Kurt Osterberg

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Finance
Sterling hits five-year low against dollar as election fears spook investors

Growing City jitters about the prospect of a hung parliament and signs of weakness in the key manufacturing sector prompted sterling to hit a five-year low against the dollar in foreign exchange marke...
On April 10, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
Technology
Researchers build aluminum battery that can be charged in one minute

If there’s one major issue plaguing smartphones, smartwatches and other gadgets we use every day, it’s battery life. Now, a team of researchers at Stanford University has built an aluminum...
On April 7, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
Social
6 Tips to Win the Breakup

We all have some failed relationships on our record. The bad news is that letting go of someone never gets easier, especially if you’re not the one who came up with the idea to go your separate ways...
On April 2, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
Entertainment
Trevor Noah tweets draw fire

A day after Trevor Noah was declared the new host of “The Daily Show,” complete with the blessing of the exiting Jon Stewart, graphic tweets targeting women, Jews and victims of the Ebola ...
On March 31, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
Real Estate
House Hunting in … Costa Rica

A FOUR-BEDROOM HOUSE WITH VIEWS OF JUNGLE AND OCEAN $2,390,000 This three-story modern home resembles a treehouse, nestled into the jungle three miles from 1,700-acre Manuel Antonio National Park, one...
On March 27, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
Finance
Crowdfunders, tech startups cheer SEC rules on early fundraising

T he Securities and Exchange Commission may have finally just unleashed real crowdfunding, if not exactly in the manner everyone expected. In a surprise move today, the SEC voted to let young companie...
On March 25, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
Social
Ocean vs. Space: Which Is the True Final Frontier?

Space may be called “the final frontier,” but anyone who has seen a picture of a goblin shark or a vampire squid will agree that the ocean can be downright alien. Both realms are ripe for ...
On March 23, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
Technology
Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 10041, commits to monthly updates

It took far longer than anyone expected, but Microsoft has finally made an updated version of the Windows 10 Technical Preview available to its Insiders program. Build 10041 will be delivered via Wind...
On March 19, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
Marketing
Adobe Digital Marketing Summit 2015: Forward charge! Wait! Forward charge!

Last year, I took the year off from writing about conferences because I needed to retool how I thought about them and, honestly, I was just burnt out at the number I was attending and I didn’t w...
On March 17, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
Technology
Why the Apple Watch is designed to break China

As the lights went down for the launch of the Apple Watch, a video played to set the tone for an event that the company seeks to pitch as the dawn of a new age. Dubbed “Spring Forward”, Apple hope...
On March 13, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg