Read a little. Learn a lot. • Tightly-written news, views and stuff • Follow us on Twitter • Be a Facebook Fan • Tumble us!

02 Sep 2010 10:48

tags

Biz: Burger King SOLD! Shareholders have it their way

  • $4 billion for a sale to a private equity firm, hold the pickles source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Sep 2010 10:42

tags

World: Benny Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas chillin’, hanging out

Awww, they look soooooo cute together! These guys look like they’ve been buddies all their lives. Too bad that’s not actually true. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Sep 2010 10:31

tags

U.S.: WHOO: Illegal immigration dips by nearly 67 percent

  • 850,000 number of people who illegally entered the U.S. between 2000 and 2005 (which is huge)
  • 300,000 number of people who did the same thing between 2007 and 2009; this is a pretty big deal source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Sep 2010 10:25

tags

Offbeat: Wrong kind of “dirty”: Libel lawsuit nails the wrong site

  • the dirty Posted racy pictures of a Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader and school teacher. Also had Ben Quayle as a writer.
  • the dirtGot sued for The Dirty’s actions, ignored it. Lost the $11 million suit. In ironic twist, considering suing back for libel. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Sep 2010 01:30

tags

Tech: New Twitter iPad app blows every other Twitter iPad app away

  • Even though we’ve felt like Twitter’s official iPhone app (formerly Tweetie) has been overrated to some degree, we can’t say the same thing about Twitter’s official iPad app. It’s got this magical ability to be as simple or as complex as you’d like it to be, and that’s really hard to pull off. Layers can hide as necessary as the content requires. Links are done in a way that feels intuitive, and it could even teach Flipboard some things about elegance, which is saying a lot. Let’s just get it out there now: We’re fans. Nice work Atebits. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Sep 2010 00:16

tags

Tech: Two thoughts on whether Apple’s Ping is actually a big deal

  • maybe Apple is a big company and iTunes is their most popular piece of software. And, while it’s starting with music, it’s pretty obvious that this is a play for a much larger, Facebook-sized market.
  • maybe not However, it has the same problem as Google Buzz – it’s  another social network piggybacking where it’s not needed. Also, why focus on just music? Trying to top MySpace, are we? source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 2 Comments • Permalink

02 Sep 2010 00:10

tags

Tech: Oh yeah, we almost forgot: Apple released a bunch of crap

  • Steve Jobs needed a good keynote today, after all of the crappy PR Apple has faced over the last few months. And he did a great job. Too bad that guy had to go into the Discovery Building and hold it hostage. But that said, the products were pretty cool. Our favorites were the new iPod Nanos (above) and the freshly updated iPod Touch. And the Apple TV update was definitely a good move – especially the newfound focus on Netflix. We’re totally pouring a 40, though, for the old-school iPod Classic, which wasn’t updated at all this year (though it’s still for sale). source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 

01 Sep 2010 23:54

tags

U.S.: Discovery Building gunman James Lee spent time in jail

  • 18 monthsthe amount of time he was sentenced in 2003 for smuggling an illegal immigrant in California
  • 11 monthsthe amount of time James Jae Lee, a self-described “loner,” actually spent in jail for the incident source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

01 Sep 2010 23:47

tags

Politics: Julian Assange: A yo-yo in the Swedish legal system

  • The rape investigation against Assange? Back on. Wikileaks has had a bit of trouble in the past two weeks with this whole Julian Assange thing. As more details have leaked to the press, it’s become clear that there may be something there, though many supporters will debate that fact. But why push rape charges, unpush them and then push them again? It just leads to inconsistency and damages the case in the public eye. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

01 Sep 2010 23:40

tags

Music: Cee-Lo still telling off golddiggers, but this time with a budget

  • Let’s just say that Cee-Lo’s message doesn’t get lost in the long trip from Knockout to the high-budget video that’s destined to be played hundreds of times on MTV in neutered form.
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 
<< newer 
top tags
older >>