Nilesat-301 satellite to be built by Thales Alenia Space
PRESS RELEASE Positioned at 7° West, Nilesat-301 will work with Nilesat-201 to provide Ku-band services for the Middle East and North AfricaCANNES, France,(ANN) — Thales Alenia Space (ThalesAleniaSpace.com), a Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced today that it has signed a contract with the Egyptian operator More...
Facebook Expands its Third-Party Fact-Checking Programme to 10 Countries across Sub-Saharan Africa
PRESS RELEASEFeedback from the Facebook community is one of many signals Facebook uses to raise potentially false stories to fact-checkers for reviewJOHANNESBURG, South Africa, (ANN) — Joining third-party More...
How Giving Up TV For A Month Changed My Brain And My Life
The Dangers of TV By Stephanie Vozza, Fast Company Pocket I’ve never seen Game of Thrones, I don’t know what the Scandal is, and I couldn’t name a single “real” housewife. I thought I didn’t More...
How Apple uses its App Store to copy the best ideas
By Reed Albergotti Developers have come to accept that, without warning, Apple can make their work obsolete by announcing a new app or feature that essentially copies their ideas. Some apps have simply More...
The machine always wins: what drives our addiction to social media
Social media was supposed to liberate us, but for many people it has proved addictive, punishing and toxic. What keeps us hooked? By Richard Seymour We are swimming in writing. Our lives have become, in More...
Why You Should Never Borrow Someone Else’s Charging Cable?
By. Suzanne Rowan Kelleher We’ve all been there. Your smartphone or tablet is low on power and you’ve left your charging cable at home. There’s no harm in borrowing one from a fellow More...
How Social Media Shapes Our Identity
The Internet constantly confronts us with evidence of our past. Are we losing the chance to remake ourselves? By Nausicaa Renner Last year, I had a strange dream. My father and I were wading in an More...
THINK FACEAPP IS SCARY? WAIT TILL YOU HEAR ABOUT FACEBOOK
By Brian Barrett, Wired FaceApp is a viral lark that takes a convincing guess at what you’ll look like when you’re old. FaceApp is also the product of a Russian company that sends photos from your device More...
US requires social media accounts from visa applicants
Washington(ANN)-The US is reportedly demanding nearly all visa applicants submit information on social media accounts they have used for the past five years, Anadolu reports. That includes the username or More...
Jet-powered flying taxi unveiled following first flight
Munich(ANN)- The world’s first all-electric vertical takeoff and landing passenger jet has been unveiled after completing its first flight. German startup Lilium aims to have a fleet of the five-seat aircraft More...
