Saudi men get text alert when ‘dependants’ leave

Saudi Arabia has long been criticised regarding its women rights. In the Muslim country women cannot travel without the consent of their male ‘guardians’ and are now monitored by an electronic system at airports.

If a woman crosses the border a new system will automatically send a text message to the men in order to inform them that the woman is leaving or entering the country, even if the man is travelling with her.

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Wikipedia to join anti-piracy legislation protest

On Wednesday the popular community-edited online encyclopedia Wikipedia (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) will take its English-language site offline for 24 hours. The aim is to protest against two US anti-piracy legislation – Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) – which are being debated by Congress.

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Giant escalator installed in Colombian city

Residents of one of the poorest areas of Medellin, in Colombia, will no have access to a giant outdoor escalator divided in six sections and ascends nearly 384m. (photo, from 20min.ch)

Until now, in order to get home from the city centre, people living in the Comuna 13 district – one of the city’s poorest and most violent neighbourhoods – had to climb the equivalent of a 30-storey building, as the area clings to a steep hillside.

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Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs is dead

Apple’s co-founder and former chief executive has died on Wednesday at the age of 56.

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs steps down

Steve Jobs (photo, from lefigaro.fr) announced his resignation as chief executive of Apple Inc on Wednesday. He will be replaced by Tim Cook, chief operating officer.

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Facebook’s anti-Google campaign

On Thursday US-based news website the Daily Beast, discovered that Facebook embarked on a smear campaign against Google.

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Apple denies iPhones or iPads users being tracked

A week ago security researchers claimed they had found a hidden file on Apple’s iPhones and 3G iPads (photo, from nexus404.com) containing a record of everywhere the users had been. Some users were able to extract the data and plot it on maps.

Through an online question and answer document, Apple denied that the devices owners’ movements had been secretly recorded.

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Woman remains could solve Mona Lisa’s mystery

To try to identify the woman portrayed by Leonardo da Vinci in Mona Lisa (photo), researchers will digg up the remains of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a rich silk merchant.

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Three Southwest Airlines planes have small cracks

Three more Southwest Airlines planes presented small, sub-surface cracks similar to those thought to have caused a hole in the cabin roof of a plane on Friday, officials said. (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk)

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Chinese workers wrote to Apple for help

Chinese workers have written to Apple asking for help, after being injured while making touchscreens for mobile devices, such as iPhones. (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk)

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