Showing posts with label country. Show all posts
Showing posts with label country. Show all posts

Saturday, December 22, 2012

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 ...

Sunday, September 30, 2012

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,...

Saturday, July 28, 2012

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 cos...

Friday, July 27, 2012

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)...