Archive for April, 2015
Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American, was taken into custody by the Baltimore Police Department for possession of a switchblade. He died in police custody a week after being arrested. Claimed to be in good health at the time of his arrest, Mr Freddie later sustained injuries to his spine and larynx. Six police officers have been suspended (with pay) […]
... written on Apr 30 2015Who would have thought Twitter’s quarterly earnings result could leaked, on its own platform? Twitter’s earnings for the first-quarter of the year was bad, but not as horrible as how it was leaked earlier than it’s supposed to be, when Selebrity, a company that provides financial intelligence service, tweeted the results at 3:07 p.m. ET, […]
... written on Apr 29 2015Nepal’s death toll from a Saturday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake has jumped to more than 3,729 with official figure for the injured stands at 6,944 (and counting). UNICEF estimates close to a million children have been “severely affected” by the disaster. The earthquake, the worst in the country since 1934 when 10,000 died, has made hundreds […]
... written on Apr 27 2015Navinder Singh Sarao was a 36-year-old British futures trader, just like any other traders trying to make money. But the Brunel University graduate is now spending his weekend in British jail after failing to up his £5 million (US$7.6 million, RM27.1 million) bail bond. He was arrested this week at the modest suburban semi in […]
... written on Apr 26 2015Google is a web search engine. Google has an email service. Google also provides a web browser. In fact, Google has hundreds other products and services that you may have not even heard of. And in case you didn’t know, the Android operating system used to power your non-iPhone was developed by Google. Need us […]
... written on Apr 23 2015Low-profile tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, the man closely tied to Malaysia dominant political party UMNO, and one of many cronies aligned to influential former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, is offering about 1.5 billion shares in Malakoff Corp, a subsidiary of MMC Corp, in exchange for RM1.80 a share. If fully subscribed, the 1,521,740,000 IPO shares […]
... written on Apr 22 2015Frustrated with lazy people still using “123456”, “abc123” or simply “password” as their authentication for internet access, PayPal has dropped a bombshell. If you don’t behave and improve your password, they would have little choice but to inject you with your username and force you to eat your password (*grin*), literally speaking. Like it or […]
... written on Apr 21 2015When we were asked to write more articles about GST more than a year ago, we deliberately refused. The reason was simple. No amount of articles on such subject would stop Najib administration from abandoning the cash cow project. Most importantly, no amount of bitching and whining about the impact of GST would wake the […]
... written on Apr 19 2015Attention Star Wars fans!!! Han Solo and Chewie are back – officially – after Disney released the second trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. By the way, the film will be in theatres December 18, 2015, just in case you’ve been living under a rock. The last time Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford, […]
... written on Apr 17 2015You were a proud owner of that Passat, Prius, Lexus SUVs, BMW, Benz or simply that piece of overpriced junk called Proton. And the reason you were particularly proud was because you had actually paid extra for that optional feature called keyless system. You felt like you were Tony Stark with this new technology installed […]
... written on Apr 16 2015
