ASIA News, Mar 16, 2012

Apple fans snatch up new iPad in Asia Fox News The customary storefront crowds gathered as Apple's latest iPad went on sale starting in Asia on Friday.AP Photo / Wong Maye-E March 16, 2012: Apple fans put on free promotional t-shirts with purchase of the newly launched iPad device Friday in ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple's New IPad Makes Asia Debut to Widen Google Lead Bloomberg Australia-NZ You need to enable Javascript to play media on Bloomberg.com Play Fans Line Up Around World for Apple's New IPad Apple Inc. (AAPL) started selling its new iPad today, betting on a sharper screen and faster chip to extend its lead over Google Inc. and ... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg Australia-NZ

Mysterious Chinese fossils may be new human species CBS News Mysterious population in Asia The Red Deer Cave people lived in China at the end of the ice age. "They survived the final and one of the worst cold episodes, known as the Last Glacial Maximum, which ended around 20000 years ago," Curnoe said. See all stories on this topic » CBS News

SAFC Hitech® Opens New Taiwan Facility to Enhance Global Capacity for High ... MarketWatch (press release) LOUIS, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- SAFC Hitech®, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich® Group, today underlined its commitment to the Asia-Pacific electronics markets with the opening of its new multi-million US dollar facility in Kaohsiung, ... See all stories on this topic »

Asian Fans Snap Up New Apple iPad WCVB-TV HONG KONG -- Apple-mania gripped Asia on Friday as the company's latest iPad went on sale, drawing hordes of die-hard fans to shops selling the highly anticipated tablet. Gadget fans lined up in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore so they could be among the... See all stories on this topic »

Possible new human species unearthed in China Christian Science Monitor Scientists in China have found what may be a new species of human. Fossils show a group of people with similarities to and differences from modern humans. By Charles Choi, LiveScience / March 14, 2012 The Toumai skull, seen in this undated photo, ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Asia Cup: Pak hold edge as Angelo ruled out India Today Yesterday he bowled a bit; he will be bowling today as well. And after his bowling session we will take a call on him tomorrow," Mahela said. Sri Lanka have several handicaps. They were the last team to arrive here after losing in the finals of the ... See all stories on this topic » India Today

PayPal to expand in Asia after mobile app launch New Straits Times HONG KONG: PayPal Asia-Pacific chief Rupert Keeley said today the US company plans to expand in the region over the next 12 to 18 months, after it launched the region's first payments service for smartphones. Australia and Hong Kong were the first... See all stories on this topic »

HSBC says it's not exiting any markets in Asia MarketWatch By Polya Lesova, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — HSBC Holdings PLC, which has shed around 20 noncore businesses as part of a bank-wide portfolio review launched last May, said on Tuesday it wasn't exiting any markets in Asia. See all stories on this topic »

Fossils Could Point To New Human Species RedOrbit The find is significant, as the fossils — dating back to 14500 to 11500 years ago — represent the youngest of their kind ever found in mainland EastAsia, and the most recent human remains found anywhere in the world that do not closely resemble ... See all stories on this topic » RedOrbit

Today on Sky Sports.com SkySports Check out the latest from the written press with all the gossip and speculation fromtoday's newspapers. Sky Sports customers can get exclusive 2-for-1 tickets for the Gillette Soccer Saturday live tour. Sky Sports Scout is where we scour the globe ... See all stories on this topic »

Asia stock markets down amid profit-taking BusinessWeek Trading in Asia is likely to be in ranges today without much direction," analysts at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong said in an email. Benchmark oil for April delivery was up 42 cents to $105.53 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile ... See all stories on this topic »

'Red Deer Cave people' may be new species of human The Guardian "While finely balanced, I think the evidence is slightly weighted towards the Red Deer Cave people representing a new evolutionary line. First, their skulls are anatomically unique. They look very different to all modern humans, whether alive today or ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Asia stock markets mostly down amid profit-taking Atlanta Journal Constitution Benchmarks in Taiwan, Singapore and New Zealand fell. Mainland Chinese shares were mixed. Thailand and the Philippines rose. Hong Kong stocks sagged a day after the Bank of Communications, China's fifth-largest lender, announced it will issue shares to ... See all stories on this topic »

