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Microsoft acquiring calendar app maker Sunrise for $100 million

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Microsoft is reportedly acquiring the calendar app maker Sunrise for around $100 million, according to a TechCrunch report on Wednesday. Another report published by Re/code...
Sir David Attenborough has plant named after him

Plant genus named Sirdavidia after Sir David Attenborough by Gabonese and French botanists

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In honour of Sir David Attenborough's influence on their lives and careers, Gabonese and French botanists have named a genus of flowering plants Sirdavidia. The...
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Tablet sales dropped for first time by 3.2% in Q4 2014, IDC report

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Tablet sales dropped by 3.2 percent in the last quarter year-over-year, according to an IDC report. It is the first time that tablet sales...
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Original part of one of the world’s first computers resurfaces in the USA

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A rare original part of one of the world’s first computers – EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) – has resurfaced in the United...
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China now has 649 million internet users – more than double the US population

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China has 649 million internet users according to a recent report by China Internet Network Information Center (CINIC). The number of people going online...
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Lewis Pugh to swim in freezing Antarctic in just Speedos in Ross Sea conservation...

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Lewis Pugh, a maritime lawyer from London, plans to do five successive one kilometer swims in the Antarctic, where the water temperature will be...

Sony’s 2015 range of TVs come with YouView directly integrated

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Sony announced that nearly its entire range of 2015 TVs will be running Android and that all their TVs will also offer built-in YouView...
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iPhone accounted for 20 percent of UK smartphone sales in December

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Apple's iPhone 6 accounted for 20 percent of smartphone sales in the UK in December. This is the first time that Apple has a...
Mission to Europa

Jupiter moon Europa’s life-seeking mission gets green light

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The White House has proposed NASA receives $18.5 billion in 2016, which includes $30 million towards a mission to determine whether there is life...
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Google Project Tango, 3D scanning camera, is a step closer to being unveiled

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Google is a step closer to unveiling its highly anticipated 3D scanning camera. The company announced that Project Tango, its 3D scanning camera, has...