2015年6月30日 星期二

2015-07-01 Ghana Sci/Tech


Moneyweb.co.za
   
Facebook opens South Africa office: Nicola Mendelsohn – VP for EMEA, Facebook   
Moneyweb.co.za
HANNA BARRY: Social media network Facebook today opened its South African office. We are joined now on the line by Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook vice-president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Nicola, thanks for your time today. How many users ...

Facebook opens first Africa office   The Sun Daily
Why is Facebook opening an office in Africa?   Telegraph.co.uk
Targeting 1 billion people, Facebook to open its first African office   Mashable

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District Assemblies integrate Climate Change adaptation into budgetary systems   
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
The Effutu, Fanteakwa and Ada East District Assemblies are beginning a pilot project to integrate climate change adaptation into their planning and budgetary systems. They are also to increase awareness on the issue and have responsive plans to ...

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The Register
   
Why SpaceX will sort out Sunday's snafu faster than NASA ever could   
The Register
Analysis The perfect delivery record of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket ended on Sunday 139 seconds into flight, but there are good reasons why Elon's Musketeers will be back on schedule far faster than many are predicting. The accident itself was a disaster ...
Beachgoers beware: Hazardous SpaceX debris floating off Florida and Georgia ...   Christian Science Monitor
Another view: Yes, SpaceX's rocket blew up, but it was a useful failure   Kane County Chronicle
First Biologically Focused Experiment aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket Lost in ...   West Texas News
Huffington Post   
WTVM   
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The Register
   
Vale 'father of SMS' Matti Makkonen   
The Register
Matti Makkonen, the “father of SMS”, has died at the relatively young age of 63. Makkonen, a key (but, as he would remind us, not the only) contributor to the idea of using mobile networks to send text messages, died after a brief illness. According to ...
Father of SMS passes away   Times of India
Matti Makkonen: Finnish pioneer of texting tech dies   BBC News
A man you've never heard of who completely changed your life just died   BT.com

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StarAfrica.com
   
AU signs agreement to strengthen science, technology education in Africa   
StarAfrica.com
The African Union Commission and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences have signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to strengthen the teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering and mathematics on the African continent.
Africa sets sights on STEM education   IT-Online

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Wall Street Journal
   
Apple Music arrives, some fans have trouble cancelling Spotify accounts   
Sydney Morning Herald
Apple Music v Spotify, Pandora, Google Play and Rdio. Music fans have largely given the thumbs up to Apple's new music streaming app, Apple Music, which launched overnight. Many users announced via Twitter their plans to cancel their subscriptions to ...

Apple Music arrives, fans have trouble cancelling iTunes Spotify accounts   Brisbane Times
Apple Music is not for everybody   New Zealand Herald
The iTunes Era Is Over   Slate Magazine
CNET   
VentureBeat   
The Hindu   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
why we need to keep adding leap seconds   
Sydney Morning Herald
Today at precisely 10am Australian Eastern Standard time, something chronologically peculiar will take place: there'll be an extra second between 09:59:59 and 10:00:00. This will make 1st July 2015 (or 30th June 2015 in many other parts of the world ...
Leap second added to Aussie clocks   The Australian (blog)
The proper care and feeding of your leap second   Washington Post (blog)
Leap second: all the latest developments and reaction – live!   The Guardian
ABC Online (blog)   
Bangkok Post   
LA Magazine   
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Irish Independent
   
EU agrees deal to scrap mobile roaming fees by 2017   
Irish Independent
The European Union reached a preliminary deal today to scrap mobile roaming charges across the 28-country bloc by June 2017 as part of an overhaul of the continent's telecoms market to boost growth and innovation.
EU enforces net neutrality, bins roaming costs   Economic Times
Date set for roaming fees to be scrapped across Europe   Irish Examiner
Mobile phone roaming charges in Europe to end in 2017   Irish Times
Arab News   
Belfast Telegraph   
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Irish Independent
   
UK at risk of asteroid tsunami 'that could kill hundreds of thousands'   
Irish Independent
PARTS of the UK are at risk from an asteroid tsunami that could kill hundreds of thousands of people living in coastal regions, scientists have warned. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Experts at the ...
Stand down, Bruce: No need to worry about asteroids hitting the earth   Stuff.co.nz
Happy Asteroid Day: We Are Woefully Unprepared!   Newsweek
Watch Live Footage of the Asteroid That Came Close to Earth   TIME
Penny4NASA (blog)   
International Business Times AU   
Headlines & Global News   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
The future of Facebook is telepathy, reveals Mark Zuckerberg   
Telegraph.co.uk
Facebook users will one day be able to send messages and posts telepathically, according to founder Mark Zuckerberg. The social network's chief executive said the "ultimate communication technology" would enable people to send thoughts directly to each ...

Zuckerberg wants to be the Stephen Hawking of social relations   PCWorld
Mark Zuckerberg takes questions from Stephen Hawking, Arnold ...   Mashable
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on telepathy and Terminator   USA TODAY
Washington Post (blog)   
New York Times (blog)   
The Verge   
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