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Technology makes America's Cup a sport for the masses
AFP, Published on 01/07/2013
» YouTube, mobile applications, and the tech wizardry of veteran sailor Stan Honey are out to make America's Cup yacht racing as thrilling a spectator sport as Formula One.
Hong Kong prescribes new dose of old Chinese medicine
AFP, Published on 30/04/2013
» Despite the age of its recipes, Chinese medicine -- which continues to thrive among Hong Kong's seven million residents -- is not standing still.
Facebook chief Zuckerberg 'tackling politics'
AFP, Published on 27/03/2013
» Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg is helping form a group to lobby for US political reform in areas such as education and immigration policy, according to US media reports spreading online.
Sandberg book urges women to 'Lean In' to succeed
AFP, Published on 11/03/2013
» Powerful Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg is out to make herself less of an anomaly as she launches a campaign to inspire women to pursue their passions at work and at home.
US elections: Social media's top 10 comedy moments
AFP, Published on 05/11/2012
» The US presidential campaign may be a deadly serious affair, but Americans have taken to social networks to lighten the mood with a good dose of humor and sarcasm. Here are our top 10:
Iraqi officials venture into world of the Internet
AFP, Published on 22/10/2012
» Smiling shyly, Wassan Saleh admitted to being the face of a vast problem across Iraq's bureaucracy that officials are now trying to remedy: she had never used a computer.
Online universities blossom in Asia
AFP, Published on 02/09/2012
» Thousands of kilometres from Kuala Lumpur in Cameroon, doctoral student Michael Nkwenti Ndongfack attends his Open University Malaysia classes online and hopes to defend his final thesis by Skype.
'Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational' to make transition from Vita to PS3
AFP, Published on 23/08/2012
» Swimming against the tide of console-to-handheld conversions is PlayStation Vita game Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational, which is to release for Japanese PlayStation 3s come November 22, 2012.
Coursera makes top college courses free online
AFP, Published on 23/07/2012
» Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng share a vision in which anyone, no matter how destitute, can expand their minds and prospects with lessons from the world's top universities.
Harvard, MIT unite to expand online education
AFP, Published on 04/05/2012
» Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are teaming up to expand their online education programs -- and they're inviting other institutions to come on board.