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Mark Prigg

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Commerce @fox, ex Daily Mail, Evening Standard & Sunday Times sci/tech editor. Welsh, primate enthusiast.
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The Wired 100 #1: Jonathan Ive

The Wired 100 #1: Jonathan Ive

www.wired.co.uk — This article was taken from the September 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online . For a man who has done more than almost any other industrial designer to change our relationship with technology, Sir Jonathan Ive is remarkably unassuming. Softly spoken and eloquent, Jony (as he is known to his friends) has shaped every curve, switch and icon on Apple products from the candy-coloured iMac introduced in 1998 to the iPad 3 with its retina display.
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How to teach your parents to use tech - The Tech Helper

How to teach your parents to use tech - The Tech Helper

The Tech Helper — There are no two ways about it - having to teach your parents to use tech can be tough. Luckily, help is at hand from experts who have spent years teaching seniors to use technology.
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Exclusive: Apple reveals it has 20 MILLION paying customers for its streaming music service

Exclusive: Apple reveals it has 20 MILLION paying customers for its streaming music service

Daily Mail — Drake's album views top the album chart in both the US and UK Apple's Eddy Cue told Dailymail.com the success of the service has helped grow the entire music industry Zane Lowe said firm's Beats 1 station is 'just beginning to fire' Prisma named iPhone app of the year in annual 'app awards' Apple's online streaming service now has 20 million paying customers, the firm has revealed.
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Kitesurfer stranded off California coast reveals Apple Watch saved him

Kitesurfer stranded off California coast reveals Apple Watch saved him

Daily Mail — John Zilles, 49, was stranded off Ventura, where great whites have been spotted He crashed while riding a hydrofoil, and was unable to re-fly his kite Used his Apple Watch to call the coastguard and direct them towards him A California filmmaker has revealed how his Apple Watch saved him after a kiteboarding mishap left him stranded a mile off the California coast in shark infested waters.
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SpaceX reveals stunning footage of its Falcon Heavy 'megarocket'

SpaceX reveals stunning footage of its Falcon Heavy 'megarocket'

Daily Mail — Falcon Heavy will blast off from Cape Canaveral on the same pad as the Saturn V Apollo 11 moon rocket Rocket was raised ahead of static engine tests which are expected to be completed within days These will be the first time all of the rocket's 27 engines have fired at the same time Cars and vans can be seen at its base revealing the huge size of the rocket A stunning new drone video from SpaceX has shown off the 'megarocket' Elon Musk hopes will pave the way for humans to explore the solar system.
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Driverless 'Roborace' cars to compete in cities around the world

Driverless 'Roborace' cars to compete in cities around the world

Daily Mail — Roborace series will take place alongside Formula E races later this year Cars were designed by sci-fi designer Daniel Simon - whose previous work includes Tron:Legacy Firm also developing VR videos that allow viewers to see the race in real time It is set to be the most radical overhaul of racing ever seen - and without a driver in sight.
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Facebook's little brother: Moshi Monsters is the Bebo for tots

Facebook's little brother: Moshi Monsters is the Bebo for tots

London Evening Standard — Surrounded by huge posters of strange cartoon beasts, Michael Acton Smith runs one of the world's fastest-growing websites from a nondescript industrial estate in Battersea. But while most grown-ups haven't even heard of Moshi Monsters, its founder has none other than YouTube, Facebook and Bebo in his sights.
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NASA to join forces with ESA for historic 2021 manned mission around the moon

NASA to join forces with ESA for historic 2021 manned mission around the moon

Daily Mail — The first Orion mission will be uncrewed, and is expected to launch in 2018 Manned mission is set for launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as early as 2021 Will include up to four astronauts and be the first time humans have left low orbit since 1972 ESA and Airbus have now agreed with NASA to build a module for the manned mission Mankind had taken a major step towards leaving the orbit of Earth for the first time since 1972.
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Elon Musk reveals winners of Hyperloop pod design competition

