May 8, 2015

Who is £30m forward Memphis Depay?

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Who is £30m forward Memphis Depay?

Uber bids for Nokia's mapping service - NYT

(Reuters) – Ride-hailing service Uber has submitted a bid for Nokia Oyj’s map business, HERE, for as much as $3 billion, the New York Times reported, citing people with knowledge of the offer.


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Uber bids for Nokia's mapping service - NYT

How Jonathan Steinberg Made Good on a Second Chance

Despite setbacks that included his father’s failures as well as his own, Jonathan Steinberg now runs one of the fastest-growing fund companies around.


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How Jonathan Steinberg Made Good on a Second Chance

ZTE is taking its Nubia brand to India starting with the Z9 Mini

ZTE’s Nubia sub-brand has mostly been confined to China so far, but that’s about to change. The company is now busy establishing an online presence for itself in India, which signifies that Nubia’s entry into the subcontinent is very close.


Recently Nubia has launched a few interesting smartphones, perhaps the most intriguing of all being the Z9 with its zero lateral bezels. This has only been official for a day or so, but apparently it’s not the first handset that will launch in India.


According to some unnamed sources, that honor will go to the Nubia Z9 Mini, a device which was unveiled alongside the Z9 Max. While that will probably be sold in India too, the Z9 Mini should be the first Nubia phone on that market.


Pricing for the Nubia Z9 Mini in India is still a mystery, but keeping in mind that it costs CNY 1,499 in China ($241), it can’t be much more expensive in the subcontinent when it does land. A price tag of around INR 16,000 seems plausible.


The Nubia Z9 Mini has a 5-inch 1080p touchscreen, a 16 MP main camera with LED flash, an 8 MP selfie snapper, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage, and a 2,900 mAh battery. It runs Android 5.0.2 Lollipop underneath ZTE’s Nubia UI 2.8, and it’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 615 SoC, which comes with an octa-core Cortex-A53…


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ZTE is taking its Nubia brand to India starting with the Z9 Mini

Sony Xperia Z series to get Android 5.1 Lollipop in August

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Sony Xperia Z series to get Android 5.1 Lollipop in August

Spotify Seeking Video Deals With Media Companies

The streaming music service hopes to keep users on its site longer, and sell more ads, by offering playlists of short video clips.


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Spotify Seeking Video Deals With Media Companies

How To Prevent Your Cell Phone From Ruining Your Relationship

It goes without saying that most of us are overly attached to our cell phones. And, while many of us recognize that we have bad cell phone habits

, many don’t make an active effort to change, even when their usage is affecting their relationship. Here are some simple strategies you can use to make sure your cell phone doesn’t destroy your relationship.



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How To Prevent Your Cell Phone From Ruining Your Relationship

Impounded Cargo Ship Released by Iran

The Maersk Line said it was pleased that Iran had freed the ship, the Maersk Tigris, and its 24-member crew after talks with the Iranian authorities.


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Impounded Cargo Ship Released by Iran

San Francisco Expands Racial Bias Inquiry Into Police

The case began when racially biased text messages among 14 officers were found and will be broadened to determine if systemic bias exists.


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San Francisco Expands Racial Bias Inquiry Into Police

He Beat Back Ebola, but It Lurked in an Unlikely Spot

Less than two months after a long, brutal fight with Ebola nearly ended his life, Dr. Ian Crozier was back in the hospital: His eye was teeming with the virus.


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He Beat Back Ebola, but It Lurked in an Unlikely Spot

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Global campaign preceded surprise move to free Chinese activists

BEIJING (Reuters) – When five Chinese women’s rights advocates were detained in early March, diplomats and activists worked together in an unusual effort to put pressure on Beijing to free them ahead of a Chinese-sponsored women’s summit in New York in September.



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Global campaign preceded surprise move to free Chinese activists

Cory Booker: ISIS Is Winning the Internet War With "Fancy Memes"

No matter how many zillions of munitions we drop or drone-fire onto the territory controlled by ISIS, we’re woefully far behind in the …


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Cory Booker: ISIS Is Winning the Internet War With "Fancy Memes"