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WhatsApp
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 20:00:00 +0800
The Independent

WhatsApp
cut outs days after billion dollar Facebook acquisition
Jan Koum, co-founder and chief executive of
WhatsApp , said: “
WhatsApp 's
extremely high user engagement and rapid growth are driven by the simple, powerful and instantaneous messaging capabilities we provide. "We 're excited and honoured to partner
The Independent
WhatsApp , Facebook 's big buy, back up after outage
WhatsApp , the rapidly expanding mobile messaging app, suffered an outage for more than three hours on Saturday, frustrating users just days after its acquisition by Facebook for $19bn, Reuters reports. “
WhatsApp
service has been restored. We are so
Financial Times
WhatsApp down
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 05:00:00 +0800
Mirror.co.uk

WhatsApp
Returns To Normal After Suffering Massive Outage
It was likely just a glitch, but
WhatsApp
fans are already spinning some conspiracy theories that Facebook has shut the service
on purpose. For the record, that can 't be true. Facebook has already said
WhatsApp
will be run as a separate company,
Business Insider
WhatsApp down
just days after being bought by Facebook in £9.6 billion deal
Software engineer Chris Sedlmayr (catchamonkey) tweeted: "Anything that can 'go ' shouldn 't be relied on. Plenty of decentralised ways to message, they can 't go
as such ". Mathew Ingram (mathewi) said: "
WhatsApp
undergoes some downtime,
Mirror.co.uk
Heroes Reborn
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 23:00:00 +0800
E! Online

NBC Announces
Heroes Reborn
Miniseries for 2015 Premiere and Releases
Set to air in 2015,
Reborn
will be a 13-episode miniseries featuring a stand-alone arc. It is worth noting that the first
Heroes
series was originally planned as having a different stand-alone story arc each season. However, those who watched the 2006
Heroes Reborn : NBC Set to Revive Heroes as a Miniseries—Get All the Details
Forget the cheerleader, NBC is saving the series! The network has announced plans to revive Heroes in 2015 with a 13-episode miniseries event, titled
Heroes
Reborn
. No, we 're not joking. Yes, this is really happening. NBC dropped the news during its
E! Online
UFC 170
Ronda Rousey
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 23:00:00 +0800
Bleacher Report

UFC 170
Results: Recapping the Fight Night Bonuses
Ronda Rousey took care of business again on Saturday. In
UFC 170 's main attraction, the women 's bantamweight champion stopped Sara McMann with a knee to the body. Having beaten all her other opponents by armbar, Rousey scored her first-ever
Bleacher Report
White, Rousey agree with controversial
UFC 170
stoppage, but McMann not so
LAS VEGAS – Did referee Herb Dean stop Saturday 's
UFC 170
pay-per-view headliner too quickly? It depends on whom you ask. UFC women 's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, the benefactor of the 66-second TKO stoppage, believes it was just fine.
MMAjunkie.com
Yulia Tymoshenko
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 14:00:00 +0800
The Guardian

Yulia Tymoshenko
calls on protesters to remain in Maidan
Is she a ghost from Ukraine 's past or a vision for the country 's new political order?
Yulia Tymoshenko
the former prime minister addressed the crowds in Independence Square urging them to stay and continue their protest. There were tears from the one
euronews
Yulia Tymoshenko
is back centre stage in Ukraine – but not all want her there
A group of around 200 people gathered outside parliament on Sunday to protest at the appointment of a
Tymoshenko
ally, Oleksandr Turchinov, as acting president. They carried signs saying, "Freedom for
Yulia , but not politics ", and "We were not fighting
The Guardian
Liverpool vs Swansea
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 23:00:00 +0800
Bleacher Report

Premier League:
Liverpool
hold off a spirited
Swansea
comeback to win 4-3 at
Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderson both netted twice as
Liverpool
held off a spirited
Swansea
comeback to win 4-3 in a frantic encounter at Anfield. The hosts got off to the perfect start as Sturridge latched onto Raheem Sterling 's through ball
SkySports
Liverpool vs
Swansea
City: Score, Grades and Post-Match Reaction
Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderson scored two goals each to maintain
Liverpool 's
Premier League charge in a thrilling 4-3 win over
Swansea
City at Anfield on Sunday. But the Reds were made to fight hard for the points by a Welsh team, who do not
Bleacher Report
iOS 7.0.6
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 05:00:00 +0800
Techie News

