| Vumber Launches Virtual Phone Number Service on Paltalk.com
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Vumber (www.vumber.com), the secure, two-way disposable calling service, today announced a new partnership with Paltalk (www.paltalk.com), the leading real-time, video-based community with over 4 million active members, to provide privacy-ensured virtual phone numbers to its user base. "Online dating and chat groups continue to be a fast growing trend, yet some participants are reluctant to share their personal phone numbers online," said Vumber Co-Founder Cliff Wener. "With Vumber, Paltalk members will have more privacy, control and freedom when providing phone numbers to one another." According to a study by Pew Internet and American Life Project, 11% of all American Internet-using adults - about 16 million people - say they have gone to an online dating website or other site where they can meet people online.
Pink iPod nano debuts for spring, Valentine's, pink lovers
I have a tale to tell my friends (that's you guys) here at Infinite Loop. I received a text message from a friend of mine who works at a retail outlet last night (not an Apple Store), asking me if there was a new Apple announcement yesterday. I wrote back and said "no, why?" He proceeded to tell me that his store just got a shipment of pink iPod nanos. I went to the iPod nano page on Apple's site to check out the color lineup and saw the reddish/magenta color, and assumed that's what he was referring to. I moved on with my life. This morning, Apple announced a new, truly pink iPod nano. D'oh! Good job losing that scoop, Jacqui. Happy Birthday to me. Moving along, the "gorgeous" pink iPod nano, as Apple refers to it, is available immediately in 8GB for $199.
NORM: 'Mamma Mia!' time moves fast
"Mamma Mia!" marks its fifth year at Mandalay Bay with an anniversary performance Feb. 14. We don't know where the years went so quickly, but here's an update on where some of the Vegas alums ended up: Local favorite Tina Walsh (the original Donna) is getting set to take the stage as Madam Drury in Las Vegas' other hit Broadway musical, "Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular," at The Venetian next month. Nick Cokas, who played the original Sam, made headlines this week when he married "American Idol" star Katharine McPhee. Jill Paice, the original Sophie, will be playing Scarlet O'Hara in the much-anticipated musical production of "Gone with the Wind" in London. .
Red Mosque Opration
The eight-day long “operation silence" has ended with the death of Maulana Abdul Rasheed Ghazi, and his 70 aides in addition to 8 security troops, including a lt. colonel and a captain. Contrary to his “hardline" brother, Maulana Abdul Aziz, who was arrested while trying to flee in Burqa on the second day of operation, Maulana Ghazi refused to surrender and fought till last bullet. The 80-year old mother of Maulana Ghazi was also killed in the operation, however security forces claimed that she died due to suffocation. Though, the operation is over, mystery still shrouds the breakdown of talks between an Ulema delegation, and Maulana Ghazi that led to bloodshed. Qari Hanif Jalahindari, one of the members of four-member Ulema delegation which was supposed to meet Mr.
Ask Amy: Parents' sex question irks college coed
Dear Amy: I am a university student in my 20s. I've always had an honest relationship with my parents. If I start dating someone, they're involved in the relationship in the typical "concerned parent" role. I'm OK with this because they don't overstep boundaries. But like any parents, they're concerned with whether I'm having sex. I'm a virgin, so I can still give a truthful parent-approved response. However, my current relationship might be headed toward a sexual relationship. Should that happen, I intend to make the safest and most well-informed decisions possible. I don't know how I should deal with the "sex question." My parents don't discuss their sex life with me (thank God), and I don't want to discuss mine with them. I really don't like the idea of lying to them, but I also believe that it isn't anyone else's business.
Frank Ferrante to bring Groucho Marx to life at luncheon
Frank Ferrante was 9 when he first saw "A Day at the Races," the 1937 Marx Brothers classic. He's been hooked ever since. "It's just so wild and free," the 44-year-old Ferrante, an actor, director and playwright, said of the Marx Brothers' brand of comedy. "And it pulled me into the local library. I wanted to know more. ... I made a study of comedy." In particular, he studied Groucho, the eyebrow-wagging, rubber-legged member of the real-life sibling comedy troupe that donned silly monikers -- Chico, Harpo, Gummo and Zeppo -- and starred in numerous vaudeville and Broadway shows and Hollywood movies. Over the past 20 years, Ferrante has built a highly regarded career playing the legendary comedian. And next week, with cigar gleefully wobbling between his fingers, Ferrante will bring his show to Yakima as the featured performer of the 11th annual Laughing Ladies and Merry Men's Luncheon.
eLife goes by pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a ...
