October, 2016

• 30 October

  US, Russian, Japanese astronauts return from ISS

    Astana / AFP Three astronauts landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday following a 115-day mission aboard the the International Space Station, including US astronaut Kate Rubins, the first person to sequence DNA in space. Russian mission control confirmed the touchdown of NASA’s Rubins, Roscosmos’ Anatoly Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency at 0358 GMT. The ...

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• 30 October

  Now, Apple goes smarter with Nike-edition watch

  

    Bloomberg Apple isn’t the first to add GPS functionality to a smartwatch, but it’s the first to make something that feels like a running watch. And the company is doubling down on that with a Nike edition, while Nike is bringing features from its phone app directly to all models of Apple Watch. THE IMPORTANCE OF GPS The original ...

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• 30 October

  Apple pushes external monitor development

  

    Bloomberg Apple Inc. embraced a new strategy for selling external monitors to professional users by launching new large, high-resolution screens with LG Electronics Inc. The new displays were highlighted by Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller on stage during the company’s Mac-focused press conference at its Cupertino, California, headquarters. The monitors come in 21.5-inch and 27-inch sizes, with 4K ...

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• 30 October

  E-learning enters bot era

    Relaxnews The world’s largest education company is leveraging IBM’s Watson platform as it tries to take college tutoring from campus libraries to the virtual world. Pearson Plc is partnering with Armonk, New York-based International Business Machines Corp. to use the Watson artificial intelligence product as an online tutor for college courseware. The companies on Tuesday announced a pilot project ...

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• 30 October

  15 years of portable music from Apple’s iPod

  

    Relaxnews When Steve Jobs presented the first ever iPod on October 23, 2001, he shook up the music industry and the way the world consumes music for good. With Apple’s portable multimedia player, music fans could carry their whole record collection in their pocket in digital form. The original model met with considerable success and was rolled out in ...

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• 30 October

  Mobile money on the move

  

    KAMPALA / AP Ivan Kiryowa repeatedly checked the balance on his phone, nervous sweat on his cheeks, as he waited for money from a friend. Thirty minutes later, $150 had landed in his account and he sauntered into a hardware store, where he bought bags of cement. “Mobile money is convenient for many of us who rely on our ...

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• 30 October

  Ethiopia tin-roofed shacks make way for high-rises

  

    Addis Ababa / AFP Surrounded by the rubble of her former neighbours’ homes, Getnesh Amare hangs her laundry in the shadow of the high-rise offices and hotels taking over the once insalubrious centre of Ethiopia’s capital. “They have come many times to force us to move quickly. I’m not happy, but it’s a must. I have to move,” the ...

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• 29 October

  Greece confirms to take part in Expo 2020 Dubai

    DUBAI / WAM Greece has become the latest nation to confirm its commitment to participate in Expo 2020 Dubai, building on the strong links between the two countries in various fields Expo 2020 Dubai, announced on Saturday that Greece confirmed its official participation in Expo 2020 through a letter from the Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, addressed to His ...

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• 29 October

  Dubai Chamber opens first trade office in China

    DUBAI / WAM The first Dubai Chamber of Commerce trade office in China was opened this week. As part of its strategy to reach out to promising markets and promote Dubai as a global business and trade hub, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry opened its 7th international office in Chinese city of Shanghai on Saturday. The opening ...

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• 29 October

  Masdar, QinetiQ & Sand-X Motors to develop Unmanned Rover System

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi-based Masdar Institute of Science Technology, UK-based QinetiQ, a leading technology development and engineering company operating primarily in the defense, security and aerospace markets, and Swiss-based all-terrain vehicle (ATV) developer Sand-X Motors, have announced their collaboration to develop an Unmanned Rover System (URS) on Saturday at the URS award kick-off meeting, which was hosted by ...

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