WWDC banner shot leaks iOS 6 debut. Platform for report news, views and opinions powered by citizen journalism and social media. You share. We air. diggdigg What does Apple have in store for us at WWDC? Well it was a pretty safe bet that there is going to be some iOS updates or news flowing in, and now its almost confirmed that iOS 6 would be unveiled. Here are pictures of banner being put up by ground staff at the Cupertino’s big developer WWDC event being held this year at Moscone West.
The event will happen on Monday, so stay tuned for the whole blow down. Picture Source – 9to5Mac. Budding author Ishaan Lalit’s second book ‘Hexagon’ releases today. Full time student as well as senior assistant review manager for All About Books Global diggdigg Ishaan Lalit’s “Hexagon” is a racy, glamorous and fast moving thriller aimed at captivating the lovers of sci-fi. His book is based on the fascinating theme of war of different worlds. “Hexagon” is the author’s second book.
His first release “The Bracelet” painted a captivating picture about otherworldly creatures, lost family member and politics. There is a good amount of buzz among his readers and they are looking forward for the book’s release. “Hexagon” is about Rahul Oberoi and his girlfriend and partner in crime Ria. Ishaan Lalit is a twenty nine year old pilot, gemologist and an avid adventurer from a multicultural background. Yahoo, Facebook end patent dispute, form advertising alliance.
Platform for report news, views and opinions powered by citizen journalism and social media. You share. We air. diggdigg Facebook and Yahoo have agreed to form a web advertising alliance and haave also settled their patent litigation case, The Telegraph reported Monday. The companies said they will work together to bring advertisers new ways to promote their products across Yahoo and Facebook’s websites.
The settlement includes a cross-license agreement, according to a statement Monday. Yahoo filed the original patent lawsuit under the leadership of Scott Thompson, who resigned as chief executive officer in May amid pressure from investors, after failing to correct “misstatements in his academic record”, the newspaper said.
Russia launches Proton-M rocket with Dutch telesat. Platform for report news, views and opinions powered by citizen journalism and social media. You share. We air. diggdigg Russia conducted the launch of a Proton-M rocket with a telecommunications satellite late Monday. According to Russia’s federal space agency Roscosmos, the Russian Proton-M launch vehicle carrying the Dutch SES-5 telecoms satellite lifted off from the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan after a series of delays, RIA Novosti reported. The SES-5, built by US company Space Systems/Loral for the Dutch operator SES World Skies, has been designed to provide various satellite services to customers in Africa, Middle East and Europe. “The launch occurred at the calculated time. Russia earlier deferred Proton-M rocket’s launch twice due to technical reasons, Xinhua reported.
On June 19, the rocket was removed from its launching pad ahead of the launch due to a technical error, according to Roscosmos. Samsung did not copy 'cool' Apple iPad: Court. Platform for report news, views and opinions powered by citizen journalism and social media. You share. We air. diggdigg The British High Court has ruled that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab range does not unlawfully copy the iPad’s “cool” minimalist design, The Telegraph reported. Apple sued its Korean rival last year, insisting that the Galaxy Tab design “slavishly copies” the iPad.
In a judgment published Monday the High Court rejected the claims. There was some consolation for Apple, however, after a judge ruled that Samsung’s designs were “not as cool” as the iPad, the newspaper said Monday. The case is part of a bitter, worldwide intellectual property row between Apple and manufacturers of smartphones and tablets that run Google’s Android mobile operating system. The defeat is Apple’s second at the High Court in less than a week. Apple declined to comment on the iPad design judgment, but reiterated its earlier claims against Samsung. The death of UK comedy? London club owner speaks out. Diggdigg Noel Faulkner, Irish owner of London’s Comedy Cafe in London’s trendy Shoreditch, is never less than forthright. He told me what he really thinks of the state of the current comedy business in the UK. “The game is really played-out,” he said. “I think ‘arena comedy’ has really done it damage, because 60,000 people at a time can go and see comedy now.
