en-gh-hotdailynews: 2015-06-30 Ghana Sci/Tech

Falcon rocket explosion leaves SpaceX launch schedule in tatters
Reuters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. June 29 SpaceX on Monday was searching for what destroyed its Falcon 9 rocket after liftoff over the weekend, leaving customers still loyal but unsure when their satellites might fly. The privately-held company, owned and operated ...

National Security After the SpaceX Explosion   Wall Street Journal
Now comes the SpaceX rocket whodunit: A complex mystery   Washington Post
SpaceX launch schedule in tatters after Falcon rocket explosion   Sydney Morning Herald

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What a Discovery! Land Rover's compact SUV is sound in mind and body
Boston.com
For a change, let's start out by hopping in the back seat of today's test car, a 2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport. This is a premium compact SUV, and the key word here is compact. Related Links. Search new and used cars · More car headlines and features ...

Sound policies attract investment – Mukanga   Zambia Daily Mail
Motoring Test Drive: Range Rover Sport   Birmingham Mail
Everyday classic: Range Rover – the original king of the hill   BT.com
The Straits Times
Motoring
Graphic Online
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Extra 'Leap Second' Worries Markets
Wall Street Journal
One second has the potential to cause a lot of problems for global markets. Firms and exchanges around the world will be watching markets closely on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Eastern time, as one extra second is added to the clocks, potentially disrupting ...
Happy Leap Second! Why This Tuesday Is Going to Be Exactly One Second ...   People Magazine
Tech companies braced for 'leap second' chaos   Irish Independent
Clocks to read 11:59:60 as time lords add leap second   Telegraph.co.uk
Sky News Australia
Boston.com
The Hindu
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Uber grabs mapping tech, employees from Microsoft
Computerworld
Uber is adding to its mapping smarts by acquiring technology used by Microsoft's Bing Maps, and has hired roughly 100 Microsoft employees who work on image collection and data analysis. Microsoft decided it will no longer collect the imagery and data ...
Microsoft Corp hands display ads to AOL, maps to Uber   Financial Express
Microsoft to drop display ad biz, cut 1200 jobs Bloomberg   Moneycontrol.com
AOL in Deal With Microsoft to Take Over Display Ad Business   New York Times
USA TODAY
PCWorld
The Seattle Times
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Surprise! Apple iPhone 6S specs include Force Touch (rumors of iPhone 7 ...
Computerworld
Apple iPhone 6S specs rumors are a-swirlin'. (But don't call it the iPhone 7 OK?) Will the shiny force touch you? Super-secret-squirrel leakers are leaking secrets about Force Touch. Apparently, after its (ahem) rapturous reception in the Apple Watch ...
Debut of iPhone 8 years ago hid its potential   Boston Globe
Apple report reveals experimental new feature in next iPhone   Christian Science Monitor
iPhone history: How the iPhone has evolved since its debut in 2007   New York Daily News

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Yelp researchers take aim at Google search results
Los Angeles Times
An academic study from Harvard and Columbia universities — and funded by Google competitor Yelp — found that Google discriminates against competitors in its search results. lRelated Google, Delphi deny self-driving cars nearly collided · BUSINESS ...

Study Suggests That Google Has Its Thumb on Scale in Search   New York Times
Why Yelp's anti-competitive case against Google is weak at best   Fortune
High-profile study turns up antitrust heat on Google   Boston Globe
Engadget
Business Insider
EcommerceBytes
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Facebook Lite for Android launched in India
The Hindu
Facebook on Monday launched a new version of its app for Android phones in India. Aimed at emerging markets, Facebook Lite is a lighter version that has been optimised for slower data connections. “There are a large number of users, who are on 2G, and ...

Facebook's Userbase Touches 125-Million in India   NDTV
Facebook's Got a Lite App Specially Made for Us (and Our Slow WiFi)   Inquirer.net
Facebook's userbase touches 125-mn in India   Financial Express
CNET
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Super-fast Internet soon to become a reality: report
The Indian Express
In a major breakthrough that can make the Internet super-fast and cheap, researchers have successfully increased the maximum power — and therefore distance — at which optical signals can be sent through optical fibres. The advance has the potential ...
Fiber Optics Cracked: Super-Fast, Cheap Internet En Route   Immortal News
Cheaper and Faster Internet Could Be Reality as Engineers Take a Leap in ...   iSchoolGuide
Fiber Optics Network Zips Pitch-Perfect Signals To Shatter World Records   Yibada (English Edition)
Times Gazette
Maine News Online
The Register
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Venus, Jupiter come together
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The two brightest planets in the sky , Venus and Jupiter, will appear so close to each other over the next couple of evenings that they would almost seem like a single super-bright star. The rare celestial event that is generating a buzz ...
Watch Venus and Jupiter come together   The Hindu
That's not an airplane in the western sky. It's Venus and Jupiter   NOLA.com
Jupiter, Venus to converge in Star of Bethlehem moment   CBS News
OregonLive.com
Daily Mail
AL.com
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Facebook opens first Africa office
Bangkok Post
NEW YORK - Facebook announced Monday it had opened its first African office in Johannesburg as part of its efforts "to help people and businesses connect" on the continent. Facebook said more than 80 percent of people in African access the social ...

Facebook opens first African office   EJ Insight
Facebook Avoids Zimbabwe, Opens its First Africa Office in Jo'burg   ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
Facebook Opens First Office in Africa   CDA News
Businessinsider India
www.worldbulletin.net
PCWorld
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