What is the most corrupt government in the world?

Occasionally we include in the occasional blog article that has no direct relationship with technology, but in this case maybe it has it indirectly. Specifically it is a study by Transparency International that gives a score to each country in the world according to their level of corruption. The points to be taken into account to assess each country are cases of bribery, speculation, nepotism and corruption and dirty dealings in the public sector.


The end result may not surprise many, but I think the results in the country where I live are really optimistic. Yet you get the big picture and you realize something important: the first world countries, the richest and most prosperous have lower levels of corruption, just the opposite in the third world countries. The main problem is that the only ones who can remove corruption in a country are corrupt governing them, so it's a bottomless pit right? If your country does not appear in the graphics still look complete ranking in the world rankings by country here.

 

 

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iPhone 5 arrives in 22 more countries

The iPhone 5, new smartphone from Apple , went on sale in 22 countries on Friday (28). Presented by the company's chief executive, Tim Cook, on September 12 , the unit had already been launched in nine countries on Friday (21) .

The countries that received the new iPhone Friday (28) are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

A spokesperson for Apple has not yet confirmed the release date of the iPhone 5 in Brazil. The new smartphone has a screen larger than 4 inches diagonally (10.16 centimeters), which gives room for a new line of icons on the home screen of the device. The earlier models of the iPhone had 3.5 inch (8.89 centimeters).

The iPhone 5 also has a smaller connector (called Lightning) and connection support 4G LTE. With storage capacities of 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB, the handset is sold in the U.S. for $ 200, $ 300 and $ 400, respectively, from a contract with the operator.

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Nokia will close its last factory in Finland

 

Nokia decided to close its last factory in Finland, his country of origin, and must dismiss 780 workers who worked on it, according to Slash Gear .

The factory gave the last phone produced today (27/07) and operations will be completely closed until September.

The closing of the plant in the town of Salo is more action in a restructuring plan of Nokia, who must resign to 10,000 employees worldwide to cut costs.

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Greek athlete is expelled from the Olympics after a tweet

 

The athlete Papachristou Voula, Greek triple jump champion, will have to leave the Olympic venues in London and return home after making an offensive tweet last Monday. The declaration of the athlete on Twitter was considered racist by members of the Greek government, which prevented it from representing the country in competitions.

The tweet was: "With so many Africans in Greece, at least the West Nile mosquitoes (which transmit a disease) can eat food from their own land."

One of the three parties that form the basis of the Greek government - the Democratic Left - ordered the athlete in a statement:

"Humor and racist jokes offensive to human lives are not tolerated by socidade Greek and can not thrive in Greek athletics. The least the Olympic committee can do now is to revoke the right of Voula Papachristou to compete in the Olympics," he says. "Watching on TV, she can make all the jokes that she wants, but is not sure she will represent Greece in London."

Papachristou apologized after the fact. "I am very ashamed of what I did, though he did not want to offend anyone or infringing human rights," he said.

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