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This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series "Life, Disrupted," about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis -- if at all.The main street in Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesvos, wraps around the green-tinted Aegean like a horseshoe. Brightly painted buildings line the road while wooden sailboats bob near the pier. It's beautiful.It's also where I bump into Waleed, a young boy I'd met earlier that day at the gate of the Kara Tepe refugee camp just outside town.He was fishing with two other migrants.I ask where his mom is. He points back toward the camp. "Kara Tepe," he tells me.And his father?"Dad. Syria. Psh, Psh," he says, pointing a finger to his head while imitating the sound of gunfire.I say, "I'm sorry," but he shrugs it off. That's life in Syria, where he came from. It was another reminder of the pain refugees have faced both at home and in Greece, where they fled to safety. The pain often sits just under the surface, bubbling up after they talk about th,greece,greece map,greece flag,greece news,greece currency,greece islands,greece ridge mall,greece vacations,greece beaches,greece economy ...ادامه مطلب

This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series "Life, Disrupted," about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis -- if at all. Most people think of Greece as a great place to escape from the stress of everyday life. But not to the more than 57,000 people now trapped there. In 2015, more than 1.1 million refugees and migrants fled war and chaos in the Middle East and Africa to seek shelter in Europe. More than two-thirds of them came through Greece on their way to places like Germany, Sweden and the UK. That changed in March, when an agreement between the EU and Turkey -- combined with nearby countries' decisions to close their borders to migrants -- transformed Greece from an entry point to a dead end. Yet they still come. Even knowing they face life in limbo, refugees are coming to Greece in increasing numbers, hoping the EU will let them in, The Wall Street Joual reported this week. They will join thousands of others already living in squalid camps and abandon,refugees and technology,refugees and communication technology ...ادامه مطلب

This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series "Life, Disrupted," about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis -- if at all. The email was a shock. "Unfortunately, my application for residence permit has been rejected," wrote Safinaz Awad, a Syrian computer programmer who until that moment in early August represented a success story for asylum seekers in Sweden.Jonathan Persson of Stockholm startup Bigspin stands with employee Safinaz Awad. Sweden has deferred Awad's asylum application to Greece. Laura Hautala/CNET After traveling from Syria to Greece to Stockholm last year, Awad, who is in her early 30s, landed a full-time job at a Stockholm-based tech startup in May. Her husband stays home and cares for their 1-year-old son. It was a dream come true. But now her dream of receiving asylum so she and her family can settle permanently in Sweden seems unattainable. "I'm trying to fin, ...ادامه مطلب

More than 6,000 people fled war and slogged across a continent to get to a refugee camp in northe France. Now they endure political hostility in a place they don't want to be. Sudanese, Afghans, Chadians, Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians and others live in a Calais camp known as the Jungle, and another in Grande-Synthe about 25 miles east, because the camps are the closest jumping-off points to the UK, the country they want to be in. That's where many refugees, who often speak English, have family and friends. My colleague Rich Trenholm and I visited the camps in June to get a feel for how technology is -- or isn't -- helping refugees. Mobile phones provide a psychologically important link, but they can't help refugees scale 15-foot steel-mesh fences topped with razor wire or climb into moving trucks headed to the UK. We've encountered fears that refugees coming to Europe mean lost jobs, the spread of Islam and even more terror attacks. We didn't encounter any of those motives while s,stranded in france,motorists stranded in france,holidaymakers stranded in france,britons stranded in france,american stranded in france ...ادامه مطلب

In Calais, three refugee camps were designed with very different ideas in mind. They each have their own unique problems.,french refugee camps,french refugee camp calais ...ادامه مطلب

