23 July 2010 Each Facebook user has on average 130 friends and shares 70 bits of personal information - including home movies and family photos - every month. With 500 million user
Aaron Mokoena is South Africa's captain. He is keeping a video diary of his World Cup experience for CNN. Tune in again soon to watch it. Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- Milli
Graffiti Girls: Shinzentomotel’s mural in Kanagawa draws new fans.
Japanese graffiti has come a long way since its early incarnations sprung up in the late 1980s. From the d
The Man Booker PrizeThe Man Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded every year for a novel written by a writer from the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland and it aims to represent
(CNET) -- It's been a long time since it got in the way of the World Series, but the threat of seismic tumult still hangs over Silicon Valley. When earthquakes elsewhere in the wor
(Mashable) -- Nokia is suing Apple over what it claims are infringing patents in the iPad and iPad 3G.This is just the latest in a series of escalating lawsuits between the two com
(Mashable) -- Facebook has extended its "Gross National Happiness" prototype app to 18 new countries. The app analyzes words in status updates like "awesome" or "tragic" to track c
08 March 2010
The World Health Organization calls tobacco the leading cause of preventable death in the world. In December, the WHO launched a campaign against cigarette smoking
04 March 2010
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Teens exposed to second-hand smoke have a higher risk of developing heart disease later in life, according to a new report.
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.Millions of people all over the world use the word OK. In fact, some people say the word is used more often than any ot
Facebook this week was awarded a patent pertaining to streaming "feed" technology -- more specifically, "dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network," comple
One of the cozy traditions associated with college life is receiving and then pouring over your copy of the annual yearbook. Just about every student's picture appears in the heav
VOAVOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Jane Jacobs. She was an activist for improving citie
Describe a kind of book you like. You should say:What kind of books you like most.What they are about.Why you like them most.What effects books brought on you?Thank you for the opp
