Image via Wikipedia Bryan highlighted this story on the BBC News website to me. The Russians seem to be taking the issue that the asteroid “Apophis” could hit the Earth. The asteroid is 2.7 × 1010 kg in mass and is 450 metres in length. It is set to pass near Earth and hence a possible collision...
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Tags: 99942 Apophis, Anatoly Perminov, Earth, NASA, Near-Earth object, Russian Federal Space Agency, Solar sail
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Image by VitiligoCover via Flickr Two recent events should be highlighted to any politician thinking of using twitter to further their electoral prospects. These two stories do serve as maybe a warning, before the commit. Case 1: Dale v McCarthy. This case surrounds allegations made by the Hon. Kerry McCarthy, MP for Bristol East, about the...
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Tags: Arguments, Germany, Government, Helge Limburg, Iain Dale, Kerry McCarthy, Lower Saxony, Politics, Poll, twitter, UK, Uwe Schünemann
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Image via Wikipedia So the EU Commission has gotten agreement from 10 major phone manufacturers on a common mobile phone charger. This means people will no longer need to ask questions such as “Do you have a Nokia charger” or whatever. The common charger will be based on Mini-USB. According to the BBC there...
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Tags: Battery charger, European Commission, Mobile, Mobile phone, Nokia, Telecommunications, Universal Serial Bus
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Image via CrunchBase Techcrunch have started the voting in the Europas which according to them is the tech innovation awards honouring the best tech companies and startups across the web and mobile scene from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The awards will be announced on the 9th of July in a ceremony...
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Tags: Awards, Business and Economy, Europe the Middle East and Africa, Social innovation, Society and Culture, Tech, Techcrunch, Voting
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