Apple takes on Facebook by blocking data tracking
Latest on Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference and Microsoft buys a code-sharing site.
Apple takes on Facebook by blocking data tracking, we hear the latest developments on Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose. Also, Microsoft announced that it's paying $7.5 billion dollars in stock to acquire a code-sharing site called Github. Strict capital controls on cash withdrawals in Greece have been relaxed. As the country's economy continues to recover, we hear how economic life is changing in Greece from Constantinos Michalos of the Athens Chamber of Commerce. Also in the programme, Jordan's prime minister has resigned after thousands of people took to the streets. Lamis Andoni is a Middle East analyst, and explains that Jordanians have been protesting against tax hikes and the rising cost of living. We have a report from Nigeria on the growing popularity amongst Nigerians of holidaying at home. ´óÏó´«Ã½place commentator Alison Green of the Ask a Manager column looks at the arguments that can arise from the way people treat their office kitchen. Plus the skeleton of an extremely rare form of dinosaur dinosaur species fetches €2m at a Paris auction. Dr Emily Mitchell of the University of Cambridge's Department of Earth Sciences explains why some paleontologists think such auctions are a loss to science.
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