Cruise ship docks at private beach in Haiti for barbeque and water sports Boing Boing

The Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ ship Independence of the Seas went ahead with its scheduled stop at a fenced-in private Haitian beach surrounded by armed guards, leaving its passengers to “cut loose” on the beach, just a few kilometers from one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the region's history. via Cruise ship docks atContinue reading “Cruise ship docks at private beach in Haiti for barbeque and water sports Boing Boing”

Google China’s New Take on ‘Tiananmen Massacre’ – Google – Gawker

Google announced it will stop filtering its China search engine — or shut the site. And already, once-suppressed results are showing up on Google.cn (see screenshot; top is current, bottom from June). That’s the good news. The bad news? Google says it hasn't actually done anything yet. A spokesperson told the Daily Telegraph's Shanghai correspondentContinue reading “Google China’s New Take on ‘Tiananmen Massacre’ – Google – Gawker”

Android Developers Blog: Android 2.1 SDK

Okay, so the news is a day old, but Android 2.1 SDK is out. Today, we are releasing the SDK component for Android 2.1, so that developers can take advantage of the new features introduced in Android 2.1. Please read the Android 2.1 release notes for more details. You can download the Android 2.1 componentContinue reading “Android Developers Blog: Android 2.1 SDK”