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A new app for the iPad is making a lot of waves. It’s called Flipboard, and it’s free to download from the iTunes store. What it does, very simply, is to create a kind of free magazine for you. No, we aren’t quailing in our boots just yet. This one is generated for you on the fly from the media content — articles, images, photo and video — generated by your friends on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, plus content selected by Flipboard itself. It combines the ease of use of the iPad with quick tools that let users quickly interact with their social networks. Released a few days ago, it quickly caught the imagination of iPad owners, and its hitherto unknown creators were promptly inundated. They were not able to meet the demand and had to put a sort of waiting list in place so that users could get full functionality.
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If you happen to have stubborn knees (or even if you’re tall) you know how tough getting in and out of a car can be. And if you look at this, you will immediately wonder why no one has thought of it before. Renault’s latest offering with the Clio is a swivel seat. The front passenger side turns about 75 degrees outward with the flick of a lever. It locks in that position (as well as in its standard position), making it easier for the passenger to get in and out. Part of Renault’s ‘mobility for all’ move, it is supposed to make life easier for the elderly and the handicapped.
It will be available in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland this year, we learn. And India? “These are very niche innovations, and still a long way from being introduced in the Indian market,” says Ashish Sinharoy, Renault India’s VP, Communications & Corporate Affairs. “But, the way our market is growing and with customers continuously looking for innovative things in cars, maybe not too far away!”
(Ashish K. Mishra)
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