Archive for November, 2009
Twitter – The Top Word in English for 2009
30, Nov 2009Twitter had quite a time this year. With the year ending and when they opened their books – in Al Pacino’s words from Donnie Brasco, guess who came on top. Twitter. Twitter is the top word in English language for 2009. According to the Global Language Monitor, which examines language usage across the world, “Twitter” beat out “Obama,” “H1N1,” “stimulus,” and “vampire” to take the crown. Interestingly, “2.0″ came in at sixth place.
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Japanese guy marries his virtual girlfriend
30, Nov 2009We’ve heard of marriages being held in outer space, under water, in Las Vegas and also mass marriages. We’ve heard of people marrying their dogs, cats, cows, or even their fish. But getting married to your virtual girl friend takes it one step further than what is usual, don’t you think ?
Nene Anegasaki
So we have [...]
Google comes up with a new search interface
29, Nov 2009Google came up with a new interface for their search engine. Although initially it feels like a little too much eye-candy, once you get used to it, it makes you just want to search more and more. I must say, its pretty addictive.
To turn your old Google search page that looks like this
Into this
Follow the [...]
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Sony Ericsson’s Aino runs into a brickwall.
29, Nov 2009Sony Ericsson’s trump card smart phone has been hit by software issues. This phone was supposed to be a key player in increasing the sales figures this year along with the Satio. Sony Ericssons spolesman said that a number of new Aino Smartphones, part of the companys christmas line-up, had experienced technical issues using the touch screen.
- In: Mobile
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Black Friday
27, Nov 2009Today, the 27th of November 2009, is the day the world celebrates black friday in. No its not in memory of an plague, economic meltdown, or a worldwar. Its simply the day that sees the highest amount of shopping sales done in one day throughout the world. The day that businesses go from red to [...]
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