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Lufthansa Airlines Pilots Start Three Day Strike
Lufthansa Airlines pilots strike through Friday Lufthansa Airlines passengers with booked flights will need to change their itinerary as the company's pilots have started their three day strike to express their views about modifications to pilots pensions, and retirement benefit agreements Bloomberg Businessweek reported.
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New Google Camera App to Raise Android Imaging Standards
Reports suggest a new Google Android camera app in the offing with background blur, improved framing and panorama features.
Smartphone 'Kill Switch' Could Save Consumers $2.5 Billion Each Year
A new study from Creighton University suggests that “kill switch” technology, if able to reduce smartphone thefts, can save consumers $2.5 billion each year. William Duckworth, statistics professor at the university, found that consumers spend almost $500 million each year replacing stolen phones and about $2 billion each year buying premium cell phone insurance through wireless carriers.
Verizon Wireless to Hire 42 Employees in Maine in New Expansion
Verizon Wireless announced Monday that it will hire workers to fill 42 full-time open sales, retail and customer service positions. The decision is part of the company’s effort to add 330 workers throughout New England.
Loophole in iPad Microsoft Office 365 Allows Access without Subscription
Microsoft announced Office for iPad through a subscription that costs $100, but a loophole allows users access to the popular app without a subscription.
Airlines Add Craft Beer to In-Flight Beverage Selection
Various airlines have craft beer. Beer selection on airplanes might have just become more intriguing with the addition of craft beers on flights. Delta, Virgin America, Southwest, JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, and Horizon Air are all airlines who have joined the mix as carriers shift from commercial brews to craft ones since the cans they now come in versus the old bottles that flight attendants can transport and transport on carts while planes are in the air CBS News reported.
Google Looks to Study Employees for the Next 100 Years to Track Their Happiness
Google is working on a one-hundred-year-long study of its employees in order to learn what makes them happy and productive.
World’s First 3D-Printed House Built by Architects in Amsterdam
Architects in Amsterdam have begun building the first full-sized 3D-printed house. Dus Architects, the firm in charge of the house’s construction, looks at 3D-printing as the future of building houses.
Kenya to Combat Elephant and Rhino Poachers with Airborne Drones in Africa
Officials announced last week that the Kenyan Government plans to use drones in its fight with elephant and rhino poachers. Poaching has increased in the past few years in sub-Saharan Africa, where criminal gangs have killed elephants for tusks and rhinos for horns.
Amazon's German Employees Protest for Pay Hike
Hundreds of Amazon's workers in Germany boycotted work and protested outside some of the company's logistics centers to demand pay hike.
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