Alyssa Campanella from Los Angeles is 2011′s Miss USA. Auburn, and 21 years old took the crown in a pagent held in Las Vegas from a field of 51 beauty queens. The winning question was on the legalization of marijuana. According to the Associated Press, Ms. Campanella replied that she was for [...]
Research in Motion in the Philippines is hosting a Blackberry show called, “In the name of love,” at Trinoma Mall on February 6, 2011, 4 o’clock in the afternoon.
According to the press release, the show will be hosted by Ms. Kris Aquino and will include celebrities, Dennis Trillo, Jennylyn Mercado, Carla Abellana, [...]
The guys from Neatorama published this excerpt from The 23 June 1911 issue of the Miami Metropolis by Thomas Edison:
the traveler of the future, says a writer in Answers, will largely scorn such earth crawling. He will fly through the air, swifter than any swallow, at a speed of two hundred miles [...]
Anthony Tommasini wrote who The Greatest is:
My top spot goes to Bach, for his matchless combination of masterly musical engineering (as one reader put it) and profound expressivity. Since writing about Bach in the first article of this series I have been thinking more about the perception that he [...]
BGR reported that all Starbucks outlets in the United States are now accepting mobile payments via an iOS app or a Blackberry app.
Just tap “touch to pay” in the app, hold it up to the scanner at the register and you’re off and running. Or slowly reconsidering ordering a 31oz blended [...]
Apple is approaching its 10 billionth app download and to celebrate, Cupertino has a contest for you. You may either download an App from the App Store or enter to win no purchase contest.
Check out the Official Contest Rules.
Prize?
You get a chance to win [...]
Frédéric Filloux talked about the turnaround for France’s iconic newspaper, Le Monde,
The iconic French newspaper Le Monde is about to begin a new chapter of its complicated history. Last September, what remains France’s most influential paper changed hands (see previous Monday Note Le Monde’s escape velocity and story in NY Times’
It is no longer a season to be fatty. So do you need a weight loss partner?
TechCrunch wrote TextWeight Tracks your Weight loss progress, bugs you through SMS:
A simple service created by Kevin Morrill, textWeight holds you to your New Year’s weight loss resolutions by sending you a [...]
This is an oldie from Wired way back in 2007. It is an infographic on the miraculous logistics behind “Operation Christmas:”
Image by Wired
