Google just can’t seem to play nice with China and their censorship laws as of late and now the search giant has announced that the stop to censorship on their search engine could occur by the end of March.
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Google Says End To China Search Censorship May Arrive This Month…China Laughs
Lady Gaga could fall in love with a woman. The ‘Bad Romance’ singer, who has previously admitted to be being bisexual, insists she has no boundaries on her relationships but views love and sex as two very separate things
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Lady Gaga Could Fall For a Woman
Not even a few months the idea if incorporating Twitter results real-time in your searches on both google and Bing were all the rage. People pontificated on how this was going to change the whole search landscape. Even Marissa Mayer one of the head honchos at Google raved on about how this was a changing moment
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Turns out that real-time Twitter search in Google isn’t such a big thing
Kenya remains one of Africa’s most developed countries, but has been dealt several setbacks in the past few years. Political and tribal conflicts, unstable neighbors (Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia), and a crushing drought last year have left much of Kenya on hold, trying to regain recent momentum. The tourist trade has begun to pick up, nearly returning to the record levels – $810 million dollars earned in 2009
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Scenes from Kenya
Nine days after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake killed hundreds of people in south-central Chile, relief efforts were beginning to reach those in need, rescue missions became recovery missions, and rebuilding is already under way. In the days since the February 27th quake, nearly 150 aftershocks have been recorded, including thirteen above magnitude 6.0. The government has been criticized by Chileans, who say the response was slow and inefficient
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Chile, nine days later
Last Monday (March 1st), people in India and other countries with large Hindu populations celebrated Holi, the Festival of Colors. A welcoming of Spring, Holi is celebrated as the triumph of good over evil. Hindu devotees and others enthusiastically drop their inhibitions, and chase each other in temples and through the streets, playfully splashing colorful paint, powder and water on each other.
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Holi 2010
Seventeen days after it began, the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are now complete. A total of 258 medals were awarded, with the United States, Germany, and Canada collecting the most medals
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Vancouver 2010, part 2 of 2
In southern Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, Thousands of American, Afghan and British troops entered Marja in the biggest offensive of the war, with the goal of destroying the Taliban’s largest haven and restoring government presence in southern Afghanistan. Resistance was sporadic and fierce as troops seized positions around the area.
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Afghanistan, February, 2010
It’s the season of Fashion Week, from Bryant Park in New York last week to London this week, and Milan, Los Angeles and Tokyo next month. As designers and their models gather to present their newest collections to the world, photographers are on hand to take thousands of pictures, most during the actual show – with a few photos from the backstage of each show sent across the wires as well.
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Backstage during Fashion Week
The search partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo was finalized today after federal regulators from the U.S and European Union gave the companies a green light. The move, a strategic partnership will help both companies cut costs, while fighting against Google who controls 70% of the search market
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Yahoo And Microsoft Finalize Search Partnership
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