"She is finally at peace in the arms of God."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
July 26, 2015
How App Design Can Hurt App Development
Mobile apps have become so ubiquitous that it's easy for most people in tech to assume that creating them is a simple, straightforward process. Look behind the curtain of their development, however, and you'll often find a painful history of cost-overruns, code and asset bloat and development delays. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Barack Obama champions rights for women and gays on African trip
President Obama arrived in Ethiopia late Sunday hoping to find common ground with East African leaders on combating terrorism and finding a way forward on the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan — a hard-sell mission on the heels of a personal visit to Kenya, where he reached into a grab ...
Reparations!
(John Hinderaker) I had thought the concept of reparations was a silliness limited to the United States, but no: it has caught on elsewhere. A movement has arisen in India to make Britain "pay reparations for 200 years of colonial rule." My own view is that the colonial era brought the region that became India and Pakistan out of barbarism and into the light, but that opinion is not universally held: India's
Source: Power Line
Rick Perry: Gun-Free Zones a 'Bad Idea,' Armed Citizens Can Help Stop Shooting Massacres
"If we believe in the Second Amendment, and we believe in people's right to protect themselves and defend themselves, and their families."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
JOSEPH CURL: Donald Trump's an idiot, but he's also a fool
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Donald Trump is really stupid — or is he? He's atop the latest polls, people are buzzing about his every move, and he'll be the main target of the other wannabes at the first GOP debate early next month.
Wait, yes yes, he is. All you have to do ...
Cruz Amendment Fight With Senate GOP Leadership Grows
'What we just witnessed this morning is profoundly disappointing.'
Via: The Daily Caller
Want to Guess How Donald Trump's Iowa Poll Numbers Were Affected After He Insulted John McCain?
Trump's favorable/unfavorable rating among Iowa Republicans is 45 percent/44 percent.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
After Huckabee Says Obama's Iran Nuke Deal Will 'March' Israelis 'to the Door of the Oven,' High-Level Democrat Wants an Apology
"… grossly irresponsible statement."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
When Selling Virtual Products Abroad, Don't Put Prices On Autopilot
If you have a physical product that you want to sell in more than one country, determining the price in different markets can be challenging. You might have to open an office in each country, or at least hire a consultant to assess local demand and analyze the competition. But if you have a virtual product — say an app for a mobile phone — setting the price for it in different… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Annals of inanity
(Scott Johnson) Submitted for your consideration and your entertainment pleasure, the video below of President Obama instructing the president of Kenya in the matter of "gay rights." The Hill reports: President Obama on Saturday made a personal plea for gay rights during his visit to Kenya, warning that "bad things happen" when countries discriminate against certain groups of people. "As an African-American in the United States, I am painfully aware of the
Source: Power Line
Attorney sentenced in immigration, bank fraud cases
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors say a Newport Beach attorney has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a scam that targeted immigrants in the country illegally who were being held in detention and awaiting possible deportation.
The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/1LKw44z ) Gino Paul Pietro defrauded ...
Rapper Snoop Dogg Accuses Swedish Police of a 'Racial Profile' While He's Detained on Suspicion of Drug Use
"I'll never be back to ya'll country. It's been real."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
McConnell Angers Conservatives By Blocking Defunding Planned Parenthood, Kate's Law
Moves to reauthorize Export-Import Bank
Via: The Daily Caller
Sen. Orrin Hatch scolds Sen. Ted Cruz for saying Senate leader lied about Export-Import vote
Without invoking his name, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah scolded fellow Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday for publicly accusing their party leader of lying about a deal to revive an obscure government agency, saying comity in the august chamber is both tradition and simply "the honorable thing to do."
...McConnell Disputes Cruz Claims of 'Special Deal' in Senate Floor Speech, Others Side With Majority Leader
"Squabbling and sanctimony may be tolerated on the campaign trail but not in here."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Mike Huckabee Uses Holocaust Reference to Slam Obama's Iran Deal
The former Arkansas governor says the Obama administration's deal with Iran marches the Israelis to "the door of the oven."
Source: Bloomberg.com news
The Mystery Money Creating The Unicorn Herd
Varied explanations for the growing herd of unicorns — and predictions of their imminent demise — abound. But all can agree: Those who invest in unicorns are chasing returns they can't get elsewhere. And while venture capital is widely perceived to be fueling the unicorns' growth, a closer look reveals that not all venture capital is really venture capital. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Inside higher ed: Reimagine this
(Scott Johnson) A faithful reader writes from deep inside higher education: One of my responsibilities is tracking down ads for our recent PhDs. I just came across this one for SDI Training Manager. It's self-parody, and so is good for laughs. Until one looks up the office of the vice chancellor under whom the successful candidate for this $70,000 position (more money, incidentally, than most college professors make) would be working. That's
Source: Power Line
Yes Your ******* Startup Can Cut A Little Free Speech
The internet's ugliness has been revealed in so many different ways these past few months, it almost makes you want to pull the plug on all of it (I can't of course, because Apple already removed my Ethernet port before I could get the satisfaction). Blow up(s) at Reddit over whether we can post pictures of fat people. Terrorists using Twitter and other social media to call for… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
'An Abomination': Fiorina Blasts 'Unbelievable Hypocritical' Planned Parenthood Over Videos
'I find it astounding that anyone can defend it'
Via: The Daily Caller
Paris Police Open Fire at Tour De France Finish Line
It is extremely rare for gunfire to be heard at the Place de la Concorde.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Rick Perry: Movie Theaters Should Not Be Gun-Free Zones
The recent mass shootings, Perry argued, were the result of poor enforcement of existing laws.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
What Does Trump Believe?
