Now, stories of heroic rescues don’t often make it to my favourite story of the day. I do love hearing about heroic rescues, but stories with a wider impact on the world tend to shift them down the list. However, hearing how a mother used the her Smartphone to save her baby is simply brilliant.

There are a variety of personal assistant apps out there OK Google, Siri and Windows’ Cortana, but I doff my hat to a mum who could have been frozen in panic by her baby in danger but had the presence of mind to use the phone’s Voice Dialing.

Coming in a close second is the Director of GCHQ giving a surprise interview at the Cheltenham Science Festival. Over the past few years we have seen various scandals about signals intelligence and a growing fear of Big Brother style mass surveillance from bodies such as the NSA. So  for the head of such an organisation to come out and help provide a little more transparency is great to see. 🙂

Use your technology for something good and share some good news today:

• Siri Helps save Childs Life
• Director’s Interview gives a Glimpse into the world of GCHQ
• Rise of Mammals much Earlier than Thought
• A Banksy Gift to Primary School after it names a School House after Him
• Cardiac Bruising may help Diagnose the extent of and help Predict Heart Attacks
• Japanese Growth revised Higher
• Abandoned Japanese Boy leaves Hospital
• Scottish Rail Track Invention to Transform America’s Railways
• World War One Photos Uncovered in Belfast
• Drone Footage of Bryde’s Whale near New Zealand
• Stephanie Inglis out of Coma
• England claim 7-0 Victory over Serbia