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Apple still a star without Steve Jobs, but doubts linger
AFP, Published on 04/10/2016
» WASHINGTON - Five years after the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the Silicon Valley tech giant is bigger and stronger, despite lingering doubts over its future without the visionary leader.
Syrian refugees invent app for Germany's bureaucracy maze
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» BERLIN - Interminable queues, impenetrable paperwork, unpronounceable German words -- the hurdles for any newcomer to Europe's top economy can be daunting but now there's an app for that, says a team of enterprising Syrian refugees.
Alphabet joins drone tests as US considers new rules
AFP, Published on 03/08/2016
» WASHINGTON - Google parent Alphabet is joining tests for drone deliveries, US officials announced Tuesday, as the White House unveiled accelerated rulemaking for commercial unmanned aircraft operations.
The perils of an electronic voting system
Life, James Hein, Published on 13/07/2016
» I was talking to some friends in Australia about the recent election and by the time you read this, a week-and-a-half later, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declared victory for his conservative coalition. The reason it has taken so long besides it being very close is that the process is still a manual one. People put numbers in boxes with a pencil and other people then count all of the numbers entered on the ballots to eventually work out how many people voted for which people in what order. To make it more complicated Australia has a preferential voting system that can see someone with 0.5% of the vote get a Senate seat due to redistribution rules. The discussion was around how difficult it would be to set up an electronic voting system.
Art and iPhone photographs: Prisma and other available apps
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 06/07/2016
» Early on Friday morning, there was some excitement in the overnight news about an app developed in Russia that applied artistic effects to photographs. This is not a new idea and I have had some apps that do similar tasks, going back to when I had the iPhone 3G.
Apple will promote organ donations in Health app
AFP, Published on 06/07/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Apple on Tuesday announced that the coming version of software for iPhones will include an easy way for people in the US to become organ donors.
Fixzy to the rescue
Life, AKIN, Published on 29/06/2016
» Home maintenance and handyman jobs -- from plumbing to leaking toilets, air-con cleaning and electricity issues -- are now easily solved with the Fixzy app.
Rise of the machines: Pakistani roboteers hunt global soccer glory
AFP, Published on 27/06/2016
» ISLAMABAD - The little striker wearing a crescent moon and star jersey lines up his penalty and kicks right, netting his goal as the keeper dives the wrong way and hits the ground yelping in pain.
Apple free to take bite out of India after rule change
AFP, Published on 22/06/2016
» NEW DELHI (INDIA) - The gleaming glass atriums and blue-clad "geniuses" of an Apple store could soon be arriving in India, after the government cleared the way for it to open in the rapidly growing smartphone market.
US opens up skies for commercial drone operators
AFP, Published on 22/06/2016
» WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday unveiled long-awaited new rules that clear the way for small, commercial drones to operate across US airspace -- but don't expect an aerial delivery from Amazon just yet.