Category Archives: Current Affairs
LivesOn: providing social media updates even after death
A couple of weeks ago I watched a television programme that really unsettled me.
Read more...Call to ban smoking in cars
England’s public health minister has said that smoking should be banned in cars carrying children.
Read more...Is Kate a ‘Plastic Princess’?
Double Booker prize award-winning novelist Hilary Mantel has been criticised this week for comments that she made in a London Review of Books lecture entitled ‘Royal Bodies’.
Read more...Preview video unveils Google Glass features
New details about Google’s smart glasses, which have been eagerly-awaited, have been released.
Read more...Shed of the Year 2013
I stumbled across a piece on the Telegraph website about a Shed of the Year competition, which led to a fun few minutes looking through the pictures. Now I am starting to look at sheds in a whole new light!
Read more...Military amputees to be given ‘bionic legs’
The most up-to-date prosthetic limbs are to be given to injured personnel who have their legs amputated.
Read more...Safer Internet Day
Today (5th February) is Safer Internet Day.This annual event first took place in 2003 to “promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones…
Read more...Is social media linked to the reduction in vandalism?
New figures released by the Crime Survey of England and Wales have found reports of vandalism have reduced by 37% since March 2007.
Read more...What’s next for Lance Armstrong?
It was all true. After over a decade of emphatic denials Lance Armstrong admitted to Oprah Winfrey last week that he has been doping throughout his career.
Read more...Google’s record $50bn year
Google has announced that its revenues reached an astounding $50bn in 2012. Co-founder of Google, Larry Page, said that the new figures were “not a bad achievement” for the search engine firm. I think he may be being a bit modest.
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