After moving to a fully ad-supported model earlier this month, popular photo-sharing site Imgur is today introducing a new feature designed to make it easier for visitors to explore images that relate to subjects of interest to them. Called simply “Topics,” these new selections will now appear within Imgur’s main navigation pane, allowing users to explore areas like… Read More
Does the exposure from being nominated for an Oscar actually pay off in the form of a big bounce at the box office? The answer is yes, and no. … – Source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday urged countries to tackle violent Islamist militancy around the world and rejected as “an ugly lie” suggestions that the West was at war with Islam.
N’DJAMENA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Nigerian warplanes bombed training camps and equipment belonging to Islamist group Boko Haram in the northeast’s Sambisa forest on Thursday, the military said, adding momentum to an assault meant to crush the rebels also involving neighbours Chad, Cameroon and Niger.
(Reuters) – T-Mobile US Inc, the No.4 U.S. wireless operator, posted quarterly profit and revenue that handily beat market estimates as aggressive discounts helped it add more than 2 million subscribers.
BuzzFeed just announced that it’s acquiring San Francisco startup GoPop. The startup was originally known as Zeega, and it was part of the first class at Matter, the Knight Foundation- and KQED-backed incubator for media startups. GoPop’s current offering is an iOS app for “visual conversation”, combining photos into simple animations (that’s a sample animation of… Read More
Today at Yahoo’s first mobile developer conference, the tech giant unveiled big updates for the mobile analytics and development platform Flurry it acquired last year. Flurry now has 200,000 app developers on its platform who have built 630,000 apps that reach 1.6 billion devices. Yahoo meanwhile now has 575 million monthly mobile visitors to its properties and now has hit $1.2 billion… Read More
We should be as prepared as possible for emergencies. It’s the responsible thing to do. And when you have a pet, you want to make sure they’re prepared, too. Create an evacuation kit to quickly transport your pets during an emergency.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s former president and Solidarity leader Lech Walesa said Thursday he believes that global solidarity in economic sanctions against Russia would lead President Vladimir Putin to change his aggressive policy in Ukraine…. … – Source
