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Shakespeare Meets Top 40 Music in 'Pop Sonnets'William Shakespeare, meet 2014 pop music. That's the premise behind music Tumblr Pop Sonnets from blogger Erik Didricksen. Didriksen channels Shakespeare's eloquence by rewriting modern day pop music, putting an English Renaissance twist on some of your favorite summer jams See also: 19th-Century Au... Why It's So Hard to Design New EmojiEmoji. There are just never enough The little, colorful pictograms were born in Japan in the late 1990s. Though they grew in popularity, for awhile it was impossible for people outside of the country to use the images. They needed a new coding system, one that enabled all kinds of programs to univer... Obama Says U.S. Won't Be 'Intimidated' By Islamic State BeheadingsPresident Barack Obama said the United States won't be intimidated by the Islamic State's beheadings and pledged to go after the terrorists on Wednesday, building a coalition to "degrade and destroy" the group. "We will not be intimidated. Their horrific acts only unite us," Obama said during a pres... Hodor and Bran Stark Won't Appear In 'Game of Thrones' Season 5Hodor? Nodor. It seems Game of Thrones' Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) and his beloved duo-syllabled protector Hodor (Kristian Nairn) will not be appearing in the show's fifth season. See also: How 'Game of Thrones' Makes Westeros Look So Real Nairn mentioned his and Wright's season 5 hiatus in... Murdered Journalist Steven Sotloff an Israeli Citizen, Embassy ConfirmsThe Embassy of Israel announced on Twitter that Steven Sotloff, whose murder was announced by the Islamic State on Tuesday, was a dual citizen of the United States and Israel. The Times of Israel then reported that the American journalist Sotloff, 31, was Jewish, held an Israeli passport and had s... Acer Rolls Out PC-Tablet Hybrids for the Undecided, FlexibleBERLIN — Taiwanese computer company Acer launched a series of new tablet-PC convertible products on Wednesday at the 2014 IFA tech conference in Berlin, Germany, as well as a low-cost $149 tablet, in what will become its lineup for the upcoming holiday shopping season. The devices are designed... Miley Cyrus Reacts Beautifully to Facebook Fans' Tales of HomelessnessThey've all been homeless. Tanya lived in van. Tokilupe ate out of dumpsters. Quay slept on buses. Michelle snuck into abandoned buildings for shelter. After Miley Cyrus used her Video of the Year acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards last month to bring awareness to homeless youth, they a... Teen Disowned by Family for Being Gay Raises Nearly $100,000The video barely captures any images, but its soundtrack is heartbreaking: the sounds of 19-year old Daniel Ashley Pierce being disowned, and apparently physically abused by his Georgia family, for the crime of being gay. Released on Aug. 27, the YouTube video entitled "How not to react when your c... Journalists Vent After USA Today Newsroom LayoffsLayoffs hit USA Today on Wednesday, the first major cuts since owner Gannett split off its publishing business. The job cuts, first reported by Jim Romenesko, ended up eliminating between 60 and 70 employees. Roughly half of those came from the editorial side, with numerous veteran journalists being... How to Watch the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Launch LiveBERLIN — The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is one of the most anticipated smartphones of the year — along with the iPhone 6, of course — and we’re just a few hours away from Samsung’s big announcement live in Berlin. While Samsung is holding two additional simultaneous events f... |