CLSA: Southeast Asia To Get Even Richer Wall Street Journal (blog) In its latest report on the region, CLSA found that the number of high net-worth individuals – people with over US$1 million in investable assets, excluding their homes – is set to rise so fast as Southeast Asia's economy grows that their spending ... See all stories on this topic »

New IPad Debuts, May Widen Apple Lead on Google BusinessWeek By Shunichi Ozasa, David Fickling and Edmond Lococo on March 16, 2012 Apple Inc. (AAPL) started selling its new iPad today, betting on a sharper screen and faster chip to extend its lead over Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) in the growing market... See all stories on this topic »

Giraffe death latest in zoo's atrocities Boston Globe Set up nearly a century ago in one of the most biologically diverse corners of the planet, it once boasted the most impressive collection in SoutheastAsia. But today the Surabaya Zoo is a nightmare, plagued by uncontrolled breeding, a lack of funding ... See all stories on this topic » Boston Globe

Tendulkar Breaks 100-Century Barrier in International Cricket BusinessWeek He now has 51 centuries in elite five-day Tests and 49 in one-dayers, including his firsttoday against Bangladesh. He reached 114 before falling to Mashrafe Mortaza. It's thelatest record for Tendulkar, 38, in a career that began at 16. See all stories on this topic »

India Today Conclave 2012: Aroon Purie's welcome address India Today Our theme today is: An Asian Century: Securing the Global Promise. In its scope, it is a continuation, or the logical extension, of last year's theme: The Changing Balance of Power. With the American economy still stuttering and the Eurozone in deep ... See all stories on this topic » India Today

The Latest News in the Law School Lawsuits Above the Law Strauss is an attorney suing 14 law schools across the country on behalf of jobless graduates, including three in New York City: Hofstra, Brooklyn Law School and New York Law School. Strauss will argue in Manhattan Supreme Court today against New York ... See all stories on this topic » Above the Law

Gadget lovers line up for Apple's new iPad Albany Times Union Apple started selling its new iPad today, betting on a sharper screen and faster chip to extend its lead over Amazon.com Inc. and Google Inc. in the growing market for tablet computers. Photographer: Ian Waldie/Bloomberg (Ian Waldie, ... See all stories on this topic »

PayPal Enables Millions of Small Businesses Across Asia Pacific Virtual Press Office (press release) We're excited to empower any Asian to be an entrepreneur -- the possibilities are limitless with a smartphone and PayPal Here." PayPal also released the latest version of its PayPal Mobile app for iPhone today, a consumer app that complements PayPal ... See all stories on this topic »

Sydney Apple Fans First to Buy New iPad Wall Street Journal By ANDREW CRITCHLOW SYDNEY—A line of eager fans stretched around the block outside Apple Inc.'s flagship store on George Street in Sydney on Friday, waiting to be the first in the Asian-Pacific region to get their hands on the new iPad. See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Galaxy Entertainment Group Reports Record Breaking 2011 Financial Results MarketWatch (press release) Not only has Asia's newest and most exciting integrated resort been a game changer for Macau, but it has also elevated GEG to a whole new level of profitability and cash generation. This bodes well for the Group's prospects this year and beyond as we ... See all stories on this topic »

East Asian varsities move up in reputation rankings New Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR: WHEN it comes to education, East Asian universities are moving up in prestige. This is revealed in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Rankings published today. The annual reputation rankings, which complement the ... See all stories on this topic » New Straits Times

WORLD FOREX: Euro, Yen Steady As US Treasury Yields Stabilize Wall Street Journal The yen took advantage of the dollar's consolidation to retrace some of its recentlosses, after the greenback carved out a new 11-month high above JPY84 in Asianhours. The Swiss franc nudged higher in early European trading after the Swiss National ... See all stories on this topic »

Asia stocks rise ahead of Federal Reserve meeting Kansas City Star A monthly 1.1 percent increase in US retail sales in February added to therecent evidence over the world's largest economy, as did an upward revision to January's data. "There is much to like in today's report if only because the revisions to ... See all stories on this topic » Kansas City Star

Standard Chartered, Kinnucan, Apple, SocGen in Court News Bloomberg Standard Chartered Plc (STAN), the UK bank whose earnings from China doubled lastyear, said its private-bank relationship manager Wu Yidian Eden has been detained by police in the Asian nation. “We are unable to comment on the reason for her detention... See all stories on this topic »

