Facebook received up to 10,000 requests from the US government for user data in the second half of last year but what difference does it really make if you are telling every last detail of your life to the world anyway. Facebook has said that after a week of negotiations with US security officials, the company… Read more »
Next time there is an elephant in the room be careful because they might join in the conversation well that’s according to scientists at San Diego Zoo, Scientists there say they are about to publish findings suggesting elephants can talk to each other in a secret language too low for human ears to hear. Let us… Read more »
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton says it’s time for a woman in the Oval Office and we say why not you? While Chelsea’s Mother Hillary Clinton has said she may not be running again surely like mother like daughter Chelsea would be a good candidate? Already voted person of the week by Ask a New Yorker… Read more »
There’s a wine bar on practically every corner in New York. But just because there’s a couple smooching at the one in your ‘hood right now doesn’t mean that it should become your go-to date spot. In a social city, you’re not just judged on your kissability but also on the locale you choose. I… Read more »
It’s the kind of visit that most media outlets can only dream of but today HM. Queen Elizabeth II popped into the BBC Studios in London. The Duke of Edinburgh had been expected to attend, but was admitted to hospital on Thursday for an operation. During her visit the Queen toured the BBC’s newsroom, dropped… Read more »
We all hear stories about bad plastic surgery but a New York man living in Tulsa went to get a nose job with a well-established Tulsa plastic surgeon and five years later does not have a nose. Now that’s a problem! As a result of his numerous operations Vishal Thakkar got a divorce and in… Read more »
When you’re Justin Bieber you just have to tweet out a dream, to make it come true. Back in February, the singer sent out a seemingly random dispatch that he wanted to perform in outer space. Well he is a bit out there! Anyway the team over at NASA picked up on it pretty quickly and offered to… Read more »
When it comes to great food no one knows Italian cuisine quite like Giacomo Alaio and that’s one of the reasons customers are flocking in droves to the new Patrizia’s on Staten Island. Touched by the people when he came with flood after Hurricane Sandy, Giacomo decided to open on the Island and give the… Read more »
They spent their lives helping others with problems but a Brooklyn couple who hosted a self-help radio show committed suicide by suffocating themselves with helium and plastic bags. Leaving behind tragic suicide notes detailing a battle with bipolar disorder, police sources and witnesses said, friends and neighbors were taken aback by the tragic and ironic turn… Read more »
AFP – France’s culture minister has branded online retailer Amazon a “destroyer” of bookshops in the latest confrontation between the Socialist government in Paris and America’s giants of the digital economy. “Today, everyone has had enough of Amazon, which, by dumping, slashes prices to get a foothold in markets only to raise them once they… Read more »