Apple
iOS 7.0.6
update allegedly bricks iPhone 5S, iPad Air
Apple released
iOS 7.0.6
to patch a vulnerability, which if unpatched could allow attackers to capture or modify data in sessions protected by SSL/TLS. However, quite a few users have reported that the upgrade didn 't go as planned and their iDevices
Techie News
Evasi0n7 1.0.6 Released: How to Jailbreak
iOS 7.0.6
Untethered on iPhone
Apple recently rolled out the critical SSL security bug-fix for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch via
iOS 7.0.6
update. Following this release, some discerning iOS jailbreak developers unleashed an unofficial (modified) evasi0n7 (v1.0.5) tool to jailbreak
International Business Times UK
Charlotte Dawson
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:00:00 +0800
The Guardian

Charlotte Dawson
death: BeyondBlue CEO hits out at social media
A top mental health advocate has hit out at Twitter and Instagram after TV presenter
Charlotte Dawson 's
death, saying they need to respond more quickly to bullying attacks on vulnerable users. Dawson, 47, was outspoken about her depression and in 2012
The Guardian
Charlotte Dawson : Inside Her Struggle With Depression
Charlotte Dawson , model, actress and TV presenter best known for being a judge on Australia 's Next Top Model, was found dead on Saturday. She was 47. According to reports, a realtor had entered Dawson 's two-bedroom waterfront apartment to prepare it
Who Magazine
Chelsea vs Everton
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 23:00:00 +0800
Sydney Morning Herald

Chelsea cling to
lead as top three win
Arsenal and Manchester City replied in kind after John Terry scored an injury-time winner against Everton to preserve Chelsea 's position as Premier League leaders on Saturday. Chelsea 's victory briefly gave them a four-point lead at the summit, but
Sydney Morning Herald
Last-gasp strike saves Chelsea:
Last-gasp strike saves Chelsea:
. John Terry goal keeps 1st-place Blues 1 point ahead of Arsenal. The Associated Press Posted: Feb 22, 2014 3:34 PM ET Last Updated: Feb 22, 2014 3:34 PM ET. Chelsea 's John Terry, right, celebrates with Frank
CBC.ca
Premier League
Man Utd
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 23:00:00 +0800
Bleacher Report

Premier League
Title Hunt, Top Three Teams Win and Keep Pace
Slender victories for Chelsea and Manchester City, and a potent attacking display by Arsenal, left the top of England 's
Premier League
unchanged Saturday. Chelsea led the way after its captain, John Terry, delivered a 1-0 victory over Everton with a
New York Times
Premier League
Table 2014 Week 28: Updated Standings Following Matchday 27
Chelsea held on for a tough test at Stamford Bridge against Everton on Saturday, winning 1-0 while Arsenal were able to keep pace with them with a 4-1 drubbing of Sunderland. The Blues sit at 60 points, while Arsene Wenger 's squad is just one point back.
Bleacher Report
Singapore Budget 2014
Budget 2014, Budget 2014 Singapore, Singapore Budget, Budget Singapore, Budget
Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:00:00 +0800
Straits Times

Singapore Budget 2014 : Relief for the elderly, CPF boost for all workers
Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam 's
Budget
had good news for workers, students and especially the elderly. The much-anticipated package for the Pioneer Generation was the centrepiece and it did not disappoint: Its three components will work to
Straits Times
Budget 2014 : One that looks to the future, but does not forget the past
SINGAPORE
Singapore 's
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has unveiled the country 's
2014 Budget
that looks to the future but at the same time does not forget the past. The government sets out to honour the first
Channel News Asia
Kim Yuna
Adelina Sotnikova, Kim Yuna Sochi 2014, Kim Yu Na, Yuna Kim Sochi
Fri, 21 Feb 2014 02:00:00 +0800
The Malay Mail Online

Yuna Kim
Has Not Had Plastic Surgery, and Koreans Love Her...
When the Olympic judges placed South Korean figure skater
Yuna Kim
second to Russian Adelina Sotnikova yesterday, her fans wouldn 't have it: Nearly two million have already signed a petition to have the judging re-opened. American skating enthusiasts
The New Republic
People at Seoul Railway Station watch
Kim Yuna
on television in the final
THE International Olympic Committee says it will not investigate the controversial judging at the women 's figure skating competition, despite a protest petition reportedly signed by hundreds of thousands of fans, because there have been no official
The Australian
Gst Voucher 2014
Fri, 21 Feb 2014 23:00:00 +0800
Channel News Asia

Budget
'poreans to receive
GST Voucher
of up to S$250
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said this is a special
GST Voucher
that will effectively double the
GST Voucher
- Cash that they usually receive. Mr Tharman said older Singaporeans are broadly most affected by
Channel News Asia
Budget : One-off
GST voucher
announced for low- to mid-income seniors
This Seniors ' Bonus cash payout will effectively double the
GST Voucher
they usually receive, said Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam in his Budget speech on Friday. Singaporeans aged 55 and older this year will benefit
Straits Times
WhatsApp
Facebook WhatsApp, Jan Koum
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 11:00:00 +0800
New Yorker (blog)

