Internet
British Airways Cancels Flights Following IT Failure
British Airways was forced to cancel some flights to and from London on Wednesday after it suffered “a systems issue”.
Reports suggested dozens of flights in and out of Heathrow — Britain’s busiest airport — had been cancelled, grounding around 15,000 passengers.
British Airways (BA) declined to confirm how many services had been cancelled.
“We are working as quickly as possible to resolve a systems issue which has resulted in some short-haul cancellations and delays from London airports,” the airline said in a statement.
“A number of flights continue to operate,” it added, apologising to passengers impacted by the disruption and noting back-up manual systems were being used to keep many services in place.
BA said it was offering customers booked to travel Wednesday on short-haul flights departing from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports the chance to rebook to travel on another day between August 8-13.
Frustrated passengers took to social media to vent their anger and demand answers from BA, while photos shared showed airport terminals filled with stranded travellers.
A Heathrow spokesperson said BA was experiencing “a technical issue with its systems” impacting check-in and departures there.
“We are working to support the BA team and passengers impacted.
“We understand this is incredibly frustrating for passengers and encourage them to check with British Airways for the latest information.”
Internet
Twitter Shopping Card is already in testing

Social networks have always been a great channel for getting the word out on a new product but, save for a few, they haven’t exactly been great for actually buying said product. Over the years, social networks, especially Facebook, have been working to bridge that gap and make it easy, perhaps too easy, to just jump in and buy something. … Continue reading
Internet
Galaxy Xcover 5 leak spills almost all the beans

While most of the focus has been on Samsung’s high-end and expensive flagships, the smartphone maker naturally caters to a wide range of customers and markets. That includes the market for rugged smartphones whose needs and budgets differ greatly from consumers. These also come with less than impressive specs, as far as regular smartphones go, but the Galaxy Xcover 5 … Continue reading
Internet
Google’s Flutter 2 lets developers build apps for Web, foldables

“Write once, run everywhere” is one of the long-standing dreams of many programmers, especially as the number of platforms and devices “everywhere” increase. That was the promise that Java, the underlying language of Android, promised but that doesn’t hold much water these days. Perhaps it isn’t by coincidence that Google, who has gotten into legal trouble over Java, is the … Continue reading
-
Social1 year ago
CrashPlan for Small Business Review
-
Gadgets2 years ago
A fictional Facebook Portal videochat with Mark Zuckerberg – TechCrunch
-
Mobile2 years ago
Memory raises $5M to bring AI to time tracking – TechCrunch
-
Social2 years ago
iPhone XS priciest yet in South Korea
-
Cars2 years ago
What’s the best cloud storage for you?
-
Security2 years ago
Google latest cloud to be Australian government certified
-
Social2 years ago
Apple’s new iPad Pro aims to keep enterprise momentum
-
Cars2 years ago
SK Telecom and Samsung to collaborate on 5G for enterprise