Microsoft will be holding its Build developers conference from March 30, and on April 1, the company is holding a session called “What’s new for Tiles and Toast Notifications.” According to the description of the session, “Notifications are an essential tool for engaging with your customers on Windows. We are building on the foundation of Action Center to give developers …
A man walked into the underground U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Monday and was shot and wounded by police after he pointed what appeared to be a weapon at officers, police said. The suspect, Larry Dawson, 66, of Tennessee, was in stable but critical condition at a hospital, Capitol Police said in a statement. A female bystander who suffered wounds …
On the heels of Queen Mary 2’s first-ever “Jazz at Sea” Transatlantic Crossing with Blue Note Records, Cunard has announced that Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, Gregory Porter, will be headlining the third Blue Note jazz-themed Transatlantic Crossing on October 25, 2016. Porter delighted fans with his powerhouse performances in the Royal Court Theatre during the first, October 29 Jazz …
People gather at the site of a bomb attack at a checkpoint in the city of Hilla, south of Baghdad, March 6, 2016. A truck bomb at an Iraqi checkpoint south of Baghdad killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 70 on Sunday, medical and security officials said, and Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blast. The suicide …
Behaviour-recording program tracks a child’s education, but ensuring privacy is a concern School children listen in to a lesson in class. Photograph: Fredrick Kippe/Alamy Stock Photo When a child is asked by parents what they got up to at school, they probably won’t confess that they were told off for talking in their English lesson, or that they didn’t do …
Michigan ACE Network for Women Leaders in Higher Education Also to be Recognized ACE announced today that Lucie Lapovsky, a longtime advocate for achieving gender equity in higher education leadership, will receive the 2016 Donna Shavlik Award. The award will be presented at ACE2016, ACE’s 98th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, during the Women’s Leadership Dinner on Saturday, March 12. …
A Google Maps tour of Dublin, narrated by Colin Farrell, takes the virtual tourist to key landmarks linked to the 1916 Easter Rising. Plus we pick some of the best guided tours and pubs if you’re visiting for real Courts of appeal … a view of the river Liffey and the four courts at dusk. Photograph: Alamy “Aterrible beauty is …
According to a report in The Times of India, while full-service carrier Jet Airways is scheduled to move its operations to the new integrated terminal, T2, at Mumbai International Airport in March, while IndiGo, is expected to follow suit in the second half of the year. T2, inaugurated in February 2014, currently handles all international flights and all flights operated …
Two teachers who worked at a “Trojan Horse”-linked school where pupils were “fed on a diet of Islam” have been banned from the classroom. Inamulhaq Anwar, aged 34, and 41-year-old Akeel Ahmed had denied the allegation they had agreed with others, on or before March of 2014, on the inclusion of “an undue amount of religious influence in pupils’ education”. …
Heading off into higher education is a major decision for many, and picking the best subject to study while at university can be an even bigger, and more important, choice – especially if the course you choose determines whether you will join one of the world’s rarest groups – the billionaire league. With less than 2,000 in the entire world …