Google to retire RSS news-feed service
Google is to shut down its Reader service in July, as usage has declined.
A petition to save the service, which aggregates news content from web feeds, had 25,000 signatures in a few hours.
Experts say shutting Reader is part of Google's plan to migrate more people to its social media service, Google+.
Google said in its official blog: "There are two simple reasons for this - usage of Google Reader ... Read more »

Beatles' Abbey Road cover in Calcutta traffic campaign
Police in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta are using the picture on the cover of the iconic Beatles album Abbey Road in a campaign to enforce road safety.
The picture shows the band members walking in single file on a zebra crossing in north London's Abbey Road.
The slogan for the campaign reads: "If they can, why can't you?"
The Beatles were photographed on Abbey Road in Ian M ... Read more »

European men are lagging behind women in terms of life expectancy, a major new report reveals.
Although people are living longer than ever before, men have seen less improvement and are "a generation behind" women, say the authors.
The World Health Organization team who looked at data for nearly nine million people in 53 countries. < ... Read more »