and technology brand.
We’ve been busy transferring more than five years’ worth of magazine, film and radio content to our new website. The result: a sharper, more handsome and informative experience. Come and visit us at monocle.com.
The entrepreneurs putting Africa on the app-map, the vinyl producer teaching everyone a lesson, and a visit to one of our favourite Honk Kong newsagents.
Where’s my parcel? How far have I run? Where have I been? The desire to track and trace everything is booming. But have we become slaves to these apps and devices – and do they really deliver on their promises?