en-gh-hotdailynews: 2015-04-30 Ghana Sci/Tech

How secure is airliner data?
Stuff.co.nz
When it comes to security, airlines have never been known for their sense of humor. That became particularly apparent this month to a cybersecurity expert who joked during a flight about hacking into a commercial airplane's avionics computers through its ...

United Airlines bars security expert from flight due to hacking claim   The Statesman Online

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Apple Watch shortages caused by faulty component the 'taptic engine'
Daily Mail
A key component of the Apple Watch from one of the firm's two suppliers was faulty, leading to Apple being forced to scrap finished devices, it has been claimed. The Wall Street Journal says taptic engine, designed by Apple to produce the sensation of being ...

Six Apple Watch features you probably haven't heard of   Financial Post
Apple Watch: What Did Apple Just Roll Out Here? (AAPL)   Seeking Alpha
Voices: It's Apple's world. We just live in it.   USA TODAY
NEWS.com.au
Toronto Sun
Computerworld
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Telecel: Closure 'unfair, unwarranted'
New Zimbabwe.com
TELECEL Zimbabwe has vowed to fight to continue operating after it was shut-down Wednesday by telecoms regulator the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ). The company is the second-biggest wireless phone network in the ...

Zimbabwe shuts down mobile phone firm over black empowerment   GlobalPost
Telecel Zimbabwe's Operating Licence Cancelled   VOA Studio 7 for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean regulator cancels Vimpelcom's Zimbabwe unit   Reuters Africa
Reuters
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Why hasn't Twitter reached the same market value heights as Facebook?
Herald Sun
TWITTER has just stacked on 14 million extra users - but even that isn't making investors smile. The share price is almost back where it started in 2013 after slumping yesterday to $42.27. A leak of its lacklustre earnings didn't help, wiping off a quarter of the ...

Twitter's Costolo not worried about job security   CNET
Twitter Troubles Lie in Marketers' Reluctance to Buy New Kind of Ad   New York Times
Nasdaq red-faced after releasing Twitter results early   Sydney Morning Herald
Reuters
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Microsoft opens door to Android, Apple phone apps
The Star Online
FRIEND WITH A FOE: Microsoft is encouraging Android apps to be used on its mobile phones. — Reuters. SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft Corp is making it easier for apps written for rival Google Inc's Android and Apple Inc's iOS systems to work on Windows ...

Build 2015: Farewell Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge is the latest browser to be ...   Firstpost
Windows 10 takes shape at Microsoft Build 2015 looking to encompass 1 billion ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Microsoft targets $20 bn in annual cloud revenue by 2018   Moneycontrol.com
The Seattle Times
IBNLive
Engadget
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Russian space cargo ship to crash to Earth
Irish Examiner
Russia's Mission Control has failed to stabilise a cargo ship spinning out of control in orbit and it is plunging back to Earth. However, Mission Control says it has not yet given up on saving the unmanned spacecraft. The Progress M-27M was launched on ...

Russian spacecraft spiralling 'towards London'   The Sun (subscription)
Out of control Russian spacecraft is a 'total loss': Officials admit space station ...   New Zealand Herald
Russia loses control of unmanned spacecraft   Inquirer.net
Scientific American
The Chosun Ilbo
Bloomberg
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Defective component slowed Apple Watch rollout
The Star Online
Apple Inc limited availability of the Apple Watch after a key component supplied by a Chinese company was found to be defective, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The component, called the taptic engine, produces the ...

Apple reportedly finds defect in its watch   The Seattle Times
Shares of AAC Technologies fall 8 pct after report of Apple finds defective ...   Reuters
Apple Watch: AAC Technologies's Defect Component Slows Supply   Barron's (blog)
New York Daily News
VentureBeat
Zee News
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Hi Pluto: New Horizons' newest images show possible polar ice cap
Orlando Sentinel
It's time to get excited. NASA's New Horizons is revealing new information about Pluto and the spacecraft won't even arrive at the planet until July. For the first time new images from New Horizons give scientists an idea of what Pluto's surface is like, and if the ...

Pluto reveals possible polar ice cap   Arizona Daily Star (blog)
Pluto may have ice cap at pole   BBC News
NASA spacecraft spots possible ice cap on Pluto   Daily Mail
NBCNews.com
CBS News
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Apple Watch has issues with tattoos
New Zealand Herald
If you've got a full sleeve, or just a bit of ink around the wrist, better think twice before spending up on a new Apple Watch. After purchasing a new 42mm SS watch, reddit user guinne55fan suspected the device had a faulty wrist detector sensor when he didn't ...

Apple Watch Review   TechCrunch
Apple Watch doesn't seem to work on tattooed wrists - AOL.com   AOL News
Tattoo wearers experiencing issues with Apple Watch   WLS-TV
EcommerceBytes
Cult of Mac
Scribbal
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A bizarre new flying dinosaur, with bat-like wings and feathers
New Zealand Herald
When it comes to big fossil finds, China is full of surprises. The latest dinosaur discovery, announced today in Nature, is a bizarre chicken-sized animal with a delightfully short scientific name, Yi qi, Mandarin for "strange wing" (pronounced "yee chee").
A dinosaur with bat-like wings? Strange fossil baffles scientists   Los Angeles Times
Bat-like dinosaur with membrane wings discovered in China   Stuff.co.nz
Dinosaur fossil with bat wings is first of its kind   CBS News
NBCNews.com
STLtoday.com
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