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Google’s Parisian Love commercial in Super Bowl

batchblogs — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:43:40 +0000

Google runs an advertisement during Super Bowl LXIV’s third quarter, according to Eric Schmidt (Google CEO) which posted on his twitter last week. The advertisement “Parisian Love” is on YouTube for almost three months with more than 1.7 million viewers. The adorable show displays the Google search interface as the user search for the following: study abroad paris [...]

Leno, Winfrey and Letterman: Worst Super Bowl Party

batchblogs — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:58:38 +0000

Would you believe that Oprah Winfrey is the referee between Jay Leno and David Letterman in a Super Bowl? Not on the game but on the commercial. USA Today reported the Super Bowl commercial fancy idea by from David Letterman. In the 15 seconds commercial, David Letterman and Jay Leno are watching the game- while Oprah [...]

Caressa Cameron won the title as Miss America 2010

batchblogs — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:31:02 +0000

Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron won the 2010 Miss America and a scholarship worth $50,000. Cameron is on top of the 53 contestants from swimsuit, evening gown, talent and interview competition. The pageant’s judges are Vivica Fox (actress), Dave Koz (musician), Katie Harman (Miss America 2002), Brooke White (American Idol finalist), Shawn Johnson (gymnast) and Rush Limbaugh (radio [...]

US$10 Billion of Vaccines from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

batchblogs — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:52:33 +0000

Bill and Melinda Gates promised to give US$10 Billion worth of vaccines through their foundation. This is a project to support the research and development of vaccines for the world’s unfortunate countries and might save the lives of more than 9 million children. The Foundation provides health care for the poor and focuses it’s work in fighting [...]

Steve Jobs reveal the new Apple Ipad

batchblogs — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:57:51 +0000

Most of the analysts were wrong for their expectation of the price tag ($1,000) of Apple’s new tablet-style iPad – it starts at $499. Steve Jobs showed the use of iPad in surfing the web using Safari (Apple’s browser). You can also synchronize iPad to Apple’s Macintosh and Microsoft’s Windows, which is similar to iPhone and [...]

Attack on Google caused by Internet Explorer 6

batchblogs — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:42:16 +0000

France, Germany and China issued a warning to their internet users to stop using of Internet Explorer (Microsoft’s Web browser). The warning is raise because of to the attacks on Google that hit computers running Internet Explorer 6 and more web developers are complaining about the attacks. According to Microsoft’s Dean Hachamovitch, Many PCs don’t belong to individual [...]

Newly Discovered Giant Virus

batchblogs — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:24:25 +0000

The new-discovered virus is made up of genes from different origins – from bacteria, viruses, and eukaryotes. The possible source of this giant virus is the Amoebae because its internal parts are melt pot of viruses and other organisms that allows to grow into a “giant virus” which adopts the genes from bacteria and viruses inside [...]

I will knock out Pacquiao - Mayweather Jr.

batchblogs — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:20:21 +0000

Floyd Mayweather Jr. declares that he will be victorious and will knock out Manny Pacquiao when they meet this coming March 2010. According to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in CNN interview: Pacquiao’s a good fighter but I’ve been around the sport a long time and I’ve dominated boxing for around 15 years now. Nobody has defeated me yet [...]

UFC 107 - Fight Results and Download

batchblogs — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:44:06 +0000

Check the winners of UFC 107 - Penn vs. Sanchez: 1st Fight 2nd Fight 3rd Fight 4th Fight 5th Fight 6th Fight 7th Fight 8th Fight 9th Fight Co-Main Event Main Event Fight Result Summary [ Via UFC ] Download Main Event Here Note: To download the file, right-click on the link then select Save Link As. Note: Please Use VLC media player to view this video - you can download [...]

Tiger Woods taking ‘Indefinite Leave’ from Golf

batchblogs — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:48:45 +0000

I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children. I want to say again to everyone that I am profoundly sorry and that I ask forgiveness. It may not be possible to repair the damage I’ve done, but I want [...]