Aussie iPad Rush Too Late For Apple Shares Wall Street Journal (blog) By Andrew Critchlow and Enda Curran Apple Inc.'s shares aren't listed in Asia, which is a shame for investors given the hot reception its latest iPad device received when it went on sale for the first time in Sydney. Shares in Apple closed down 0.7% at ... See all stories on this topic »

Cloud lurks behind today's outsourcing landscape ZDNet (blog) Those are some of the findings of Morrison & Foerster's latest survey of global sourcing across North America, Asia and Europe. The law firm gathered observations from its partners involved in managing outsourcing contracts in these regions. See all stories on this topic »

Afghanistan eye World Twenty20 after Asia Cup snub - Pakistan Today By hussain News Comments (1690460http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pakistantoday.com.pk%2F2012%2F03%2F12%2Fnews%2Fsports%2Fafghanistan-eye-world-twenty20-after-asia-cup-snub%2FAfghanistan+eye+World+Twenty20+after+Asia+Cup+snub2012- ...With the qualifiers once again being played in the UAE, Afghanistan skipper Nawroz Mangal believes that the recentPakistan-England T20 series in Dubai and Abu Dhabi has provided an indication of how sides should approach the event. Pakistan Today | Latest news...

Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews out of Asia Cup | Pakistan Today ... By anjum News Comments (1698280http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pakistantoday.com.pk%2F2012%2F03%2F15%2Fnews%2Fsports%2Fsri-lanka%25e2%2580%2599s-angelo-mathews-out-of-asia-cup%2FSri+Lanka%E2%80%99s+Angelo+Mathews+out+of +Asia+Cup2012-03-14+19%3A14%3A58anjumhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.pakistantoday.com.pk% ... Its been quite a while since you floated your last abusive sequal on You Tube, which speaks volumes about your command in Lahorie "Slang". Pakistan Today | Latest news...

Afghanistan eye World Twenty20 after Asia Cup snub - Pakistan Today By anjum News Comments (1691280http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pakistantoday.com.pk%2F2012%2F03%2F13%2Fnews%2Fsports%2Fafghanistan-eye-world-twenty20-after-asia-cup-snub-2%2FAfghanistan+eye+World+Twenty20+after+Asia+Cup+snub ... But such has been the team's remarkable progress in recent years -- from a ramshackle unit developing a love of the sport in refugee camps on Pakistan's wild frontier to attaining one-day status -- that they believe they deserve more respect. Pakistan Today | Latest news...

Meditation, shrink, gadget prime Asian stars | Pakistan Today ... By anjum News Comments (1696550http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pakistantoday.com.pk%2F2012%2F03%2F14%2Fnews%2Fsports%2Fmeditation-shrink-gadget-prime-asian-stars%2FMeditation%2C+shrink%2C+gadget+prime+Asian+stars2012-03-13+ ... Pakistan Today | Latest news...

China News - Inside China Today China News Live Feed. Latest China News from Inside China Today ... The Hospitality Design Group Heads To Hong Kong For HD Asia ... … place at the Grand ... world.news.einnews.com/country/china

Daily Digest: Today's Asia travel news at a glance – March 16 ... For these stories and more read today's Asia travel news round-up. ... Melbourne Tourism's latest campaign received over one million YouTube hits for its video ... www.travelwireasia.com/.../daily-digest-today’s-asia-travel-ne...

Asia Cup 2012: Pakistan to take on Bangladesh today | Latest ... Latest Pakistan News, Urdu Columns, Urdu News. Pakistan's Largest Urdu ... p7 04Asia Cup 2012: Pakistan to take on Bangladesh today. DHAKA: The tough ... www.columnpk.com/asia-cup-2012-pakistan-to-take-on-bangl...

Asia cup 2012- India vs Bangladesh Live Streaming – Latest News ... Hot news Today. Cricket, Sports · Asia cup 2012- India vs Bangladesh Live Streaming.... India playing their second match in Asia cup against Bangladesh today. www.hottrendsindia.com/.../asia-cup-2012-india-vs-banglades...

Pakistan vs Bangladesh Ist Asia cup match today | Latest & Breaking ... Pkpress.net publish latest and top breaking news from Pakistan and across the ... from the Asian countries cup in the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. pkpress.net/.../pakistan-vs-bangladesh-ist-asia-cup-match-toda...

