Discovery Channel‘s Shark Week celebrated its 23rd anniversary on Sunday with the premiere of Ultimate Air Jaws. The Christian Science Monitor
BlackBerry is preparing to launch an iPad competitor in November, and it will be called the BlackPad. The Register
It’s not Facebook, its not Twitter, it’s called Tumblr; a new blogging service based in New York that already has 6.6 million users. The New York Times
For the past several weeks Venus, Mars and Saturn have been highly visible in the western sky and now Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, has now joined the trio. Berthou Recorder
Twitter reached 20 billion tweets! A blogger from Tokyo said, “It looks like I posted the 20 billionth tweet. I’m getting replies from people all over the world. It’s scary. What are the chances? Maybe I’m going to die. Is it more amazing than winning the lottery? I thought it was a joke.” Guardian
Lady Gaga urged her fans to protest immigration law at her show on Saturday in Arizona. MTV
Hundreds of walkers showed up at Lawrenceburg’s Rotary Park in Tennessee this weekend for the 2010 American Cancer Society Relay For Life. WDXE
Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University has created the Telenoid R1 robot, which replicates the gestures and actions of a caller to give the feeling that they are sitting in the room. The robot is 31 inches long, weighs 11 pounds and looks like Casper the Friendly Ghost. International Business Times
Alicia Keys looked stunning at her Mediterranean wedding on Saturday when she officially tied the knot producer Swizz Beatz. People
A new study shows that seven hours is the magic number for a good night’s sleep. AFP
A Dutch brewer Koelschip has revealed the world’s strongest beer with a whopping 60 percent ABV (alcohol by volume). It is even stronger than The End of History by Scottish brewery BrewDog, which was named the world’s strongest beer with 55 percent ABV just seven days ago. Newslite
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