I have recently noticed (yesterday, actually) a "news" article on my Google News, regarding the AVG antivirus software firm which attracted the users attention on accessing Facebook through the mobile browser. Of course, the article was second hand already, the info being taken from Business Insider. Unfortunately, being subscribed to Business Insider, I see much too much info hourly, to be able to notice this one quite on the spot. [source: broadbandworldforum.wordpress.com] Anyway, it … [Read more...]
It’s Been the Honor of my Profession
“It’s been an absolute privilege, it’s been the honor of my profession.” These are Jon Stewart's words on his quitting The Daily Show, after sixteen years of hosting it. These are not "news" anymore, but I have been terribly busy to say something, even in Social Media. Almost unbelievable :) [source] Below is an example of Stewart's "brilliant" moments: "Glenn Beck’s Appendix". When Beck needed his appendix removed and had to miss his daily Fox News show, Stewart seized on the … [Read more...]
Google Plus Counterattacks
Of course that Google's reply didn't let itself waited, to the nastiness from TechCrunch, you remember which one, the "Google Plus is a Walking Dead" or something like that, by the co-editor Alexia Tsotsis. Google's Yonatan Zunger, said in an article on Blogger platform based Google Plus Daily that Tsotsis' statements are BS, because nothing changes after Vic Gundotra's departure, on the contrary, they are improving the future mega Social Media platform to marvelous features, and Tsotsis has … [Read more...]
Is Google Plus Heading to the Grave? Really?
Wow, what news around the "authority" sites lately! Vic Gundotra announced he will leave Google, so the speculators started to speculate, and they haven't stopped to do just that, the dogs jumped at Google's neck, from Times, to Business Insider and Search Engine Watch, but the most vicious was TechCrunch, who came up with titles like "Google Plus Is Walking Dead". The venom came actually from Alexia Tsotsis, co-Editor at TechCrunch. She "breaks news, hearts". [source] I liked that … [Read more...]
Cannes Film Festival 2013
Today, The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann's adaptation based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, will open the sixty sixth film festival of Cannes. In an interview, Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars in the movie, said: "Every time I go to Cannes, it feels like I'm entering the helicopter scene in La Dolce Vita. It's an insane experience. The entire town is turned into a red carpet. Every hotel is a premiere. But at the same time, it is the mecca for the world to celebrate film-making and bold … [Read more...]