The creative genius of Apple, Steve Jobs, who introduced the entire world to personal computers and later came up with innovative devices such as iPod, iPhone & iPad, is no more. At an age of 56, the death of Steve Jobs probably puts an end to the golden era that Apple saw. Jobs was not an active part of the company in his recent days, but it was his name, that people always believed in before buying an Apple product.
Born in 1955, Jobs was adopted by Paul Jobs and Clara …

The defending champion is looking good to retain his title in Japan Open. Rafael Nadal, the world no 1 Spaniard has made it to the semifinal of the tournament, thanks to his victory over Santiago Giraldo of Colombia in straight sets: 7-6 (8-6), 6-3. Nadal will face Mardy Fish in the semifinal as Fish edged past his Australian opponent Bernard Tomic in a thrilling 3 setter: 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-1.
In the other semifinal, David Ferrer will be facing Andy Murray. The former defeated Radek Stepanek, the 7th seed 6-2, 7-6 …

The most famous poet of Sweden, Tomas Transtromer has bagged the Nobel Prize in literature this year. The 80-year old writer, who retired from writing, was a continuous favorite to win the award for many years, but, he has finally made it this time. Transtromer, currently partially paralyzed after suffering a stroke more than 2 decades ago, had one syllable answers to most of the questions that he was asked after the announcement was made. His wife Monica however accompanied him to fill in the details.
According to Monica, the announcement …

Kristin Cavallari’s stint at this season’s Dancing With The Stars has ended. The reality television star of MTV’s “The Hills”, along with her professional partner Mark Ballas were eliminated despite scoring their highest score of the season so far. They earned 24 points out of possible 30 on Monday’s performance round. Incidentally, judges’ votes are combined with that of audience to decide the contestant to be eliminated.
Incidentally, last Monday’s lowest scorer Chaz Bono survived elimination thanks to audience votes. In earlier weeks, Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis and Basketball star Ron …

Tim Cook really didn’t come up with something that all the iPhone fans were looking forward to. No, iPhone 5 is yet to come, Apple has only been able to add a few extra features to their last offering iPhone 4 and now we have iPhone 4S. The phone has an improved camera, the processor runs faster & smoother and the action games will definitely be more realistic. Apart from that, now, even Verizon iPhones can be used anywhere from the world.
Now, the big question is whether it satisfies an …

Serena Williams will be playing for her country US in Fed Cup 2012. She has already committed to take part in the tie against Belarus on February 4th – 5th. The news has been confirmed by US Tennis Association. The winner of this tie will move forward to world group play-offs and will have a chance to contest for the trophy in 2013.
Willams, a 13-time Grand Slam champion and runner up at US Open 2011, may face Victoria Azarenka, the world no 4 in the Fed Cup tie. Incidentally, neither …

Ralph Steinman has been announced as the Nobel Prize winner for medicine this year, however, the announcement came 3 days after the scientist’s death. Steinman, whose research included examination of cells and how they react to fight against diseases was pioneer and Steinman himself, used the immune system to thwart pancreatic cancer until last Friday.
Claudia Steinman, Ralph’s wife wanted to announce the death news on Monday, but surprisingly, they received an email from the Nobel committee regarding the prize. Nobel officials stated that this is the first time when the …

The analogy that Hank Williams Jr. used in the Fox News interview show “Fox & Friends,” created huge controversy and prompted ESPN in pulling the classic introductory song from its show “Monday Night Football.” The song, incidentally, was an integral part of the ESPN show and has been kind of synonymous with the show since 1989.
However, feeling how his comment has caused harm to his image, Hank Williams Jr. issued an apology through his personal website and also the Facebook profile. He stated that he is pretty much passionate about …

Angelina Jolie has started discussion with U.N. refugee agency and is considering a more important role as the goodwill ambassador. The world famous actress has served as the globe-trotting ambassador for the agency and during her tenure of 10 years; she has visited more than a dozen of countries. Under the worldwide crisis of refugee problem, she is discussing with U.N. agency how her role can be expanded.
According to reports, Jolie is interested in becoming a part of the special envoy in Afghanistan to deal with the refugee crisis that …

It’s time for British Actress Elizabeth Hurley to walk down the aisle once again. It has been confirmed by former Australian Cricketer Shane Warne, Liz’s boyfriend of 10 months that the couple has got engaged. Liz was seen wearing a large engagement ring when she was watching Warne playing golf at the Dunhill Links Championships Pro Armature in Scotland. When media representatives asked Warne, he confirmed the engagement.
Incidentally, Liz dated British actor Hugh Grant for more than a decade, but later, went on to marry Indian businessman Arun Nayar. The …