Most people think of Greece as a great place to escape from the stress of everyday life. But not to the more than 57,000 people now trapped there. In 2015, thousands of refugees and migrants fled war and chaos in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq and headed to Europe seeking shelter. A year later, many are living in squalid camps and abandoned buildings in Greece, waiting for asylum or a chance at legal residence in the European Union. During a 10-day trip in June, we talked to officials, migrants and activists in Athens, Lesvos -- the Greek island where most refugees first set foot in Europe last year -- and Thessaloniki, near the closed border of Macedonia, shutting migrants' way out. Our mission: to see if the technology that many of us use every day -- phones, the inteet, messaging apps, social networks -- is helping during this crisis. Or not. We met people from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Morocco and Somalia, all on a jouey they hoped would take them to safer and better lives. Everyone (except the children) has a phone. All rely on the inteet to lea what's new and important. Facebook is a tool for escape and escapism. Power strips are the new watercoolers. Here are a few stories of their stories.Google it Five men sit around a battered, wooden patio table just outside the gate at Kara Tepe, an official refugee camp on Lesvos. All have their phones plugged into two power strips on top of the table. Smoke wafts from their cigarettes. Beko Al-Falahi, a 28-year-old from Iraq, tells us he used to work as a US Army translator. He's wearing a camo hat, flip-flops and a shirt that reads, "Grace isn't a little prayer you say before receiving a meal. It's a way of life."In April, Pope Francis visited migrant detention centers on the Greek island of Lesvos. Beko Al-Falahi shows a photo of the Pope holding his son Tayim. Richard Nieva He talks about his wife and son, Tayim, just 35 day, ...ادامه مطلب

The refugee crisis in Europe is awash in tech, with migrants and grassroots activists both using phones and the inteet to share the latest news, as well as information on finding shelter, food and other resources.For this podcast, we discuss our special report out of Greece, where we reported on how technology both helped -- and hurt -- refugees there.The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by CNET Executive Editor Roger Cheng, Senior Writer Ben Fox Rubin and Producer Bryan VanGelder.Check out the extended shows on YouTube. Hacking the refugee crisis in Europe (The 3:59 Ep. 89) Your browser does not support the audio element. Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play Music | FeedBuer | SoundCloud | TuneIn RadioLet's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

[embedded content] It's hard to top the greatest food convenience since sliced bread, but the Le Bread Xpress vending machine might be it. Dispensing warm baguettes from a machine, Le Bread Xpress wants to make sure hungry clients can grab their favorite French staple whenever their hearts desire. The loafs are partially cooked when they are loaded into the machine, then completely baked when ordered. Benoit Herve, the company's CEO and founder, said on the company's website that the idea came from his search for a baguette in the San Francisco area."I then discovered a French baker who has built a micro-bakery to deliver freshly baked baguettes from the oven on-demand 24/7," Herve said.The machine uses a cloud-based interface. Patrons can pay for the baguettes via cash, credit card, Android Pay and Apple Pay. Currently, the only Le Bread Xpress can be found in San Francisco.Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Deezer, a French subscription-music service like Spotify or Apple Music, launched in the US Tuesday, bringing another contender to the world's biggest music market. Though popular in its native France, Deezer has struggled to widen its reach to the competitive US market. It tried a stealth entry into the US nearly two years ago, offering its service to people who have Sonos and Bose speakers and later to customers of AT&T's Cricket Wireless mobile provider. Last year, Deezer abandoned a plan to go public. The company said Tuesday that Deezer is available in the US on Apple, Android and Windows devices, as well as through its own website. Like Spotify and Apple Music, Deezer provides an all-you-can-eat catalog of millions of songs for a monthly $10 fee, and it is offering free trials to new users for 30 days.Deezer differs from some rivals by including news, podcasts and live radio in its catalog. But like many, and for the same price, it also touts its team of music experts and data analysis as assets for making personalized music recommendations for you. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

If you live in a landlocked city or state, you may never have been required to defend your al fresco lunch from a pack of hungry and determined seagulls. But it's enough of a problem in some areas of Australia, apparently, that technology has come to the rescue.Hungry Jack's, the company that franchises and oversees Burger King's presence in Australia, decided it was time to do something about bird burglars who were snatching french fries (chips, to Australians). In a video in which seagulls are dubbed "pincer-mouthed, chip-addicted feather reptiles," the company presents its solution: A fry container that scares gulls. "Printed on holographic paper, the glittering surface reflects light, and protects our new thick-cut chips," the company promises, noting that the new wrappers have been released in "gull-infested areas around the country.""Finally, Aussies can enjoy their thick-cut chips in peace," the ad claims, showing a gull faced with fries in two cartons, and choosing to steal from the non-holographic one.Not all Aussies are buying it. "I thought shiny things attracted birds?" wrote one YouTube viewer. "This is such a bad idea."And one viewer questioned the timing, considering the season in Australia at the moment. "GREAT IDEA! Now no pesky seagulls are gonna steal chips from my warmed-up house because it's winter."This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting., ...ادامه مطلب

