Murdoch Pie Protester Charged – The protester accused of throwing a paper plate of shaving foam at Rupert Murdoch as he gave evidence to MPs was charged yesterday with a public order offence. Jonathan May-Bowles, 26, of Edinburgh Gardens, Windsor, was bailed to appear before City of Westminster Magistrates Court next Friday, July 29. [independent]

Kenya Burns Ivory In Fight Against Poachers – Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki has set on fire nearly five tonnes of ivory worth $16m (£9.9m) to curb poaching. Mr Kibaki said the burning – only the third of its kind in Africa – showed the continent’s determination to fight “criminal networks”. The ivory was seized in Singapore and sent to Kenya where DNA tests showed it came from Malawi and Tanzania. [bbc]

Apple Launches New Macbook Air – Apple launched the new MacBook Air computer yesterday, with brand new specs. Witness the Lion OS, the Intel Core i5 and Core i7 dual-core processors – which Apple says make the Air twice as fast as the previous generation – the Intel HD graphics, the FaceTime capability, the back-lit keyboard, and the Thunderbolt ports. [csmonitor]

Zapiro Refuses To take Away Zuma Shower Head – Satirical cartoonist Zapiro is unfazed by criticism from the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities, for continuing to put a shower head above Jacob Zuma in his depictions of the president. [mail&guardian]

Dewani Court Told SA Is Civilised Enough – There are no human rights arguments against extraditing Shrien Dewani to stand trial for allegedly arranging his wife’s murder, a London court heard on Wednesday. “South Africa is a civilised [country] for these purposes,” the British Press Association quoted Hugo Keith QC, for the South African authorities, as saying. [news24]

Kanye West And Jay Z Collaborate On New Track [Listen] – Kanye West and Jay-Z trade boastful bars on the Otis Redding-sampled “Otis” off their anticipated collaborative LP Watch The Thone due out digitally on August 1 and physically, August 5. Sounds so soulful, don’t you agree? [complex]

Tabloids Are An Important Part Of Modern Culture – Weighing in on the spate of scandals plaguing the British tabloid press, one commentator in 1936 acidly condemned what he called “the almost unbelievable indecency of the intrusion of the tabloid newspaper into people’s private lives.” Surely only the most degraded, low-minded people, he claimed, could produce this kind of news. Yet I think it is for the better. [nytimes]

Apple Directors Discuss CEO Succession – Since Steve Jobs went on medical leave this winter, some members of Apple Inc.’s board have discussed CEO succession with executive recruiters and at least one head of a high-profile technology company, according to people familiar with the matter. [wallstreetjournal]

Harvard President Larry Summers Says Winklevoss Twins Are Assholes – “One of the things you learn as a college president is that if an undergraduate is wearing a tie and jacket on Thursday afternoon at three o’clock, there are two possibilities. One is that they’re looking for a job and have an interview; the other is that they are an a**hole. This was the latter case.” [cnn]

Men Who Buy Sex Commit More Crimes – Men who pay for sex are more likely than men who do not pay for sex to commit a variety of offenses including violent crimes against women, according to new research. [yahoo]

Amish Youth Takes Cops On Buggy Chase, While Drinking Beer – A 17-year-old Amish youth faces a host of charges after Cattaraugus County sheriff’s deputies said they saw him driving a buggy while holding an open can of beer and then led police on a brief chase.  [buffalonews]

Behave On Goole+ Or Your Gmail Gets It – One reason for Google Plus’ explosive growth is its seamless integration into the other Google services everyone already relies on. But this might be its biggest downfall, too: If you screw up on Google Plus, you risk all your precious Google stuff being deleted forever. [gawker]

Philadelphia Cracks Down On SMS Walking And Cyclist Running Red Lights – Pedestrians have enjoyed the right-of-way for too long, the city of Philadelphia has decided. Now, the city is fining those who text while walking without paying attention to the road ahead. This stems from a broader city program called “Give Respect, Get Respect,” which is mainly aimed at bicyclists who ride on sidewalks, run red lights and cruise down the wrong side of the street. [pcworld]

Matt Damon: Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie ‘Are Like Prisoners’ – For an Oscar-winning, top box-office star, Matt Damon happily lives life low-key. He can’t say that for some of his high-profile pals. “I have friends who are like prisoners. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, for instance,” Damon, 40, told German television TELE 5 over the weekend. “They can’t just go someplace. If they go for a walk, it turns into an international incident.” [people]

Cape Royale Hotel “30 Days Of Giveaways” Reaches Half-Way Mark! – Cape Royale Luxury Hotel and Spa is offering all Facebook members a chance to win prizes in their daily giveaways. Prizes include spa treatments and products, dinners, accommodation and even a helicopter flip! In order to enter the competition all you have to do is “like” their Facebook page and see what our daily competition entails.  [facebook]

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