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  • Simple tips to secure your Facebook account on mobiles

    Mobile has made access to Facebook much easier, but the social networking site has also become susceptible to attempted hijackings and attempted thefts on cell phones. Here are a few ways to make sure that the most popular site is safe from being hacked. According to ABC News, one of the ways to safeguard your Facebook account is to always logout after using it on your mobile and use ...

  • Warners Twitter rant sparked by Sreesanth-linking image on IPL article

    Australian Test batsman David Warner was reportedly enraged by a picture linking him to spot-fixing suspect S.Sreesanth in an article by journalist Robert Craddock into corruption in the Indian Premier League (IPL), which led him to insult Craddock and his co-scribe Malcolm Conn on Twitter. An early morning text message from a friend in Australia is believed to have sparked the Twitter tirade ...

  • Warner facing CA disciplinary hearing over vitriolic Twitter outburst ahead of Ashes

    Australian opening batsman David Warner is facing a Cricket Australia (CA) disciplinary hearing for his vitriolic social media outburst at respected News Limited sportswriters Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. Warner, whose captaincy aspirations have taken a hit, had been reported for breaching the code of behaviour of the CA, which will be deciding a date for the hearing ahead of this week's ...

  • Oz sports commentator sparks Twitter outrage with Indian gag

    An Australian sports commentator has sparked outrage on Twitter for an Indian impersonation during a news broadcast. Sandy Roberts had put on an Indian accent and made a joke about eating curry following coverage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) during Channel 7's news broadcast, News.com.au reports. According to the report, Roberts' action caused an instantaneous backlash against him in ...

  • Robot Guns Combat Facebook The Tech of the Armys Last Afghanistan Brigade

    The latest robots and high-tech electronic warfare, silently watching over soldiers as they sleep. Rickety but vital helicopters whose pilots devise new tactics to make up for aging hardware. Hand-carried devices that promise to end age-old battlefield dilemmas but end up causing more problems than they solve. These are the most important techs in arguably the most important U.S. Army brigade ...

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The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte) [Blu-Ray]

The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte) [Blu-Ray]

Michael Hanekes Palme dOr-winning The White Ribbon is a dense, novelistic character study that takes place in a small, rural village in the north of Germany in the year preceding World War I. Shot in the kind of controlled, austere black and white that brings to mind the film ... ...

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  • Chart Where Yahoos Tumblr Ranks Next to Twitter Instagram and Pinterest

    Yahoo announced they will acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion this afternoon. The news comes about a year after Facebook snatched up the hot startup Instagram. In a post-Facebook world, that leaves two large independent social networks: Twitter and Pinterest, the oldest and youngest in the group, ...

  • Tumblr founder 26 earns a $275M payday from Yahoo shareholders

    David Karp reportedly owned 25 percent of Tumblr at the time of its last venture capital fundraise. If he can sell three more companies to Yahoo on similar terms, he'll be a billionaire. David Karp, 26, co-founded Tumblr in February 2007. On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported Yahoo's board of directors agreed to acquire the short-form blogging service for $1.1 billion. "Latest ...

  • 10 business lessons from Star Trek

    Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine star as Spock and Kirk in Paramount Pictures' Star Trek Into Darkness. Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, knew something about organizational structure in challenging situations. He trained as a police officer and later worked for the Los Angeles Police Department. He flew dozens of bomber missions in the Army Air Corps in World War II. And he was a ...

  • Mobile phone boom in Asia-Pacific

    The Asia/Pacific region led worldwide mobile phone sales with 53.1% in the first quarter of 2013. The latest research by Gartner reveals that in the first quarter of 2013, the Asia-Pacific region led worldwide mobile phone sales, with 53.1%. It is also the only region to show growth in mobile phone sales, with a 6.4% increase year-on-year. Mobile phone sales in the Europe, Middle East and ...

  • New Enterprise Associates sees huge payday from Tableau Software IPO

    Chevy Chase-based New Enterprise Associates stands to reap a fortune from Tableau Software Inc.'s newly public stock, the Washington Business Journal reported. NEA is the single biggest venture backer of the Seattle-based data analytics company (NYSE: DATA). NEA sold 1 million shares of Tableau stock in the offering, and is holding on to another 18.5 million shares, or about 37 percent of ...

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