iPhone Photo Editing Tips For Stunning Shots

With its advanced camera technology, the iPhone made it much easier to take good photos on the go. But we know that the photographic process is incomplete without editing. That is why both casual and advanced photographers seek the best way to edit photos on an iPhone. Knowing how to make pictures look better on an iPhone includes enhancing details, eliminating imperfections, and adding a personal touch to your shots. The given guide will take you through basic adjustments and advanced techniques. Explore built-in tools and third-party apps to achieve stunning shots with your iPhone.

First Steps

Before you delve into the nuances of image editing software, learn to operate the tools you already have. The built-in Photos app of your iPhone is a great…

The Definitive Guide to a Successful Microsoft Dynamics 365 Digital Transformation

Digital transformation has become imperative for businesses looking to streamline operations, boost efficiency, and deliver better customer experiences. Microsoft Dynamics 365, a collection of cloud-based business applications, provides an integrated platform to transform various business functions digitally. 

However, executing a successful Dynamics 365 implementation requires careful planning and execution. This definitive guide covers key considerations for enterprises undertaking a Microsoft Dynamics 365 digital transformation journey. Integrates applications for customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management, project operations, commerce, human resources, finance, and analytics. It leverages data and AI capabilities fo…

POLITICS: U.S. Gun Lobby Blasts U.N. Arms Meet

Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 21 2006 (IPS) – The National Rifle Association (NRA), the most powerful pro-gun lobby in the United States, is leading a campaign to literally flood the Sri Lanka Mission to the United Nations with letters and postcards protesting an upcoming conference on small arms.
Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam of Sri Lanka, president-designate of the two-week long conference beginning Monday, told IPS that the NRA campaign is totally misguided because the meeting is not aimed at banning small arms or controlling weapons that are legally manufactured, purchased or traded in conformity with national laws .

At last count, his Mission had received over 100,000 letters, post cards and email messages most of them arriving at the staggering rate of about 4…

LABOUR-COLOMBIA: Flower Power – But Not for the Workers

Helda Martínez

BOGOTA, Aug 7 2006 (IPS) – The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Colombia and the United States that could be signed in October or November this year will maintain the tariff exemptions already enjoyed by Colombia s flourishing flower industry. But there are no plans for higher wages and better working conditions for the industry s 100,000 workers.
The floriculture sector has grown over four decades to the point where exports were worth over 870 million dollars in 2005.

In just 35 years, Colombia has become the second largest exporter of fresh cut flowers in the world, after the Netherlands, says the web site of the Colombian Association of Flower Exporters (ASOCOLFLORES), a private entity created in 1973 which now has 200 members.

Colombia is…

HEALTH-ANGOLA: War, Plague, Pestilence and Death

Mario de Queiroz

LISBON, Feb 16 2007 (IPS) – Nearly five years after the advent of peace in Angola, following four decades of war which cost a million lives, the new killers in this Southern African country are cholera, malaria and AIDS.
Last week alone there were 111 deaths, to be added to the 3,017 fatalities among the 76,823 cholera cases detected since the outbreak of the disease on Feb. 13, 2006, according to figures from the World Health Organisation (WHO) delegation in Luanda, published in Lisbon this week by the Portuguese press.

There was a rise in the number of cases after mid-October, the start of the rainy season. Luanda was particularly affected by flooding, which accelerated the spread of cholera, an acute intestinal infection caused by bacteria producin…

BANGLADESH: Ship Breakers Defy Court Ruling on Toxic Vessels

Naimul Haq

DHAKA, Jun 15 2011 (IPS) – The ship breaking companies of Bangladesh continue to import highly toxic foreign vessels despite a two-year-old ban, and are also defying a court order to ensure workers safety and implement environmentally sound practices, a group of lawyers says.
At a shipbreaking yard. Credit: Mahmud/map

At a shipbreaking yard. Credit: Mahmud/map

The lawyers are blaming state regulators including the Department of Environment and the Ministries of Shipping and Labour for failing to protect coastal ecosystems and to monitor these companies compliance with safety precautions.

We still have evid…

‘Water Man of India’ Wins Stockholm Water Prize

A conservationist known as ‘The Water Man of India’ has been named Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for 2015.

Rajendra Singh, from the state of Rajasthan, has been a leading voice for water security, management and conservation in India for decades.

Singh is currently Chairman of environmental advocacy group Tarun Bharat Sangh, which helps local communities in India take back control of their natural resources, as well as pushing for sustainable development.

“Through the Indian wisdom of rainwater harvesting, we have made helpless, abandoned, destitute and impoverished villages prosperous and healthy again,” Singh said.

Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director of the Stockholm International Water Institute, called Singh “a beacon of hope,” warning …

Ebola Recovery Focuses on Strengthening Africa’s Health Systems

Two health care workers clean their feet in a bucket of water containing bleach after they leave an Ebola isolation facility during an Ebola simulation at Biankouma Hospital in Côte d’Ivoire. Credit: Marc-André Boisvert/IPS

Two health care workers clean their feet in a bucket of water containing bleach after they leave an Ebola isolation facility during an Ebola simulation at Biankouma Hospital in Côte d’Ivoire. Credit: Marc-André Boisvert/IPS

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 7 2015 (IPS) – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, addressing delegates in a run-up to an international Ebola recovery conference, said last month that “all of the investments, all of the sacrifices and all of th…

Water Poverty: The Political Connection

The writer is CEO of Sanitation and Water for All

A young girl collects water from a tanker truck in an IDP camp in northwest Syria.
Meanwhile, the UN commemorates the anniversary of the Human Rights Declaration to Water & Sanitation on July 28th. Credit: UNICEF/Khaled Akacha

LISBON, Portugal, Jul 28 2021 (IPS) – The water we drink and the air we breathe are the basis of life. With universal access to clean water and sanitation, we will be healthier, our economies will be stronger, gender equality will be more achievable, and more children will stay in school.

However, the many benefits of universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene are unde…