[ad_1] Mumbai, May 9 (IANS): The first three repatriation flights, including from London, Singapore and the Philippines, carrying Indians stranded there, will land at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Sunday morning, officials said Saturday. This will kick off the weeklong repatriation program of a total of 16 flights, including …
Read More »List 3/3 of sporting events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
[ad_1] AUSTRALIAN RULES Round 1 from March 19 to 22, without spectators. Competition of March 22 suspended. NAVIGATION Clipper Round the World Race in Subic Bay, Philippines; suspended since March 16. The 470 world championships in Palma, Spain were postponed from March 13-21. Asian Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab …
Read More »Greg Joswiak from Apple on the growth of AirPods: “It was almost like a forest fire”
[ad_1] Apple’s AirPods have been better than the company could have imagined, Apple Vice President of Product Marketing Greg Joswiak said in a new report from Cabling. Joswiak notes that the growth of AirPods “was almost like a forest fire.” Joswiak referred to Apple’s vision for a wireless future. Apple …
Read More »‘Animal Crossing’ and locked players shoot up Nintendo profits
[ad_1] Nintendo’s popular Switch console and blockbuster games, including “Animal Crossing,” fueled a sharp increase in profits and sales, which were also helped by players trapped at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Japanese gaming giant said Thursday that it had netted annual profits of 258.6 billion yen (2.4 …
Read More »Show your mom you love her with a virtual Google Doodle card today – Jimmys Post
[ad_1] It is Mother’s Day and Google celebrates with an interactive doodle on its home page through which users can create an electronic card to share with their mothers by email or social media. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, as we all practice social distancing, or distance ourselves …
Read More »Nintendo apparently has more mobile titles on the way
[ad_1] It seems that Nintendo is going to invest more in mobile devices, since it seems that they will have more titles in the future. For a few years now, the company has been dabbling in the middle with a few select titles. The main ones are Mario Kart Tour, …
Read More »What does it take to get a coronavirus vaccine in 12-18 months?
[ad_1] Marcos E. García-Ojeda, University of California, Merced I, like many Americans, miss the pre-pandemic world of hugging family and friends, going to work, and dining at a restaurant. A protective SARS-Cov2 vaccine is likely to be the most effective public health tool to return to that world. Anthony Fauci, …
Read More »Chinese Animal Crossing players use code words, intermediaries to enter the virtual world
[ad_1] HONG KONG – Chinese fans of Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons are paying a premium on foreign consoles and are finding ways to circumvent the limits imposed by local regulators in a game that has become both a worldwide hit and a political critical point. The game has become …
Read More »Pfizer Outsources Production of Brand-Name Drugs to Focus on Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine
[ad_1] Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) You are taking significant risk in a race to provide the world with a coronavirus vaccine. Pfizer is outsourcing the production of its own brand name drugs to contract with manufacturers such as Catalent (NYSE: CTLT) to accommodate the production of BNT162, an experimental SARS-CoV-2 vaccine …
Read More »Anna Jarvis: the woman who regretted creating Mother’s Day
[ad_1] Image copyright fake pictures The woman responsible for creating Mother’s Day, which was celebrated in many countries on the second Sunday in May, would have approved of the modest celebrations that are likely to take place this year. The day’s commercialization horrified her, to the point that she even …
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