On today’s Daily Brief, Chloe gives us the low-down on Instagram’s new user profiles, Mike Sheppard recaps the election and Nic Cage gets cast in Expendables 3. First up, after being limited to smartphone apps for too long, Instagram has finally decided to roll out user profiles for its insanely popular photo sharing service. The move towards web-based profiles will help Instagram become an even more dominant online presence and satisfy users’ long-time requests for it. One potentially annoying limitation however, will be the inability to upload photos using a browser. For that you’ll still need a smartphone. What’s the deal Instagram? Why can’t you make a web-based version of your awesome filters that make us all feel like pro photographers? We’re not to worried, it feels like those features will be along in just a matter of time You guys excited to have one more online profile to setup or is an Instagram profile overkill? blog.instagram.com Next up, Trailer or Failure Mike loves two things – movies & politics so we’re gonna throw it over to him so he can give us his take on the new America. bit.ly And finally, the Expendables 3 is a go which will further cement its status as the perfect action franchise for old muscle-bound guys who refuse to retire. So who’ll be joining the ragtag crew of hardened mercenaries this time around? Well, rumored names have included Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes and Clint Eastwood. Yep, those are some old dudes. Well, the first new Expendable …
In today’s NTD China News, Vietnam accuses the Chinese regime of sabotage, after China announced its plans to patrol waters in the disputed South China Sea. The investigation into Bo Xilai’s alleged crimes may have reached Macau, with reports that Chinese authorities questioned six men from the gambling hub about their ties to the disgraced official. The United States Securities Exchange Commission has charged the Chinese units of five top accounting firms. It’s over an ongoing battle to access accounting documents produced by the Chinese firms that the SEC wants to examine, to see whether fraud has been committed in the listing of Chinese companies on the US market. Another Tibetan monk has set himself on fire to protest Chinese rule. 29-year-old Lobsang Gendun died at the scene, according to rights groups, when he self-immolated near Penak monastery in Qinghai province. China and other major greenhouse gas emitters have resisted calls from the EU to set caps for emissions production during talks in Doha, Qatar. Chinese authorities have filed a notice at the WTO, which could require foreign smartphone makers to tell mainland regulators about applications or software updates before they can be released in the Chinese market. Recent data have shown that traffic accidents are the leading cause of death by injury in China, highlighting the habitual violation of road rules by Chinese road users. A blind man in China has overcome his disability by making a living through …
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