Tag Archives: technology-news
The Met is struggling to meet the cost of security for the wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton because thousands of officers will earn double time for working on a bank holiday. It’s estimated the event will now cost … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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January 14, 2011 by benim
Breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months is not necessarily best for a baby’s health, British researchers said Friday, calling into question advice given to new mothers. The team led by a paediatrician from University College London said babies fed … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Lifestyle, Parenting, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Breast, breast milk, Breastfeed, breastfeeding, childhood, Embassies and Consulates, Entertainment Culture, family, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, Hospitality Recreation, human development, IndepthAfrica, Infancy, Infant, Infant feeding, infant formula, Jack Newman, La Leche League International, Lactational amenorrhea method, London, New York City, News local news, newspapers, Parenting, technology-news, United Kingdom, United States, University College London, World Health Organisation, World Health Organization, World news
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December 20, 2010 by benim
Google TV is apparently encountering a bit of static that has resulted in a programming change. A host of TV manufacturers has been expected to unveil new Internet-ready TVs at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month. But … read more »
Posted in Sci/Technology
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Tagged breaking news, business-news, Commerce, computing, consumer electronics show, digital media, Google, Google TV, google tvs, IndepthAfrica world news, Las Vegas, Matthew Moskovciak, NBC, Netflix, New York Times, Technology Internet, technology-news, Television, television program
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December 1, 2010 by benim
Nigeria currently occupies the number three position in the worldwide cybercrime trends index, Nigeria’s anti-graft boss said yesterday. Speaking on the first day of the 1st West African cybercrime summit in Abuja, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Computer crime, cybercrimes, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Farida Mzamber Waziri, Farida Waziri, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Information and communication technologies, International relations, Law enforcement in Nigeria, Nigeria, nigeria comes, Political geography, Sola Akinyede, Technology Internet, technology-news, West Africa, West African States
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November 20, 2010 by benim
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that his company is to launch a new email messaging system. Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/APOne of my boys has his birthday this weekend. Even if he hadn’t been reminding me on a daily basis, … read more »
Posted in Sci/Technology
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Tagged Andrew Bosworth, computing, Cross-platform software, email address, Facebook, gmail, IndepthAfrica, Instant messaging client, mail, Mark Zuckerberg, Online social networking, Saint Albans, San Francisco, SMS, Social information processing, Social network, Technology Internet, technology-news, Web 2.0, World Wide Web
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November 16, 2010 by benim
They said it wouldn’t last — e-mail, that is. Crippled by a ceaseless deluge of spam and infected with computer viruses and malware, e-mail became the symbol of all that was wrong with technology. Then came texting and smartphones and … read more »
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Tagged Andrew Bosworth, computing, Cross-platform software, email address, Facebook, gmail, IndepthAfrica, Instant messaging client, mail, Mark Zuckerberg, Online social networking, Saint Albans, San Francisco, SMS, Social information processing, Social network, Technology Internet, technology-news, Web 2.0, World Wide Web
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November 15, 2010 by benim
According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s unofficial mission is to make “the world more open and connected.” But there are limits to how open you should be on Facebook and while you might enjoy sharing photos and status … read more »
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Tagged Andrew Bosworth, computing, Cross-platform software, email address, Facebook, gmail, IndepthAfrica, Instant messaging client, mail, Mark Zuckerberg, Online social networking, Saint Albans, San Francisco, SMS, Social information processing, Social network, Technology Internet, technology-news, Web 2.0, World Wide Web
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November 15, 2010 by benim
SAN FRANCISCO–”We don’t think that a modern messaging system is going to be e-mail,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a press conference on Monday morning as it unveiled a hotly anticipated revamp of its messaging system that many pundits … read more »
Posted in Sci/Technology
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Tagged Andrew Bosworth, computing, Cross-platform software, email address, Facebook, gmail, IndepthAfrica, Instant messaging client, mail, Mark Zuckerberg, Online social networking, Saint Albans, San Francisco, SMS, Social information processing, Social network, Technology Internet, technology-news, Web 2.0, World Wide Web
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November 11, 2010 by benim
Time your statuses, tracks friends’ likes, download entire photo albums and be invisible on chat. Calcalist presents: Tools and tips to best utilize popular social network. 1. Post statuses to a select group Facebook offers a very useful feature called … read more »
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Tagged add-ons, Blog hosting services, contact list, Facebook, Facebook features, FRIENDS, Google Talk, Ilan Leibovitch, IndepthAfrica, London, Online social networking, Social information processing, social media, Technology Internet, technology-news, Twitter, United Kingdom, Web 2.0, World Wide Web
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November 10, 2010 by benim
Google is now telling anyone stupid enough to import Gmail contacts into Facebook to reconsider such a foolish move because it’s a “trap”. The two companies have been angrily shaking handbags at each other over the past few days in … read more »
Posted in Sci/Technology
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Tagged computing, Cross-platform software, data sharing, Facebook, gmail, Google, Google vs facebook, IndepthAfrica, Internet, London, Online social networking, Social information processing, Technology Internet, technology-news, United Kingdom, Web 2.0, World Wide Web
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October 28, 2010 by benim
Google Places is coming into its own with the just-introduced Place Search functionality that finally adds local search to Google’s growing database of places — more than 50 million locations, to be exact. Place Search is built into the standard … read more »
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Tagged computing, Everett, GeoAPI, Google, Google Earth, Google maps, Google Places, Human-computer interaction, Indepth Africa, Internet search engines, Keyhole Markup Language, local search, mobile payment, Place Pages, product manager, SimpleGeo, Technology Internet, technology-news, World Wide Web, Yelp
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October 27, 2010 by benim
Yahoo wants to make its Web e-mail service a place you never want to — or more importantly — have to leave to get your social fix. The company on Wednesday is releasing an overhauled version of its Yahoo Mail … read more »
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Tagged computing, e-mail, Facebook, Flickr, IndepthAfrica, Instant Messaging, Picasa, Technology Internet, technology-news, Twitter, Webmail, World Wide Web, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Mail, Yakima, Youtube
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October 25, 2010 by benim
They are clean, fast and exciting. But will electric cars sell in large numbers? Nissan, General Motors, Ford and a host of start-ups like Tesla Motors, BYD and Fisker Automotive have placed a multibillion dollar bet that a growing number … read more »
Posted in Sci/Technology
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Tagged Alternative propulsion, Battery electric vehicles, Business Finance, BYD, car manufacturers, CODA Automotive, Cornell University, Edmonds, Electric Car, electric vehicle, Fisker Automotive, General Motors, Green Vehicles, Indepth Africa, Nikola Tesla, Nissan, Nissan Motors, sports cars, sustainability, Sustainable transport, Technology Internet, technology-news, Tesla Motors, Tesla Roadster, zero motorcycles
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October 25, 2010 by benim
PRIVACY watchdogs are to investigate after Google admitted taking emails and passwords from home computers across Britain. The search engine confessed that their Street View cars had downloaded personal data from wireless networks during mapping runs. Anti-surveillance campaigners said it … read more »
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Tagged Alan Eustace, computing, Google, Google Admits, Google Street View, Indepth Africa, London, password, privacy, Privacy International, Simon Davies, Technology Internet, technology-news, The Watchdogs, Uniform Resource Locator, United Kingdom, wi-fi, wireless network, wireless networking
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