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Do we need to talk about becoming screenaholics?

Do we need to talk about becoming screenaholics?

Are we so busy looking at our mobile phone screens and glued to the latest developments on social media that we’ve lost all perspective on what’s right in front of us? Sitting at Kylie Minogue’s recent Perth concert the woman next to me is carefully recording the whole show on her mobile phone. She mumbles […]

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Diverse Emojis Are Now Available

Diverse Emojis Are Now Available

The new diverse range of emojis is now available on Apple iOS 8.3 software. The new range includes an additional 32 flags, as well as same sex families and racially diverse options. The emojis representing people are available in a default Simpsons-esque yellow. Users can choose the skin tone of the emoji by holding their […]

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Apple Ban Gay Cure App

Apple Ban Gay Cure App

Apple has banned a gay cure app from it’s itunes store. The ‘Setting Captives Free’ app claimed, “Despite what you may have heard elsewhere, you do not have a ‘homosexual gene,’ nor were you born this way with no hope of freedom. You can be set free from the bondage of homosexuality through the power […]

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Smartphone App to Diagnose HIV

Smartphone App to Diagnose HIV

Scientists in South Africa and South Korea are working to develop a Smartphone App that will work as a functioning HIV test. The proposed phone app named ‘Smartscope’ will be able to analyze photos taken of blood samples, measuring levels of white blood cells to diagnose the HIV disease. The test will require a one […]

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