2015年2月24日 星期二

2015-02-25 Ghana Sci/Tech


ABC News
   
Mummified monk found inside Buddha statue   
The Hindu
A gold-painted Chinese statue of a Buddha in sitting position hides the mummified remains of a high-status monk who lived nearly 1,000 years ago, scientists have found. The secret hidden in the statue was discovered when preservationists began restoring it ...

Buddha statue reveals remains of mummified monk inside   Washington Post
CT Scan Reveals Mummy Inside Chinese Buddha Statue   ABC News
Mummified monk revealed inside 1000-year-old Buddha statue   Telegraph.co.uk
Christian Science Monitor   
GMA News   
NDTV   
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Mobile & Apps
   
LG Watch Urbane official trailer teases luxurious Android Wear smartwatch ...   
Mobile & Apps
LG recently announced a sleek and impressive Android Wear smartwatch called the LG Watch Urbane, and now the company has released a neat promo video for the gadget. The new LG Watch Urbane is a stylish all-metal Android Wear smartwatch built with ...

LG Watch Urbane Promo Video Released   Geeky Gadgets

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IBNLive
   
Can hackers track you using your phone battery?   
GMA News
Can your smartphone betray your location to potential spies with just its - surprise! - power consumption? A technique developed by researchers at Stanford University and Israel's defense research group Rafael suggests this could be the case, Wired.com ...

Privacy researchers have come up with a new, unbelievably creative way to ...   Quartz
Phones can be tracked by battery use   The Nation
Battery power alone can be used to track Android phones   BBC News
India Today   
NDTV   
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Airtel Ghana launches DOTGO SMS Web browsing service   
Biztech Africa
Mobile messaging innovator DOTGO has announced that partner Airtel Ghana has deployed DOTGO's signature SMS-based Internet service to its 4 million subscribers. The DOTGO SMS Web Browser is a ground-breaking service that gives all mobile phone ...


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IBNLive
   
Pebble Time smartwatch raises more than $1 million in less than an hour of ...   
IBNLive
New Delhi: Pebble Time, the latest smartwatch by Pebble Technology, garnered more than a million dollars on project-funding website Kickstarter within an hour of getting listed. The company announced its latest smartwatch on February 24 and through a ...

Smartwatch already breaking records   NEWS.com.au
Pebble's First Color Display Smartwatch Breaks Kickstarter Record   Inc.com
The New Pebble Time Smart Watch from Pebble Debuts on Kickstarter!   JBG News
Mashable   
Forbes   
San Francisco Chronicle   
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Quartz
   
Google bans porn, sexually explicit pics from Blogger   
Times of India (blog)
Porn and other sexually explicit images will be banned from Blogger, with Google giving users one month to comply or get banned from hosting public blogs. Users must take down all "sexually explicit or graphic nude images or video", or their sites will be ...

Google Clamping Down On Nudity, Adult Content On Blogger Platform   CBS Local
Google takes aim at blog porn   The Australian (blog)
Blogger cracks down on porn   NEWS.com.au (blog)
BuzzFeed News   
National Monitor   
CNET (blog)   
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CBC.ca
   
Canadian flag emoji included in Apple's new, racially-diverse character set   
CBC.ca
Ready your thumbs Canada; It appears as though our fight for a spot on the emoji keyboard may finally be coming to an end. Apple released the newest beta versions of iOS and OSX to developers this week, and screenshots of the redesigned emoji character ...

Critics are wrong about Apple introducing racist emojis   Los Angeles Times
Here's Where Emoji Skin-Tone Colors Come From   NPR (blog)
Apple to roll out racially-diverse emoji   Bay News 9
Huffington Post   
Voice of America   
Sky News   
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New York Times
   
Don't malign rats for the Black Death - the gerbils were to blame   
New Zealand Herald
Who, me? Researchers say gerbils, not rats, may have been to blame for the Black Death in Europe. Photo / Thinkstock. The Black Death has always been bad publicity for rats, with the rodent widely blamed for killing millions of people across Europe by ...

Revisionist history: Gerbils, not rats, may have caused bubonic plague, study says   OCRegister
Gerbils, Not Rats, May Have Caused Bubonic Plague, Study Finds   ABC News
Gerbils, Not Rats Behind Spread of Black Death   Discovery News
NPR (blog)   
The Times (subscription)   
Toronto Sun   
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Live Science
   
The Best Length for Eyelashes, According to Science   
Live Science
Cosmeticians probably won't agree, but scientists say eyelashes have an optimal length: a third of the width of the eye. This ratio helps keep the eyes wet, according to a new study that attempts to answer the question: What are eyelashes for anyway?
Ideal lash length follows one-third rule   ABC Online
How fake eyelashes can damage your sight   Daily Mail
Length of Lashes Keeps Eyes From Drying, Study Finds   New York Times
Yahoo News UK   
Science News   
Emirates 24/7   
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Tech2
   
18 Of 25 Popular Mobile Apps Vulnerable To Attacks: McAfee   
Huffington Post India
A model holds an Apple Inc. iPhone 5s displaying an application for Line Corp.'s internet messaging and calling service, controlled by Naver Corp., in an arranged photograph in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. SoftBank Corp. is seeking to buy ...

Mobile apps fail to patch 'basic' security flaw, McAfee Labs says   CBC.ca
McAfee: Mobile apps are potential target for cyber-attacks   Tech2
McAfee Labs: Your Favorite Apps Vulnerable to Attack   Wall Street Journal
InformationWeek   
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