While Microsoft's recent acquisition of Nokia's smartphone division is potentially good news for Microsoft, the company needs to work on its branding issues if it's to start seeing greater success in the mobile hardware industry, a Gartner ...
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Jaguar Land Rover has committed to developing future products in the UK, announcing plans to build a new research and development facility in Warwick, England. The facility, to be named the National Automotive Innovation Campus (NAIC), is ...
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Reed Elsevier has announced the winners of the 2013 Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge, which supports innovative solutions to improve sustainable access to safe water and sanitation. The US$50,000 first and US$25,000 second prize ...
The National Interscholastic Cycling Association is launching a pilot program this fall in Minnesota to introduce middle school students to mountain bike racing. The goal with the pilot is to learn best practices and to develop curriculum ...
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until 2030, the IT industry is among those that must plan how its workforce will be impacted when these employees eventually retire.? While the tech industry emphasizes the new, legacy system skills are still valued since some companies ...
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THEY?RE highly successful as consumer devices, but is Apple?s iPad cutting the mustard in the business world? Yesterday two restaurants in inner Sydney were spruiking the benefits of using Apple's iPad to manage everything from the taking ...
From the moment that classroom doors swing open in June, floods of school children instantly flee to the nearest park, pool or video game. But it's not just tots and teens scrambling to adjust to summer schedules—parents feel the heat ...
Giant Bicycle Canada is supporting?Sprockids, a youth mountain biking skills and leadership training program. Doug Detwiller started Sprockids over two decades ago as a club of 50 elementary school children in Gibsons, British Columbia. ...
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A new swimming aid that doubles up as a toy for pre-school children has launched. Part fin and part wing, the Fings product from Splash About supports the child in a natural swimming position. Its side 'wings' wrap around the child's ...
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With the help of ten people, a backdrop of farm silos and a 45 foot puppet this was one puppet show to remember. The performance of Highly Strung took place in October of 2011 during Australia's Nati Frinj art festival. Source The Art ...
A small Taiwanese-owned toy firm based in Thailand hopes to launch its products in the UK. Kiddy Kiddo specialises in manufacturing educational board games and books, with several products aimed at pre-schoolers. It has been operating in ...
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Students at four District #210 Lincoln-Way high schools are participating in a program designed to make their local community a better environment in which to live, work and learn. T.E.A.M. Asset, an acronym for Teaching Everyone Assets ...
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Starting Out Right From the time we start preparing a room for a new baby, we are making choices about the child's environment. Many people get ready for a new child by painting, papering, and carpeting a baby's room with conventional ...
PA Consulting and Raspberry Pi have selected the finalists of their programming challenge who will present their ideas to six expert judges on 20 March. The competition was intended for school and university students to present ...
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A junior loft bed is the younger sibling of the loft bed. When it's time to make a room change from a "little kid's room" to a "big kid's room," make the change with a junior loft bed. The junior loft bed will provide a cool alternative ...
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