“I’d say the average comedy punter used to go to a club maybe four times a year. “But also,” I suggested, “they pay to see a known quality at the O2 whereas, if they go to a club, it may be hit-and-miss.” “Not if you come to the Comedy Cafe,” said Noel. “But, in general, you think comedy clubs are going down the tubes?” “Yeah. “What effect did the Euro 2012 football on TV have on attendances?” “Well,” he replied. “Yet you’re going back to stand-up comedy yourself,” I said. “Well,” he corrected me, “I started out as a dancer in Ireland and, because I have Tourette Syndrome, it’s easy being a dancer because of the twitching. “No.” Georgia: State Modernisation by Decentralisation. Diggdigg After the downfall of the Tsar Empire, Georgia gained her independence on May 26th, 1918 – a dream that lasted only three years, until Stalin’s homeland was again compelled to be part to the new USSR. President Mikhail Saakashvili chose this memorable Georgian day to announce the formal conveyance of Parliament to Kutaisi, Georgia’s second largest city.
This decision is the result of a double political will, namely decentralisation and institutional protection, quelling potential threats and attacks from pro-Russian separatists. Since rising to power in 2004, President Saakashvili has primarily focused his attention on the economy, in order to break the country out of its dismal economic performance that followed in the post-Soviet period. This reflects just a few of the goals set by Saakashvili’s administration, in addition to the fight against corruption in the business world of Georgia. Photo: Allvoices.
AFRICA. Toll in Nigeria village massacres touches 90. Platform for report news, views and opinions powered by citizen journalism and social media. You share. We air. diggdigg At least 90 people have been killed in attacks on villages in Nigeria’s Plateau state, security sources said Monday. The attacks took place in villages in Gashik district of the Barkinladi local government area. In a brief text message to Xinhua, security sources said 50 burnt bodies were uncovered in the early hours of Sunday in Matsai village. Xinhua’s reporters in the restive city of Jos said 20 people were killed Sunday afternoon at the mass burial site of victims of Saturday’s attack, including a serving Senator, Gyang Dantong, representing Plateau north and the majority leader of the State House of Assembly, Gyang Fulani.
Before he was killed on Sunday, Fulani told Xinhua Saturday that at least 20 people were killed Friday night in Barkinladi by yet to be identified gunmen, who invaded nine villages. Protect coral reefs, say scientists. Platform for report news, views and opinions powered by citizen journalism and social media. You share. We air. diggdigg Top marine scientists have sounded an alarm over the plight of coral reefs worldwide and the livelihood of millions of people dependent on them. In an unprecedented move, more than 2,000 of the world’s leading marine researchers released in Cairns, Australia, their Consensus Statement on Climate Change and Coral Reefs. They are attending the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium in Australia.
Terry Hughes, convener of the symposium and director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, said: “When it comes to coral reefs, prevention is better than cure. “Unfortunately, the rush to get as much fossil fuel out of the ground as quickly as possible before the transition to alternative sources of energy occurs, has pushed environmental concerns far into the background,” Hughes was quoted as saying in an ARC Centre statement.
Facebook, Twitter lowering your confidence? Diggdigg Ever felt low if your friend gets more likes or tweets than you? You’re not alone. Comparisons on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter make people feel anxious and under-confident, according to a poll. The poll also found that more than half said these sites had altered their behaviour, especially suffering a negative impact from social media. Two-thirds said they were unable to relax or to doze off after spending time on the sites. And one quarter of those polled said they had been left facing difficulties in their relationships or workplace after becoming confrontational online, the Telegraph reported. In total, 298 people were polled by Salford Business School at the University of Salford, for the charity Anxiety UK.
The research also demonstrated the addictive powers of internet, with 55 percent of people saying they felt “worried or uncomfortable” when they could not access their Facebook or e-mail accounts. Entangled in economic crisis, Spain sends 5,000 horses a month to slaughter. Platform for report news, views and opinions powered by citizen journalism and social media. You share. We air. The economic crisis in Spain is sending almost 5,000 horses a month to the slaughterhouse and has increased the number of animals abandoned because their owners can no longer afford to keep them. The number of horses slaughtered increased by 31 percent in the first four months of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011, to a total of 19,793, according to official figures.
