Dedicates song to wife
Thicke debuts a song from his upcoming album, Paula, on the 2014 BET Awards. The new song is entitled Forever Love. Before the performance begins, Thicke tells the audience:
I’d like to dedicate this song to my wife. I miss you, and I’m sorry.
HP Slatebook 14
HP announces the Slatebook 14, its first laptop to run on Android. The device features a touchscreen, 64 gigabytes of internal storage, 2 gigabytes of RAM, and a Nvidia Tegra 4 processor. It also has two USB ports and a HDMI port.
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Groups channels by genre
The provider announces new channel groupings based on genre and makes HD options automatically available to customers with an HD box.
Channels will be grouped into themes like Entertainment, News & Info, Sports, Music, Kids & Teens and Premiums. Likewise, On Demand content will be found on channels 1000 and above in categories like Primetime On Demand, Entertainment On Demand, Kids On Demand and Music On Demand.
All parental control and DVR settings will transition automatically, so customers don’t have to worry about reprogramming their parental control settings or losing recordings of their favorite shows.
Tried to persuade Saddam Hussein to resign
During a 45-minute question-and-answer Branson says that he, Nelson Mandela and Kofi Annan were close to persuading Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to resign when the American bombing of Iraq began.
There had to be a better way to get rid of Saddam Hussein than having to kill and maim a lot of people. The after-effects of the Iraqi war and the fallout has been pretty horrendous for a lot of people.
Branson says his non-profit, Virgin Unite, wants to use The Elders, his group that includes Annan, Bishop Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter, to bring an end to conflicts world-wide.
Obviously, everybody in the world must believe that conflict is no longer necessary in the world today. It’s up to organizations like The Elders to stop conflict from happening in the first place.
Renews contract with TBS
O’Brien renews his TV talk show’s contract for four more years with cable network TBS . Since his move to TBS from NBC, the host has attracted younger viewers to the network. The show produces an average of more than 800,000 viewers, with most of the audience being under the age of 40.
Braum release
The Heart of the Freljord is released in patch version 4.7 along with the Dragonslayer Braum skin. Designer:
As with all champions, we designed Braum to fill a specific gap in the League of Legends champion pool. Specifically, he’s the first true tank support that we’ve created, a champion who takes the hits for their team. We’ve had plenty of defensive supports – champions like Nami, Soraka, Janna etc – who negate damage through heals or shields, along with fighter supports like Leona and Alistar, who are generally great at initiating teamfights before diving deep into the enemy team and disrupting as much as possible. Braum’s something different: he’s a tanky support who literally takes the hits for his team, and as such requires a new mindset, position and playstyle to most conventional supports.
Announces ‘Hard Choices’ book
Clinton’s upcoming book, Hard Choices, will reflect how she defines her legacy as part of Obama team. The book be available for purchase in June 10,2014, Publisher Simon & Schuster say in a statement and will offer an “inside account of the crises, choices and challenges that Clinton faces as secretary of state”. Clinton:
All of us face hard choices in our lives
Joins GOT directors
Slovis joins the lineup of directors for Game of Thrones season 5. During an event at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Slovis reveals that he is set to direct the first and second episodes of Season 5.
Releases CHADDER
Future Tense Central (FTC) and developer Etransfr release CHADDER, a free private messaging app that encrypts and decrypts messages at endpoint devices in order to increase security. It is initially available as an Android app on Google Play, with an iOs version planned for release on iTunes. McAfee says only users of the app can view message content:
We have developed this highly secure system with an extraordinary team of developers at the prestigious RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology)…CHADDER is a fun and easy to use messaging app that happens to keep your communications private. So private that we can’t see it ourselves.
Preparations on track
The International Olympic Committee says that preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics are on track. This is contrast to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which has had chronic construction delays:
The 2018 Games are on the right track but it is clear that much work remains. With only four years to go until the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games begin, it was important for the commission to be able to survey the progress being made on the different venues. We are pleased to see that work on key sites like the sliding center and coastal Olympic Village has begun.
Sheeran, The Game collaboration
Sheeran announces he and The Game plan a joint album to be released in 2015. The Game and Sheeran only planed to collaborate on one song together but, when they got in the studio they recorded seven instead.
Ed came up with the idea to start working on a joint album, and we started doing it. He was on that guitar. Acoustically, he’s a genius, man, so when he does that, what comes out of me is songs like (The Game hits) Dreams and Hate It or Love It and My Life. The songs that we got, they’re real songs. And I can’t wait for people to hear ’em.
Raises funding terms
Altman announces the company is increasing the amount it provides to approved startups. In return, it will take a slightly larger equity stake of 7%.
$97k was about right at the time, but the cost of living in the Bay Area has gone up substantially. So we’re increasing the total to $120k, which we hope is enough for the founders to run their business and pay their living expenses for at least six months, and sometimes longer.
Production deal
GFW signs production deal with Biggest Loser creator, Dave Broome. Broome’s 25/7 production company will produce live events and a future unscripted series for the wrestling promotion.
We’re excited to enter this journey with a group as talented as Dave Broome and 25/7, They’ve achieved some great things over the past decade and we feel like they can lend a unique perspective both in and out of the ring.
Removes bread chemical
Subway announces azodicarbonamide will be phased out from its bread by next week. Azodicarbonamide is approved by the FDA as a bleaching agent and dough conditioner, but its use in food has been petitioned by consumers who note it is also used in yoga mats and is banned in other parts of the world.
You see the social media traffic, and people are happy that we’re taking it out, but they want to know when we’re taking it out. If there are people who have that hesitation, that hesitation is going to be removed.
Renewed for two seasons
HBO renews the series for another two seasons.
Game of Thrones is a phenomenon like no other. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, along with their talented collaborators, continue to surpass themselves, and we look forward to more of their dazzling storytelling.
‘New Horizons’ vision
During a debriefing of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, the Pyeongchang 2018 Organizing Committee (POCOG) states that a ‘New Horizons’ theme will be central to their games. Many new winter sports facilities will be built for the games, including areas for figure skating, hockey, speed skating, luge, bobsled, and skeleton events.
Our vision is very clear: new horizons, developing industries, building a hub of winter sports in Gangwon province. Our Games will also be a Games of culture, environment and peace.
The Voice coach
Williams is confirmed as one of the coaches on Season 7 of The Voice. The reality show’s official Twitter page makes the announcement.
This is going to be so fun.
Okay, we can OFFICIALLY say it! WE ARE SO #HAPPY to announce PHARRELL WILLIAMS = #NewVoiceCoach for SEASON 7. pic.twitter.com/GayqbMeU1l
— The Voice (@NBCTheVoice) March 31, 2014
Teaser trailer
The teaser trailer for The Maze Runner premieres during Teen Wolf.
Such a tease… http://t.co/6b83WIPS4z #MazeRunner
— Dylan O'Brien (@dylanobrien) March 17, 2014
CEO reflects on gay marriage controversy
Chick-fil-a CEO Dan Cathy remarks in an interview that he wishes he never got the fast food chain involved in the debate over gay marriage, but he does not take back his remarks. In July 2012, Cathy’s remarks on traditional marriage led to boycotts and support of the restaurant throughout the country.
Every leader goes through different phases of maturity, growth and development and it helps by (recognizing) the mistakes that you make. And you learn from those mistakes. If not, you’re just a fool. I’m thankful that I lived through it and I learned a lot from it.
New design
An updated design is launched. The new design is based on “flat design” and is fully responsive (able to be viewed on all sizes of screen). A user support section from UserVoice, is added so that users can add feature requests and open support tickets.