The new technologies and their impact on our society. Every Wednesday at 16h15 (Paris Time) - Presented by Rebecca BOWRING and Eric OLANDER, Internet specialist.Digital technology is now at the centre of many important world events, impacting everything from politics to economics to culture. TECH 24 hosts Rebecca Bowring and Eric Olander break it all down and explore the week's key trends and technology news. All shows: http://www.france24.com/en/list/emission/19928FRANCE 24 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 24/7http://www.france24.com Continue reading →
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Habit List Create good habits and break unhealthy ones. Get motivated with streaks Keeping streaks alive is a powerful motivator. See how high you can go, then try and beat your personal best. Red means you've slacked and need to get back on track. Green means go, complete it today! Flexible scheduling Choose from 3 kinds of schedules: Specific Days, Non-specific Days, or Intervals. So you can schedule your workouts M-W-F, bring lunch to work any 4 days per week, or write a blog post every 2-3 days. No matter what the habit, you're covered. Focus on what's due No need to wade through all your habits and figure out what to do, Habit List only shows what's due today. And you can set the ... Continue reading →
He was pleading for shelter.The request hit the embassy like a rocket, setting off a flurry of secure calls among officials in Beijing and senior State Department officials in Washington. They weighed various scenarios, the possible diplomatic fallout with the Chinese, and the consequences for high-level meetings planned for the following week between Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and China’s top leaders. The name Fang Lizhi quickly came up. The last Chinese dissident U.S. officials were known to have ushered into the embassy, in 1989, Fang had remained stuck behind its walls for more than a year, exacerbating friction between the United States and China. With Chen, the embassy had been told there was a narrow window of opportunity because of his need to ... Continue reading →
The 'virtual ghost town': One-third of users of Google's Plus social network post once - and then NEVER post againUsers wait 12 days between postsAverage post gets less than one share, one reply, and less than a single +1 By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 09:11 EST, 16 May 2012 | UPDATED: 09:44 EST, 16 May 2012 Google+ is a �virtual ghost town� with nearly a third of users who make a public post never bothering to do so again, a new report claimsGoogle+ is a ‘virtual ghost town’ with nearly a third of users who make a public post never bothering to do so again.A new report has claimed that the people logging on to the social networking site typically wait 12 days between making something ... Continue reading →
AFP - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg capped the week of a lifetime, changing his own status to married after wedding Priscilla Chan just a day after his company went public, he announced. Zuckerberg posted a wedding picture with his bride, where else but on his Facebook page. "Mark added a life event to May 19, 2012 on his timeline: Married Priscilla Chan," was the only description of the shot of the bride in white and the groom -- famous for his attachment to casual clothes -- all smiles in a dark suit and tie on his other big day. Facebook stumbled on its first trading day Friday as shares ended barely above the starting price after a glitch-plagued market debut on the Nasdaq that failed ... Continue reading →