Pounds also have a waiting list of several months to be able to handle about 165 animals a day, the immense majority of which are horses. The secretary general of the Professional Association of Slaughterhouses and Meat-packing Companies, Manuel Gonzalez, said that since “there is no market” for selling, renting or breaking-in horses at the moment, some breeders find themselves unable to afford the high cost of feeding the animals, estimated at an average of 300 euros ($369) each per month. China rolls out plans to develop electric car industry. Platform for report news, views and opinions powered by citizen journalism and social media.
You share. We air. diggdigg China has rolled out a plan to boost its underdeveloped electric vehicle industry, with a goal of making the industry more competitive in the global marketplace, Xinhua reported. The central government’s plan calls for producing 500,000 electrical and hybrid cars by 2015, with the output of both types of vehicles slated to grow to two million units by 2020, according to the Chinese government website. The plan’s implementation is anticipated to drop average fuel consumption per passenger vehicle to 6.9 litres of gasoline per 100 km by 2015. Photo: Shanghai Daily According to the plan, by 2020 average fuel consumption will be five litres while that for energy-saving cars it will be below 4.5 litres. According to the 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report, Chinese hybrid cars cannot save fuel as efficiently as their foreign competitors. #SomeoneTellCNN trends worldwide, forces CNN to apologise.
Diggdigg #SomeoneTellCNN took off speedily on Twitter this Sunday, as Kenyans in and around the world accused US news channel, CNN, of sensational reporting bulletin banner that read “violence in Kenya”. The banner accompanied a report on an Al-Shabaab grenade attack on a Nairobi bus station, that killed six people on Saturday. The anguish further forced the news channel to apologize to Kenyans and pull down a video report on suspected terrorist bombing that took place in downtown Nairobi. However by Sunday evening the hashtag had continued to trend, as many users demanded an official apology from CNN.
Using the Twitter hashtag #SomeoneTellCNN Kenyans tweeples came together to criticize the global news network for misrepresenting the facts. @cnnbrk @cnn @CnnInsideAfrica #SomeoneTellCNN is trending world wide! Tweets whistled around nailing on poor credibility of the news channel. #SomeoneTellCNN that a little research would help their credibility — Joe(@AmJoe_) March 11, 2012. The Great Deluge [Poetic take] `Europe’s debt crisis to be prolonged’ Platform for report news, views and opinions powered by citizen journalism and social media. You share. We air. diggdigg Europe’s debt crisis has the nature of protracting and consistently existing due to the failure to tackle the region’s fundamental structural problems, South Korea’s finance minister said Friday.
“If we can call the 2008 global financial crisis a one-time thunderstorm, then the current crisis is like a seemingly incessant rainy season we are being encountered now,” Strategy and Finance Minister Bahk Jae-wan told foreign correspondents in Seoul. European leaders agreed on short-term measures to help ease the region’s crisis, but the market has judged these measures lack detailed action plans and a time table to address the eurozone’s structural problems, Xinhua quoted Bahk as saying. CII, World Bank Group ink pact to save tiger. Diggdigg The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the World Bank Group have agreed to establish the India Wildlife Business Council (IWBC) to promote tiger and biodiversity conservation for sustainable development.
A memorandum of understanding to set up the IWBC to improve the dialogue between business, conservation stakeholders as well as decision makers was signed here Tuesday by CII Deputy Director General Indrani Kar and World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) – which comprise the World Bank Group – and CII will jointly create and support the IWBC, an institutionalised platform for collaboration.
