Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are opening a school

Mark Zuckerberg is making a big bet on a different sort of business.
The Facebook founder and his wife Priscilla Chan are starting a school with a unique twist. It will offer healthcare services to all of its students from birth to graduation.
The K-12 school, called "The Primary School," will be a private, nonprofit institution opening in August 2016 in East Palo Alto, California.
"It's a new kind of school that brings education and healthcare together,"

Coronation of New King In Magongo Land

After the death of the Late Olu Magongo, HRH Anthony Alfred Olusanre Alao (Iyelafe the 11) in the year 2012, another King has been crowned. He's HRH. Sam Bola Ojo. TO GOD BE THE GLORY Coronation Video Of "Olu Magongo of Magongo Land" Hold  On Saturday 12 of September 2015.  with many visitor from all part of Nigeria enjoy.

The Man Who Wants To Encrypt Everything

The Los Angeles Police Department has its own Eye of Providence, a 20-foot-long flat-screen mosaic in a windowless downtown control room fed by dozens of info?streams, including the police scanner, CCTV feeds, YouTube, Twitter TWTR -3.85% and criminal databases. When crime occurs, it shows up as a blinking alert on a yards-wide video map designed by Palantir, the deep-analysis software startup out of Silicon Valley with a $20 billion valuation. Its brainiacs are prized for their ability to find needles in haystacks for three-letter agencies around the world.

Adobe announces sweeping updates to its video apps with hooks into UltraHD and touch screens

The major premise behind Adobe’s Creative Cloud subscription service is that updates flow in an organic way — that the developer is no longer bound to a strict periodic schedule of feature updates, but can push out improvements at will. This year’s IBC broadcasting trade show will see a number of new features to Adobe’s video apps.

Seed funding for African tech startups is really taking off – here’s why

It is well established that VC investing globally is on the rise, but there is increasing evidence that more of this money is landing in Africa too, as the continent is now deemed a less risky place for investors to put their cash.

The benefits of being selfish

None of us wants to feel like we’re being selfish.

We all know we should have empathy for others and be helpful. But when it comes to doing your best work, sometimes being selfish is exactlywhat you need to do.

Why you can’t say no
Whether we feel selfish about it or not we hate saying ‘no’ to people. It’s just hard to say no, period. But why do we struggle with it so much?

BlackBerry just bought a mobile security company for more money than you thought it had

BlackBerry isn’t doing so well these days, but it turns out it has more money than you might have thought. Today it’s acquired a California-based mobile security company called Good Technology for $425 million in cash.

Track how your team uses Slack with Google Analytics

Here’s a fun project for Slack users. Google’s Developer Expert Nico Miceli has whipped up a bot that can monitor your team’s activity in the collaboration app and beam back metrics to Google Analytics.

Meet the man searching for an A.I. that will solve everything

Elegized by so many science fiction writers, artificial intelligence has seen a procession of successes and breakthroughs over the last few decades. From the Deep Blue defeating Kasparov in 1996 to a self-teaching AI smashing Super Mario World in 2015, thoroughly crafted algorithms can solve increasing numbers of tasks.

Twitter updates on iPad for a unified experience across devices

Twitter’s latest update on iPad has a responsive design that brings its features and interface more in line with the iPhone app.

The new version is just in time for Apple’s scheduled announcement of new mobile devices that will likely sport different form factors than their predecessors.

Instagram ads are going global and expanding to 30 seconds

 Instagram announced that it will allow businesses to run ads up to 30 seconds long on its platform.

Brands will also be able to use Instagram’s new landscape format for photo and video ads.

The company will also expand its service to smaller clients and welcome advertisers in 30 more countries on September 30, including Italy, Spain, Mexico, India and South Korea.

Instagram says it will also offer delivery and optimization tools to reach users on its own service as well as Facebook, and a new premium product called Marquee that will help “drive mass awareness and expanded reach in a short time-frame—perfect for events like movie premieres and new product launches.”

12 things you didn't know you could do with Gmail

Gmail is one of the world's most powerful and well-built tech tools, but there are ways to make it even more amazing.
Some features are hidden within Gmail itself -- through the Settings and Labs tab; others have been built by third party developers. (Just remember, third party apps will have access to all of the contents of your emails.)

BlackBerry unveils a quirky new smartphone

BlackBerry has updated the "Passport," its oddball, square smartphone.
Announced Tuesday, the BlackBerry (BBRY, Tech30) Passport Silver Edition is an upgraded version of the BlackBerry Passport, released in late 2014.

