#Technology is bringing us closer by tearing down walls, connecting distant people in a matter of seconds, and helping us become aware of existing cultural and behavioural differences. This is in essence a great thing that ultimately helps to propagate #peace and tolerance between people. However, when everyone uses an iPhone to call; reads the #news on Flipboard; shares on Instagram where he has been and what he ate; tweets his thoughts away; uses #Facebook to arrange friend

Do you speak a foreign language? As a nation, we Brits are famed (and frequently shamed) for our lack of prowess in foreign #languages, clinging instead to the monolingual identity for which we are known. The approximated statistics for UK residents classed as fluent solely in English range from 65% to a whopping 95%. However, this does leave a presumably #multilingual percentage left over, which amounts to a not insignificant number encompassing up to 22 million people. Than

#France is seeing an increase in the number of young people #emigrating #overseas. Surely, its rising #unemployment rate plays a part? It’s not just young #professionals that flee for #work – ironically enough, even the most unqualified go abroad in order to find basic jobs, from #waiters in #restaurants to #office secretaries. Whilst #employment is already strained, the #financial crisis diffusing and deepening itself across Europe does nothing to help the situation, or boo

Google is looking to expand its Gmail with another service: money transfer! This useful service is already available to #American users of the #Android operating system. By including the Google Wallet payment system in the Gmail Android app, you can send and receive money from contacts, and it is as easy to use as sending an ordinary attachment; instead of a PDF or a Word file select the money option! The recipient will get a Gmail Wallet coupon the value of which can be tran

I believe that the business of #gastronomy is about looking for inexpensive ingredients in order to produce luxury meals. Vietnamese Pho (soup) has become a #fashionable dish in London eateries - not just in #Vietnamese restaurants. In #Westfield for example, one bowl costs you over five pounds; a high cost indeed when you consider that I often cook enough Pho for the whole family for under a fiver! #Recipe books usually tell you to make the stock from ox tail, but in #London

Don't text and drive should be more than a catchy slogan, it should be something we obey every time we have to drive, for our own safety and the safety of those around us. In the near future, I think we will need to come up with another catchy #slogan to stop people from texting messages when they are in the cinema. I understand the new generation can't turn off their #smartphones because they want to be connected, telling everyone what they have eaten, where they are, where