| To snooze or not to snooze | | AS LIEFSTYLE diseases related to sleep deprivation and sleep disorders spike all over the world, the travel and tourism industry is offering a new type of vacation which they have aptly named a sleepcation. | | Another
S-class
wonder | | The S4, Samsung’s new flagship phone is wooing customers for its software. The addition of near-field computing and gesture computing features that help smartphone users guide their device with wrist and eyeball movements takes the smartphone beyond Apple’s iPhone 5, but will it be the game changer? | | ORGANIC LUNCH | | Hilton Worldwide will launch its first ‘all-organic’ weekend family lunch this month, unveiling at Hilton Abu Dhabi in advance of a Middle East and Africa roll-out to selected hotels. | | Scaling the peaks of
cricketing
excellence | | Not many who saw Shikar Dhawan at Mohali will doubt his guts —in fact some experts are saying he has more guts than talent, but if that means getting the team a victory, who cares about technicalities? | | Cherie Blair bonds with village women | | WHEN SHE WAS still a child, Cherie Blair’s father deserted her mother and so, she was fortunate to have been raised by two very independent women — her mother and her grandmother. | | Gadget crazy? | | FUNNY HOW we think about giving gizmos seasonally — in February for lovers, in June for dads and grads. Lots of companies pitch products with just such a hook. But the truth is, a smart gadget is always welcome. Herewith, some options that are good for everyone. | | For tactile communications | | WITH TOUCH screen technology evolving and maturing rapidly over the past few years, more and more devices are now being touch enabled — right from smartphones and game controls to car navigation systems and even restaurant menus. | | Green revolution | | When Hamed Hassan Al Zaabi signed off his farm’s management to the Abu Dhabi Farmers Services Centre (FSC) last autumn, he was in for a bit of a shock. His 2.8 hectares farm was re-designed and the new agricultural methods were not what he expected. | | What’s cooking? | | Dina Sarhan, who had a homely transition from a mechanical engineering to a culinary teacher, hopes to open branches of her successful business in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai | | Shah Rukh’s rule | | THERE IS a reason this man is the undisputed king of possibly the world’s largest cinema industry, Bollywood. | |