Elon Musk reveals winners of Hyperloop pod design competition

Daily Mail — Delft University took first prize with their carbon fibre design Pods for the competition are half-size prototypes of passenger pods Second contest over the summer will compete to get the highest speed Elon Musk's dream for a high speed travel system that uses pneumatic tubes has taken a major step towards reality.
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The end of silicon? IBM reveals carbon nanotube breakthrough

The end of silicon? IBM reveals carbon nanotube breakthrough

Daily Mail — Carbon nanotube transistors can operate at ten nanometers Equivalent to 10,000 times thinner than a strand of human hair Less than half the size of today's leading silicon technology Could also mean wearables that attach directly to skin and internal organs IBM has revealed a breakthrough in creating transistors using carbon nanotubes.
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Disney Infinity: classic characters combine

Disney Infinity: classic characters combine

Telegraph — Three of these games, Pirates of the Caribbean, Cars and Monsters University are included in the starter pack, with others going on sale for $12.99 per character. The games are enjoyable, and incredibly well produced, with around 6-7 hours of gameplay each. What makes Infinity unique, however, is the toybox mode. Here, every character and object - over 1,000 in total, can be mixed together, and users can create their own games, sharing them with friends. It's incredibly good fun, particularly in multiplayer mode, as there are no rules - players can make their own, creating racing games, adventure games and picking characters from Disney films and even other properties - so the Muppets appears alongside ESPN hosts as minor characters.
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Hands-on: Nexus 5 review

Hands-on: Nexus 5 review

Pocket-lint — Google has sent it's flagship handset to fat camp, and it's come back thinner and better looking than ever before, and we've already played with the new device ahead of the official announcement. Huzzah. The new handset, which goes on sale in the UK and the US tomorrow (1 November) is thinner, lighter and faster than any other Nexus - and a great flagship for the firm's new KitKat version of Android. Crucially, the hardware is a big step forward for Google and LG, its manufacturing partner, sporting specs that many Android smartphones would go to the refurb store just to even get a chance of upgrading too.
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Exclusive: New pics of Apple's unreleased tablet prototype from 1992 - and the Mac that flew...

Exclusive: New pics of Apple's unreleased tablet prototype from 1992 - and the Mac that flew...

www.stuff.tv — Apple's perfect product pictures Zufi worked with a professional photographer to learn how to photograph the products he amassed in the 'perfect' Apple way. 'The project started in 2009, when I was reminiscing about an old game, Robot War," he told Stuff. Apple's Penlite The Penlite was Apple's first attempt at a tablet computer, coming before even the Newton. Created in 1992 and led by Apple engineer Paul Mercer, the project was designed to bring the Mac OS to a touchscreen display - but was shelved in favour of the Newton.
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Google Glass review

Google Glass review

T3 — Google Glass review Google Glass is the first wearable computer to hit the streets, and, if rumours are to be believed, will battle the Apple iWatch when it finally goes on sale to the public next year. The first, and ultimately most important thing you need to know about Google Glass is that yes, you'll look an idiot. Not just a bit daft, but full-on people giving you pitying looks in the street silly. That aside, and it is without doubt Glass's biggest issue, the technological side of Glass is fascinating. Google Glass: Size and build Putting it on for the first time is an odd experience.
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Try this incredible interactive four BILLION pixel image of Everest that lets you zoom in as if y...

Try this incredible interactive four BILLION pixel image of Everest that lets you zoom in as if y...