Latest : Asia Cup News, Current breaking news, Live News Today ... This latest Asia Cup news section contains current Asia Cup news, today Asia Cup breaking news, current news Asia Cup, live Asia Cup news, today top ... post.jagran.com/news-articles-asia-cup-2012-1331306533

Asia Cup today « latest in news Mirpur. On current form, Thursday's fixture in Mirpur between Sri Lankaand Pakistan holds promise for a keenly contested match. / 03/14/2012 / Leave a ... sambrat.wordpress.com/tag/asia-cup-today/

Asia Cup Points Table | latest Hot News Todays match against Sri Lanka was can be called as all-round development. ... Here is the latest Asia Cup 2012 points table, indicating team position and 11th ... hotnews.idesigns360.com/tag/asia-cup-points-table/

2012 March 03 | Latest Asia News - Baku Today March 3, 2012; Business News · 4 views. Oil company British Petroleum announced the conclusion of pre-trial deals in the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, ... www.bakutoday.net/2012/03/03

India, Sri Lanka to meet in Asia Cup today | SamaaTV | Latest News DHAKA: If the recently concluded CB Series is anything to go by, then the second match of the Asia Cup between India and Sri Lanka should keep the ... www.hamariweb.com/.../india-sri-lanka-to-meet-in-asia-cup-to...

Top News Today | Customers pre-ordering latest iPad will have to ... (Reuters) - People pre-ordering Apple Inc's new iPad to avoid the release-day crowds at the company's retail stores will have to wait longer to get their hands on ... home.topnewstoday.org/Asia/article/1772992/

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Japan ends whaling season 70% below quota CNN (blog) The hunt ended three days ago with a catch of 266 minke whales and one fin whale, officials from Japan's Fisheries Agency said, according to one report from Australia's ABC news online. The Sea Shephed Society, which sent a fleet of vessels to the ... See all stories on this topic »

TIME Magazine News, Mar 16, 2012

Time photographer tells of deaths in Syria and flight to safety The Guardian (blog) Time magazine's cover story this week carries a lengthy account of the attack in Syria that killed Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik, as told by French photographer William Daniels. See all stories on this topic »

The Guardian (blog)

Retro tech vs modern alternatives ZDNet Will owning the greatest camera get your pictures on the cover of Time magazine? Probably not. Being at the right place, at the right time, with your finger on a shutter button might though. Will an iPod make me appreciate rap music? See all stories on this topic »

ZDNet

Epigenetics and epidemiology -- hip, hype and science
Medical Xpress
Time Magazine's front cover and article, 'Why your DNA isn't your Destiny' from January 2010 explains why. Its more explicit subtitle provided the hook - 'The new science of epigenetics reveals how the choices you make can change your genes - and those ...
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Medford pre-schooler gains national attention in Down syndrome debate
Wicked Local
She loves dancing to Elmo songs, reading picture books and playing with her siblings' toys. Not so typical for a 4-year-old is the attention Grace garnered last month when she was propelled into the national spotlight in a TIME magazine article called ...
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Yes They Can: What Voters Have Lost and Campaigns Have Gained From 2008 to 2012
techPresident
... Sunday March 11 at SXSW along with Teddy Goff, Obama 2012 digital director; Zeynep Tufekci of the University of North Carolina; Claudia Milne, the BBC.com online's North American editor; and Michael Scherer of Time magazine, who was our moderator.
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Finding the good in people amid the hell of war
AnnArbor.com
File photo | AnnArbor.com Editor's note: Time magazine recently ... Editor's note: Robert Faber writes occasional columns for AnnArbor.com about aging, politics and other issues. Facing me on the wall of my office is the front page of the New York ...
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The Irredeemably Boring Egotism of Cindy Sherman New Republic Time magazine had a photo spread of her a couple weeks ago. Not an interesting shot of her in the bunch. I agree with Perl about her Untitled Film Stills series (1977-80), though. They're more interesting than the later fusillade of photos featuring ... See all stories on this topic »

New Republic

Pinterest like 'digital crack for women' Independent Online Time magazine named it one of the five best social media sites of 2011. On Facebook it has over a million “likes” which is more than Kylie Minogue's page. So why is it so popular? Well, the site is essentially a virtual moodboard where you can organise ... See all stories on this topic »