French creative JB painted each of these emoji-themed billiard balls by hand Jean-Baptiste Henri Franck Cyrille Marie Le Divelec You're probably already bracing yourself for the Giant animated emojis exploding onto iOS 10 devices this Fall, but before that happens check out this set of real life billiard balls painstakingly painted by hand to look like a everyone's favorite emoticon faces. "Poolmoji" is the work of Jean-Baptiste Henri Franck Cyrille Marie Le Divelec (JB for short), a French creative that recently moved to Shanghai to work at a marketing agency. When the office acquired a pool table, JB and a group of his coworkers got together to design and hand-paint fifteen of their favorite emoji expressions onto the balls. Poolmojis in the rack Jean-Baptiste Le Divelec Tired, astonished, grimacing and head-bandaged faces are all part of the set, and I have to say they look pretty funny rolling around on a pool table - it really takes the "animated" element to the next level. To accompany a photo gallery of the Poolmoji project, the team also created a bunch of GIFs that show the set in action, which you can check out below. 1 of 2 Prev12NextLet's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Uber's challenge to French laws may prove successful. Uber The European Commission is reportedly readying itself to challenge French taxi laws following a complaint from ride-hailing service Uber.A formal notice is set to be issued by the Commission, which will point out that the national law in France breaches a European Union treaty, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing "two people familiar with the matter."The law in question means that chauffeured cars have to retu to a base in between customers and bans the use of geolocation software for finding cars or customers. Known as the Thevenoud law, the legislation was introduced in October 2014 and outlaws many of the technologies Uber relies upon.Uber is arguing that the law favors traditional taxis over its own service and that France should have informed the Commission about its introduction. France will either have to come to an agreement with Europe or the Commission could refer the case to the European Court of Justice, the highest court in the EU. Neither the European Commission nor Uber immediately responded to a request for comment.The service continues to expand around the world, announcing on Tuesday that it will launch in Cardiff, Wales. In Australia, Sydney Airport also said it will soon start allowing Uber pickups.Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

The Vodafone Foundation's Instant Charge is designed to bring power to Syrian refugees transiting through Europe.Most of the devices shown off this week at Mobile World Congress are expensive, shiny and designed for the hyper-connected world. But not all.The Vodafone Foundation unveiled two new products at the show in Barcelona on Monday designed to bring the benefits of the Inteet to thousands of refugees in Syria and Kenya. The Foundation, which is the mobile network's philanthropic arm, runs several disaster relief projects in the countries it operates in. These are often focused on meeting the connectivity needs of the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR.The challenges facing refugees and displaced people differ depending on the region they are in and where they are on their joueys. For people on the move, Inteet connectivity allows them to plot their next steps and to check in with friends and family who may be worried about them. For others who are semi-permanently stuck in refugee camps, the Inteet means access to services and education that otherwise wouldn't be available to them.Syrian refugees who are making their way to Europe by way of Greece usually have good access to Inteet and even devices, but another stumbling block still prevents them from getting online."Unlike refugees in many other parts of the world, many of the refugee families arriving in Europe have smartphones, rather than feature phones, and there is an increasing need for access to power," said Oisin Walton, the Vodafone Foundation Instant Network programme manager in a statement.The foundation is attempting to solve this problem by creating a durable and portable outdoor mobile charger that can charge up to 66 smartphones at a time. The Instant Charge can be transported from place to place in a box weighing 23kg. It can be set up in 10 minutes flat and is split into four modules to avoid overcrowding.The mega-charger has been designed specifically to support the work the UNHCR is doing on the , ...ادامه مطلب