Malaysia Air Boeing 777 Shot Out Of The Sky With 298 On Board [Video] – With MH370 still missing, Malaysia Airlines couldn’t have imagined things could get any worse for them. But now 298 souls have perished after being shot out of the sky near the Russia / Ukraine border. [2ov]

Blame Game Unfolds After Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Crash – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called it a “terrorist action.” [time]

Court Hears That Simon Cowell Is Secretly Gay – A drugs case against a former X Factor judge has taken an unexpected twist, with the court hearing a secret recording in which the star’s manager claims Simon Cowell is gay. [newsau]

Bye-Bye: 18,000 Microsoft Employees To Lose Their Jobs – Microsoft on Thursday announced it plans to cut up to 18,000 jobs this year — its deepest-ever cuts — as the company looked to digest its Nokia acquisition and reposition itself for the future. [recode]

No Rush: Zuma Still Working On Nkandla Report – President Jacob Zuma was still working on a report on costly upgrades at his Nkandla home, his spokesman said on Thursday. [tlive]

Zuma’s Son Won’t Be Prosecuted Over Crash – The National Prosecuting Authority has declined to prosecute President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane Zuma following an accident in which one person was killed, due to insufficient evidence. [n24]

Agang Has A New President – Agang SA MP Mike Tshisonga is the party’s new acting president, deputy president Andries Tlouamma said on Thursday. [citizen]

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Israel Launches Ground Invasion of Gaza Strip – Israeli forces have begun an incursion into the Gaza Strip following an exchange of rocket fire from Gaza and Israeli airstrikes over the last ten days. [wire]

Snowden: NSA Workers Routinely Share Your Nude Photos – The Guardian posted a 14-minute video preview of an upcoming interview with Edward Snowden today, and among talk of the Russians (not working for them), Gitmo (could “live with” going), and 1984 (hasn’t read it in a while) was this unsettling bit about NSA workers and nude photos. [gawker]

Finally, Google Analytics App Arrives On iPhone – Google on Thursday finally released a version of Google Analytics for the iPhone. The iPhone app [iTunes link] comes more than two years after Google released Google Analytics for Android. [mash]

Google Second-Quarter Revenue Increases 22% – Google Inc.’s second-quarter earnings rose 6 per cent as World Cup fever drove more traffic to the Internet company’s search engine and YouTube video site while Android devices spurred more sales of movies, music, books and applications through its mobile store. [glomail]

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Ron Howard Directing Beatles Documentary On Touring Years – Ron Howard, a fan of the Beatles for most of his life, will direct and produce an authorized documentary on the group’s touring years between 1960 and 1966. [variety]

Starbucks Opens First Location In Colombia – The three-story coffee house is the first of 50 the coffee chain plans to open in the next five years in the land of Juan Valdez, a world-renowned coffee brand that says it welcomes the competition. [nydn]

The ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Casting Call Is So Offensive It Will Make Your Jaw Drop – The folks over at Universal Pictures have made a great deal of progress with the upcoming film “Straight Outta Compton,” which will tell the story of the infamous West Coast rap group N.W.A. [huff]

1 Copy Of Seth Rotherham’s Book Up For Grabs – Seth has written a book giving first hand insight into how he setup a series of zero maintenance websites that earn him a passive income. Now you can do the same. Win a copy [here]

The Winter Specials Won’t Stop – Mondiall restaurant has it all. The View, The Vibe and The Menu – Do not miss out on their Winter Special Menu – Cider glazed Pork Belly, Craster Fish Pie and Guiness Choclate Pudding – Who would say no to that, BOOK ONLINE NOW. For more information on their winter specials check them out. [HERE]

Singapore Bans Gay Archie Comic – Singapore has banned a volume of the long-running Archie comic series because its depiction of same-sex marriage was deemed to breach local “social norms”, the city-state’s media watchdog said Wednesday. [wnd]

Man Pours Beer With Forehead – Holy City Brewing has uploaded a video of a man named William demonstrating the ability to pour a can of Chucktown Follicle Brown ale into a pint glass using his forehead and a little suction during a visit to the Charleston, South Carolina brewery. [squid]

Gwyneth Paltrow Spotted With ‘Hot Young Guy’ – Gwyneth Paltrow was seen on a date with a “hot young guy” with dirty blond hair at Narcissa in the Standard East Village Tuesday. [nyp]

How Russian Hackers Stole the Nasdaq – In October 2010, a Federal Bureau of Investigation system monitoring U.S. Internet traffic picked up an alert. The signal was coming from Nasdaq (NDAQ). It looked like malware had snuck into the company’s central servers. There were indications that the intruder was not a kid somewhere, but the intelligence agency of another country. More troubling still: When the U.S. experts got a better look at the malware, they realized it was attack code, designed to cause damage. [bizweek]

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