Thursday 28 March 2013

iPhone 6 Release date

New iPhone 6 release date
There are two main theories regarding the iPhone 6 launch date. One is that it'll come six months after the iPhone 5, the second is that it'll come 12 months after the iPhone 5.

iPhone 6 will arrive in Spring 2013
The latest rumours claim a Spring launch for the iPhone 6 or iPhone 5S. iPhone 6 spring launch is reason for iPhone 5 production slow down, analyst. The idea that Apple will change to a six month cycle is based on claims by ex Apple CEO JOhn Sculley. Apple may bring out iPhone 6 in the spring, report. Also, as we wrote after the launch of iPhone 5, Apple can't wait a whole year between launches now that the competition has hotted up: Apple may bring out iPhone 6 in the spring, report.

SEE: Six signs that Apple will launch an iPhone 6 in spring

iPhone 6 will arrive in June 2013
The first iPhone 6 release date rumour is that Apple has now moved to a six-month cycle for it's iOS products, and the iPhone 6 release date will be March 2013, alongside an iPad 5. Ed Valdez at Technoarti suggests that Apple is moving to a six month cycle.

Wednesday 27 March 2013

First time since the euro's 1999 launch, a member country will restrict how much money can cross its borders.

Preparing to open its banks for the first time in nearly two weeks, Cyprus took the unprecedented step Wednesday of setting limits on the movement of cash out of the country to other eurozone states.
For the first time since the euro was launched on Jan 1, 1999, a member country will restrict how much money individuals and companies can take across its borders.

The tiny island nation is putting the extensive measures in place to prevent a run on its banks when they reopen Thursday for the first time since March 16.
Cypriots have been queuing at cash machines since then as it became clear that deposits would be raided as part of a bailout by the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
Security company G4S said it would provide over 150 extra security staff on Thursday at the request of the Cypriot banks to support additional cash deliveries.
Cyprus was brought to the brink of financial collapse and possible exit from the eurozone by its two biggest banks -- Bank of Cyprus and Popular Bank -- which together lost 3.5 billion euros on Greek government debt, wiping out a third of their combined capital.

Saturday 9 March 2013

Nelson Mandela in hospital for check up

Nelson Mandela in hospital for 'scheduled' check-up

Mr Mandela was treated for a lung infection and gallstones in December
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital for a scheduled check-up, the South African presidency says.

Doctors are conducting tests and have so far indicated that there is no reason for any alarm, the presidency said on its website.

The 94-year-old spent 18 days in hospital in December.

He was treated for a lung infection and gallstones. His health has been a cause of concern for many years.

The message posted by President Jacob Zuma's office said Mr Mandela had been admitted for a check-up at a Pretoria hospital on Saturday afternoon.

It said the aim was "to manage existing conditions in line with his age".

Mr Mandela served as South Africa's first black president from 1994 to 1999 and is widely regarded as the father of the nation for leading the struggle against apartheid and for democracy.

He first contracted tuberculosis in the 1980s while detained in Robben Island prison.

He has been admitted to hospital on three occasions in the past two years. In January 2011, he was treated for a chest infection in Johannesburg.

During his latest stay in hospital, President Zuma at one point described his condition as "serious", but added that he was responding to treatment.

The former president has been rarely seen in public since retiring from public life in 2004.

Armed US teachers

The US state of South Dakota has enacted a law allowing school districts to arm teachers and other school staff.

The law's backers say it will prevent mass school shootings like a December massacre in Connecticut that killed 26.

Amid a push by the White House to strengthen gun laws, the bill reflects a growing divide in the US over whether more or fewer guns keep people safe.

The measure does not force school districts to arm teachers and will not require teachers to carry guns.

But it allows each school district to choose if staff could be armed. It takes effect in July.

Under the Republican-sponsored bill, school staff given permission to carry firearms on campus will be known as "school sentinels". The state has given a law enforcement commission the task of establishing a training programme for the sentinels.

Several representatives of school boards, teachers and other staff spoke against the bill in legislative hearings, arguing guns would make schools more dangerous.

But sponsor Representative Scott Craig said this week had heard from a number of school officials who back it.

Mr Craig said rural districts do not have the money to hire full-time police officers.

Kenya election results

Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta appears to have won the presidential election by the tightest of margins, provisional results indicate.

After all the votes were counted he had polled 50.03% of the vote, 4,109 votes over the threshold required for outright victory.

The official result is not expected before 11:00 on Saturday (08:00 GMT).

Rival candidate Raila Odinga is set to file a legal challenge if he loses.

One of Mr Odinga's aides said the candidate had "no intention" of conceding defeat.

Salim Lone told the Daily Nation newspaper: "The level of the failures in the system makes it very difficult to believe it was a credible result, and if Uhuru is declared president, Raila will go to court."

Both candidates have complained of irregularities during the course of the count, since Monday's election.