(Steven Hayward) Donald Trump's core political beliefs are a matter of hot controversy, because they have changed over the years. It is not a sin to change your positions both large and small (Ronald Reagan did, after all), and not all changes make you a "flip-flopper." The question of whether Trump's current views reflect a genuine change of mind because of more careful study on his part or conversions of convenience for
Source: Power Line
Wisconsin nonpartisan elections board targeted for overhaul
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Stung by a corruption scandal that led to the convictions of five lawmakers, a longtime Republican state senator met with the head of a government watchdog agency at a bar down the street from the Capitol to talk about how to improve ethics oversight.
"I literally ...
Chuck Todd: Hillary's 'Favorability Numbers Are Dismal' [VIDEO]
She's not doing so hot
Via: The Daily Caller
Al Sharpton's New Project Promises to 'Flip the Script' on Media
"They say if you don't define your reality, others will do it for you."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Google Ventures Joins $60M Round For Members-Only Travel Site, Secret Escapes
U.K.-based members-only luxury travel site, Secret Escapes, has pulled in a $60 million funding round, with investment coming from new investor Google Ventures, along with existing investors including Index Ventures and Octopus Investments. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Sen. Lindsey Graham's big announcement: I got an iPhone
Republican presidential candidate and Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that Donald Trump forced him to do what his Senate staff never could — get a new phone.
Mr. Graham went shopping after Mr. Trump, the most flamboyant candidate in the GOP's crowded presidential field, last week read aloud the South ...
Survivors Found After Plane Crashes in Tokyo Neighborhood
"Then I saw the house just over there on fire, with a tail of the plane sticking out of it."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Lindsey Graham Went With the iPhone
The South Carolina senator's staffers have Donald Trump to thank for bringing their boss into the smart phone era.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Planned Parenthood President Blames 'Militant Wing' Of Anti-Abortion Crowd For Videos [VIDEO]
When's the next shoe going to drop?
Via: The Daily Caller
Teenager Charged with Murdering Army Veteran Just Hours After 18th Birthday
"He didn't deserve this. Nobody does."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
The Internet Of Sound
How do birds communicate? By singing. And now it's the turn of the machines. A new crop of businesses are now creating what's referred to as the Internet of Sound. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Birth of "Lolita"
(Scott Johnson) Yesterday's Wall Street Journal carries an interesting review of Robert Roper's Nabokov in America. (Subtitle: On the Road to Lolita.) The review, by Ben Downing, appeared in the paper under the heading "The naturalization papers." I'm generally familiar with Nabokov's career, but I had missed the humorous details behind the success of Lolita, a tale told by a classically unreliable narrator: When, in 1947, Nabokov began contemplating what he described
Source: Power Line
'I'm Still Waiting for One Fact, One Fact from You About Me Being Anti-Gun' — Christie Faces Off With Pro-Gun Voter in Iowa
"If you want to debate me… run for president and come to Cleveland on Aug. 6″
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Trump Leads Republican Pack Nationwide, Ahead in New Hampshire
His comments about Arizona Senator John McCain seem not to have deterred voters.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Donald Trump accuses Hillary Clinton of 'criminal' activity in email scandal
Donald Trump on Sunday accused presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton of engaging in "criminal" activity when she used a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state and the media of quickly backing off the Democratic front-runner as the narrative about a referral to the Department of Justice ...
The fire this time (4)
(Scott Johnson) According to Ta-Nehisi Coates in Between the World and Me, his widely acclaimed new book, "The problem with the police is not that they are fascist pigs but that our country is ruled by majoritarian pigs." Later he decries "the horror of our prison system" and "the long war against the black body[.]" "Here is what I would like for you to know," Coates confides to his son. "In America
Source: Power Line
Gun Test: Smith & Wesson's M&P40 Performance Center Ported
Race gun "shoots better than the shooter"
Via: The Daily Caller
Police Find 'Absolutely Horrific Scene' When Checking on Woman Neighbors Hadn't Seen in a While
"Gruesome scene in PHX."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Palestinians Prepared to Attack Jews on the Temple Mount on Holiday Marking the Destruction of the Holy Temples
"Such acts of hatred cannot be tolerated."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Google Studies How Much Interstitials Suck On Mobile
How much do mobile users hate interstitial screens blocking their mobile browsing by urging them to down the native app instead? An overwhelming amount, judging by a study conducted by Google in July last year. Well, that and common sense when you think about the contrast between the aim of mobile computing (speed, convenience) and the point of interstitials (slow, distract). Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
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