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Petition For Teachers To Qualify For Amazon Prime Discount
Petition Launches To Extend Student Discount On Amazon Prime To Teachers Although not necessary for everyone, I must confess that having an Amazon Prime membership does have its perks. Not only do you get access to the TV and media that they produce, but you also get super fast delivery…
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Top London University Admits to Monitoring Student E-mails
King’s College London has posted a notice on their e-mail login page warning members that emails can be “monitored and recorded”, apparently under the UK Government’s controversial anti-terror strategy Prevent. Students are also given the notice that anyone using the system automatically “expressly consents” to their e-mail correspondence being monitored…
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Driverless Bikes Are Now A Thing Too
The term driverless isn’t anything new and it is probably most known in relation to cars and Google’s self-driving car project that’s been going on for years now. But we’ve also heard of driverless lorries coming to the UK, driverless pods in London, and even driverless Formula E racing as well…
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BBC Micro Bit Shipping Date Revealed
BBC’s Micro Bit pocket-sized and programmable computer is an amazing little piece of technology, but the best of all is that one million of them will be given free to any year 7 pupils across the UK. Originally the BBC Micro Bit should have started shipping out October last year,…
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Internet Access Makes You Think You Are Smarter than You Actually Are
Yale University has made a study regarding the psychological impact of searching for answers on the internet, having some interesting results regarding people and how well prepared they believe to be. “The internet is such a powerful environment, where you can enter any question, and you basically have access to…
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New App Gives College Students Food For Not Using Their Phone
A new app, called Pocket Points, is offering free food and other prizes to students who defer from using their phones in lectures. The app measures the amount of time the phone is unlocked and offers points in return for prizes. A number of US colleges have utilised the app…
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Facebook Predicts The University of Princeton’s Future, No More Students By 2021?
The University of Princeton has recently made a study, predicting that Facebook will lose more than 80% of its users by 2021. But apparently, that prediction did not go too well with Facebook’s officials. It appears that Facebook analysts now claim that the University of Princeton will lose half of…
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General Availability Of AP832 802.11ac Access Points Announced By Meru Networks
Meru Networks, a leader in Wi-Fi networking, have announced Wi-Fi Alliance certification and general availability (GA) of the AP832, the Wi-Fi industry’s fastest access point. The AP832 features a dual radio 802.11ac design delivering up to three times the performance of 802.11n access points. Unlike most other 802.11ac solutions,…
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Taiwan Investigating Samsung’s Malicious Comments Attack Against HTC
The authorities in Taiwan have launched an investigation after received complaints that Korean Electronics giant Samsung apparently hired students to post hateful comments about the products made by Taiwan based company HTC. Complaints started coming in from this month from online users who alleged that Samsung Taiwan hired students through…
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