The Sharing Economy If you haven’t heard of the ‘Sharing Economy’ by now, the chances are that you may have already participated in it without actually realising it. There can be no doubt that its ubiquitous reach has touched every nation and is encroaching on just about every useful resource in the modern age. Bologna’s […]
A silent revolution Not all revolutions are noisy and in your face. Some are small, silent ones that contain the economic germs of the future. They are often the fruit of ideas nurtured by the courage of young people who never cease to change the world. BackBo is one of them. It is an experimental […]
Let us introduce you to a whole new way of learning a language. Amazon’s Alexa is the personal assistant that Amazon has developed to allow people to get information, communicate, play, and manage music playback and control home automation devices inside the home. And now… thanks to the ‘Skills’ app, which are real additional mini […]
By Giorgia Ferro Following the success of the Vivian Maier exhibition, Palazzo Pallavicini continues to promote female photography by presenting the retrospective dedicated to “Surrealist Lee Miller” curated by ONO Arte Contemporanea, celebrating one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century. Whilst starting out as a successful model at the end of the […]
MORGANTINI: “Free Culture for 20 guests of Cucine Popolare Roberto Morgantini does not know how to stay still. The new Commendatore of the Republic, awarded by Sergio Mattarella in Rome, has come up with another great idea: the ‘suspended’ theatre ticket. Twenty guests from his Cucine Popolare (People’s Kitchen) were invited to Arena del Sole Theatre […]
Concerns remain over protection for façade, portico and courtyard Councillor for Urban Planning in the Municipality Valentina Orioli comments after a meeting on the building’s future: “We must always ask ourselves if a historic building is better kept empty so as not to alter it or if, by intervening to preserve its characteristics, it’s better […]
New app created by Unibo students targets social networks Now, you don’t have to be a famous influencer to start earning green as a new app by three young Unibo students targets a niche market otherwise occupied by star influencers and famous wannabes. How much is your image worth? Previously, you had to be a […]
Giovanni Rocco visits his long-forgotten ancestral home By Caroline Hunt Giovanni (Gio) Rocco was born and raised in an Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. He explains his neighborhood as one that most of the residents there were either immigrants or relatives of immigrants from southern Italy. Gio himself is a descendant of Italian on […]
Investment plan to boost aesthetics & visitor numbers Cinzia Barbieri, of Bologna Servizi Cimiteriali explains that it was time they began to focus on Certosa now as the city has always been concentrating elsewhere for years: “cemetery tourism is also an important reality. Among the projects we are working on in addition to enhancing security […]
Comune sends out letter day after expiry date! Today, 26th February, in the post I received a letter from the Comune showing I’m entitled to vote in the next EU elections in May 2019. However, the letter stipulates I must register by the 25th of February if I want to vote. It shows the date […]
