11-08-2012 06:30 A man from the new nation of South Sudan will take his place in London 2012's marathon Sunday, running under IOC auspices. Guor Marial says he feels the weight of his country on his shoulders. (Aug. 11)
10-08-2012 08:54 The US, Ireland and Britain celebrated the fighters who took home the first Olympic boxing gold medals for women. The event proved popular, and some suggested adding more weight classes to the competition in the future. (Aug. 10)
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Women's Boxing Scores Big at London 2012 - Video
10-08-2012 13:24 Detectives in New York City have returned to the site of a former grocery store while investigating the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz. The 6-year-old boy was one of the first missing children ever featured on a milk carton. (Aug. 10)
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10-08-2012 16:48 Though there wasn't a rush of celebrities traveling to London for the Olympics, many are tuning in from home. Jack Black, Jordana Brewster, Kerry Washington and more say they've been glued to the TV for the Summer Games. (Aug. 10)
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Washington Among Celebs Tuning in for Olympics - Video
MANILA, Philippines As it endeavors to become one of the biggest e-Commerce platforms in the Philippines, erstwhile social networking platform Multiply is ridding itself of all social features by December.
This means the myriad of blogs, photos, music, and videos uploaded by thousands of Multiply users since 2004 will be deleted in four months time, according to the companys new CEO.
We have decided to discontinue providing and hosting these services, as we have concluded that other Internet sites who are committed to social networking services will do a better job serving you than we can, wrote Stefan Magdalinski, Multiplys newly appointed CEO, in a blog post entitled We are sorry.
Magdalinski said they will be providing means for users to either download or migrate their content to other platforms, but refused to disclose anything specific as of posting time.
Current e-Commerce users of the site, he added, would not need to do anything as their content will be retained during the transition.
The Multiply CEO said they would also be refunding unused balance for users who upgraded to Multiply Premium, an exclusive subscription the site launched a few years back that gave users more unique features than free users.
He said the decision to rid the site of social features was a difficult one, but that it was something that is critical to our to success moving forward.
Our singular focus now is for Multiply to retain its status as a vibrant e-commerce destination in Southeast Asia in the years ahead, Magdalinski stressed.
A few months back, Multiply executives already gave a foreshadowing of this recent development, announcing that it will be overhauling its current platform to make it more e-Commerce-friendly.
We are aiming to have the new site relaunched in time for the Christmas period, Magdalinski said in an earlier interview. In the new platform, we will probably mandate certain styles of user experience, but we will also encourage shop owners to check out systems that work.
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Multiply to remove social networking features, content by December 1st