- Clues Gradually Led to the Location of Osama bin Laden – NYTimes.com
"For years, the agonizing search for Osama bin Laden kept coming up empty. Then last July, Pakistanis working for the Central Intelligence Agency drove up behind a white Suzuki navigating the bustling streets near Peshawar, Pakistan, and wrote down the car’s license plate…." The story behind the story. (osama_bin_laden usa news )
- Real time, All the time: Why every news organisation has to be live « Emily Bell(wether)
A great piece from Emily… "Twitter does not have many users in Abbottabad in Pakistan, where Facebook is apparently more the social platform of choice. But it has enough to break the first sounds of gunfire in the fight which was to eventually lead to the death of Osama bin Laden. Sohaib Athar, with his @ReallyVirtual Twitter handle, is not the future of news he is the present of news. Mainstream media has in truth never really lived where events actually happen, unless it is in the centers of power where information control is practiced." (journalism twitter realtime news )
- ‘The Daily’ Finally Unleashes Those Drone Choppers! | The New York Observer
"Rupert Murdoch's pet project, The Daily, has some impressive aerial footage today of the devastation in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, which was obtained with an unusual tool…." (the_daily video innovation )
- Cheerleader must compensate school that told her to clap ‘rapist’ – Americas, World – The Independent
"A teenage girl who was dropped from her high school's cheerleading squad after refusing to chant the name of a basketball player who had sexually assaulted her must pay compensation of $45,000 (£27,300) after losing a legal challenge against the decision." Urgh. (law women )
- Spotify launches Apple iTunes ‘rival’ | Technology | guardian.co.uk
"New application will synch tracks from computers to iPods, iPhones and Androids and allow users to buy MP3 bundles" (spotify iphone itunes music )
- I miss you TFL | James Schloeffel
"In the rushed and often insular world of London, you were like a mother to me TFL. An annoying, monotonous, nagging mother at times, sure. Occasionally bordering on OCD; a little passive aggressive perhaps. But a mother none the less – caring and well meaning, loving and respectful. You soothed me when I was lonely, you held my hand when I was lost, you reassured me when the thought of catching the tube across London in peak hour seemed all too hard." (tfl london tube )
- Eric Schmidt Explains How Google Hires: Tech News and Analysis «
"Schmidt emphasized the importance of getting the right people, but acknowledged the right people aren’t always the most personable." (google management recruitment )
- Twitter To Buy TweetDeck For $40 Million – $50 Million
"Twitter has acquired TweetDeck, we’ve heard from a source with knowledge of the deal, and the transaction will be announced in the next few days. The $40 million – $50 million purchase price includes both cash and Twitter stock, says our source. [...] This deal is defensive for Twitter, say all the sources we’ve spoken with over the last couple of months. They simply couldn’t allow UberMedia to have so much market share in this space." (twitter acquisition business )
- Osama bin Laden mission: Barack Obama meets and watches in the White House – in pictures | World news | guardian.co.uk
"White House images of members of the national security team receiving an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the situation room. Obama later announced that the United States had killed Bin Laden at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan" (photograph usa barak_obama osama_bin_laden news )
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