Meteorologists Blamed for Thick Snowfall in Moscow

batchblogs — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:09:28 +0000

Mayor Yury Luzhkov of Moscow blamed the Meteorological Centre for the thick snowfall that causes traffic jam in city’s road network. The Mayor is disappointed by the prediction of the Meteorological Centre which couldn’t give a correct short-term forecast. The predicted weather forecasts one centimetre of snow on Monday evening but the actual snow fell is [...]

Danny Cahill is The Biggest Loser of All Time

batchblogs — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:07:10 +0000

Danny Cahill has been crowned as The Biggest Loser - Season 8. The Biggest Loser winner is a 40 year old land surveyor and musician. He became the biggest loser of all time when he dropped from 430 to 191 pounds and losses 239 pounds. Mr. Cahill said that: I was taking it all in and I couldn’t [...]

New England hit by Extreme Winter Storm

batchblogs — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:01:13 +0000

New England was hit by extreme winter storm with strong winds up to 50 mph could form a snow drift up to 15 feet high. Upper Midwest all the way through the New England experienced heavy traffic and most of the schools in the area are temporarily closed due to strong winds and heavy snowfall. Some [...]

‘Beast of Kandahar’ used by US Air Force for Surveillance

batchblogs — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:57:59 +0000

United States Air Force admitted that they used a stealth unmanned aircraft or drone for investigation and surveillance. The ‘Beast of Kandahar’ is flown by the 30th Reconnaissance Squadron out of Tonopah Test Range in Nevada – under the Air Combat Command’s 432nd Wing at Creech Air Base. Lockheed Martin developed the unmanned aircraft also known as [...]

Tiger Woods TV Commercials and Energy Drink are Discontinued

batchblogs — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:54:06 +0000

Due to the current personal issue surrounding Tiger Woods, Gatorade made a decision to discontinue the production of his brand name energy drink. Nielsen Company also reported that after the extramarital affairs issue, advertiser’s stopped airing TV commercials featuring Tiger Woods and marketers pulled all his advertisements from TV network’s primetime schedule. This is a very huge [...]

To Lower the Risk of Prostate Cancer – Drink Coffee!

batchblogs — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:20:53 +0000

Based from a study in Harvard Medical School led by Kathryn Wilson, drinking coffee might lower the risk of developing prostate cancer. The research at Harvard’s Channing laboratory involves 50,000 men with more than 20 years of age. The study shows that 5% of men who drank 6 or more cups of coffee a day reduce [...]

Apple removed Molinker products from App Store

batchblogs — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:17:56 +0000

A complaints about the fake product reviews forced Apple to remove the products of Molinker from its App Store. Molinker is a Chinese company which had 1,000 plus apps in App Store focused on low-priced travel guides for iPhone. The fake reviews were discovered by a blog (iphoneography.com). They also observed that 90% of the reviews on [...]

Iverson returns to Philadelphia but captures 10th Consecutive Defeat

batchblogs — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:12:59 +0000

Fans of Philadelphia 76ers welcomes the return of Allen Iverson although he missed his first layup of the game. The 34 year old point guard was number 1 drafted by 76ers in 1996, named NBA Rookie of the Year in 1996-97 season and traded to Denver Nuggets in December 2006. Iverson played for 37 minutes but unable [...]

Virgin Galactic Reveals the SpaceShipTwo (SS2)

batchblogs — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:07:38 +0000

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo or SS2 is the world’s first manned commercial spaceship designed to carry six passengers and two astronaut pilots for a sub-orbital joyride. According to Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic: “This is truly a momentous day. The team has created not only a world first but also a work of art. The unveil [...]

Google’s Real Time Search Result, Google Googles and Google Maps “What’s Nearby?”

batchblogs — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:03:23 +0000

As part of Google’s improvement plan for their search engine – a real time search result is now possible and can produce the most recent or up-to-the-second search results. In addition, the search giant also provides the new tool dub as ‘Google Googles’ – this is an experimental image recognition for Android 1.6+ and the users [...]