Tag: Mecca

09 AUG

Saudi Arabia beheads & crucifies convicted criminal in Mecca

An execution in Saudi Arabia has again caused a media stir after a man was beheaded and crucified in Mecca for murder, robbery and rape. It comes amid a human rights spat between the ultra-conservative kingdom and Canada. The Myanmar man was convicted of killing a woman and other crimes, the state-run Saudi Press Agency […]

17 JAN

How This Southern City Is Becoming a Mecca for Startups

The Innovation Depot, like the city it calls home, won’t astound outsiders in a passing glance. The business incubator in downtown Birmingham has ascendant windows, metallic fixtures, translucent-paned offices and an in-house artisanal diner — all the feel of startup culture, without the luxurious accoutrements of a similar venue in Silicon Valley. No, to appreciate […]

20 DEC

Inside the Palo Alto ‘Facebook House’ where Mark Zuckerberg lived, that’s now a Mecca for aspiring-entrepreneurs

Rob Price/BI In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg and the early Facebook team moved into a five-bed house in Palo Alto, California. It was run like a “frat house,” and would later be made famous by the 2010 film “The Social Network.” Today it’s a haven for budding entrepreneurs and business students, and Business Insider got a […]

24 APR

Developers set to bring the sound of silence to London’s musical mecca

ALAMY Signs of Denmark Street’s great cultural past still exist Together they made pop history. Their hit Your Song was written by Bernie on the roof of 20 Denmark Street (hence the line, “I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss”), a short road in central London better known as Tin Pan Alley.  […]