TLDR:With this limited time deal, you can become a Sam’s Club member for 12 months and enjoy some popular Sam’s Club items for free, all for less than $20. The holiday season wasn’t quite the same in 2020. With some travel restrictions still in place and general unease over safety a major concern, many celebrated a little more quietly last year, with fewer family and friends than a more traditional year-end holiday celebration....

If you want to hold a private conversation on Twitter, your only option is to use the direct messaging system. While it’s an easy way to converse, it doesn’t exactly work in real-time, and it doesn’t allow for group chat. A new desktop app,Joint, is bringing the flow of instant messaging and group chat to your existing Twitter contacts. The app is created byEthan Gahng, the person behindLazyFeedandLazyScope. It works like Twitter’s DM system, which means you can only chat with people you follow....

Residents of Nottingham are going to witness a UK first:a wireless charging electric vehicle trial. Nine electric taxis will roam the streets of the city, named after the trial itself, WiCET (Wireless Charging of Electric Taxis). WiCETis a demonstration project funded by the UK Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV), as one of Innovate UK’s portfolio of on-street wireless charging (OSWC) projects. The etaxi fleet will consist of five plug-in hybrid LEVC TX taxis and four all-electric Nissan Dynamo taxis, all bearing the message “This electric taxi will charge wirelessly....

You might think that the United Arab Emirates with its futuristic skyscraper cities would be the beating heart of what is Middle Eastern technology today. However, a much more unassuming, low-key country is earning itself that title through an impressive number of persevering, talented and creative entrepreneurs. Jordan is at the top of the list for the most technology startups, and its developers are at the forefront of some of the most popular Middle Eastern startups to have come out of the region....

Since its launch at the end of March 2011, Jordanian-based on-demand video siteIstikanahas achieved up an impressive milestone. The site has racked up 1 million visits in the 135 days since itslaunchat ArabNet 2011. Theannouncementon Istikana’s blog read: We started Istikana with a simple mission: To help people find and enjoy on-demand premium classic Arabic TV content through a service that users, content owners and advertisers love. We believed that if we could get the right content on the right platform, then we could really build something special....