en-gh-hotdailynews: 2015-04-16 Ghana Sci/Tech

Microsoft Lumia 540 dual SIM latest addition to Windows Phone lineup
Mobiletor.com
After years of pining for its own devices business, all Microsoft does is release underwhelming smartphones like the Lumia 540 dual SIM, month after month. If you can remember the name of at least one recent Lumia handset that blew your socks off, pray ...

Size and other matters!   Hindu Business Line
5-inch, dual-SIM Microsoft Lumia 540 sells for $150 in Europe, Asia, Middle East   CNET
Microsoft unveils Lumia 540 dual-sim variant   India Today
Hindustan Times
NDTV
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After charging Google, European Union antitrust chief declares independence
Daily News & Analysis
Google boss Eric Schmidt might have missed it in the uproar over the EU's antitrust charges against the US tech giant, but European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager wants to congratulate him. It was a throwaway line in an hour-long press ...

Microsoft the big winner in Google antitrust lawsuit   New York Post
Decades of scrutiny, but US tech giants play on   The Australian Financial Review
Microsoft quietly content as EU moves on Google   Stuff.co.nz
STLtoday.com
The Nation
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Galaxy S6 Edge Cost More to Make Than Top iPhone
The Chosun Ilbo
Samsung's Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone costs more to produce than Apple's top-range iPhone 6 Plus. According to analysis by research firm HIS on Wedneday, the 64 GB version of the Galaxy S6 Edge for use on Verizon networks costs US$290.45 to build, ...

Samsung Struggles To Keep Up With Apple's Juicy Profit Margins   Forbes
Samsung Rises On Strong Galaxy S6 Demand, Heading For 50 Million Shipments   Barron's (blog)
Galaxy S6 Edge Production Cost Higher than iPhone 6+, but Price is Lower   BusinessKorea
CNET
Boston Globe (subscription)
Seeking Alpha
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No Surprise: Apple MacBook Isn't Very Repairable
Lifehacker Australia
Apple's new MacBook may be a miracle of engineering (if you believe the hype), but don't expect miracles if you want it repaired. As it always does, iFixit has done a teardown of the 2015 MacBook model, even digging out a 2009 plastic MacBook to compare ...

Review of the New 2015 MacBook   MyTechBits (press release) (blog)
2015 MacBook earns lowest score for repairability   CNET
Apple's new 12-inch MacBook closely guards its secrets with screws, solder, and ...   Macworld
The Australian (blog)
ZDNet
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Cleartrip, NDTV show support for Net Neutrality; pull out of Facebook's Internet.org
Firstpost
Online travel services provider Cleartrip today pulled out of Facebook and Reliance Communications-promoted platform internet.org as the debate over Net neutrality widens, a day after Flipkart walked out from Airtel Zero. “Time to draw a line in the sand, ...

TRA action please   Gulf Daily News
IT standing panel head bats for net neutrality   ET Telecom
Over 6 lakh emails sent to Trai in support of Net Neutrality, so far   Tech2
exchange4media.com
Mid-Day
Daily News & Analysis
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CNET

Netflix says it 'should have avoided' unmetered deals with Australian ISPs
CNET
After partnering with Australian service providers to offer unlimited streaming, Netflix has reaffirmed its support for net neutrality and admitted the deals were a mistake that won't be repeated. by Claire Reilly · @reillystyley; 16 April 2015 3:39 am BST.
Netflix regrets Optus, iiNet deals   The Australian
Netflix has just one big regret   NEWS.com.au
Netflix regrets signing unmetered deals   Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane Times
ZDNet
TripleM Sydney
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Quartz

Twitter redesigned its confusing, unattractive homepage
Quartz
It is a small but significant step in the company's goal of capturing (paywall) the largest daily audience of any site on the internet, which it outlined at an investor day last year. Twitter has struggled with user growth, but argues that it is much bigger than its ...

Twitter's new homepage caters to logged out users   TechnoBuffalo
Twitter is testing a 'You may also like' related tweet discovery feature   Engadget
New Twitter homepage for lawyers coming soon   Real Lawyers Have Blogs (blog)
TechRadar
The Hoops News
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Wired

Watch This Gross MRI of a Knuckle Cracking
Wired
Human beings—well, the rude ones—crack their joints. It's a thing. But scientists have never really understood the physics behind that chilling noise. (And yes, they care.) In the 1970s, most experts thought it had to do with the collapse of air bubbles in the ...

What really happens when you crack your knuckles   Sydney Morning Herald
researchers crack the knuckle mystery   Toronto Sun
Knuckle Cracking Secret Revealed - It's A Gas!   Tech Times
ABC Science Online
NPR (blog)
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IBNLive

Google rolls out new handwriting input tool for text, emoji on Android
IBNLive
New Delhi: Google has extended its handwriting input tool to Android apps and users with the 4.0.3 version of the Android software will now be able to put text into any app by writing onto the device screens. The new tool recognizes 82 languages and 20 ...

Google Launches Handwriting Input For Text And Emoji On Android   TechCrunch

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Closing in on Pluto
San Antonio Express-News
Portrait of Alan Stern - Southwest Research Institute scientist going to NASA. Date photographed: 04-19-00 Courtesy Photograph by: Whitehead, Bruce. Portrait of Alan Stern - Southwest Research Institute scientist... Since its discovery nearly a century ago, ...

Pluto's secrets to be revealed this summer   Houston Chronicle
NASA Probe Nearing Close Encounter With Unexplored Pluto   NDTV
These blobs are the first-ever colour image of Pluto and its moon Charon by an ...   National Post
The Independent
CNET
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