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• Sony makes electronic bow tie
• Cops swoop on airline ticket thieves
• Free UK wi-fi has big holes in it
• Tablets face squeeze from notebooks, phones
• Social media no guide to human behaviour

Sony makes electronic bow tie Posted: 28 Nov 2014 10:29 AM PST Japanese electronics giant Sony is toying with making watches and bow ties using e-paper. The watch, called the FES (Fashion Entertainments)  Watch, has 24 design patterns, according to a report on the Wall Street Journal.  You can switch between the designs by using different gestures. more»

Cops swoop on airline ticket thieves Posted: 28 Nov 2014 06:56 AM PST Europol said that over the  last three days, worldwide law enforcement agencies have taken steps to combat people using stolen cards to buy airline tickets. The organisation said over 60 airlines and 45 countries took part in the joint activity at 80 plus airports worldwide. more»

Free UK wi-fi has big holes in it Posted: 28 Nov 2014 06:45 AM PST The UK minister of state for digital industries came under tough questioning about broadband in the House of Commons yesterday. Ed Vaizey claimed that all UK homes have access to broadband and 97 percent have access to broadband at speeds of two megabits.  more»

Tablets face squeeze from notebooks, phones Posted: 28 Nov 2014 06:33 AM PST Shipments of notebooks are only set to grow 0.6 percent in 2015, amounting to 174.6 million units, while sales of tablets will fall by 3.5 percent to 185.6 million units. That's according to Taiwanese market intelligence firm Trendforce, which said that this year notebook vendors struggled to gain market share this year by essentially engaging in a price war. more»

Social media no guide to human behaviour Posted: 28 Nov 2014 06:22 AM PST While researchers are mining social media in an attempt to understand human behaviour, some scientists are warning there are big pitfalls using the data. Scientists at McGill University and Carnegie Mellon University say that thousands of research papers are based on data from social media and used to make decisions in both industry and government. more»

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