Technology
The Top 15 Tweets-Per-Second Records
1. Castle in the Sky on TV Anime movie Laputa: Castle in the Sky was televised in Japan on Dec. 9, 2011. The movie was made in 1989 by famed director Hayou Miyazaki, who also directed Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. During one point in televised broadcast in 2011, viewers joined forces, sending tweets at
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USA Headlines
Google Celebrates Charles Dickens’s 200th Birthday
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 200th birthday of writer Charles Dickens. Born on Feb. 7 1812 in Landport, England, Charles John Huffam Dickens grew in tough, working-class conditions. At age 12, after his father was thrown into a debtors’ prison, he was forced to work at a blacking factory. This experience later influenced many of
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Today’s Top Stories: Google Goggles, Zuckerberg’s Huge Tax Hit
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories. Google Is Working on HUD Goggles Google is working on a prototype of wearable glasses with a display and a heads-up
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Call it budgetary whiplash. Last November, a wave of Tea Party minimalism and budget-cutting fervor swept the country, ushering governors like Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Rick Snyder (R-Mich.) and Scott Walker (R-Wis.) into office. Making good on campaign promises to “hold government accountable,” and taking stock of dire deficits, they proceeded to slash, among other things,
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WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich might not get to debate again until Feb. 22, but he won’t be totally deprived of high-profile opportunities before then to break out and create some badly needed momentum. Gingrich’s speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday afternoon will give the former U.S. House speaker from Georgia the kind
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Life & Style
How Digital Tools Help Companies Offer Better Health Care Kevin Wildenhaus, Ph.D., is director of science and innovation at Wellness & Prevention, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company. Dr. Wildenhaus is a clinical psychologist specializing in health behavior change and practical, effective health intervention programs. Health risk assessment (HRA) is continually evolving to meet the ever-changing demands of the health care industry. It began
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Kim Kardashian: ‘I Am So Alone’ After months of criticism and backlash, Kim reveals to friends: “I am so alone…I didn’t expect all of this. It’s devastating.” On the season finale of Kourtney & Kim Take New York, viewers watched Kim Kardashian melt down on camera, admitting she felt “dead inside” as she let her husband, Kris Humphries, know she was
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Emmy Rossum Dating Co-star Tyler Jacob Moore Emmy Rossum and her Shameless co-star Tyler Jacob Moore are an item, Life & Style can exclusively confirm. “She’s really happy right now,” a set insider reveals in the new issue of Life & Style. “She’s got a great career and now a hot boyfriend!” Emmy, 25, and Tyler, 29, played love interests on the
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Stars’ Fabulous Lives Inside the fabulous lives of the stars we love — and the places and products they love! South of the Border Sarah Jessica Parker knows Ofrenda is the top choice for authentic Mexican home-style cooking in the big city. Delicious cocktails and entrees make this restaurant, owned by Jorge Guzman, an NYC cult favorite. ofrendanyc.com
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