THE BAY AREA is filled with techno geeks. Just check out your neighborhood coffee house, airport or BART car and you'll see people nose deep into their laptops, submerged in their iPods or glued to their Kindle eBook. This place is a hotbed for early adapters, eager to snag the latest technology. I am not one of them. In fact, until recently I'd describe myself as techno-challenged, someone whose personal bubble hovers in techno-no-no territory. Start chatting about your iPhone and I enter a semi-comatose state as I pray to be elsewhere. Start talking megabytes, beta versions, download, upload, and I'm ready to explode. But take away the techno-babble, and suddenly I realize that I like many am fully engaged in eLife. And I love it. For example, a few months ago, I made a creative U-turn in front of a Danville police officer.
Recap of Saturday, February 2
You know, I think we're missing the point here. It's not about these hardcore lefties who are endorsing either Obama or Clinton because you knew they were going to go one way or another. It's about who's attached with Ted. Caroline Kennedy, I know she's not the super left, but she validates the comparison between JFK and Obama. That's a huge score for baby boomers who are looking for that. Victoria Barret: Obama's appeal has been his freshness, his newness, and Ted Kennedy is the opposite of that. Antiquated is the right word, and he's kind of attached with yet another Washington dynasty. His real differentiator was not being attached to a dynasty, being the new guy with new ideas, so I think this is a negative thing for him. Quentin Hardy: America, my head is exploding! We've got this guy, a gray haired 30-year, 40-year senate veteran, and you're treating him like he's a bomb throwing far left guy.
Bligh sorry for minister's toddler comments
QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh has apologised for her health minister after he said a toddler who died following a 30-hour wait for his twisted bowel to be diagnosed was "allegedly" in pain. After nearly a week of defending Stephen Robertson over his comments, Ms Bligh apologised today to the family of three-year-old Ryan Saunders and the Emerald community in central Queensland. "If there has been any offence taken at the minister's comments, I think it is important that the Government offer some apology for any offence," Ms Bligh said. "It is quite clear that the minister's comments caused some offence in the community, and for that I'm very sorry." Ryan died at Rockhampton Hospital after being transferred from Emerald on October 25 with stomach pains.
Mariah Carey Talks About Her New Fragrance 'M', and Progress on New ...
The as-yet-untitled album is the follow-up to her multiplatinum comeback disc, "The Emancipation of Mimi," which earned her three Grammys. "It's hard for me to sit here and talk about it without sounding like I'm bragging if I'm in love with it, but I'm in love with this album," she says. "I think that having the success with the last record allowed me to have more freedom. ... and just make records that I like. It's kind of a really fun record." .
China considers crashing BHP's takeover party
CHINA Investment Corp (CIP), the country's new sovereign wealth fund, is considering teaming up with major steel producers to counter offer about $US200 billion ($227 billion) for Rio Tinto, according to a weekly newspaper. Rio (rio.ASX:Quote,News) has rejected an all-share offer from rival miner BHP Billiton (bhp.ASX:Quote,News) worth about $US124 billion ($141.06 billion), based on BHP's share price, one of the priciest-ever takeover attempts. Rio Chief Executive Tom Albanese has scheduled media conferences and investor briefings to outline Rio's defence against BHP later on Monday. "The plan now is for Chinese steel makers and CIC to jointly set up a team to join the bidding for Rio," the China Business newspaper reported, citing an unidentified source. CIC, established in September to manage $200 billion of China's $US1.43 trillion ($1.63 trillion) in foreign exchange reserves, would link up with steel makers including Baoshan Iron and Steel (Baosteel), the paper said.
Nip 'n' tuck tourists
The Innisfail couple flew to India in March 2006, so Warren, 67, could have his arthritic knee replaced at the world-renowned Fortis Hospital in New Delhi. While they were in the neighbourhood, they also decided to have laser surgery on their eyes. The Millers aren't alone. Every year, hundreds of Australians are heading overseas for sun, sand – and surgery. .
Holla Backlash
Apparently he gave away a free copy of his album with every issue of the British tabloid Planet Earth purchased over the weekend. (Just in case the readers desired more than just subscription slips to toss in the trash.) Once again, His Purpleness is ticking off his record label - the album is not scheduled to go on sale until July 24. And music stores are furious. Prince has a global distribution and marketing deal with Columbia, but the British arm of the business has pulled out of the agreement, claiming that this only seems fair. (Quick! Change your name to a symbol again. Record companies are powerless against the symbol!) Anyway, Prince is past his musical prime - especially since the Jehovah's Witnesses have really softened his musical content (if ya know what we mean wink wink).
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