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UK startup fabricates antimicrobial multitool to tackle post-lockdown anxiety
As major economies around the world begin to resume activity after the Covid-19 pandemic, many are turning their thoughts to post lockdown life and tackling the many sources of anxiety that can hamper a swift and frictionless economic recovery.
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UK banks plan to switch from boring old digits to fun emojis as passcodes for banking
If you thought your alphanumeric passwords with symbols thrown in and biometric or retina scanners were easy enough to crack then perhaps you out to be looking at slightly more cryptic set of ‘characters’ to use to protect your precious data or bank accounts. One banking service has come up with a rather interesting passcode…
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British town to get fleet of 20 driverless vehicles or ‘Pods’ by 2015
The driverless vehicle is probably a notion dreamed up even by early man the moment he realized he would have to control his finest creation, the wheel. But a vehicle like this has been the stuff of sci-fi legend and cars like K.I.T.T. have influenced the cars of today. We’ve already heard about Mercedes and Honda and the…
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O2 UK recycles undead mobile phones as designer handbags
Some may wonder how much e-waste the world could handle with just about everyone owning a cellphone and recycling them once every two years. Designer Sean Miles has come up with an innovative way to turn your not-so-fancy ancient mobile phones into a rather sophisticated contraption. Say hello to the ‘Bags That Talk’ series of…
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Facebook Messenger with free voice calls now introduced in U.K. for iOS users
Facebook keeps turning a little more generous by the day. The social networking platform has now brought its WiFi calling feature to the shores of the United Kingdom. Earlier available for use only in the United States and in Canada, the feature is now usable to U.K. residents too. Also, for now, this updated version…
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London cinema employees Ninjas to confront rude movie goers
An idiot next to you in a movie hall can ruin your movie experience but an idiot with a cell phone can ruin the movie for a lot of people, since an idiot and his cellphone are not parted a cinema in London has employed Ninjas to show them some manners. Unfortunately they don’t throw…
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Tourism British Columbia’s giant vending machine pops out bicycles, kayaks and surfboards!
Vending machines tossing out bags of chips, chocolates and cans of soda for spare change have turned into a pretty conventional affair. What took us by surprise recently however was this stupendous vending machine that we stumbled across at the Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco. Installed by Tourism British Columbia, this massive vending machine…
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Special edition Xbox in Union Jack liveries unveiled
Clothe just about anything in the colors of the Union Jack and it’s bound to turn out looking spectacular. Guitars, Mini Coopers, sneakers and just about every darned thing have had its share of the Union Jack. This time around, Microsoft decided to give the Xbox 360 a Brit touch and has unveiled the Xbox…
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Microsoft builds and tests HomeOS home automation system
Microsoft has been working hard these days to further improve on home-automation technology and the brainchild of Bill Gates is currently sculpting into being a HomeOS. To bring the understanding of this technology back home, Microsoft has now put up an online PDF-paper proving the usefulness of automation systems. Making use of consoles, routers, PCs,…
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Netflix Windows Phone 7 app arrives in the UK, finally
Windows Phone 7 users in the UK can now enjoy some cool streaming facilities on their phones, thanks to the Netflix app making itself available in the kingdom. This service was earlier withheld owing to certain technical differences in Netflix’s service delivery in the UK and the rest of the world. “We have pushed the…
