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Hijabi social media star Ruba Zai collaborates with luxury labels

Living my dream” are the words that hijab-wearing “influencer” Ruba Zai uses in her bio on Instagram, where she goes by the name HijabHills. It’s an apt statement. Within three years, the 23-year-old has gone from being a little-known Muslim fashion blogger in the Netherlands,...

Google’s new headphones translate foreign languages in real time

Google has built a pair of headphones that can translate foreign languages in real time. The Pixel Buds are like a real-world equivalent of the Babel fish, the famous fictional creature from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. They both translate and enable you to speak...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos – briefly – becomes world’s richest man

Share price jump of 40% in 2017 made founder worth $91bn – for a short while leapfrogging the fortune of Microsoft founder Bill Gates The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos briefly overtook Microsoft’s Bill Gates to become the world’s richest person. Bezos leapfrogged Gates, who has...

The biggest smartphone maker in China has made one of the best affordable phones you can buy

Huwei Honor:-Smartphones’ lines are blurring. Over the course of 2016, phones like the OnePlus 3, ZTE Axon 7, and iPhone SE have all shown that you don’t need to pay more than $400 to get something high-end. The Galaxy Notes and (larger) iPhones of the...

Calestous Juma: how Africa can honour his legacy

Ademola Adenle, Colorado State University No discussion about the history of science, technology and innovation policy in Africa is complete without mentioning Calestous Juma. Juma, Professor of International Development at Harvard University, passed away late last year after a long battle with cancer. Juma championed the...

Five things we learned from ‘Pokémon Go’

Horndiplomat-It's only been available in the U.S. since Thursday, but Pokémon Go has officially become a viral phenomenon. If you're curious why it seems everyone is talking about Pokémon in recent days, let's catch up. Last week, Nintendo and The Pokémon Companylaunched Pokémon Go, a game for iPhones and...

New iPhone 7 will lose the headphone jack – but add pressure sensitive home button and dual-camera

BY FELIX ALLEN Hordiplomat-New features revealed by people who tested the gadget in secret THE new iPhone 7 will not have a headphones jack, reports appeared to confirm today – but a host of high-tech features has been added to the slim handset. It has a new...

Yahoo hack: World’s biggest data breach could compromise Verizon deal and cost hundreds of millions of dollars

Analyst estimates the breach could shave $100 million to $200 million off the closing price of the deal. Yahoo on Thursday has revealed it has suffered from what could be the biggest data breach in history. While its users are still digesting the news, the massive...

Samsung Galaxy S8 Rumors: What to Believe

Samsung has dominated the Android phone market for at least a half-decade, but the Galaxy Note 7 debacle last year lost the company goodwill with customers after its phones exploded in pants, hotel rooms, airplanes, and elsewhere. Now, in the wake of a global recall...

The Galaxy S7 Active is a rugged flagship with a steep price

Horndiplomat-But unless you’re an AT&T customer with $800 to spare, you won’t be able to get it. Cherlynn Low , @cherlynnlow 07.09.16 in Gadgetry 31Comments 920Shares    Sponsored Links by Taboola The Only 2 Sites You Need to Know About When Building a WebsiteTop 10 Best Website Builders Essential News and Analysis...