MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – In a letter to shareholders on Monday, Google CEO Larry Page announced a name changefor the Internet search giant.
Google now falls under a new holding company, called Alphabet, which will be run by the two co-founders, Page and Sergey Brin.
The announcement stunned movers and shakers in Silicon Valley as well as the universe of the Internet as we have always known it.
“Google” has become a household word, synonymous with “Search.”
So now, if someone asks for information and you want them to search the Internet, all you have to say is “Alphabet it!”
It doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as “Google it!”
LOS ANGELES, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Last year, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) officially declared ‘selfies’ as a mental disorder, calling it Selfitis, defined as the passive-aggressive urge to take a photo of one’s self and posting it on social media.
Today, the APA downgraded Selfitis to a potential life saver, thanks to a news camerawoman who took the time to snap a selfie and, in the process, save a life.
Dolores Gillham, a photographer for CBS2 and KCAL9, was taking a selfie when she heard a man cry our for help. As she took a second selfie, she heard another cry for help. She then contacted her TV station which in turn called for rescue help.
The rest is history. The driver of a car that plunged off the the Angeles Crest Highway was rescued by helicopter and taken to a nearby hospital where he is now recovering.
So the next time you’re driving through a national forest or enjoying the view at a ski resort, go ahead and take a selfie or two. You might end up saving a life.
And no one will think of you as having a mental disorder. Not even the APA!
SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Academy Award-nominated actress Emma Stone will keynote the Asian American Journalists Association’s (AAJA) annual national convention to be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Embarcadero in San Francisco this week.
Stone was a last-minute replacement for San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, an Asian American, who backed out of the keynote address scheduled for Wednesday, August 12.
Lee’s office sent an urgent message to AAJA President Paul Cheung saying that the mayor decided to skip the journalist convention because of recent allegations that implicate him in the same bribery scandal that entrapped California State Senator Leland Yee, another Asian American. The mayor wanted to keep a low profile for now.
Stone, who is a quarter Chinese and quarter Hawaiian, starred in the Sony Pictures film, “Aloha.”
Asian American advocacy groups, led by the Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) were very critical of Director Cameron Crowefor casting Stone as Allison Ng who is supposed to be quarter Chinese, quarter Hawaiian and half Swedish.
During her keynote address, Stone is expected to defend her casting in the ‘Aloha’ film on the grounds that aside from being a really good actress, her mixed heritage makes her qualified to play the role of Ng.
The Adobo Chronicles could not reach MANAA founder Guy Aoki for comment. Aoki is not expected to attend the AAJA convention because of ideological differences with AAJA’s leadership.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – In a letter to shareholders on Monday, Google CEO Larry Page announced a name change for the Internet search giant.
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