SCOOP
TECHNOLOGY
The iPhone
upgrade: new 4G
launches at last
Drum roll, please, because on
24 June, Apple’s soon-to-be
coveted iPhone 4G will be
available in stores. The model
promises to improve on its
predecessor, the iPhone 3GS,
which has come under fire for
its fragility and short battery
life. Here are the reasons we’re
getting excited by the launch:
Improved design At 9.3mm
thin, the 4G is the sleekest
smartphone in history. It’s also
the most robust, with panels of
glass and stainless steel.
FaceTime video calling
Callers with Wi-Fi access can
see who they’re speaking to.
Multitasking The new version
allows you to run more than one
app, switching between them
while preserving battery life.
5-megapixel camera The new
camera has a flash and HD
video-recording facility.
Enhanced display The 3.5in
screen has four times as many
pixels as the iPhone 3GS and
78% of the pixels on an iPad.
1,500 more apps Including
iBooks: great for the commute.
Extra microphone (We can’t
figure out a need for that one!)
From £499; apple.com/uk; the
iPhone 4G is available on Vodafone,
Orange, o2, T-Mobile and 3 Mobile
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nonstop interaction with technology PULL is having QUOTE a
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texts and spreadsheets, the barrage STARTING of data reduces PULL
our ability to focus and filter information. With stress
levels rocketing as a result, the demand for technology
rehab clinics is on the rise. You can probably find their
contact details by browsing on the net... D’oh!
CAMPAIGN
All eyes will be on Canada this week,
as leaders from eight of the world’s
most powerful countries gather for the
36th annual G8 summit in Ontario. Top p
of the agenda on 25-26 June is likely to
be maternal health, with the White
Ribbon Alliance pressurising the G8 to o
allocate more money to help prevent
half a million women dying each year
APPLE’S NEW iPHONE 4G –
ALL VERY WELL, BUT DOES IT
HAVE A VUVUZELA APP?
Top celebrities sign up to
support G8 pressure group
during childbirth. Celebrities including
Naomi Campbell and Scarlett
Johansson have signed an
ope open letter calling for the
am amount of international aid
to
be doubled. To see the
NAOMI CAMPBELL IS AMONG
THOSE BACKING THE G8
MATERNAL HEALTH CAMPAIGN
le letter or to add your voice
to the campaign go to
whiteribbonalliance.org.
CULTURE
Edinburgh
2010’s hot
tickets
revealed
From Jude Law in Hamlet to
Christian Slater in One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The
Edinburgh Festival Fringe is
always the cultural attraction
of the year. Here are this
year’s highlights to book
now, before they sell out.
1
Top of the critics’ list
will be Emma
Thompson Presents: Fair
Trade, a startling play based
on verbatim accounts of
two women who survived
the sex slave trade.
2
Alan Cumming is
returning to the Fringe
20 years after it first
launched his career,
performing his one-man
musical show, I Bought
A Blue Car Today.
3
THE PAPER TRAFFIC LIGHTS
LOOKED PRETTY, BUT CAUSED
CHAOS ON THE ROYAL MILE
A production of The
Tempest takes place
on a barge in Leith, while
other site-specific shows
include Festival In The Sky,
a restaurant suspended
100ft in the air over the
centre of the city.
4
Theatre buffs should
catch David Leddy’s
Sub Rosa, a gothic, Victorian
re-imagining that will have
you riveted to your seat.
5
Stylist is tipping
Expectations for big
things after we saw it in
Manchester earlier this
year. It’s a moving tale of
two couples dealing with
imperfect babies.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe,
6-30 August; edfringe.com
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