Fukushima disaster: Japan reopens radiation-hit Naraha

Japan is inviting residents to return to a town evacuated in 2011 after the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster.
Naraha is the first town to allow people to return permanently, following several years of decontamination work.
But many say they are not ready to come back, and only a fraction have returned for brief stays since a trial period began in April.
The Fukushima Daiichi plant suffered a series of meltdowns following a massive earthquake and tsunami.

10 things we didn't know last week

1. Silk can be made from the solidified saliva of a clam.
2. Tech start-ups valued at $1bn or more are known as "unicorns".
3. A gentle jolt of electricity can be used to help someone's muscles learn a new skill.
4. There is a computer algorithm that can recreate a Van Gogh painting in 60 minutes.

Rico Rodriguez : The Specials' trombonist dies aged 80

The trombonist in ska band The Specials has died at the age of 80, the group has announced.
Rico Rodriguez was a ska and reggae musician who played with the band on songs including the 1979 hit A Message to You Rudy.
The Specials announced his death in a tweet on Friday.
It said: "Our dear friend Rico passed away today. We offer out deepest condolences to his family. His legacy will go on forever. RIP dear Rico"

Hacked Jeep USB update criticised

Fiat Chrysler has started distributing a software patch for millions of vehicles, via a USB stick sent in the post.
In July, two hackers revealed they had been able to take control of a Jeep Cherokee via its internet-connected entertainment system.
The car firm has been criticised by security experts who say posting a USB stick is "not a good idea".
Fiat Chrysler has not yet commented to the BBC.
'Fishing for victims'

10 moving photos of Europe's migrant crisis view post

The photographs of a three-year-old Syrian boy found dead on a beach in Turkey are among the most powerful to have emerged from Europe's migrant crisis.
But many other moving pictures have been taken over the years, illustrating the dangers of the migrants' journey or the treatment they have received on arrival in Europe.

1. Juan Medina was working as a photographer for a local paper in the Canary Islands in 2004 when yet another small boat arrived, packed with men from sub-Saharan Africa. As a Spanish Civil Guard patrol approached, it capsized and nine men drowned. Medina photographed two of the 29 survivors, Isa and Ibrahim, both from Mali, as they were pulled from the water. The shot won him a World Press Photo award the following year.

Firefox is about to work a lot more like Chrome

Mozilla is beginning to make a series of changes to Firefox that'll make certain aspects of the browser operate a lot more like Chrome. The changes are broadly designed to make Firefox more secure and stable, but they also have the downside of making it less customizable and potentially more of a resource hog.

"DEVELOPERS WHO ALREADY SUPPORT CHROME EXTENSIONS WILL BENEFIT."

There are a few key changes that Mozilla is making to get there. The first is that it's changing how extensions (which Firefox calls "add-ons") connect to the browser. Mozilla is beginning to require that they use a new method that's very similar to what's used by Chrome and Opera. While that means Firefox extensions may need to be rebuilt, it'll mean that Chrome and Opera extensions should be able to add Firefox support with minimal changes. "Developers who already support Chrome extensions will benefit since they will have one codebase to support instead of two," Mozilla writes in a blog post.

Would you like your new SSD in leather, wood, or steel?

When I was a kid, I'd have been happy to just have more than one gadget, but kids these days are a bit more demanding. Their electronic devices have to be portable, versatile, and they have to look amazing too. Call it the Moto X syndrome. Sating that same desire for ever-more-exotic materials in the storage space is a German company by the name of Brinell. It's already collected a Red Dot award (to be fair, almost everyone has one of those by now) for its earlier designs and it's gracing IFA in Berlin this year with a new set of updated solid state drives.The soft nappa leather, available in a choice of black, brown, or white, is joined by a stainless steel option, a faux-carbon look, and a slightly more expensive Makassar ebony variant that also comes with its own leather pouch. Inside those fancied-up exteriors resides a Samsung EVO SSD capable of 420MBps transfers over a USB 3.0 connection. Prices start at €199 ($220) for the 250GB model and escalate up to €599 for a full terabyte of beautifully encased storage. The wooden case adds a €20 surcharge, so the most expensive drive Brinell has to offer will set you back €619 ($685). And if you're still questioning why you might want to wrap your electronics in leather, allow me to direct you to this Droid-Life demonstration of how well some leather ages. The leather Moto X is one of those rare pieces of technology that actually looks better with age.

