The iPad Mini Is Here – Honey, Tim Cook shrunk the iPad! After months of rumours, Apple unveiled the iPad Mini — a smaller version of its popular iPad tablet — at an event Tuesday at San Jose’s California Theater. [huffpo]
Donald Trump Says He Has Obama’s Divorce Papers – Douglas Kass, an investor who has appeared on the show “Squawkbox,” burst everyone’s bubble by tweeting that he had heard “Donald Trump will announce that he has unearthed divorce papers between the Prez and his wife.” [msn]
Prince Charles On The Red Carpet For James Bond Premiere – Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall were among honored guests at the world premiere of “Skyfall,” the latest James Bond movie. More pics. [exam]
Armstrong Deletes Tour Wins From Twitter Bio – A day after he was banned from cycling for life and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, Lance Armstrong took the first step towards accepting the sanctions by deleting reference to his Tour wins on his Twitter biography. [reuters]
Monster Energy Drinks Shares Tumble After 5 People Die – Shares of Monster fell 14.23 per cent as the US Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that five people may have died from consuming Monster Energy drinks. [financialtimes]
FIFA Awards Goal-Line Technology Licenses – Football’s global governing body FIFA has licensed two manufacturers to install goal-line technology in stadiums across the world. [cnn]
Facebook Revenue Grows By A Third To £790m – Facebook celebrates a huge increase in revenues thanks to greater than expected gains in mobile but where are the profits? [skynews]
Die Antwoord Dismiss Racism Allegations – Yo-landi Vi$$er has spoken out about the racial allegations against Die Antwoord’s latest music video Fatty Boom Boom, saying she “doesn’t know what blackface is” [channel24]
China Hints At Reform By Dropping Mao Wording – The subtle dropping of references to late Chinese leader Mao Zedong from two policy statements over the last few weeks serves as one of the most intriguing hints yet that the ruling Communist Party is planning to move in the direction of reform. [reuters]
No Traffic Policing In SA At Night – There is no traffic policing in South Africa between 10pm and 6am, Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) acting CEO Collins Letsoalo said on Tuesday. Just like that? Wow! [timeslive]
Wall Street Tumbles As Earnings Disappoint – Shares on Wall Street followed European markets lower amid mounting investor concern about slowing economic growth after Moody’s downgraded five Spanish regions and poor US corporate earnings. [telegraph]
Parents Punish Disrespectful Daughter by Posting Embarrassing Photos of Themselves on Her Facebook Page – A pair of Wisconsin parents took a decidedly modern approach toward punishing their daughter when she misbehaved recently: They confiscated her phone and used it to take several photos of themselves doing silly faces, which they subsequently uploaded to her Facebook page. [gawker]
London Black Cab Company Heading For Bankruptcy – The maker of London’s famous black cabs said Monday it was going into administration after failing to secure an injection of cash from one of its largest shareholders. [cnbc]
Zynga Lays off 5% of Full-Time Staff – While Apple was busy introducing new devices and updating its existing ones yesterday, Facebook game creator Zynga was apparently relieving itself of several studios worth of employees. [engadget]
Natalie Portman Dior Ad Banned – Not even A-list celebrities are safe from the watchful eye of the Advertising Standards Authority. The independent watchdog organization, which closely regulates advertising across all media in the U.K., has come down on a Natalie Portman ad for Dior’s Dior Show New Look Mascara. [huffpo]
Apple Announces A New 13-Inch MacBook Pro With Retina Display – Apple has introduced a new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. The 13-inch model offers almost double the pixels of an HDTV. Simply put, it’s probably the nicest display ever put into a 13-inch form factor. It’s also thinner with solid state hard drive and more! [busins]
More Brangelina Kids Cast In Film – Just a couple months after Disney confirmed that Angelina Jolie’s 4-year-old daughter Vivienne would be playing a young Princess Aurora in mom’s upcoming Sleeping Beauty flick Maleficent, it’s now being reported that two of her other children were also cast in the film. [hollyscoop]
California Surfer Killed In Shark Attack – The man killed in a shark attack near Vandenberg Air Force Base on Tuesday has been identified as a 39-year-old Orcutt resident, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department officials said. [latimes]
Christian Dior Not Digging Mila Kunis’ Weight Gain – Marketing honchos at Christian Dior are “furious” with Mila Kunis for putting on weight and continually appearing out and about with Ashton Kutcher in very sloppy, un-chic outfits. And apparently Ashton agrees! [star]
Nicole Kidman As Grace Kelly – Nicole Kidman was the model of elegance as stepped on set in Menton, France, wearing a vintage floral dress for her upcoming biopic Grace of Monaco. [dailymail]
People Lose Their Sh*t in Hilarious Haunted House Photos Part Two – Last year, a haunted house called Nightmares Fear Factory became an internet sensation when photos they took of people being scared out of their minds went über-viral, and this year they’re at it again. The new batch of the company’s freak-out photos is beginning to spread and many feature the same kind of over-the-top, unrestrained reactions that made last year’s such a hit. [wired]
Kim Basinger’s Daughter, Ireland Baldwin, Jumps Around In A Bikini – Ireland Baldwin turns 17 tomorrow — and her famous mom Kim Basinger can’t get over how her little girl is growing up! Neither can we, to be honest! [usmagazine]
Woman Lied About KKK Setting Her On Fire – Sharmeka Moffitt, the woman who claimed three men set her on fire and scrawled “KKK” on her car burned herself in a bizarre turnaround announcement by police Tuesday evening. [inquis]
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Solutions For Young Couples Struggling To Fall Pregnant – Professor Patrick Bouic was in studio today on the Just Josie Show discussing unexplained infertility in young couples and what can be done about it. These days, more and more young couples battle to fall pregnant. Healthy individuals simply don’t seem to conceive, or even worse, they fall pregnant and loose the child. In the podcast, the Prof talks us through the factors in both male and female which contribute to transient infertilities and how to reverse these abnormalities – this can be done! [podcast]
Inspiration For Stay-At-Home Moms – Developing Your Passion Into A Business – On The Mommy Matters Show this week they talked to life and “possibilities” coach, Carol Gerber. Carol works with entrepreneurs to regain their focus in their businesses, and develop goal orientated plans, as well as assisting people with career development in the corporate environment and learners who need to make informed career choices. In the podcast, they cover how to develop your passion into a business, finding your niche and aggressively taking it forward to gain independence and secure income. [podcast]
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