Independent Online

Cover story
Haaretz
Joe Klein, the seasoned political writer of Time magazine, does not mince words when it comes to Iran. We are sitting in his Rockefeller Center office, overlooking midtown Manhattan, a place where the 40-year veteran of journalism spends very little ...
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Who Will Win Over America's Latino Voters?
NPR
The issues Guevara mentions – among others — mobilized so many people in western Phoenix that it eventually inspired a recent Time Magazine cover story. "In the end, we witnessed the greatest grassroots effort in the history of Phoenix politics," ...
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From the Vault of Art Shay: Witness To The Persecution
Chicagoist
He wouldn't let me shoot his picture for Time Magazine, "because no matter what you say, they'll take the police point of view... Republicans." He did let me buy him the eggplant special for supper, a pre-Avatar sick shade of blue-green.
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From the Fax Machine to Facebook, ERA Real Estate Reflects on 40 Innovations ...
MarketWatch (press release)
TIME magazine named the smoke detector to its "All-Time 100 Gadgets" list in October 2011. 17. 1972 - ERA Real Estate opens its doors for business and becomes the first real estate franchise system to use the fax machine to transmit listings across the ...
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Polk Pinterest Users Admit to Being Enamored With Popular Website
The Ledger
Pinterest, which launched in March 2010, is listed as one of the "50 best websites of 2011" by Time magazine. With Pinterest, it is easier than ever to plan for events, save do-it-yourself projects and share your creative visions with others.
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In Iraq, So Many Gays and "Emos" Are Getting Killed, Beaten and Stoned Autostraddle It's also grotesque, and the images circulating around the internet show Before/After photos of targeted "emos" in graphic detail -- "before" photosfeature teenagers with carefully styled haircuts and sunglasses and "after"pictures show those same ... See all stories on this topic »

Autostraddle

Is LA's Mayor Who They Think He Is?
LA Downtown News Online
In recent weeks the New York Timesand Time magazine both spilled serious ink reporting on his “comeback.” A few months before that, some editors at Rolling Stone gobbled huge handfuls of peyote and named him one of the nation's up-and-coming leaders ...
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At same price as iPad 2, new iPad still unbeatable Straits Times (blog) The display has the highest definition ever on a mobile device at 2048 by 1536 pixels or over 3.1 million pixels, four times more pixels in the same 9.7-inch screen, or 1 million more than a full HD TV. Words on Time magazine appeared clear and crisp, ... See all stories on this topic »

Straits Times (blog)

This Is Zynga's Biggest Nightmare
DailyFinance
Despite being singled out by TIME Magazine as one of the 50 best websites of 2009, OMGPOP has lived mostly in obscurity outside of its core of fans. Draw Something has put the company on the map. OMGPOP tells financial blog Business Insider that the ...
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'John Carter,' 'Silent House': Review Revue
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Richard Corliss, Time Magazine Right off the bat, “Silent House” has two intriguing points in its favor: the whole film is one long unbroken shot, and it stars the excellent Elizabeth Olsen. But while critics say the movie is atmospheric and often ...
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Weird, Wacky, and Wonderful “Stuff” (Part 1) Embedded.com (blog) A recent article in Time magazine stated that for every minute that passes in real time, 60 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube. This equates to five months of video every hour or ten years of video every day. To put this into perspective, ... See all stories on this topic »

Embedded.com (blog)

CDC Anti-Smoking Campaign Features Amputations, Tracheotomies, False Teeth Christian Post "This is incredibly important," CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden told TIME magazine. "It's not every day we release something that will save thousands of lives." The cost of saving thousands of lives? $54 million over the span of 12 weeks, according to ... See all stories on this topic »

Christian Post

Human/Computer Singularity: A Prediction Regarding Aliens UFODigest By Diane Tessman Time magazine recently featured this headline on its cover: “2045, the Year Man Becomes Immortal.” The Matrix and many other science fiction films and books, are about to become reality as an influential, intellectual, elite movement ... See all stories on this topic »

UFODigest

The Two-Way : NPR
NPR
Goldman Sachs does have to worry about what Smith wrote, of course, as Time magazine's Wall Street & Markets blog says. After all, the firm has been accused by members of Congress of being "a greedy, rapacious Wall Street predator that puts its own ...
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TWIT: The Week in Tweets, March 9 Washington Times (blog) Bullets. http://bit.ly/wdrj65 #NBA #Wizards #Celtics Here, btw, is cover of the Time magazine in which Sam Huff uttered: "We try to hurt everybody." http://ti.me/wOgFkT #NFL #Redskins#Saints Huff was the 2nd #NFL player to grace the cover of Time. See all stories on this topic »

