AFP – Members of Costa Rica’s Chinese community celebrated the the arrival of the Year of the Snake by setting the world record Tuesday for the largest amount of fried rice ever cooked. Briton Ralph…
Date Archives February 2013
Senegal, Kenya share spoils at Ericsson ‘apps for Africa’ awards
Team Shinsekai from Senegal are the winners of the Ericsson “Apps for African City Life” Awards for developing an app that aims to support environmental sanitation and hygiene development in cities. Second and third prizes…
J.J. Abrams to direct ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’
After days of speculation, Walt Disney Co. confirmed Friday that sci-fi filmmaker J. J. Abrams will take over the director’s chair for “Star Wars: Episode VII”, the latest installment of the iconic franchise. Sci-fi filmmaker…
6 different flats, 6 different styles
Every girl should own at least a pair of ballet flats. They are cute, they are versatile and they are super comfortable. While some people steer clear of flats as they figure they don’t do…
Adele’s Grammy Speech Crasher Arrested
It was a blink-and-you-missed-it gate crash, but Jennifer Lopez brought her eagle eye to the Grammys. Adele’s first trip to the stage to accept the Grammy for pop vocal performance from Lopez and Pitbull, seemingly…
American Express card users can shop at Twitter
AFP – American Express began letting users of its payment cards make purchases with messages fired off at Twitter as the popular social network dabbles with making money from e-commerce. American Express announced that members…
BoConcept: A little bit of Denmark now in Nairobi
Tired of the same old boring furnishings available in every store you visit and similar in most households around? Have you been looking for unique furniture and home decor pieces that will give you some…
Ben Affleck leads BAFTA winners
Actor-turned-Director, Ben Affleck was a very elated man last night as he took home with him two awards for Best Director and Best Film award for his hit movie Argo at the EE BAFTA awards…
Muthoni DQ to perform at Afcon finals
Muthoni the Drummer Queen will be on stage with other African big guns at the closing ceremony of the Africa Cup of Nations tourney in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday. The event will be the…