Tuesday, July 31, 2012

More Summer Features


Adam Sandler's 10 Worst Movies/'That's My Boy'/Sony Pictures Believe it or not, we found 10 of them
Rihanna in 'Battleship'/Universal Board games that would make great movies
Charlize Theron in 'Snow White and the Huntsman'/Universal Pictures Who's the most evil queen of all?
Will Smith Saves the World/©Sony Pictures A look at Will Smith's best sci-fi roles
'The Avengers'/Walt Disney Pictures A rundown of the best summer releases
Moonrise Kingdom/Focus Features A look at the innovative, quirky career of Wes Anderson

10-inch BlackBerry tablet surfaces, but will it ever launch?


A host of new images have surfaced claiming to show a 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook. But according to rumors, that device has already been shelved.
A 10-inch BlackBerry tablet has surfaced on the Web.
User "vuhai6" on Vietnam-based forum Tinhte has posted several images (Translate) of what is purported to be a 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The device looks to have the same design as its currently available 7-inch counterpart, but according to the poster, could support 4G networking.
Speaking of 4G, the poster also shows images of a 4G 7-inch PlayBook. Although it's not immediately clear where the images were taken or when, the person claims to have obtained them from someone else.

Monday, July 30, 2012

Apple reportedly to unveil iPhone 5, iPad Mini on Sept. 12

Both devices will be announced in the middle of September, followed by the release of the new iPhone on September 21, claims blog site iMore.
Apple consumers could perhaps see the debut of both the new iPhone and an iPad Mini come September.
Citing "sources who have proven accurate in the past," blog site iMore says that Apple willannounce the two devices at a special event on Wednesday, September 12. The iPhone 5 itself would then go on sale 9 days later on Friday, September 21.

How to Promote Your Blog and Increase Traffic


Blogging is an enjoyable habit especially for those who love writing and expressing themselves to others. Many people even make a living out of it. However, gaining profits in writing blogs is not an easy task especially if you are just starting your blogging career. Other than writing relevant content, driving traffic to your website is also essential and it is not an easy task. It takes time and persistence to build online history and gain consistent traffic. No traffic, no money.

Olympics 2012: Team GB athletes at London Games Day Three

A sport-by-sport round-up of how every Team GB athlete performs on Day Three of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.


ATHLETICS
Freya Murray  chosen to replace Paula Radcliffe for Great Britain in the marathon. 

US, German finance ministers meet over euro

The top US finance official is in Berlin on Monday to meet his German counterpart and the head of the European Central Bank, fuelling hopes Europe is about to take decisive action to save the crisis-hit eurozone.


US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was to meet Wolfgang Schäuble to increase the pressure on Berlin and push for intervention in the markets to bring down the spiralling borrowing costs of Spain and Italy. 


 Afterwards, Geithner will meet ECB chief Mario Draghi, who touched off speculation the bank would resume its controversial bond-buying programme by pledging last week to do "whatever it takes" to preserve the euro. 

Twitter: Olympics opening ceremony saw 9.66 million mentions

From retweeting Tim Berners-Lee to criticizing NBC's decision to delay its broadcast of the ceremony, users around the world took to Twitter to share their opinions on the Games.


Talk of the London 2012 Olympic Games was expected to take over Twitter, and its community of 140 million active users worldwide didn't disappoint. 


On Friday, Twitter saw more tweets in a single day than it saw during the whole duration of the Beijing 2008 Olympics, according to a blog post by the microblogging service. 

Samsung, Apple head for courtroom confrontation

After 17 months of filings, a patent battle with enormous stakes for both companies shifts to a San Jose, Calif., courtroom this week.


Monday marks the start of the U.S. trial between Apple and Samsung, two companies that have spent the past 17 months attempting to disembowel one another with legal filings -- all while quietly doing business together that helps keep them afloat.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Phelps scrapes into 400m medley final

Michael Phelps got his hand on the wall just in the nick of time to scrape into the final of the men's 400 metres individual medley.

The American, who won the gruelling event at the last two Olympics, won his morning heat but only snuck into the finals in eighth place after a desperate lunge on his final stroke.

London 2012 Olympic - Day 1

London 2012 Olympic - Day 1 

RANKCOUNTRYGOLDSILVERBRONZETOTAL
1China2013
2Brazil1113
2Italy1113
4United States1102
5South Korea1012
6Kazakhstan1001
6Russia1001
18Great Britain0000