Huawei's Honor 7i puts the fingerprint sensor on the side and the camera on a swivel

Huawei is a big believer in selfies — so much so that it sought to trademark the term "groufie" last year — and so its latest smartphone naturally endeavors to provide the best selfie camera possible. In order to not compromise or duplicate the photo-taking functionality, the Chinese company has just decided to put the camera on its new Honor 7i on a pivot, so that it can sit on the back and shoot photos as usual or flip over and provide the same quality up front. Beneath the sapphire-protected lens, there's a 13-megapixel sensor with an f/2.0 aperture. The camera's flash is attached to the same pivoting module, so that can also be ready at a moment's notice.

The quirky camera arrangement is intriguing, but others have done similar twisty cameras before with little success. What's more unique about the Honor 7i is that it appears to be the first smartphone with a fingerprint sensor positioned on its side. Otherwise, it's a relatively conventional Android smartphone, running a Snapdragon 616 processor with LTE on a 5.2-inch, 1080p screen, and offering a choice between 2GB of RAM plus 16GB of storage or 3GB of RAM with 32GB of onboard storage. The Huawei Honor 7i is available right away, but only in China, with prices starting at around $250.

Microsoft's Surface Pro 4, Band 2, and new Lumias set for October launch event

Microsoft is planning to hold a massive hardware launch event in October. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell The Verge that the software giant will use the event to unveil two new Lumia handsets, the Surface Pro 4, and a Microsoft Band 2. Chinese site WPDang first reported details of Microsoft's plans, and we can confirm there will be an event to launch multiple new hardware devices.

Microsoft is also planning one or two hardware surprises for the event, we're told. WPDang claims there may be a slimmer Xbox One, but a lack of rumors around Microsoft's console plans suggest this is unlikely. However, Microsoft could use the event to launch more Surface hardware outside of the anticipated Surface Pro 4. A Surface Mini had been planned for an unveiling alongside the Surface Pro 3 last year, but the device was scrapped just weeks before the launch. As we approach Microsoft's October event, we've heard whispers of additional Surface hardware but nothing solid on what form factors will ultimately arrive.

iPhone users can now finally use WhatsApp on the web

Almost eight months after WhatsApp launched its web client for Android users, WhatApp Web finally arrives for iPhone users. WhatsApp for Web will now work with Safari on the Mac.

To use this service, one will have to simply head to the WhatsApp Web website and scan the QR code seen on the desktop via the mobile app. However, this feature has not been rolled out to all the users and will be available in phases. Recently, the service introduced many new features for iPhone users such as the option to mute an individual chat, mark a conversation as read or unread, backup videos and location sharing. In addition, features such as auto loading of older messages was added along with better support for VoiceOver.

Windows 10 release date, features, devices and free upgrade: Everything you need to know about Microsoft's new OS

Mozilla chief slams Microsoft's choice of Edge as default web browser

Windows 10 at-a-glance

Windows 10 was launched globally in 190 countries on 29 July 2015, and Windows Insiders have started to receive their upgrade to the full OS, with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 users who registered for a free upgrade expecting to see the new OS roll out to them shortly. Here's our round-up of everything you need to know about Windows 10.

·         Windows 10 started rolling out on 29 July 2015 as a phased release

·         Read our full review of Windows 10 

·         Enterprise users can manage company-wide rollouts for Windows 10 updates

·         Microsoft Edge replaces Internet Explorer as Windows 10's default browser

·         Windows 10 is available as a free upgrade during the first year after launch for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 consumer edition users, who can reserve their copy right now

·         If they don't upgrade within the year, consumers will be charged from £100

·         Android and iOS apps will run on the new OS

Windows 10 latest news

03/08/15: Mozilla's chief executive Chris Beard has criticised Microsoft because it chose to use its own Edge browser as the default internet software on Windows 10.

Beard explained in a letter to Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, that he is disappointed by the decision, and claimed Microsoft won't let customers choose the browser they want to use, instead forcing them to take up Microsoft's newest browser as the standard choice.

"These changes aren’t unsettling to us because we’re the organisation that makes Firefox. They are unsettling because there are millions of users who love Windows and who are having their choices ignored, and because of the increased complexity put into everyone’s way," Beard said.

"We strongly urge you to reconsider your business tactic here and again respect people’s right to choice and control of their online experience."