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First lady raises eyebrows with hair do in Belfast
Michelle Obama, who headed to Belfast for this year's G8 summit, is facing backlash on Twitter for her fringes. Onlookers apparently were more concerned with the ill-received styling of her bangs than her speech, the Huffington Post reported. The first lady seems to be growing out her blunt trim and transitioning it to a side-swept ...
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New Twitter account casts Taylor Swift as feminist
A new Twitter account that re-imagines Taylor Swift as a feminist has amassed 80,000 followers in six days The account, FeministTaylorSwift (@feministtswift), is the brainchild of self-proclaimed feminist and Taylor Swift fan Clara Beyer, who is the senior linguistics major at Brown University, ABC News reported. She studied the pop star's lyrics with a feminist slant while addressing issues ...
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Facebook looking to partner with Samsung to boost mobile advertising sales
With the growing mobility of internet, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed potential partnership with Samsung company's president Shin Jong Kyun during Mark Zuckerberg's Asia tour. According to Bloomberg report, the partnership would reportedly focus on advancing mobile-advertising sales. Facebook has been strongly encouraging advertising on mobile. In April, Facebook Home had been ...
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Helen Flanagan robbed after tweeting she was alone at home
Helen Flanagan was held hostage by armed raiders at her 2.8million dollars home after divulging on Twitter that she was home alone as her boyfriend was away on holiday. The former 'Coronation Street' star was traumatised by the late-night ordeal hours after she tweeted that she was missing her beau, Scott Sinclair, the Sun reported. She reportedly told a friend that she could have been ...
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What workers hate about work culture at Facebook
Facebook employees have given bizarre answers to a question posted by a question-and-answer website Quora. Quora created, edited and organized by its community of users, had asked a question 'worst thing about working at Facebook' to which the social media giant's employees gave varied and interesting answers. The responses included praise for the free food and drinks prepared by renowned ...
Movie Review
The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) [DVD]
Luchino Viscontis opulent historical epic The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) is, along with Jean-Luc Godards Contempt (1964) and Roman Polanskis Repulsion (1967), one of the great European-American art films of the 1960s. After the 1950s saw the increasing popularity of am ... ...
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Yahoo follows Facebook and Microsoft in publishing US govt sought snoop data
Internet corporation Yahoo has followed the league of technological companies in publishing reports about 'snoop data' requests made by the US government. According to the Guardian, Yahoo has revealed that it had received 12,000-13,000 requests, inclusive of criminal, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and other requests by the government between 1 December 2012 and 31 May ...
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Now Australian Defence Forces hit with FB sexist anti-Muslim page scandal
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been hit with another round of scandal when some of its serving and former personnel were found to be linked with sexist and anti-Muslim posts on Facebook pages. In the earlier scandal, some of the ADF personnel including senior officers who called themselves the 'Jedi Council' were recently involved in a sex email affair, which was perceived as even ...
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Viacom and Twitter Partner to Deliver Social Video Campaigns for Marquee Shows and Events Beginning with the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards
Partnership to Launch with Real-Time, Sponsor-Supported Video Highlights from 2013 MTV VMA NEW YORK, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) and Twitter today announced a partnership to deliver social video advertising campaigns around the most popular shows and biggest events throughout Viacom's network portfolio, which includes MTV, VH1, CMT, Nickelodeon, ...
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Twitter taught in Grade 1 class in Windsor Ont.
A teacher in Windsor, Ont., is teaching her first and second grade students to tweet, blog and Skype as part of the elementary curriculum. "It's a different language in my class," said Kristen Wideen, who teachers a split class at Eastwood public school. Her students tweet using the handle @MrsWideensClass. Kids write the tweets, Wideen approves them. "I do look at them ...
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Uday Chopra openly flirts with Nargis Fakhri on Twitter
Uday Chopra has not been seen on the silver screen for quite sometime but he has ensured to still hog onto the limelight. Uday has garnered alot of attention after he was seen expressing his love for B-town actress Nargis Fakhri.The actor has been openly flirting with the leggy lass on Twitter. In a recently exchange of tweets on Twitter, Uday apparently posted,"Nargis did you know we are ...
Did I hear right?
Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.
Hassan Rouhani
Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.
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Paihia Beach Resort And Spa, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Driving along the main coastal highway, on the edge of the main township of Paihia, in the heart of the ...
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