The good: Vine for Android is great for sharing short video clips on Twitter. The Home feed is smooth and the recording tool works just as well as it does on the iOS version. Also, exclusive to Android users is a zoom feature. The bad: This newborn app is missing a lot of major features that [...]
Nicki Minaj Calls Mariah Carey ‘Insecure’ and ‘Bitter’ on Twitter
May 3, 2013 | Posted by
Nicki Minaj isn’t done feuding with Mariah Carey, as the 30-year-old rapper took to Twitter on Thursday, to slam the “Hero” singer. This time the war stemmed from last Wednesday’s American Idol, where Minaj interrupted Carey when the latter was criticizing contestant Angie Miller. Carey later said that Minaj never had a No. 1 hit on [...]
Spurs Sweep Injury-Riddled Lakers with Kobe Bryant Courtside
April 29, 2013 | Posted by
The San Antonio Spurs dismantled the injury-riddled Los Angeles Lakers Sunday night with a 103-82 victory in Game 4, while Kobe Bryant was courtside to witness the carnage. “Obviously, it wasn’t a fair fight,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “When you’re a competitor, you want to compete on an even basis, and the Lakers weren’t [...]
NFL Draft: Bills Bypass QB Geno Smith for E.J. Manuel
April 26, 2013 | Posted by
West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith was predicted by many analysts to be the first quarterback selected in Thursday’s NFL draft, but surprisingly, the Buffalo Bills selected E.J. Manuel over Smith with the 16th overall pick. “There was a lot of confirmation going on for me, so it was more so a matter of when they [...]
Kobe Bryant Vows Not to Tweet During Game 2
April 24, 2013 | Posted by
Kobe Bryant, who questioned coach Mike D’Antoni’s decisions during Game 1 of the Los Angeles Lakers’ series against the San Antonio Spurs, vowed to not use Twitter in tonight’s second game. But teammate Metta World Peace wants him to continue. “Kobe should tweet for Game 2 the whole time, every possession,” World Peace said after [...]
Wiz Khalifa Gives Rave Reviews to Twitter’s New Music Service
April 20, 2013 | Posted by
Rapper Wiz Khalifa has given rave reviews to Twitter’s new music app, Twitter #music, which was released Thursday and aims to change the way people find music. “Man this new Twitter music app is insane!” Khalifa tweeted on April 12, after certain artists were given a sneak peek of the program. The service uses activity [...]
Twitter Rumored to Launch New Music Site
April 12, 2013 | Posted by
Micro-blogging site Twitter is rumoured to be launching a new music service after buying the music discovery site We Are Hunted. We Are Hunted confirmed the deal, adding “there’s no question that Twitter and music go well together” – and said it was shutting down. The hashtag #music is also featured on the newly-launched music.twitter.com. [...]
Louisville Women Have Big Win Too, Upsetting No. 1 Baylor
April 1, 2013 | Posted by
Hours after the Louisville men’s team dismantled Duke to advance to the Final Four, the Lady Cardinals upset the heavy favorite and No. 1 Baylor Bears, 82-81, in what many are calling one of the greatest upsets in women’s NCAA Tournament history. Why? Louisville was a 5th-seed that finished third in the Big East. It [...]
Ex-Bronco Elvis Dumervil Signs With the Ravens
March 25, 2013 | Posted by
Free agent Elvis Dumervil, who was released by the Denver Broncos earlier this month because of an administrative blunder, agreed to a five-year, $35 million contract with the Baltimore Ravens, according to ESPN. Dumervil hit the free agency market earlier this month after the Broncos released him when paperwork for his restructured contract did not [...]
New Royce White Twist: He Leaves Rockets’ D-League Team
March 22, 2013 | Posted by
The ongoing saga between Royce White and the Houston Rockets took an unexpected twist Thursday morning when White walked away from the Rockets’ developmental league team, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, to return to Houston. “Have been advised by our team physician it is most logical I be in Houston the remainder of the season,” White said via [...]
