Five Keys To Creating A Winning Campaign Using Crowdfunding

Five Keys To Creating A Winning Campaign Using Crowdfunding


Five Keys To Creating A Winning Campaign Using Crowdfunding

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 07:00 PM PDT

We all have a dream. Some grand vision we'd love to see come to fruition one day. Something that scares us, compels us and energizes us at the same time. So why is it that so many people seem to put those dreams in a box and shelve them away [...]


Olympics strain British spy agencies

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:12 PM PDT

Parliament's security committee says pressure caused by preparations for the games is a "critical challenge for all".


ASEAN fails to reach common ground on China row

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:56 PM PDT

Southeast Asian nations have failed to issue a joint statement at the end of foreign ministerial meetings after diplomats clashed over whether to mention a touchy territorial dispute involving China.


Militants flee Pakistan after cross-border attack

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:49 PM PDT

A Pakistani official says dozens of militants who came from Afghanistan to attack a village in the country's northwest and took scores of villagers hostage have fled back across the border.


Analysis: As Egypt leaders feud, economy heads toward cliff

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:05 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new Islamist president and his old military foes have come out swinging in a struggle for political power, but their countrymen need them to find a way to work together to avert economic chaos.


VIDEO: Facebook adverts value doubted

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:41 PM PDT

A BBC investigation suggests companies are wasting large sums of money on adverts to gain "likes" from Facebook members who have no real interest in their products.


VIDEO: Rock to be memorial to cruise deaths

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:38 AM PDT

Salvage teams are trying to remove a huge chunk of rock wedged into the hull of the Costa Concordia, part of which will be used as a memorial for the 32 people who died in the disaster off the island of Giglio in Italy.


VIDEO: 'Foldable drone' unveiled at show

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:38 AM PDT

Danish enthusiast Peter Rodolfo has shown off his unique unmanned drone, which folds up, at the Farnborough Airshow.


VIDEO: Listening to bats on smartphones

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 04:04 PM PDT

Scientists devise new technology that works with smartphones to visualise bat calls.


VIDEO: Panda-ing to your needs: It's Odd Box

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 12:59 PM PDT

Pandas having fun on a slide, the sport of wife-carrying and a really explosive fireworks display. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.


Leftist seeks to void Mexico's presidential election, again

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 09:03 PM PDT

Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate for the Party of the Democratic Revolution, shows a ballot during a news conference in Mexico cityMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The runner-up in Mexico's presidential race on Thursday filed suit before the country's electoral court in a bid to void the results on charges the winner broke campaign finance laws and bought millions of votes. Left-wing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador came in 3.3 million votes behind Enrique Pena Nieto from the centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), according to the official count from the July 1 vote. ...



Will GM's Move Mark An End To The IT Outsourcing Era?

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 06:16 PM PDT

For years now, American corporations have been outsourcing IT services, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs for technology workers in India and elsewhere. General Motors, for instance, now outsources about 90% of its IT services, handling just 10% in house. But GM is planning a remarkable change in direction. As Reuters [...]


Gotye Overload Spawns Hilarious 'Somebody That I Used To Know' Parodies

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 06:14 PM PDT

Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" is still near the top of the charts, but its popularity is a source of irritation for many. Such irritation, like sand in an oyster, can produce pearls of comedy, like the five videos featured here.


Watch The New 'Game Of Thrones Seven Kingdoms' Comic-Con Trailer

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 05:34 PM PDT

Bigpoint debuted its first trailer for upcoming browser-based MMO 'Game of Thrones Seven Kingdoms' at Comic-Con. Watch it below.


Minecraft Players Rebuild 'Game Of Thrones' In WesterosCraft

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 05:17 PM PDT

Block by block, enterprising Minecraft players are rebuilding the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, from George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones and the HBO series of the same name. It's no small task, and the images are even more impressive than this ambitious project sounds. From King's Landing to The Wall, Westeros is [...]


'The Sandman' Prequel to Fill In Morpheus' Backstory

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 05:13 PM PDT

I've been a Neil Gaiman fan for many years. I was the first person in the United States to own a copy of his novel, Neverwhere (I had actually bought it off of him after he had finished reading from it at a convention.) So when I say I have good news, I actually mean I have Gaimantastic news. Gaiman and DC Comics have announced that the author will be returning to The Sandman series he completed back in March 1996.


'Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn' Web Series Trailer Debuts At Comic-Con

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 04:36 PM PDT

VideoA new web series debuts in October to help promote Microsoft's Halo 4. 343 Industries and Microsoft Corp. unveiled the official trailer for the web series Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, a live-action digital series based on Xbox video game franchise. The series will air on Machinima beginning on Oct. 5, 2012. There will [...]


Thai court set for divisive constitutional ruling

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:36 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Constitutional Court will decide on Friday whether government plans to amend the constitution are illegal, an outcome that could lead to the dissolution of the ruling party and bring its "red shirt" supporters onto the street. Even if the ruling goes in favor of the government, it could still open up another violent chapter in Thailand's seven-year political crisis because the powerful royalists oppose any change to a constitution enacted under a military-backed government in 2007. ...


Leftist seeks to void Mexico's presidential election, again

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 09:03 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The runner-up in Mexico's presidential race on Thursday filed suit before the country's electoral court in a bid to void the results on charges the winner broke campaign finance laws and bought millions of votes.


US adds new Iran oil targets to sanction list

Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:15 PM PDT

Tehran's main tanker firm identified to undermine attempts to use renamed, disguised vessels to evade sanctions.