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BlackBerry Prices Drop in India
Apr 16th
A new print campaign in today’s newspapers suggest that Research in Motion (RIM) has dropped the prices of BlackBerry phones in India by as much as 27% making the devices even more affordable. Contrary to what some may think, BlackBerry is actually a very popular brand in India for two reasons – there’s BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and the devices are generally good value for money. The god of Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, also carries a BlackBerry though it’s a designer edition done by Porsche
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BlackBerry Prices Drop in India
Laser un-printers could help save the trees
Mar 15th
If you’re concerned about deforestation, you likely blue-bin the no-longer-needed sheets of paper that have been run through your printer. You should keep in mind, however, that even though the recycling of that paper saves trees, the process still requires considerable energy, and most recycled paper still contains some virgin wood pulp.
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Laser un-printers could help save the trees
New tech could allow drone aircraft to recognize deck crews’ arm signals
Mar 15th
We’ve all seen footage of flight crews on the decks of aircraft carriers, directing taxiing planes using arm signals. That’s all very well and good when they’re communicating with human pilots, but what happens as more and more human-piloted military aircraft are replaced with autonomous drones?
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New tech could allow drone aircraft to recognize deck crews’ arm signals
The Proper Way to Cite Tweets in your Paper
Mar 6th
When Twitter launched in early 2006, it was meant to be place where people would share “what they were doing” in 140 characters or less. That quickly changed and Twitter transformed into a communication channel where people would go to discover breaking news, companies would offer customer support or share product roadmaps, celebrities connected with fans and political activists living under oppressive regimes used Twitter to reach a global audience. No wonder these tweets, though still limited to 140 characters, regularly inspire news stories in traditional media, researchers cite tweets in their academic papers and authors have written complete books using curated tweets – see Tweets from Tahrir and The World According to Twitter
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The Proper Way to Cite Tweets in your Paper
Netflix has no plans to make an app for BlackBerry devices
Feb 25th
Netflix has no plans to support BlackBerry devices in the future, Reuters reported Friday. That includes the recently updated BlackBerry PlayBook, Research in Motion’s beleaguered tablet released in 2011. As shown above, the company made its intentions, or lack thereof, clear in a response on Twitter to a disgruntled PlayBook owner on Thursday
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Netflix has no plans to make an app for BlackBerry devices
Nokia becomes top Windows Phone vendor after just one quarter
Feb 25th
Nokia was late to the game with regard to Windows Phone (among other things). The Finnish phone giant announced early last year that it would be dumping Symbian in favor of Microsoft’s mobile platform, and its first two Windows Phones were unveiled in October, about a year after Samsung, HTC and other companies first launched similar devices. Despite the head start enjoyed by its rivals, however, it took Nokia less than one quarter to become the top Windows Phone vendor in the world
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Nokia becomes top Windows Phone vendor after just one quarter
Satellite reveals that cloud tops are dropping
Feb 23rd
The sky is falling … sort of. Over the last 10 years, the height of clouds has been shrinking, according to new research
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Satellite reveals that cloud tops are dropping
Triceratops had arms of an athlete, study finds
Feb 23rd
The three-horned dinosaur Triceratops may have had a more upright, athletic posture than thought, new anatomical evidence suggests.
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Triceratops had arms of an athlete, study finds
iPhone and Android apps now required to have privacy policies
Feb 23rd
The makers of the most widely used mobile app stores have agreed to comply with a California law requiring mobile apps that collect personal information to have a privacy policy. California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced the agreement today with Apple and Google, which run the two most popular mobile app stores, as well as Amazon, HP, Microsoft, and Research In Motion
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iPhone and Android apps now required to have privacy policies
Scientists working to build a better leaf
Feb 18th
Science editor Alan Boyle’s blog: Researchers have been trying for decades to improve upon photosynthesis, but now they think they’re finallly seeing the sunlight at the end of the tunnel.
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Scientists working to build a better leaf
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