“Gene bank” of apples at Prince Charles’s country estate.

1,000 different varieties of apples are being grown including historic apple trees, by Prince Charles. Home Farm near Highgrove includes a variety brought to England by a Roman general and another from a tree once grown in Isaac Newton’s Lincolnshire garden. Genetic conservation is the main reason for the big variety of apples, some of…

Smith 143 and England collapse gives Australia total control

  Day 2 Australia tour of England and Ireland, 5th Investec Test: England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 20-24, 2015 Australia 481 all out (125.1 ov) David Warner 85 off 131 balls , 11 fours, SPD Smith 143 off 252, 17 fours and 2 six, ST Finn 90-3, Ben Stokes 133-3,  MM Ali 102-3 England 107-8 ( 40…

Valeant pays £ 650m, $1bn to acquire Addyi “female viagra”

Following FDA approval  Canadian Drugs Group, Valeant, has agreed to pay  £ 650m, $1bn to acquire the owner of the first drug dubbed as  “female Viagra” designed to boost a woman’s libido. The company will pay $ 500m cash upfront  for Sprout Pharmaceuticals and the remainder early next year.  Sprout’s investors will also be entitled…

The £1,200 small pot of face cream turns to multi-billion pound business

Millions of women wants to look younger and they will spend more than £6000 a year in creams and some exlcusive La parairie products including the £252 cellular eye essence and the £274 cellular cream platinum rare. Outrageous pricing and playing on people’s insecurities. Some women are infatuated with the beauty business they indulge and…

Infrared smartphone

Turn you Android smartphone to heat seeking infrared camera. Heat sensed by infrared camera can be very precisely measured, allowing you to snoop into the thermal world not visible to naked eye. Just insert the Micro USB into your phone and run the app. Your smart phone should be running Android 4.3 or later and…

FDA approves female viagra

The new drug to treat sexual dysfunction in premenopausal women  has received official approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. Manufactured by Sprout Pharmaceuticals, flibanserin ( brand name Addyi)  nicknamed the “ female Viagra” has been given the green light by the FDA for treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD)- a condition which…

Samsung Pay launched in South Korea

Samsung has launched its mobile wallet service Samsung Pay in South Korea. It competes with Apple Pay which was launched last year, in trying to entice shoppers to use their smart phone handsets, rather than credit cards, to pay for in-store purchases. Samsung has one major advantage that their payment system will work with a…

Thames Springing back to life

The Zoological Society of London has received a record 2, 732 animals found In the River Thames. Many spotted seals, 444 porpoises, dolphins and 49 whales around London’s Canary Wharf. Especially seals were sighted upstream as far as Teddington and Hampton Court Palace. The Dolphins and the porpoises were spotted at Teddington lock, Kew Gardens…

Google I/o Android M

Internet giant Google on Tuesday revealed that the sixth version of its Android operating system (OS) Project M, will be called Marshmallow and opened it to app developers for testing. The new OS will be renamed and follow Google’s nomenclature rules of naming operating system after sweet treats. Earlier operating systems were named Jelly Bean,…