Kiwi-Indian students’ facebook page protesting Dixit slur bombarded with racist hate messages

WELLINGTON – The Facebook pages of two Kiwi-Indian students, which they set up to condemn the TV presenter for his ‘racist’ comments against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, have been bombarded with hate messages by many New Zealanders asking the duo to ‘go back to their country’.

According to stuff.co.nz, two law students at Victoria University, …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Facebook Chat Not Showing Up For Good

LOS ANGELES, (GaeaTimes.com)- All those who were disappointed because their Facebook chat is not showing up temporarily, should actually be excited and feel happy about it. The reason is that, the social networking site is in the process of offering the users something better.
Many other exciting tools and applications are about to be introduced, for … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Facebook Chat Not Showing Up For Good.

Fortune Brands, Motorola and ScanSource are among the big market movers Friday

Fortune Brands, Motorola among big market movers

NEW YORK – Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
Fortune Brands Inc., up $3.85 at $55.85
The shares rose after a report that activist investor William Ackman became the largest shareholder in the company.
JC Penney Inc., up 85 cents …. Source  : Fortune Brands, Motorola and ScanSource are among the big market movers Friday.

Neb. football players get iPads, fixed cold tank thanks to Ndamukong Suh’s $2M donation

Neb. football players get iPads thanks to Suh

LINCOLN, Neb. – Ndamukong Suh’s $2 million donation to his alma mater comes with more than few apps for his former teammates.
Nebraska football players now have Apple iPads installed in their lockers.
Athletic director Tom Osborne said Friday that Suh asked for some of the money to be used … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Neb. football players get iPads, fixed cold tank thanks to Ndamukong Suh’s $2M donation.

Facebook co-founder Sean Parker gives $100K to California ballot measure to legalize marijuana

Facebook co-founder gives $100K to pro-pot measure

SAN FRANCISCO – California’s ballot measure to legalize marijuana has a new friend: Facebook co-founder Sean Parker has given $100,000 to back the proposal.
Parker’s donation was reported in Proposition 19 campaign finance filings this week.
And he’s not the first big Proposition 19 donor with ties to the social networking …. Original article  : Facebook co-founder Sean Parker gives $100K to California ballot measure to legalize marijuana.

Loscocco says he quit as Cahill’s running mate after he began to hurt Baker and help Patrick

Loscocco: I quit after Cahill was helping Patrick

BOSTON – The running mate of an independent candidate for Massachusetts governor says he quit the race after learning the candidate was coordinating with the campaign of Democratic incumbent Deval Patrick.
In a statement on Friday, Paul Loscocco (loss-KOH’-koh) said that Timothy Cahill’s political adviser was coordinating with a …. Original source  : Loscocco says he quit as Cahill’s running mate after he began to hurt Baker and help Patrick.

AP Interview: Salman Rushdie mixes fable with video games in new children’s book for his son

AP Interview: Salman Rushdie pens new kids’ book

LONDON – Salman Rushdie, the prize-winning Indian-born writer, has in the past based novels on the politics of India and Pakistan. But his latest book is for teenagers, and the inspiration – at least some of it – came from video games.
In an interview Friday with The Associated …. Original source  : AP Interview: Salman Rushdie mixes fable with video games in new children’s book for his son.

Obama signs bill to help blind, deaf people use smart phones, other emerging technologies

Obama signs technology access bill for disabled

WASHINGTON – Blind and deaf people will be able to more easily use smart phones, the Internet and other technologies that are staples of life and work under a bill signed into law on Friday.
Such a step has been a priority of advocates for the millions of people who … Read more »».

Written for his teenage son, Salman Rushdie’s new book combines video games with fable

Salman Rushdie turns to video games in new book

LONDON – Salman Rushdie says he turned to the world of video games for inspiration for his new book, “Luka and the Fire of Life.”
The writer says he wrote the book for his 13-year-old son. The novel, published this week, is Rushdie’s second book for younger readers.
Rushdie …. Original article  : Written for his teenage son, Salman Rushdie’s new book combines video games with fable.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales given Swiss award for ‘democratizing the access to knowledge’

Swiss award for Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales

GENEVA – A Swiss organization has awarded Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales 100,000 Swiss francs ($104,000) for “democratizing the access to knowledge.”
The Im Grueene Foundation said Friday the free online encyclopedia “revolutionized the access to knowledge as man’s most important resource” because it allows users to also be contributors.
The Gottlieb … Original article on : Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales given Swiss award for ‘democratizing the access to knowledge’.

UAE says it won’t implement loooming BlackBerry service ban after agreement with phone maker

UAE, BlackBerry resolve dispute, averting ban

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United Arab Emirates on Friday backed off a threat to cut key BlackBerry services, just days before a planned ban that could have harmed the country’s business-friendly reputation.
The last-minute decision ended more than two months of brinksmanship with the Canadian company that makes the …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : UAE says it won’t implement loooming BlackBerry service ban after agreement with phone maker.

Analyst: Microsoft more likely to cooperate with Adobe rather than buy the company

Ahead of the Bell: Adobe and Microsoft
NEW YORK – Investors who drove up shares of software maker Adobe Systems Inc. following reports of a meeting with Microsoft may be too optimistic about a buyout, industry analysts said Friday.

The two companies are more likely to collaborate than do a deal, Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Brad Reback …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Analyst: Microsoft more likely to cooperate with Adobe rather than buy the company.

Adobe AIR Released for Android Platform

We heard about the Adobe AIR earlier this year. The cross-platform application was slated to release in Q4. But having done with a series of demos it has finally got released on the Android platform.

If you are still confused about the function of Adobe AIR, let me shed some light over it. Adobe AIR enables …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Adobe AIR Released for Android Platform.

$1 M Deposited in Checks by Paypal App via iPhone

NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — The latest app from Paypal was introduced a few moments ago. The check depositing app for iPhone was introduced which turned out to be a big hit in the market. Within a short time around checks of 1M were already received by the company.
This big hit is surely due to … Read this article on Gaea Times at : $1 M Deposited in Checks by Paypal App via iPhone.

“Super X-Ray Vision” is the Future of the Loopt

NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — When it comes to location based service industry, names like Foursquare and Gowalla play around the top positions. But, another player in the same field was much more senior than these big giants. Loopt started connecting friends via location long before names like Foursquare and Gowalla entered into the market.
Over … Original article on : “Super X-Ray Vision” is the Future of the Loopt.