Friday, March 2, 2012

FOR THE ELITE: World's Most Expensive Watch: Louis Moinet Watch Set $4.6Mil


Louis Moinet Watch Set: $4.6 Mil
You are looking at the one-of-a-kind Meteoris from watch maker Louis Moinet. Meteoris is a set of four watches and this artfully made mechanical planetarium. The set is for the serious astrological and horological connoisseur. Clearly very expensive, the set has some interesting features that are worth knowing about. Looking at the planetarium it is clear that the table like structure is on a pedestal with an ornate mechanical planetarium on it surrounded by four pillow sections for the watches. Actually, Given the complexity of the planetarium, I wish that Louis Moinet would have put more effort into giving the watches more appropriate housings. You have four piece unique watches that are each beautifully made tourbillons that are just sitting there on a pillow. At least give them a dust cover.

GAMES and GADGETS: Why Your Next Hardware Purchase Needs To Be A Tablet

Forbes
With 11.2 million Apple iPad’s sold in Q4 2011 alone and with iPad3 looming, it’s time to make the firm argument that business owners (particularly those that run a small, tight ship) need to integrate the device into their business in a way that’s more than just “I synced my work e-mail to my personal iPad.”

BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY: Facebook Timeline For Brands: It's About Storytelling

FORBES:

As anticipated, Facebook Timeline for Pages was announced Wednesday. The buzz is deafening. Us social media types don’t lack opinions or channels to share them. Among my network, the chatter is mostly positive, obsessed with aesthetics of the interface, new navigation patterns and the placement of things like Apps, Photos and the like. But this, my “friends,” is not the real story here.

WHERE THEY DO THAT AT?: RICH FAMILY KEEPS IMMIGRANT SERVANT IN CLOSET FOR 6 YEARS

courtesy of Smoking Gun
A wealthy New York woman is facing criminal charges after being accused of keeping an illegal immigrant as an indentured servant and forcing her to live in a closet for nearly six years.
Documents posted on the Smoking Gun allege that Annie George, 39, and her now-deceased husband, Mathai Kolath George, hired an illegal immigrant from the Indian state of Kerala. The immigrant, identified only as "V.M.," was promised about $1,000 a month in wages to live in the family's 34-room, 30,000-square-foot home, known as Llenroc mansion, which houses a helicopter pad, 15 fireplaces, marble flooring, 24-karat gold gilded ceilings and a glass elevator. V.M. was tasked with taking care of the Georges' four young children, along with performing household duties in the mansion located about 20 miles north of Albany.