Fresh clashes broke out in Paris on Sunday a day after France suffered one of its worst days of unrest in years, with protests over high prices leaving one demonstrator dead, thousands arrested and shops across the country looted or damaged. Nationwide demonstrations erupted into riots on Saturday, with a town hall torched, shops ransacked, and buildings covered in graffiti as violent groups clashed with police in cities across the country. One protester died after suffering a cardiac arrest during demonstrations in Paris. Police made more than 2,000 arrests across France, while more than 600 officers were injured, the interior minister said. "It's like a war zone here," said Dutch entrepreneur Tije De Boer, who had come to Paris with his children to visit a friend and said the protests forced him to evacuate his hotel at Place de la Republique, a trouble hotspot on Saturday. Police again fired tear gas towards protesters at Place de la Republique and bikes were set o...
Do you remember your first mobile phone? Maybe it had a small screen and plastic buttons. You used it mostly to make voice calls or send short text messages. You could play simple games like Snake. Those phones were strong, but they could not do very much. Today, your phone is a small computer in your pocket. You use it to talk to friends, watch videos, take high quality photos, buy food, and find places on a map. You can work, play, and learn from almost anywhere in the world. How did this huge change happen? It started with two famous phone systems. These systems are Apple iOS on the iPhone and Google Android. They changed how we communicate and live every day. In this article, I will tell you the simple story of how Android and iPhone started. We will look at key years like 2005, 2007, and 2008. We will see how these systems grew over time. If you like reading tech history and news stories , this story is a great place to begin. What Mobile Phones Were Like Before 2007 ...