Archive for April 2nd, 2011

CNN – Google intros ‘motion-controlled e-mail’

CNN: Google intros 'motion-controlled e-mail'
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/04/01/april.fools.online/index.html?iphoneemail
  • The internet started to look like The Onion on Friday, with April Fools' jokes popping up
  • Google announces joke motion-controlled e-mail system, switch to Comic Sans
  • The Guardian launches a royal wedding live blog nearly a month before the date
  • Huffington Post debuts a paywall that only affects New York Times staff

CNN – NY Times reporters recount captivity in Libya

Freed New York Times journalists thought they would die in Libya
CNN: NY Times reporters recount captivity in Libya
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/31/libya.ac360.missing.journalists/index.html?iphoneemail
  • The journalists say they though they would be killed
  • All four captives were subject to physical and mental abuse
  • The lone woman in the group says she was subjected to sexual abuse
  • They believe they were spared because of the potential repercussions of killing Americans

CNN: Battles rage in Libya amid defections

CNN: Battles rage in Libya amid defections 
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/01/libya.war/index.html?iphoneemail

  • NEW: A government spokesman says the rebels are not serious about the cease-fire
  • The ultimate goal is still regime change, the opposition says
  • Sources tell CNN Gadhafi could relinquish power to someone in his inner circle
  • Report: A senior adviser to one of Gadhafi's sons is in London for talks