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Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired

...changing prototypes aimed at serving those with disabilities says, Dr Oliver Zanetti...Navigation Software There are a whole range of software packages emerging for smartphones which aim to help visually impaired people navigate. Blindsquare is the most widely used navigation app, which draws on listings data from the social network FourSquare, guidance from Global...
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Customer Service
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Customer Service

...changing the 21st century economy. The growth of a so-called “sharing economy” creates new opportunities and challenges for modern customer service. Denise Lee Yohn explores these changes in her article “What You Can Learn About Customer Experience From Sharing Economy Companies”. Yet customer service encompasses more worrying aspects of the current period....
Why did poorer people vote to leave the European Union?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did poorer people vote to leave the European Union?

...change in their country might just be a change for the better. [A JobCentre which has become a Cats Protection charity shop] In what might have been designed as a visual metaphor, a former Job Centre reopens as a charity shop Left out of the deal Education and income were the big dividing lines between pessimists and optimists. Graduates were much more likely to think...
Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?
Languages

Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?

...change outlined in a document called ‘Strengthening the Test for Australian Citizenship’ proposes tough new barriers to achieving Australian citizenship, including an English level of IELTS Band 6. Mr Dutton claims that “The Australian public wants to see an increase in the English language requirement, they want to see people meet Australian laws and Australian...
Selling Empire: The Empire Marketing Board
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: The Empire Marketing Board

...changed hands, but was still maintained there. Influential EMB personnel such as Sir Stephen Tallents also took their ideals and experience to new bodies, such as the General Post Office. Why did a power that spanned a quarter of the globe need to persuade people to ‘Buy Empire’? Despite other countries increasing tariffs on British exports, Britain had failed to...
Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference
Education & Development

Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference

...changing landscape for education and the importance of life-long learning for students. She too highlighted the role of The Open University in reaching students who cannot for various reasons access other forms of Higher Education. Ben Lewis, the Director of The Open University in Wales also spoke of life-long learning within the evolving educational landscape in Wales....
Trump - an appeal for enlightenment
Society, Politics & Law

Trump - an appeal for enlightenment

...changes lead to feelings of insecurity and fear about the future. Meanwhile, the rich are seen to become richer with the poorest struggling to make ends meet. Successive US governments have failed to address this. Instead of investing in industry, education, health care and addressing the issues in deprived communities, campaigning within US elections is often determined...
How Bitcoin works
Digital & Computing

How Bitcoin works

...changed, even by the smallest amount, the two hashes will be different and it would be obvious the block had been tampered with. Changing the contents of a block far back in the block chain not only creates a conflict with that block’s hash, but all blocks that follow on from it. And it’s not just my computer checking the hashes, millions of Bitcoin users are...