Tag: February

16 JAN

Varicose veins? Why January and February are the best time of year to seek out treatment

Varicose veins occur when valves in the leg veins stop working properly, meaning the blood falls down the veins when standing up, rather than flowing upwards towards the heart.  In their simplest form, varicose veins can be identified as bulging veins which protrude from the legs but, up to half of all varicose veins sufferers […]

12 JAN

The corpse of Circuit City will rise again on February 15

Enlarge (credit: Circuit City) Circuit City is coming back, and this time, the license holders propping up the ancient big-box retail chain say they mean it. Following a tease of a CES announcement, current company CEO Ronny Shmoel confirmed on Monday that something called Circuit City will arrive as “a new, more personalized online shopping experience” […]

11 JAN

Apple to hand off Chinese iCloud operations to local firm in February

Enlarge (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Chinese iCloud customers have been notified that Apple will transfer operations of its cloud storage service to the local firm Guizhou on the Cloud Big Data (GCBD) starting next month. Apple announced the partnership with GCBD last year and claims the new iCloud operations will help the company comply with Chinese regulations. As […]

08 JAN

AMD’s 2018 roadmap: Desktop APUs in February, second-generation Ryzen in April

Enlarge / Ryzen die shot. (credit: AMD) AMD has used CES to lay out its plans for 2018. Over the first half of the year, the company is going to release the final missing members of the Ryzen product line-up. Starting in April and continuing into the second half of the year, Ryzen will start […]

19 DEC

‘Dragon Quest Builders’ arrives on Switch in February

Square Enix’s Minecraft­-style construction game Dragon Quest Builders is coming to Nintendo Switch on February 9 next year. The game — which was released last year on PS4, PS3 and Vita — sees players gather materials, reconstruct towns and fight monsters through a sprawling RPG. It’s all very Minecraft-esque, but offers a more structured gameplay […]

15 DEC

How to Fly American’s Best Business Class Seats Domestically in January and February

How to Fly AA’s Best Business Class Domestically in Jan-Feb Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]

28 NOV

Civilization VI’s first expansion — Rise and Fall — is coming February 8

2K and Firaxis announced today that Civilization VI is getting its first expansion. Rise and Fall will come out for the PC strategy game on February 8. Civilization VI launched on October 21, 2016. As of May, it has sold more than 2 million copies. A paid expansion can help bring in additional revenue. Rise […]

01 NOV

‘Captain Marvel’ To Begin Filming in California in February – Here’s Why That Matters

For the past few years, Marvel Studios productions have been filmed primarily on sound stages located in Atlanta or in London. But Captain Marvel, Marvel’s first female-led superhero film that stars Brie Larson and is being directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, is heading back to the California, where the studio made its mark shooting films like 2008’s Iron Man. Here’s why […]

26 MAY

‘Far Cry 5’ brings cult mayhem to Hope County February 27th

Far Cry 5 is going to be a little different than you might expect. The new announcement trailer paints a picture of pastoral life that lends itself surprisingly well to the franchise’s familiar trappings: hunting, off-road vehicles, airplanes and guns. And it seemingly wraps it all together in a way that seems like a more […]