It has been a long time coming, but Hulu Plus has finally arrived for Windows Phone 8 users. Founded in 2007, Hulu is a US-only online TV service that helps users discover premium content from around the world. Its ownership is shared between Hulu, NBCUniversal, News Corporation and The Walt Disney Company. Hulu Plus is…
STORY HIGHLIGHTSDoc Hendley, a top 10 CNN Hero in 2009, has expanded his Wine to Water initiative His nonprofit has helped provide clean water to people in 15 countries, including Syria Worldwide, at least one in six people does not have access to clean water Do you know a hero? Nominations are open for 2013…
Minutes ago, the Wall Street Journal reported on early probes of Microsoft and several of its partners’ business activities in three foreign countries relating to potential actions of bribery. Microsoft had provided comment to the Journal. Now, however, the company has released its full statement, which is worth your time. Given the severity of the allegations – the use…
When he was in his 20s, Quen Cultra built a boat and sailed it around the world. Forty years later, the retired Illinois real estate developer was ready for another adventure.Cultra, left, recruited friends Leo Sherman, center, and Joe Strykowski to set sail for an around-the-world journey.Former school superintendent Leo Sherman wasn't sure he would…
When he was in his 20s, Quen Cultra built a boat and sailed it around the world. Forty years later, the retired Illinois real estate developer was ready for another adventure.Cultra, left, recruited friends Leo Sherman, center, and Joe Strykowski to set sail for an around-the-world journey.Former school superintendent Leo Sherman wasn't sure he would…
Whether you have a part-time paper-round or you’re on a six-figure salary, sometimes it helps to get a little perspective on how much you’re earning compared to others around the world. As such, the BBC has produced this handy little Web tool that lets you establish exactly what you earn compared to both the country…
Video-on-demand (VoD) platform Hulu has rolled out a new, larger version of its browser-based video player and has given the interface a big of a spit-shine. The new Hulu video player means that the screen-size just got 55% larger as of today, and it has a new frame and a drop-shadow, and it sits over…
This week I applied to renew my UK passport, something that needs to be done every ten years. Besides making me think back to the past ten years of my life and forward to the next ten, it made me think more generally about how I consider myself – and that’s not really ‘British’ any…
Having a social product be available in as many different languages as possible is key to having success globally. Today, Twitter announced that it is now available in an impressive 28 languages. Not to be outdone, Google+ has shared that it is now available in 60 different languages about thirty minutes later: Google+ is now…
In an announcement today, the petition site Avaaz revealed some pretty interesting figures on its growth and latest efforts around the world. In December, we reported that the site’s anti-SOPA petition managed to garner well over 1 million signatures, and as of today, it has been signed almost 3.5 million times. As it turns out…
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