Washington Times (blog)

Why I'm Going To Jail for Arresting Lady Liberty
Patheos (blog)
The next week, their picture was on the cover of TIME Magazine. When challenged to justify their extreme action, these priests appealed to the biblical prophetic tradition, asking the public to pardon them for burning paper to insist that we stop ...
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Opinion: Etiquette's surprising historical facts The South Los Angeles Report According to an article from TIME magazine the #1 course that students from the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade is the manners course, training etiquette. With their newfound prosperity, they understand that their old behaviors are no longer ... See all stories on this topic »

The South Los Angeles Report

America in All Its Ugly Beauty Wall Street Journal Time magazine had put Benton's self-portrait on its cover in 1934. He'd published his autobiography in 1937. His work was both praised and reviled with passions that no art arouses now, except a Super Bowl halftime show. Despite his vigorous reading ... See all stories on this topic »

Wall Street Journal

Arnold Newman: He clicked with the rich and famous Jewish Chronicle By Melanie Abrams, March 15, 2012 When Life magazine wanted an Israeli leader on its front cover, American photographer, Arnold Newman was the first choice to provide the shot. His access and experience made him one of the most important portrait ... See all stories on this topic »

Jewish Chronicle

SXSW in Austin: Tech, Pop Culture, Fun WLTX.com Last year, Time magazine asked the question: "Is South By Southwest becoming the new Sundance?" In 2009, eventual best-picture Academy Award-winning The Hurt Locker had its debut at the festival. And the film that won this year's Oscar for best ... See all stories on this topic »

WLTX.com

Gogobot iPhone travel app helps plan the perfect trip
Easier (press release)
Named one of Time Magazine's 50 Best Websites of 2011, the social travel service delivers a mobile tool loaded with photos, personalised practical information, and a fun, easy way to benefit from the experiences of thousands of others wherever you are.
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Romney criticized about his dog while dogs vital to presidential lifestyle HULIQ Time Magazine also focused on Romney's questionable treatment of his family pet dog in a Jan. 15 reported titled: “Newt: Seamus story paints a 'picture' of Mitt.” -- Rolling Stone Magazine also joined the Romney family dog debate on Feb. See all stories on this topic »

HULIQ

From the pre-Boston.com Globe: The man who invented the iPad in 1994
The Phoenix (blog)
As you reach your subway stop, drop the tablet in your briefcase, and when you get a minute free, pull it out and load up the New York Times, Time magazine, or Ski." This was Fidler's vision of the future. Yes, it sounds familiar.
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3 Must-Have iPhone Apps for Business Travel
Mashable
Named one of Time magazine's best websites of 2011, join.me lets you share your screen so you can instantly get together, collaborate, demo, show off, and more. Plus, it's totally free. How will you use it? Check it out today.
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Premier Wen Jiabao Again Calls for Political Reform in China ... By Austin Ramzy Feng Li / Getty Images. China's premier Wen Jiabao speaks during a news conference following the close of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at The Great Hall of The People on March 14, 2012 in Beijing. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's three-hour ...The content was similar to that of the past nine times Wen has addressed the media at the end of the NPC, but this time the tone was sharper. ... (PHOTOS: The Year of the Dragon) .... Magazine iPad Edition · Read TIME Mobile ... Global Spin

Diplomacy With Iran: Hey, What's the Hurry? | Global Spin | TIME.com By Tony Karon (PHOTOS: Iranians Head to the Polls) ... of the P5+1, a group comprising the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia that negotiates nuclear issues with Iran — has certainly reassured oil markets, which fell last week on the news of renewed negotiations after being ratcheted up by war talk. Curiously enough, though, whereas Iran is typically accused of “playing for time” at the negotiating table, this time around the P5+1 may have their own reasons for taking things slowly. Global Spin

News & Views (Mar 12, 2012) - Ararat Magazine By Hrag Vartanian The big news this week is that Armenia will not attend Eurovision as a result of an anti-Armenian statement by Azerbaijani dictator president Ilham Aliyev, who said that Armenians of the world are his nation's main enemy. A Time Magazine ... ararat magazine

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