Piers Morgan: I'm bigger than the Pope on Google!

Piers Morgan: not likely to get the Pope's blessing?

 Self-proclaimed 'cock of the walk' continues to strut his stuff on Twitter despite being his talkshow being cancelled by CNN

Piers Morgan is apparently unbowed by being dropped by CNN. The former Mirror editor boasted on Twitter after his sacking: "The Pope currently has 441,000,000 Google

Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $16 billion

The balance of power in the mobile messaging space is about to shift in a big way  Facebook has just announced plans to acquire WhatsApp for the equivalent of $16 billion in cash and stock.

The deal will see WhatsApp run semi-independently, much like Instagram.

The chat service will maintain its brand and existing offices, but it will take advantage of Facebook's "expertise, resources and scale."

It's safe to say that the combined entity will have a lot of clout if and when the deal closes later this year.

WhatsApp already has over 450 million active users; combine that with Facebook Messenger and competitors like Line suddenly appear small by comparison.

Heartbreaking picture of 4 year old Syrian refugee child who was found wondering in the desert!

Marwan, 4, was found by UN workers near the border of Jordan 

#A heartbreaking picture has emerged of a little boy wandering in the desert alone after he was separated from his family while fleeing war-torn Syria.

Marwan, four, was found by UN workers near the border of Jordan and Syria, after he became separated from his family. The boy was photographed carrying a

Uganda's President Museveni agrees to sign anti-gay bill

 President Museveni  agrees to sign anti-gay bill

#UGANDAN president Yoweri Museveni has finally agreed to sign into law a new gays rights bill that prescribes life imprisonment for people convicted of homosexual acts.

In December last year, Uganda's parliament passed a Draconian gay rights that not only sentences offenders to life behind bars but also makes it a crime not to report gay people. Worried about the severity of the law, President Museveni baulked at signing it, saying that

Japan’s Rakuten moves into messaging with deal to buy Viber for $900m

#Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is moving into mobile messaging after it announced a $900 million deal to buy Viber, the Cyprus-based mobile voice and chat messaging company that claims 300 million registered users worldwide.

A statement from Rakuten explains that Viber “perfectly complements” its digital strategy, which has seen the Japanese firm buy up a range of companies  including

Meet Jospeh Minala the 17 year old Lazio midfielder accused of being 41

Joseph Minala, the 17-year-old Cameroonian footballer on the books at Lazio, has been the centre of a storm recently. Some have questioned his age, after claims he told an African website that he is 41-years-old, which would render him ineligible to play for Lazio's youth sides.

But now Le Aquile have threatened legal action against anybody who

Happiness Is Homemade!

 Regardless of whether we live in the US, India, Africa or anywhere else, family is the building block of any society, and our greatest fulfillment lies there and as the saying goes East west home is best no matter where you live or stay in a five star Hotel in Paris, New york you will always miss your ancestral roots.

We all seek happiness but what most of us discover is that happiness is a

Ugandan president calls for digital identification to fight crime

H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has called for a computerized record of all residents of the country in order to better fight crime.

Identity cards were introduced in Uganda in July last year, though the

The Power of Positive Thinking

Positive thinking is a mental attitude that admits into the mind thoughts, words and images that are conductive to growth, expansion and success. It is a mental attitude that expects good and favorable results. A positive mind anticipates happiness, joy, health and a successful outcome of every situation and action. 

Whatever the mind expects, it

Sony to quit Vaio PC business

Sony has announced that it is to sell its Vaio PC business, lay off 5,000 staff as part of major restructuring plans and cut its costs by one third over the next 15 months before the start of its 2015 financial year.

Sony also plans to to spin its TV Brand into a wholly-owned subsidiary by July 2014. Sony has cut the division’s losses significantly  a 147.5 billion yen loss for financial year 2011 was cut to