Earlier this week, dating site OKCUPID citing co-founder of Mozilla Brendan Eich had supported Prop 8, discouraged members from accessing their site via the firefox browser. Now he has stepped down. But without people on both sides of the argument asking who’s wrong or right? {WASHINGTON POST}
Sports recap: BASEBALL- Chicago Cubs beat Pittsburg Pirates 3-2; Chicago WhiteSox were defeated by Minnesota Twins 10-9
HOCKEY: The Chicago Blackhawks fell to Minnesota Wild 2-3 but they play Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena today
No Big Papi Selfie for you, Samsung! During the Oscars when Ellen and her selfie crew broke twitter, it was a win for Samsung. When David “Big Papi” Ortiz captures a selfie with the President? not so fast! The White House has objected to the tweeting of a selfie. {BBC}
Is this the end of the road for our beloved brick and mortar bookstore? Barnes and Noble shares dropped when it was announced one of its largest share holders is selling 90% of its 17% stake. Malone’s share dumping comes as the bookseller’s Nook e-reader tablet continues to struggle in competing with the likes of Amazon’s (AMZN) Kindle and Apple’s (AAPL) iPad. Barnes & Noble said sales of its Nook e-reader fell 50% in Q3. {Wall Street Pit}
You may have “made me” but I just outbid you. NuvoTV which counts JLO as a minority shareholder, outbid Puff Daddy aka Sean Combs’ enterprise for Fuse Channel. {NY POST}
Scruffy downtown types drinking wine from plastic cups and beer from bottles, thats a far cry from say the Cinema Society crowd but now we know that Anna Wintour, Vogue editrix does not take too well to those types. {PAGE SIX}
The One year anniversary of Roger Ebert’s passing {Robert Feder via RogerEbert.com}
Must be nice. Alice Walton, of Walton Family, one of the richest women may potentially be the buyer of a listed $70million Co-op in New York. {NY POST}
Clyde Redfield, A state unemployment benefits manager who coaxed his subordinates and supervisor to do his college homework on taxpayer time has been fined $2,500 and no longer holds the job. He resigned in 2012 and collects a $47,000 pension. {CHICAGO TRIBUNE}
And the winner goes to…..LANCOME!! The luxury brand has tapped Oscar winner and fashion favorite Lupita Nyong’o as new face of the company. {ABC NEWS}
*image via Business Insider
