Yahoo buys Tumblr for a whooping $1.1 billion in cold cash, according to reports from Wall Street Journal and technology news site AllThingsD this Sunday, May 19, 2013. Tumblr, a popular microblogging platform and social networking website, was launched in February 2007. Yahoo and Tumblr logo Credit: Yahoo/Tumblr According to earlier reports, Yahoo plans to [...]
Vin Diesel claims, “Facebook owes me billions of dollars.” Well, of course, the “Fast & Furious” star is only joking. And yes, Vin Diesel has the right to crack a joke about Facebook because he has now more than 41 million followers on the famous social site and is one of the most popular celebrities [...]
Hotmail is now officially dead. Microsoft began to automatically change Hotmail email addresses to Outlook.com last February. Microsoft‘s Outlook announced on their official blog this Thursday, May 2, 2013 that they have already finished migrating 400 million Hotmail users to Outlook. Outlook screenhot Image Credit: Blogs.office.com “Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve completed upgrading [...]
Manila, Philippines – Filipino boy Aldrich Lloyd Talonding has been invited to be a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Ellen personally invited him on her show, as shown in the video below. Aldrich Lloyd Talonding‘s “Dance With My Father” cover is now going viral on YouTube. Ellen DeGeneres, inviting Aldrich Lloyd Talonding to be [...]
A so-called Joel Osteen hoax recently surfaced online, saying that the Lakewood Church pastor resigns from Christ due to “lack of faith.” It all started when a website called Joelostenministries.com was launched and had an alleged screenshot from CNN with a video, as shown below. Joel Osteen hoax news from “CNN” Image Credit: Joelostenministries.com “Thank [...]
A Margaret Thatcher hashtag has confused a lot of Twitter users, making some music fans thinking that singer Cher is dead. The confusion shortly after it was announced that former British Prime Minister passed away this Monday, April 8, 2013, and died of a stroke today at the age of 87. Apparently, a new site [...]
Target recently made a public apology, after customer outrage via Twitter. It started when Susan Clemens of Orange County, California learned that a dress for plus-size women was described as “manatee grey,” as shown in the photo below. For all we know, manatee is a huge aquatic mammal. Target dress apology tweet Image Credit: Target [...]
Manila, Philippines – Filipinos have now their own Buy and Sell jobs online marketplace called 199Jobs, which aims to connect buyers and sellers of jobs that start at P199 (around $4) only. 199Jobs.com was launched in November 2012, and was founded by two local entrepreneurs, Glenn Santos and Fitz Villafuerte. “We believe that each individual [...]
The YouTube shutdown prank video, which was uploaded this Sunday, March 31, 2013, is now receiving mixed reactions from fans. Nevertheless, some of them believed it and got confused, apparently forgetting that today, April 1 is April Fools’ Day. However, there are those who realized that it was just an April Fools‘ joke. YouTube CEO [...]
Updated: April 1, 2013 3:20 p.m. Read YouTube shutdown prank video for April Fools’ Day 2013 receives mixed reactions YouTube will shut down starting this Monday, April 1, 2013, and will not accept new videos beginning the said date. In addition, the online video platform announced that a winner for the best YouTube video will [...]