Media violence, Facebook, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Media violence, Facebook, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
2013-01-16
it's Wednesday January sixteenth 2013
I'm Trey brundrett and last night I beat
your high score at Galaga while my kids
built in imax theatre and minecraft for
the creepers of course this is 90
seconds on the verge presented by Ford
President Barack Obama has asked Centers
for Disease Control to investigate any
possible link between violent media and
shootings it's all part of a number of
expansive gun control policies the
president formally proposed today in the
wake of recent high-profile shooting
incidents back in the 1990's Congress
stipulated that CDC money could not be
used on research that promotes gun
control making this a particularly
controversial decision Facebook is
rolling out free calling for all iphone
users in the US the new feature should
be available soon via the facebook
Messenger app it will not require an
update through the App Store the free
calls work over both data and Wi-Fi
there's no video option no Android
version and nothing on the facebook
website but hey it's only a matter time
finally the spirit of American ingenuity
is alive it's being outsourced to China
according to BBC one entrepreneurial US
based software engineer has been paying
assists of a six-figure salary to a
local firm and shin yang to do his job
while he browse reddit all day it's a
story for told pretty accurately by 2009
video from the onion ultimately it was
an outside investigation by Verizon that
uncovered the arrangement better luck
next time chief and that's it for
today's top stories coming up tomorrow
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