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Apple Puts Orange Windows on Upcoming Amsterdam Store

Apple’s first retail location in the Netherlands is about to open, perhaps as soon as February 18. The Mac maker has ordered stunning orange window coverings for the store with typical "opening soon" signs written in white. MacRumors points out that several Dutch sites, including One More Thing [Google transla...

14 February 2012
15:41 GMT

The Effects of Marijuana Freedom in the Netherlands

In a recent study, investigators at the University of California in Berkeley (UCB) have taken a look at the consequences the Netherlands were facing for allowing the quasi-legal use of cannabis on its territory. The results were more surprising than the researchers anticipated, for starters because they expected t...

14 September 2011
08:07 GMT

Turkish Airplane Crashes in Amsterdam

A serious plane crash has taken place today in Holland, when a Turkish airliner collapsed to the ground while carrying 135 people. Preliminary reports hint at the fact that light fog was responsible for the crash, which nevertheless claimed the lives of 9 people, according to Dutch airport officials. An additional 50...

25 February 2009
14:01 GMT

Bellperre Unveils Silver and Gold 24K Mobile Collection

Since this company may not be all that familiar to others, but luxury phone users, talking a bit about Bellperre is in order. Founded in Amsterdam, it produces only luxury, timeless, as it says, phones and, like other companies of the kind, the main goal is to build up a great influence in the fashion phone market. A...

5 December 2008
06:35 GMT

Eco-Friendly "Green" Bags

These days, pretty much everything with the "green" label - from cars to food and clothing - seems to get a lot more attention than it would have been the case, say, ten years ago. We're all becoming increasingly aware that recycling and sustainability are key concepts that refer to more than just beer bottles a...

5 June 2008
09:34 GMT

How Many "O"s in Google?

The photo on the left was taken in the Google Amsterdam office and it's a reminder of the many many pages indexed by Google. How so? Well, if there's a search query that has over 100 returns, you'll get to see the whole 10 "O"s, and clicking each one will redirect you to the next 10 pages of results.Th...

14 January 2008
06:32 GMT

Wino Swears to Stay Off the Booze

This week is "crack-heads go sober" week. First Doherty walks away without any extra jail time (for now, anyway) and now one of the world's favorite drugged out singers, Amy Winehouse, makes a promise we all hope she can keep. The troubled "Rehab" singer has vowed to stay sober on stage for her European tour. We...

25 October 2007
09:06 GMT

Motorola Announces Texel and Genghis Smartphones

Motorola had a presentation in Amsterdam and brought out on this occasion 4 new mobile phones, all pretty unexpected. This is the kind of surprise that everybody likes, although even more information concerning their release date and full specifications would have been excellent. It's pretty great news, anyway, ...

10 October 2007
10:52 GMT

Smashing Hit! 8 MPX Motorola Skarven and 5 MPX Motorola Z12 XPIXL

Motorola has presented four new mobile phones in Amsterdam, along with the promise of releasing them next year. The handset producer also presented the phone line-up for this Christmas, although the perspective devices were most impressive.Motorola clearly wants to catch up with the leading mobile phone producers and...

10 October 2007
10:22 GMT

Entire City Goes 3D in Google Earth

Amsterdam is one of the first cities that became 100 percent available as a Google Earth 3D city. The parent company Google managed to create all the buildings in 3D format, designing numerous gray colored shapes for Amsterdam. As Google Earth Blog reported, the buildings are created in 2.5D view, just like the other...

18 May 2007
08:56 GMT


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