News tagged with western europe

Global mobile payments to top $171 bn: survey

Worldwide mobile payments are expected to top $171.5 billion in 2012, a 61.9 percent increase from 2011, a research report said Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

April 2012 heats up as 5th warmest month globally

(AP) -- Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, federal weather statistics show.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 12

Online-only news outlets 'struggle to find funding'

The first report to assess systematically how online-only news websites across Western Europe are faring has found that new start-ups are struggling to find business models that can cover their operating costs.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research suggests European Neandertals were almost extinct long before humans showed up

Western Europe has long been held to be the "cradle" of Neandertal evolution since many of the earliest discoveries were from sites in this region. But when Neandertals started disappearing around 30,000 years ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Evidence suggests Neanderthals took to boats before modern humans

(PhysOrg.com) -- Neanderthals, considered either a sub-species of modern humans or a separate species altogether, lived from approximately 300,000 years ago to somewhere near 24,000 years ago, when they inexplicably ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 31 | with audio podcast report

European neanderthals were on the verge of extinction even before the arrival of modern humans: study

New findings from an international team of researchers show that most neanderthals in Europe died off around 50,000 years ago.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Android doubles smartphone market share: Gartner

More than half of the smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of the year were powered by Google's Android software, technology research firm Gartner said Tuesday.

Technology / Software

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Antibiotic dangers trap bees in a Catch 22

Honey bees are trapped in a Catch 22 where antibiotics used to protect them from bacterial illnesses ravaging hives are making them die from commonly used pesticides, some of which are used to ward-off bee-killing ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lebanon tries to catch up on Internet

Boudy Nasrala runs a successful brand design company in Lebanon, but when it comes to communicating with clients around the globe using the Internet, he knows to arm himself with patience -- lots of it.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PC market grows in 3Q, but sluggishly, firms say

Personal computer shipments continued to grow in the third quarter but at a sluggish pace, intensifying concerns about the industry's dimming prospects going into the all-important holiday shopping season.

Technology / Business

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Indian outsourcers seek revenues from 'smart work'

For advertising executive Govind Nair, working in India's outsourcing industry for a California telecoms firm means burning the candle at both ends for his customers.

Technology / Business

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ESA's water mission keeps tabs on dry spring soils

Western Europe's exceptionally dry spring is clear to see in maps generated using data from SMOS. While these maps offer an interesting view of the stark difference in soil moisture compared to a year ago, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

London, tuberculosis capital of Western Europe

(AP) -- The number of people infected with tuberculosis has jumped by 50 percent in London in the last decade, making it the tuberculosis capital of Western Europe, a new report says.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A cooler Pacific may have severely affected medieval Europe, North America

In the time before Columbus sailed the ocean blue, a cooler central Pacific Ocean has been connected with drought conditions in Europe and North America that may be responsible for famines and the disappearance of cliff dwelling ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Killer quake struck just below the surface

The quake that struck Haiti erupted just below the surface on a notorious fault where two plates of the Earth's crust jostle and grind, scientists said.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0