Daily Mail — Astonishing image was created from 477 photographs stitched together Created by filmmaker David Breashears and nonprofit organisation GlacierWorks to highlight the effect of climate change on the area Team also produced stunning 'then and now' pictures to show the effect climate change on the area since 1921 Working with Microsoft on even more detailed version By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED: 15:14 EST, 19 December 2012 | UPDATED: 14:21 EST, 20 December 2012 It is an astonishing image that shows the beauty and majesty of the Himalaya region. A climber and filmmaker has created the stunning mosaic of images to show the effect of climate change on the the area surrounding Mount Everest.
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The astonishing interactive map that shows every bomb dropped on London during The Blitz

The astonishing interactive map that shows every bomb dropped on London during The Blitz

Daily Mail — New site uses data from the National Archive previously only available to visitors to the Reading Room Allows Londoners to search for their home and see if it was bombed Mobile phone app allows tourists to point their phone at a landmark to see if it was bombed By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED: 07:41 EST, 6 December 2012 | UPDATED: 12:47 EST, 7 December 2012 If you've ever wondered how close London's landmarks came to being blown up in the Blitz, a new interactive map has the answer.
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The Dispossessed: Now you've raised an incredible £4.5m

The Dispossessed: Now you've raised an incredible £4.5m

London Evening Standard — More than £1.75 million has been donated by the public and businesses who were moved by a series of articles highlighting the plight of London's poorest and most vulnerable people. This money has been matched by the Government, which has also made available an extra £1 million from their Grassroots project. At least £1 million of the cash will be distributed to charities in the capital within weeks. We will also create a permanent fund so that the work to help London's dispossessed - and the fundraising - will continue. David Cameron said: "This is fantastic news.
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Sir Jonathan Ive: The iMan cometh

Sir Jonathan Ive: The iMan cometh

London Evening Standard — As Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, he is the driving force behind the firm's products, from the Mac computer to the iPod, iPhone and, most recently the iPad. He spoke exclusively to the Evening Standard at the firm's Cupertino headquarters. Q: You recently received a Knighthood for services to design - was that a proud moment? A: I was absolutely thrilled, and at the same time completely humbled. I am very aware that I'm the product of growing up in England, and the tradition of designing and making, of England industrialising first.
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Mark Zuckerberg reveals his home AI

Mark Zuckerberg reveals his home AI

Daily Mail — Building the AI 'butler' is Zuckerberg's personal challenge for 2016 The 31-year-old said: 'You can think of it kind of like J.A.R.V.I.S in Iron Man' His plans include teaching the assistant to let friends into his home by looking at their faces when they ring the doorbell, for example Earlier
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Google's doodlers reveal all: How the search giant turned Doctor Who into a game

Google's doodlers reveal all: How the search giant turned Doctor Who into a game

Stuff — Google Doodles, which began life as a way for the firm's founders to tell people they were at Burning Man, have grown into a huge operation. Recently the team finished its biggest ever challenge - a complete game based on Doctor Who, to tie in with the show's 50th anniversary.
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Disney Infinity: classic characters combine

Disney Infinity: classic characters combine

The Telegraph — Three of these games, Pirates of the Caribbean, Cars and Monsters University are included in the starter pack, with others going on sale for $12.99 per character. The games are enjoyable, and incredibly well produced, with around 6-7 hours of gameplay each. What makes Infinity unique, however, is the toybox mode.
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Secret test labs used by Microsoft to develop hardware revealed

Secret test labs used by Microsoft to develop hardware revealed

Daily Mail — Lab is used to create everything from Xbox controller to Surface tablets The secretive building has its own 3D printers, paint shop and milling machines Designers are able to create complete 'first version' to send to be manufactured Deep in the heart of Microsoft's sprawling Redmond campus is a building few Microsoft employees, let alone outsiders, have ever seen.
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'Artificial egg' made from PLANTS backed by Bill Gates set to revolutionize cooking goes on sale ...

'Artificial egg' made from PLANTS backed by Bill Gates set to revolutionize cooking goes on sale ...

Daily Mail — A radical 'artificial egg' backed by Paypal billionaire Peter Thiel and Bill Gates goes on sale in US supermarkets for the first time today. Made from plants, it can replace eggs in everything from cakes to mayonnaise - without a chicken ever coming close to the production process.
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The human search engine

The human search engine

Evening Standard — A rare interview with Amit Singhal, who was at the time Google's head of search. He describes his job as "being in charge of the world's search".
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