In Asia,
WhatsApp
posts mixed message for Facebook
Singapore (Reuters) -
WhatsApp
may be hugely popular but its forays into Asia, the world 's biggest mobile market, have had mixed success, raising questions about whether it can sustain the explosive growth Facebook Inc cited to justify its $19 billion
Reuters
Facebook 's acquisition of
WhatsApp : Lessons for Indian startups
Facebook 's $19 billion acquisition of
WhatsApp
is a watershed moment for the IT industry. When Google acquired Youtube in 2006 for $1.65 billion, the valuations raised many eyebrows. People questioned the rationale behind Google 's move to acquire a
Economic Times
Brian Acton
Facebook buys WhatsApp, WhatsApp Facebook, Facebook bought WhatsApp
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:00:00 +0800
Mirror.co.uk

WhatsApp founder
Brian Acton
was TURNED DOWN for job at Facebook five
And now he is having the last laugh after securing a $19bn (£14bn) deal in stocks and shares with the tech giant. Mr
Acton
went for a job at Facebook in August 2009, only to be turned down. Like a lot of dejected applicants he took to Twitter to vent
Mirror.co.uk
From Food Stamps to Billionaires: WhatsApp Founders Jan Koum and
Brian
In one of the largest Internet deals, Facebook bought messaging app WhatsApp on Wednesday for $19 billion, and catapulted its founders Jan Koum and
Brian Acton
into the billionaire 's club. But their beginnings were humble, and the duo had to struggle
IBTimes India
Pompeii
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:00:00 +0800

Lava and Lust
In Paul W. S. Anderson 's last three movies, a swashbuckler and two films based on the “Resident Evil” video game, he trained his camera on his wife, Milla Jovovich, in the obsessive way Josef von Sternberg once filmed Marlene Dietrich. In “
Pompeii ,” Mr.
New York Times
Sochi Figure Skating
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:00:00 +0800
New Yorker (blog)

Were the
Figure
Skating
Judges Wrong, or Was NBC?
There was at least one travesty of judgment in women 's
figure skating
Sochi
—maybe there were a few; I 'm not quite expert enough in triple Salchows and toe loops to tell. As the long program ended Thursday, there was already a furious debate about
New Yorker (blog)
Russia Has Its First Ladies
Figure Skating
Gold Medalist, But It 's Not Lipnitskaya
Adelina Sotnikova. Yuri Kadobnov / AFP / Getty Images. Russia 's gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova celebrates during the Women 's
Figure Skating
Flower Ceremony at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the
Sochi
Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014.
TIME (blog)
Ukraine
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 11:00:00 +0800
euronews

Over 60 killed on
Ukraine 's
deadliest day
Ukraine 's
embattled President Viktor Yanukovych appeared ready to concede to one of the protesters ' main demands by suggesting to visiting EU dignitaries that he may be ready to hold early elections. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, meanwhile, spoke
Channel News Asia
Dozens killed in Kyiv as
Ukraine 'truce ' shattered
Violent clashes in Kyiv on Thursday morning brought a veritable bloodbath to the streets of the
Ukrainian
capital. Thousands of anti-government protesters regained control of Independence Square, but beyond its boundaries no-one is in control of the
euronews
Mao Asada
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:00:00 +0800
CBS sports.com (blog)

Tokyo 2020 boss blasts
Mao Asada 's
performance
PHOTO: Ivan Sekretarev/AP
Mao Asada
of Japan reacts after completing her free skate in the women 's figure skating final Thursday at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. by Associated Press Feb 20, 2014 - 8:03 PM
Canada.com
Tokyo 2020 Chairman Critical of
Mao Asada
The head of Tokyo 's 2020 Olympic organizing committee has criticized Japanese figure skater
Mao Asada 's
performance in the women 's short program at the Sochi Olympics. The two-time world champion finished 16th in Wednesday 's short program after
ABC News
Kim Yuna
Yuna Kim, Kim Yuna Sochi, The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Ladies
Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:00:00 +0800
Rappler

Olympics: S. Korean fury at
Kim Yu-Na
defeat
For millions of South Koreans who stayed up into the early hours of Friday morning to watch their idol
Kim Yu-Na
try to defend her Olympic figure-skating title, there was heartbreak and anger over her eventual silver finish. Within hours of the result
GlobalPost
Korea 's figure skating queen
Kim Yu-na
wins Olympic silver in Sochi
It was indeed a happy "adios " or "good-bye " for fans of figure queen
Kim Yu-na
as she drew the curtain down on her career to the Argentine tango music "Adios Nonino " at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi. Skating last of 24 skaters, all eyes were
Arirang News