Time for a Poképolicy?
AS Pokémon fever grips the nation like the heady days of the late 90s thanks to the augmented reality mobile game phenomenon that is Pokémon Go, one sharp legal advisor has asked whether employers should consider a Pokémon policy.
Law at Work’s legal adviser Paman Singh said employers “may want to revisit workplace policies to prevent a workplace distraction becoming a workplace hazard”.
It may sound a tad overdramatic, but note that Boeing issued a memo to its workforce banning play during work hours after a member of staff was nearly injured while playing the game.
Rumours that Mr Singh arrived late for the press briefing because he was tracking down Pikachu are unsubstantiated.
Give while you eat
MARY’S Meals, the charity dedicated to providing school kids around the world with one healthy meal a day, has tapped into a new giving stream.
The Scottish organisations has teamed up with Lunchbox, the contactless payment terminal that allows people make small donations when buying their lunch.
Around 1500 “taps” had been made within six weeks of the partnership launching.
Alan Brown, executive director of Mary’s Meals UK, said: “We are very excited about this innovative use of technology and we are delighted with Lunchbox’s success which is already transforming the lives of thousands of children."
Worth the wait?
CRAFT brewer Innis & Gunn is sure to tantalise its fans with the launch of a beer that’s not designed to be drunk for a century.
While most beers and put in the fridge for a couple of hours, Innis & Gunn Vintage is to be put in a time capsule with instructions to be opened in 2116.
The Bottom Line can only wildly speculate as to how popular a 7.7 per cent abv ale will be with our robot overlords, but Innis & Gunner master brewer Dougal Sharp has explained that the beer is a bottle-conditioned strong ale that becomes richer and more complex the longer it is left.
The absence of food spoilage bacteria in the beer will mean the century old Vintage will be drinkable, with a flavour profile far different from how it tastes today.
Betamax bonanza
WHILE gold has always been seen as a fairly reliable investment it turns out that redundant, derided technology is also worth holding on to.
Credit comparison site TotallyMoney.com has compiled research that shows the BetaMax once much-loved by The Bottom Line is worth £880. And that Sega Saturn games console in the back of the cupboard is now worth almost double its original price, at £772.
Most impressive of all, anyone who bought an Amstrad CPC 464 in 1984 for £199 is now looking at a tidy little windfall of around £3,117.
“Cutting-edge tech that stuttered and failed to deliver on its promise is now proving to be a nice little earner for those early adopters who stuck to their guns and decided to keep hold of these goods,” says Joe Gardiner from TotallyMoney.com, who thoroughly recommends a rummage around the loft.
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