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Ethan Czahor resigned as chief technology officer of Bush’s Right to Rise Pac after sexist and racially charged tweets from years earlier came to light Continue reading...

Aleks Krotoski and the tech team mark a decade of Google Maps by asking where mapping technologies came from and are going in the digital age Continue reading...

Study finds fitness bands incorrectly estimate number of steps by up to 22.7% while phones only get it wrong by, at most, 6.7%Fitness bands can significantly misreport the number of steps taken by a user, whereas smartphones are considerably more accurate, according to new research.The study, led by Dr Mitesh Patel of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, tested the accuracy of steps recorded by smartphones and wearable devices. Fourteen volunteers walked on a treadmill at a pace of three miles an hour for 500 steps and again for 1,500 steps, repeating each distance twice.Related: Could 2015 be the year wearable tech becomes sexy? Continue reading...

Apple Watch comments may be seen as distasteful in some quarters, but the dangers of sedentary lifestyles are more than a marketing line Continue reading...

Prime minister pledges £50m to four train operators for wireless connectivity, funded by fines on Network Rail for tardiness Continue reading...