Apple today is tooting its horn that 10 billion applications have been downloaded from its App Store. Launched in July 2008, the App Store is a digital media repository of applications in diverse categories including games, entertainment, health, utilities, sports, weather and more. The applications run on Apple’s popular iPhone, iPod touch devices, iPad tablet […]
* How the Poor Die in India Every Day – A short piece on how a poor laborer screwed by the Chhattisgarh government lost his son (Hindu) * Only in India Stories – Stray Dogs eat a dead body in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. No, we’re not surprised. After all, it’s Tamil Nadu! (Times of India) […]
* Incest Rapes Increase – If Indians are making news, you can be sure it’s for all the wrong reasons. Indian fathers, grandfathers, brothers, uncles and sons are screwing raping their close family members more often than before. No kidding. More details here. Only in India News 1 – What’s wrong with these Tamils? 92% […]
* Cabinet Reshuffle – If Manmohan Singh eventually notches up any achievement to his credit, it’ll be for preventing Rahul Gandhi’s easy accession to the throne. A corruption scandal a day and this budda is blithely shuffling around the rickety chairs on the falling deck as if all’s well with the nation. Maybe, a shot […]
Just in time for the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, Ford Foundation has rolled out a $50 million global initiative called JustFilms to support documentary filmmakers focusing on social issues. JustFilms intends to invest $10 million a year over the next five years to support documentary filmmakers who lack funding to realize their visions or reach […]
Last night, as we were lying in bed waging a losing battle against insomnia we read an AP news story on our iPhone about the former Pope John Paul II being on the fast track to sainthood. As all but the schmucks know, Pope John Paul II, the former head of the Catholic Child-Molesters Church […]