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Brain Tumour Charity Urges Caution over Mobile Phone Court Ruling
The Brain Tumour Charity has urged caution following a court ruling in Italy which has compensated a man for having a brain tumour which was linked to his mobile phone usage. The court in Italy was persuaded that the claimant, Roman Romero’s, tumour was linked to his 3-4 daily business use…
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Apple Agrees to Pay €318m in Italy Tax Fraud Case
Apple’s behaviour in regards to tax avoidance has alerted the Italian authorities due to irregularities in their tax bill which led to a thorough investigation. In a similar vein to other multinational corporations, Apple has been accused of engaging in complicated measures to avoid paying tax which they have a…
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PayPal’s One Touch Feature Expands to Other Non-US Markets
PayPal introduced the One Touch feature last year when it first rolled out to mobile devices in the US. Retailers who already had a PayPal payment feature could switch automatically and allow customers to make payments without the need of entering their passwords again. This was ideal for people who wanted…
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Android Trade-in Program Launches Today at Apple Retail Stores
Today Apple is launching a trade-in program for select non-iPhone smartphones at its Apple Retail Store locations. The program will allow credit towards an immediate purchase of a new iPhone model for users who trade in their select Android, Windows Phone, and Blackberry phones. Apple is aiming to drive more…
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WhatsApp Involved in Almost Half of All Italian Divorces
A new article by GlobalPost says that nearly half of all divorce proceedings in Italy refer to WhatsApp. The Italian Association of Matrimonial Lawyers told the publication that WhatsApp is cited more so than any other source of information that acts as the cause of a divorce. They say that partners…
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Gold iPhone Being Sold with Vladimir Putin’s Face, Costs only $4,300
Gold smarphones have been a trend targeting people who afford them. From iPhones to HTCs and others, gold smartphones are being released by different luxurious manufacturers in limited quantities. Italian manufacturer Caviar/Perla Penna however released an ‘interesting’ iPhone 5s design, having Vladimir Putin’s face on it. The iPhone 5s is…
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GameStop Italy Bundles Condoms & RedBull With inFamous As Pre-Order Bonus
inFamous: Second Son’s is living up to its reputation as the Italian side of the GameStop family award the title a pre-order bonus that could gain some infamy of its own. Those pre-ordering the title will find that it comes bundled along side glow-in-the-dark condoms and Red Bull… and we…
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Latin American Nations Withdraw Ambassadors From Europe After Jet Incident
Russia Today reports that the backlash against Europe after the Bolivian Jet incident is now growing in Latin America. After having a serious emergency meeting already four countries have now decided to withdraw their ambassadors from European nations involved in the incident. Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay will all withdraw…
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Turkish Hackers Claim To Have Leaked 40,000 Sony Italy Account Details
According to “Maxney” on Twitter, a member of the Turkish Ajan hacking group, Sony Italy has been breached revealing the details and passwords of 40,000 customers. What’s worrying is that these passwords are plain text meaning that they are not encrypted and can be easily read by anyone. The information,…
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Latin American Countries Host Emergency Meeting, Condemn The USA
The Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, held an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss the incident in which Bolivia’s President Evo Morales had his plane forcibly grounded amid suspicions NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was onboard. The incident triggered outrage from many Latin American countries such as Bolivia, Venezuela and Ecuador…
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Snowden’s Asylum Options: 1 Withdrawn 10 Rejected 10 Pending
According to reports by RT.com Snowden’s options for political asylum are rapidly evaporating. The NSA whistleblower has withdrawn his application for Asylum to Russia after they told him he could only have asylum if he stopped “damaging” the USA, a condition he was not prepared to agree to. Furthermore Finland,…
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Bolivian Jet Grounded Over Claims Snowden Is Onboard, UN Complaint Ensues
Bolivia’s president Evo Morales was flying back from Russia where he was attending an energy summit when his plane was forced to land in Austria. The reason? Italy, France, Spain and Portugal had all refused to allow his jet to pass through their airspace on the justification that they believed…
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Snowden Releases List Of Countries Contacted For Political Asylum Requests
While it is now relatively common knowledge that the famous internet surveillance NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is stuck in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, it hasn’t been well documented where he was seeking political asylum up until now. We’ve known he has been in talks with Ecuador, but with that starting to unfold…
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