Tiger population has dwindled massively due to rapid industrialisation, habitat fragmentation, poaching and illegal trade, according to a CII statement. Canada to ban sex trade from hiring foreign workers. World Bank must help tackle global growth risks: New chief. Unintended consequences: Why all options shouldn’t be on the table [op-ed] Chinese music industry bleeds. 1.2 mn still ‘powerless’ in mighty America. Monkeys steps towards a brighter future. World Bank allocates $52.6 bn of assistance in 2012. Spain wins Euro 2012 final, smashing Italy 4-0. Stuxnet exposing US cyber standards hypocrisy. The problem with “Brave” [Movie Review] Spain celebrates soccer triumph. NASA to study solar magnetic field. “Cyber arms race could change the world around us” [Comment] 90 die in Bangladesh floods, landslides. Joint Russia-India missile to be ready by 2017.
Court backs clean air and science in ruling that EPA can regulate against global warming. EU leaders agree on 120 bn euro growth initiatives. Chinese social media users ‘happier’ than Westerners. The World Economy. World Bank to give $60 mn for bridge construction in Nepal. 60 Somalis, Ethiopians feared dead in Malawi. Comedy scriptwriter unmasks capitalist economics as no better than voodoo [op-ed] BSO-Azad distributed leaflets in an event organised in honor of Aung San Suu Kyi in Ireland. Russia, China join hands ands against foreign intervention in Syria. 100 held in Italy online child porn racket. Space economy will boom in China, says daily.
Maritime unions ask UN to tackle piracy. US company bans “Whisky Fir Dummies” from this year's Edinburgh Fringe. Ukraine’s racism problem: The view from within the country. G20 may contribute over $450 bn to IMF: Calderon. Argentina sees wind energy projects creating 10,000 jobs. One naked man among many (including Prince Philip) in London’s annual Naked Bike Ride. World War II torpedo found in Ukraine.
GPS technology to help improving weather forecasts. Opponents to minimum wage use illogical assumptions and imaginary anecdotes as their arguments. Bloody ‘forced abortion’ photo highlights side effects of ‘one child policy’ Obama's astonishing claim as he blames European situation is threat to US economic recovery. High time to abolish the death penalty in California - We Speak News. 5th annual Outlaugh Comedy Festival: Gay American comic would steal babies. Bobby Valentino: Surely not a £500,000 + music biz rip-off?
Turkey to build 23 nuclear power units, minister says. UN, EU launch project to prevent n-disasters. Eight held in Turkey for Al Qaeda ties. NATO, New Zealand sign cooperation deal. Google to buy social sharing startup Meebo. Microsoft may not bring Windows Phone 8 to existing devices. Google buys Quickoffice. Indian Wedding Cards: how to choose the right one! Being Bipolar: inside my mind. US Defence Secretary Panetta arrives in New Delhi. US wants more steps to solve Eurozone crisis. China assumes rotating UNSC presidency. Chinese economy facing downside risks. China urges joint effort for sustainable development. Tibetan self immolations: Why isn’t the world listening? - We Speak News. Mynamar's rare earth: China's monopoly. Ronaldinho quits Flamengo and sues club for unpaid wages.
Euro 2012: Ronaldo key for Portugal - We Speak News. Euro 2012: UEFA fines Russia and Spain over racism. Euro 2012: Spain beat Portugal 4-2 on penalties, reach final. Polish president slams hooliganism at Euro 2012 - We Speak News. Russian state oil firm to buy back shares worth $2 bn. Vodka prices set for 30 percent hike in Russia. Woman suicide bomber held in Russia. US hails Russia's contribution to Afghan mission. Russia to expand commercial space services. Clinton says Russia sends combat helicopters to Syria. Russian social network delays IPO after Facebook crash - We Speak News. Vladimir Putin begins China visit. IT pacts: India, Bahrain sign tax. Alan Turing honoured with Google doodle on his 100th birthday. Latin America's biggest garbage dump closes in Brazil. Rich nations shy from commitment at Rio Earth Summit.
FIFA invests 20 million dollars for green World Cup. Brazil club files $20 mn case against Ronaldinho. Brazil unveils $57 bn agricultural loan programme. Oye Bengaluru- Namma Bitu Bitu. Iranian blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki goes on Hunger Stirke. Diplomatically Incorrect - Iran.