WATCH: ‘My Dad’s Story': Tearjerker Advert Shines Light on Working Poor

MetLife has released a real tearjerker of an advert highlighting the lengths that a parent will go to raise a happy, healthy, and well educated child. The touching video, which has racked up more than 5 million views on YouTube, shows a daughter who is proud of her father’s accomplishments but is aware that he struggles to ensure her happiness and future. The version below was shot in Thailand and produced for the Hong Kong market with five more...

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Facebook introduces Legacy Contacts to manage your account when you die

Facebook is giving users more control over their social networking afterlives with a “legacy contact” setting. With this setting enabled, a designated heir can change the deceased user’s profile picture, pin a memorial letter to the top of the profile, and respond to friend requests. The legacy contact can also download an archive of photos and posts. advertising However, Facebook is making clear that this is not the same as handing over...

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Chinese worker with close to 100 iPhones reveals how App Store rankings can be manipulated

Yahoo Finance Canada/Weibo - Before a bank of more than 100 iPhones, a Chinese worker allegedly manupulates App Store results A disturbing image allegedly showing a worker manipulating App Store rankings has gone viral, giving us a rare glimpse into the world of fake app ratings and downloads. The photo, which was originally uploaded to social media site Weibo with the caption " Hardworking App Store ranking manipulation employee,"...

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Beijing company offers night with Japanese porn star as year-end bonus

While it's typical for Chinese companies to offer prizes in the form of cash and cars to employees as a bonus ahead of the Chinese New Year, one tech firm in Beijing is steering wildly off-course from tradition with a year-end gift that one lucky winner will probably not be bringing home to show the missus: a Japanese porn star. This is according to a list that was leaked online allegedly showing an array of year-end bonus options for employees...

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Moon objects found in astronaut Neil Armstrong's closet

A collection of items planned to be left behind by the Apollo 11 mission have been found by Neil Armstrong's widow while clearing out an old closet. Among them is the camera that recorded some of the mission's most crucial moments, including the famous moon landing. The items have now been donated to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, who unsurprisingly are rather pleased to have received them. According to transcripts of the Apollo...

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WATCH: This is a 10K time-lapse video created using 80MP still photographs

Want to see what a 10K time-lapse video looks like? Look no further than the video above. Titled “10328×7760: A 10K Timelapse Demo,” it was created by Los Angeles-based photographer Joe Capra, a guy who specializes in ultra-high-definition time-lapse photography. If you don’t have a 10K display handy, don’t worry: the video zooms in to show you the level of quality the video has. Capra shot a total of 5 different scenes in Rio De Janeiro,...

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Spider-Man to join Marvel superheroes in shared movie universe

Tobey Maguire, who starred in last decade’s Spider-Man movies. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Spider-Man will appear in a Marvel superhero movie for the first time after the Disney-owned studio signed a deal with rival Sony to integrate the comic-book crimefighter into the same big screen universe as Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor and Captain America. The landmark move, widely rumoured after Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2...

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Delta Airlines' Facebook page was hacked by someone who posted obscene photos

Screenshot from Delta's Facebook page Delta Airlines Facebook page was apparently hacked Tuesday. Instead of the normal stream of post about travel destinations, an obscene link was published on the page under the title, "10 Reasons Why Girls Dont Give Bl--j--s." About an hour after the initial post, a second obscene link was posted. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Shortly after the second post,...

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg donates $75 million to San Francisco hospital

Donation could be biggest amount given by an individual to a public hospital Never one to do things by halves, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are reportedly  donating $75 million to a San Francisco hospital – believed to be the largest sum given to a public hospital by an individual. The Facebook founder and CEO is donating the money to the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation to help fund critical equipment...

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Pinoy DOTA 2 Team Wins P6.6 MILLION In Asian Championships

Filipino team Rave — made up of mostly Pinoys based in South Korea — took home $100,000 or P6.6 MILLION as they landed fifth place in the DoTA 2 Asian Championships in China. That is awesome! According to Rappler, the members of the team are composed of Ryo “ryOyr” Hasegawa, Jio “Jeyo” Madayag, Djardel “Chrissy” Mampusti, Mark “Cast” Pilar, and Michael “nb” Ross. Team Rave landed a fifth place finish when they lost to Chinese team Big God (BG)...

