We last covered My.com back in November 2013. The website, a product from Russian Internet company Mail.ru, is meant to be a sort of do-all homepage. You can check your myMail, play myGames and have discussions in myChat. And now the company is making…
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The safe release of scores of school girls abducted by militants last week topped the agenda of a meeting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan held Thursday with political and military chiefs, a governor said. “The meeting clearly agreed that the issue…
A mafia gangster is basing his appeal against a conviction for murdering a fellow mobster on photographs which show his associate was with Portuguese football manager Jose Mourinho at the time. Cesare Pagano was convicted to life in prison for shooting…
The last visible evidence of David Moyes’ miserable reign at Manchester United was removed on Thursday as the infamous ‘The Chosen One’ banner was taken down from the Stretford End at Old Trafford. Moyes was sacked on Tuesday after just 10 months in…
Samsung hasn’t exactly been pushing their new Galaxy Tab 4 lineup quite as hard this year, even going so far as to quietly announce the new family of tablets under the radar on April 1st, like some sort of shy April Fool’s joke. But it looks like…
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone went on trial in Germany on Thursday, denying charges of bribery that threaten to land the British billionaire in jail. Ecclestone, 83, is accused of paying a German banker tens of millions of dollars to ensure…
Over the last few weeks, we’ve heard about how the British government had to sign a deal with Microsoft to extend support for Windows XP for another year while organizations throughout the UK switched to newer operating systems. The US Government…
Mamelodi Sundowns are two victories away from a first South African Premiership title in seven years after closest rivals Kaizer Chiefs and Wits University drew 0-0 Wednesday. “Pitso Mosimane (Sundowns coach) should send me a good bottle of wine,” joked…
Gunmen killed at least 17 people in an attack on a village in eastern Nigeria where scores of people have died in ethnic violence in recent weeks, police said Wednesday. Residents of the predominantly Christian village in Taraba state put the death…
Over the last few months, there’s been talk of a new player called OnePlus about to enter the smartphone market. Today, OnePlus made its official entrance, and did so with a pretty huge announcement: the company’s first Android smartphone packs…
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has been drafted in to assist the club’s newly appointed interim manager Ryan Giggs, United revealed on Wednesday. “It’s great to see Paul Scholes here at the Aon Training Complex today, assisting Ryan…
Big news from the Land of Bezos this morning: Amazon has reached a deal with HBO that will bring some of the premium channel’s older programming to Amazon Prime. Those who pay the yearly subscription fee for Amazon Prime will be able to watch shows…
US aerospace and defense giant Boeing raised its 2014 profit outlook Wednesday despite a first-quarter profit slide, citing strong demand for its new jetliners. A sharp rise in pension costs from a change in retirement plans offset Boeing’s robust commercial…
Israel cancelled a session of peace negotiations with the Palestinians scheduled for Wednesday after the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Hamas pledged to form a joint government, an aide to Israel’s prime minister said. “Israel cancelled the negotiations…
Though Amazon doesn’t plan to lift the veil on its smartphone projects until later this year, BGR has been on a photo-sharing, exclusive-leaking rampage of coverage of the whole thing. And as of today, even more key details have been publicized. Naturally…
Prague and Euro 2012 co-hosts Poland on Wednesday withdrew from the race to stage matches at Euro 2020 ahead of Friday’s deadline for candidates’ bids. The Czech capital and two cities in Poland, Warsaw and Chorzow, were vying to become part of the…
Today, technology company LG launched a teaser website for its forthcoming Android Wear-powered smart watch, the LG G Watch. The new promotional applet lets you spin, zoom and view the watch from all sorts of interactive angles, potentially satisfying…
David Moyes declared on Wednesday that he was “proud” to have managed Manchester United, but said that he understood the “frustration” that had led to his dismissal. Moyes, 50, was sacked by United on Tuesday after a dismal 10-month tenure in which…
Manchester United began their search for a new manager on Wednesday, with newspaper reports claiming that Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has emerged as a candidate to succeed David Moyes. Several British newspapers said that Ancelotti was being considered…
By sacking David Moyes as manager after less than a season in charge, Manchester United contravened the principles explicitly laid out by his illustrious predecessor Alex Ferguson. Ferguson was granted a three-and-a-half-year grace period before winning…