Peruvian university student creates successful iPhone application for pisco-based cocktails

Peruvian electronic engineering student William Muro has created a successful iPhone application for 47 of the tastiest Pisco-based cocktails, reported daily El Comercio on Tuesday. “I got the idea when I realized that there was not a single Peruvian application for the iPhone or for the iPod Touch,” said Muro. Muro, 19, completed his application [...]

New school year begins with laptops

Peru’s school year began today, with ambitious plans from the Ministry of Education to begin distributing laptops in state schools. Idel Vexler, the vice-minister of Education, said that the first laptops will be distributed in different schools around the country in the coming weeks, for use by children in elementary grades within a program called [...]