Monday, June 21st, 2010
THE ECONOMIST – Hardly a day passes without new data on mobile apps, the small applications that can be downloaded to smart-phones to perform all kinds of feats, such as accessing social networks, playing games and identifying unknown music. Apple recently announced that its App Store now offers 225,000 apps, which collectively have been downloaded
Monday, June 21st, 2010
DUTCH NEWS – Amsterdam’s historic canal rings will be included on the Unesco World Heritage listing a Unesco official reportedly said on Monday. Deputy director Kishore Rao was speaking at the official announcement of the inclusion of the Wadden Sea on the heritage list, the Parool reports. Amsterdam city council has been keen to be
Monday, June 21st, 2010
L’EXPRESS FRANCE – The 6B is a new place of creation and dissemination. Recycling an old office building, the project supports the transformation of the neighborhood “station-confluence” in Saint-Denis. Read More
Monday, June 21st, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – 23 years after Mikhail Gorbachev suggested setting up a Soviet-Norwegian cooperation to jointly explore the energy resources in the Arctic, Statoil and Gazprom have signed an agreement that opens for cooperation in such area as geological exploration in the Barents Sea. The Statoil – Gazprom agreement on scientific and technological cooperation was signed
Monday, June 21st, 2010
ESA – The European GNSS Evolution Programme (EGEP) is an ESA optional programme supported by 17 Member States and Canada. Its primary aim is to undertake research and development in and verification of technologies relating to regional space-based augmentation systems (SBAS) and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Read More
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – Government’s plan to build the Neckartal Dam near Keetmanshoop at a cost of N$2,4 billion is to start next year, with the design to be completed by October, a consultant has said.”The scoping report for the environmental impact assessment (EIA) is complete and then the full EIA study will go ahead,” Günter Leicher,
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
BBC – A website that helps people to work out how much CO2 is being emitted to heat water in their homes has gone online. Produced by the Energy Saving Trust (EST), it also suggests ways that users can save water and energy, as well as cutting their carbon footprint. The Trust says CO2 from
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
IRISH TIMES – Sensor technology that can remotely monitor people with chronic illnesses and allow them to stay at home for longer could significantly ease the burden of an ageing population on the healthcare system, an international expert has said. Prof Joseph Kvedar, director of the centre for Connected Health at Partners Healthcare and Harvard
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – Bangladesh is expected to be one of the countries most affected by climate change. With the help from European donors, the country is implementing programs aimed at helping its 150 million people face those changes. Read More
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
FINANCIAL – The EBRD and Russia’s Federal Grid Company, the country’s high-voltage transmission operator, today laid the groundwork for a strategic partnership to promote energy efficiency in the Russian power sector. Read More
