2014-10-25 Tanzania Health

  AsiaOne   

China to offer $104 million in fourth round of Ebola aid  AsiaOne
Medical staff test whether an Ebola protective suit is leak-proof at Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Print. China said on Friday it would donate 500 million yuan (S$104 million) to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea to battle ...

2014-10-25 Tanzania Science

  Komando   

Explore Tanzania and find chimpanzees with Google Street View  Komando
I've got to admit, for all the ways that Google is creepy and collects and stores information, it has some pretty cool new inventions and ways to explore the world. Take Google Cardboard, for instance. What an incredible new way to view the world!
Supercool: See Jane Goodall's famous chimps   Chron.com (blog)

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  New York Times   

Google's Alan Eustace makes record skydive from edge of space  Financial Express
A Google executive has set a new record by jumping successfully from near the top of the stratosphere -- some 135,000 feet, or 41,000 metres high, his project website said. The record dive by 57-year-old Alan Eustace, who is a "senior vice president of ...

2014-10-25 Tanzania Sports

  The Guardian   

Nadal to defend Rio Open title  Shanghai Daily (subscription)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Former world No.1 Rafael Nadal has confirmed he will defend his title at next year's Rio Open. Tournament organizers made the announcement on the same day the 28-year-old Spaniard revealed he was undergoing ...

2014-10-25 Tanzania Entertainment

  Daily News   

Auditions for Tanzania Top Model to be held in Dar on Saturday  Daily News
FOR young ladies out there who want to see if they will make it as models you are advised to get yourselves to MOG formerly Nyumbani Lounge near Best Bite in Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam on Sunday morning. Auditions for Tanzania Top model 2104 for Dar ...

2014-10-25 Tanzania Technology

  Komando   

Explore Tanzania and find chimpanzees with Google Street View  Komando
I've got to admit, for all the ways that Google is creepy and collects and stores information, it has some pretty cool new inventions and ways to explore the world. Take Google Cardboard, for instance. What an incredible new way to view the world!
Supercool: See Jane Goodall's famous chimps   Chron.com (blog)

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  Financial Express   

Google Inc puts Sunder Pichai in charge of major products, services  Financial Express
Six executives who previously reported to Google CEO Larry Page will now report to Sunder Pichai. (Reuters). SummaryIndia-born Sundar Pichai will have oversight over products such as search, maps, advertising.
Sundar Pichai gets a promotion, finds himself the new head of Google's core ...   Phandroid.com
Google's Android chief given keys to the kingdom   Beta Wired
Google's Larry Page gives Sundar Pichai more power   USA TODAY
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  InformationWeek   

Facebook Rooms App Allows Any Identity  InformationWeek
An email address is all that's required to create a user account. Hello, retro chatrooms? 11 Geekiest Halloween Costumes. (Click image for larger view and slideshow.) Facebook on Thursday introduced a mobile chat application called Rooms that allows ...

2014-10-25 Tanzania Business

  eTurboNews   

U-30 awards coming  Daily News
YOUTH of Africa (YOA) organisation is expecting to introduce awards that will be awarded to Tanzanian youth aged under-30. YOA co-founder and Executive Director, Harrison Mbugi, told a press conference in Dar es Salaam on Thursday that the awards will ...

2014-10-25 Tanzania World

  The Guardian   

Two dead after student opens fire in Washington state school  The Guardian
People pray during a community vigil at the Grove Church following the shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck high school. Photograph: Jason Redmond/Reuters. A student at a Washington state high school is dead after opening fire in the school's cafeteria, killing ...

2014-10-25 Tanzania Africa

  Nigerian Tribune   

Boko Haram Spokeperson: Chibok Girls May Soon Regain Freedom  THISDAY Live
The purported Secretary General of terrorist Boko Haram sect, Danladi Ahmadu, who represented the group and negotiated the recent ceasefire agreement with the Nigerian government, has affirmed that the abducted Chibok schoolgirls would be released ...

2014-10-25 Tanzania Tanzania

  VICE News   

China Joins Tanzania In Naval Exercise as the Indian Ocean Region Goes Nuts  VICE News
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) — or as many Chinese like to call it, "the navy" — is kicking off the month-long "Beyond 2014" bilateral naval exercises with the much less frequently discussed Tanzanian navy. The two nations actually ...