Archives for Science and Technology
February 20th, 2012
Two Spanish cities, Barcelona at No. 11 and Madrid at No. 16, have been included in the list of the 20 best cities in the world for students, in a new ranking released at the weekend by QS, a company specialising in research and rankings of universities worldwide. Among the ...
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February 9th, 2012
2011 was a bad year for Telefónica’s mobile phone business. Movistar lost 467,300 customers compared to 2010, and decreased its market share by 2.2 points, according to a report by the Telecommunications Market Commission and reported in Diario Sur. This is the fifth consecutive setback suffered by the Spanish multinational. Movistar ...
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February 2nd, 2012
Europe is freezing, with the wave of cold weather hitting several countries, mainly in the East, leaving many dead, according to recent reports. Temperatures plummeted to -33ºC in the Ukraine, -31ºC in eastern Bosnia and to similar figures in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria, and this drop in temperature is likely ...
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January 27th, 2012
The world's largest social network is more than entertainment for its users. According to a report by Deloitte, Facebook generates 232,000 jobs in the European Union. The same study, which measures the employment and economic impact of Mark Zuckerberg's company, said that this accounts for 15,300 million euros of the ...
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January 17th, 2012
The price of diesel has hit a record high and stood at 1.336 euros per litre after having risen by 4% over two weeks at the end of December, which is the date of the European Union’s last official record offered for Spain. Europa Press reported that the new price, collected ...
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January 9th, 2012
Spain occupies 39th place in the world innovation ranking reflected in the 2011-2012 Global Competitiveness Report prepared by the Davos Global Economic Forum, a list of 142 countries led by Switzerland and Sweden. Cinco Dias reported that this places the Spanish economy "far from" the most advanced countries of the European ...
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December 1st, 2011
The year 2011 was the tenth warmest since records began in 1850, according to preliminary data from a report that the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) published for the recent UN Climate Change Conference held in Durban (South Africa) and in which it stated that this year's temperatures exceed those of ...
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November 29th, 2011
Perhaps it is a little known fact, but the Iberian Peninsula is considered by experts as an area of high risk for tsunamis. Some of Spain’s cities have, in fact, suffered the destructive impact of these large waves many times, especially in the Gulf of Cadiz and along the Mediterranean ...
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November 23rd, 2011
Apple announced yesterday the opening on 25th November of a new store in Marbella, in the Málaga province, which will become the brand’s fourth store in Spain and will feature a panel of experts to advise customers. The new Apple Store will be their largest in Spain, larger than their existing ...
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November 15th, 2011
With the aim of encouraging homeowners to save energy efficiently, ahorratuenergia.es (save your energy) has been launched, a free web application that informs users of their energy consumption. Easy to use, the app provides the owner with the current costs associated with their property and any potential energy improvements which ...
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