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A State Department employee was scapegoated for linking an already published WikiLeaks document to his blog. Download Video or MP3 -Iamnotarapperispit.com On the same day that more than 250,000 unredacted State Department cables haemorrhaged out onto the internet, I was interrogated for the first time in my 23-year State Department career by the State’s Bureau [...]

Facebook hosts 140 billion photos, and will add 70 billion this year, according to the blog of photo-sharing site 1000memories. Putting this in context, 1000memories made the following visualization which shows how big Facebook’s library of photos are in comparison to other photo sharing sites, as well as the Library of Congress. Incredibly, Facebook is [...]

Following two rough years of drought in the Horn of Africa, the United Nations has declared famine in two regions of southern Somalia. According to the UN, a famine means more than 30% of children in an area are malnourished, at least 20% of households face extreme food shortages and more than two people per [...]

YouTube has unveiled a merch store that will allow artists to sell their merch directly from their YouTube artist pages. Fans will be able to buy “artists‘ merchandise, digital downloads, concert tickets and even unique experiences like meetups,” according to Sunday blog post at the YouTube blog. The offerings are made possible by a handful [...]

An enterprising hacker in Ireland named Steve Troughton-Smith has successfully ported Siri to his iPhone 4, reports 9to5Mac. Siri is supposed to be exclusive to iPhone 4S owners. Troughton-Smith is a well-known iPhone hacker who’s been liveblogging the Siri hack on his Twitter feed. He announces his success by tweeting ”HELLO SIRI ON IPHONE 4!” Hardly definitive proof, but [...]

Music From Saharan Cellphones Vol. 1 Music from Saharan cellphones is a compilation of music collected from memory cards of cellular phones in the Saharan desert. And it’s coming to vinyl. In much of West Africa, cellphones are are used as all purpose multimedia devices. In lieu of personal computers and high speed internet, the [...]

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With a quick search of your name on any given “peoplefinder” website, you’ll see your name, date of birth, names of family members, current and past addresses, your phone number and gender. Some sites will also reveal your marital status, your hobbies, your online profiles, and maps or a photo of your house. Many peoplefinder [...]

The guys at the The LupE.N.D. blog put together a compilation of various artist such as ACCC’s own Dosage, Azad Right, Nikki Jean, NeoPopSicle & more. If you are desiring a genre-blending mixtape this is the one for you. Dosage – Go Now (Feat Beano) All City Chess Club – Dreaming Awake (Mixtape) [...]

Pennsylvania is one step closer to finding out just how much teacher cheating occurred on its 2009 standardized tests as cities nationwide try to make sense of the phenomenon. On Monday, the state reported that it had received 83 percent of districts’ internal probes into schools suspected of cheating. The Pennsylvania Department of Education is [...]

G’day, I am always writing about things in my life, deep thoughts, or things that grind my gears; I never really share the little things about myself. Today you’re in luck! Today’s blog is about three of the most beautiful things that make me smile on those sad, lonely, long days. I enjoy shopping for [...]

According to Raymond DePaulo, Jr. M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, African American populations do not have higher rates of depressionin the US. However, the statistics may be skewed because African Americans are much less likely to report their symptoms of depression. The stigma and prejudice toward mental health issues [...]