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WARNING: GRAPHIC - Actual video of brutal execution of incapacitated SAF Operatives

WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO. DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU FIND THIS DISTURBING. This is a video of the actual encounter between MILF/BIFF forces and SAF operatives in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. advertising advertising Source: LiveLeak.c...

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Wreckage of Chilean plane that crashed in the Andes 54 years ago found by mountaineers

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean mountaineers say they have found the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the Andes 54 years ago, killing 24 people, including eight members of a professional soccer team. The group said they came across the wreckage at an altitude of about 10,500 feet about 215 miles south of Santiago, the capital. Expedition member Leonardo Albornoz told Chile's Channel 7 they're keeping the exact site secret to prevent looting. The...

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Family of 5 found dead in alleged murder-suicide

Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) carry the body of one of the five members of a Taiwanese family who were found dead inside their house in San Juan City yesterday morning. (Michael Varcas) Business losses could have driven a family of five to commit mass suicide in their condominium unit in San Juan, a police official said yesterday. A suicide note allegedly written by one of the victims mentioned financial difficulties,...

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Pinoy wins free trip to Tokyo to be In movie scene with adult actress Sora Aoi

Well, this is INTERESTING news! Apparently, a Filipino named Edgar Navarro is one of five lucky winners from all over the world who will go on a date AND be in a movie scene with Japanese sexy film star, Sora Aoi! Must be just his luck, because their names were drawn from an electronic raffle, which he just joined over the internet. The other winners come from India, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Brazil. Who is Sora Aoi?? Well, she’s a popular...

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Florida mom delivers 14-pound baby after surprise pregnancy

(Courtesy: WFTS) TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Maxxzandra Ford said she realized during delivery that she was giving birth to an unusually large baby, but had no idea her son was 14.1 pounds. It was a double surprise for the Florida mom who didn't even realize she was pregnant until her third trimester. Ford said her "feet never swelled, never was really that tired, my back didn't hurt so obviously I didn't think anything of it," Ford...

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61 decomposing bodies found in abandoned Mexico crematorium

More than 60 decomposing bodies have been found in an abandoned Mexican crematorium after neighbours complained to authorities about a foul smell coming from the building.The 61 bodies, most of them male, were discovered in a funeral home near the popular resort of Acapulco. It had been closed for about a year, according to a government official.Guerrero state prosecutor Miguel Angel Godinez confirmed the number of bodies in comments to local...

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Man buys MacBook on eBay for $450, gets just a picture of it

Paul Barrington with the picture of a computer he received after winning an auction on eBay Photo: SWNS.COM A Devon man who sold his belongings to buy a new laptop could not believe it when he was cruelly sent a photo of the computer instead. Paul Barrington flogged his surfboard to raise the $450 he needed to purchase the Apple MacBook on eBay. The 38-year-old thought he had bagged a bargain, but knew the deal was...

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How GoPro founder Nicholas Woodman became a billionaire from surf holiday idea

Yahoo Finance UK/AP Photo/Seth Wenig - Nick Woodman holds a GoPro camera in his mouth as he celebrates his company's IPO at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, June 26, 2014 From catching waves in Hawaii, base jumping in Utah or skiing the Austrian Alps, the must-have gadget for today’s adrenaline junkies is a GoPro. Billed as the world's most versatile camera, a GoPro allows extreme sports enthusiast to capture their every...

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Mummified monk isn't actually dead, says Buddhist expert

A mummified monk thought to be more than 200 years old is "not dead," but actually in a state of "very deep meditation," according to Buddhist monk and doctor to the Dalai Lama, Dr. Barry Kerzin. Kerzin claims that the monk is in a spiritual state called "tukdam," and is just one step from becoming a real-life Buddha, the Siberian Times reported. The mummified remains were discovered in Mongolia's Songino Khairkhan province on Jan. 27, and delivered...

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UPDATE: AirAsia crash French copilot’s body recovered

Indonesian rescue workers unload bodies taken from the wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501 Reuters/Beawiharta Divers have recovered a body they believe to be that of the French co-pilot of the AirAsia flight QZ8501, which crashed into the sea off Indonesia last December with 162 people on board. The body that is believed to be that of Remi Plesel was found in the front part of the fuselage during a search operation on Friday. It...

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