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As developers for tablets and smartphones we like to keep abreast of the latest mobile technology developments . This is a daily digest of mobile development and related technology news gathered from the BBC, the New York Times, New Scientist and the...

OCTOBER 12 In History 539 BCE : The Persian armies of Cyrus the Great captured Babylon .  Within the year, Cyrus would make it possible for the Jews to return to their homeland. 1285: The Jews of Munich ( Germany ) were caught in a claim of blood...

It’s that time again when psychics begin making predictions for the coming year. With each passing year, the media’s interest in psychic predictions for the coming year wanes. It reached its peak in 1964 because Jean Dixon had predicted the...

1048 Al-Biruni Arabic royal astrologer, dies at age 74. 1048 Death of Al-Biruni, Persian mathematician (b. 973) 1124 Callistus II [Guido di Borgogna] Italian Pope (1119-24), dies. 1124 Death of Pope Callixtus II 1126 Hendrik IX the Black, Duke of...

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