Helen Frankenthaler dies at 83
Helen Frankenthaler, an influential abstract painter whose quietly eloquent canvases of the 1950s inspired the Washington Color School of painting, died December 27 at her home in Darien, Conn. She was 83. Helen Frankenthaler died Tuesday after a long, unspecified illness at her home in Darien, Conn., her family announced. In 1952, the 23-year-old Frankenthaler hit [...]
Verizon Wireless network outage
Verizon’s network has once again been hit with downtime in the United States, with customers reporting that their phones are unable to get a data connection. Verizon Wireless is reportedly experiencing its third widespread outage of December. The Verizon outage has been widely reported in the media, including AllThingsD, even as customers head to Verizon Wireless’ [...]
Alessandra Ambrósio Pregnant With Baby No. 2
Victoria’s Secret model Alessandra Ambrósio is expecting her second child with fiancé and California businessman Jamie Mazur Alessandra Ambrosio is going to be a mother for the second time. The 30-year-old supermodel, who has a 3-year-old daughter with longtime fiance Jamie Mazur, is expecting baby No. 2, her representative confirms. The Victoria’s Secret Angel herself [...]
Christmas Solar Eruption to Hit Earth
Particles ejected by recent solar storms are due to slam into Earth over the next few days, possibly causing super-charged northern lights displays and temporary radio blackouts in some areas, experts say. On Christmas Day, the sun decided to get into the festive mood by laying on some decorations. Lacking the tinsel and tacky glow-in-the-dark [...]
Android activations top 3.7 million at Christmas
Google’s SVP of Mobile just provided us with another glimpse inside the horse’s mouth, claiming that Android scored 3.7 million new device activations over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Writing on Google+, Rubin, Google’s senior vice president of mobile, said: “There were 3.7M Android activations on 12/24 and 12/25. Congrats team-Android!” Android had previously been [...]
Windows Phone Marketplace now has 50,000 apps
Windows Phone’s digital download platform has reached a nice new milestone. A report from Allaboutwindowsphone.com claims the number of Windows Phone apps has eclipsed 50,000. Keeping in mind that Microsoft’s new mobile platform just launched last year, that’s not too bad. According to All About Windows Phone (AAWP), the Windows Phone Marketplace now has more [...]
Mega Millions winning numbers
Here are the winning numbers selected Tuesday evening in the Mega Millions lottery: 23-32-33-39-43 (twenty-three, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-nine, forty-three) Mega Ball: 8 (eight) A lottery player in New York is waking up $206 million richer after matching all six numbers in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing. One Georgia player matched the first five numbers [...]
Amazon Soar In Customer Satisfaction In 2011
Amazon has extended its lead in customer satisfaction rankings over Netflix and other US ecommerce groups, as winners and losers begin to emerge from a generally strong holiday season for online retailers. For the first time since the financial crisis of 2008, price mattered less for online holiday shoppers. Finding the best merchandise and receiving [...]
Argentina President Cristina Fernandez Diagnosed with Cancer
Argentina: A government spokesman says President Cristina Fernandez will be operated on for papillary thyroid carcinoma on January 4. Cristina Fernandez, 58, will take 20 days of medical leave, her spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro said. Vice president Amado Boudou will be in charge during her absence. Scoccimarro said the cancer was discovered during a routine exam [...]
LG Unveils World’s Biggest OLED TV Panel and 3D LED TVs at CES 2012
LG plans to unveil a 55-inch OLED TV, the world’s largest to date. While LCD screens require back-lighting (often LED based) to display an image, OLEDs generate light on their own. LG is bringing some big TVs to January’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Specifically, the world’s largest Organic-LED TV, at 55 inches, and [...]