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Apple’s brand value has taken a dive according to Brand Finance’s “Global 500″ 2017 report. “Apple’s evangelists are beginning to lose their faith”, the report’s authors suggest. One reason being that Apple has failed to maintain its technological advantage and new devices just haven’t caught on with consumers like earlier gadgets did. Its value has dropped 27 percent year-on-year.

Kate Middleton may be a member of the royal family, but that doesn’t mean she’s shy about keeping it real.

Earlier today, the Duchess of Cambridge delivered a moving speech alongside her husband Prince William and brother-in-law Prince Harry in service of their mental health organization Heads Together, and it seems as if the talk later turned to the group’s athletic pursuits.

A Texas man has filed a lawsuit against a woman he went on a date with because she was texting in the cinema.

Brandon Vezmar, 37, said he complained about the unnamed woman’s phone use during their viewing of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.

She refused and walked out after Mr Vezmar repeated his requests.

McGregor’s promoter, UFC President Dana White, appeared on Inside the NBA on TNT and revealed an agreement for McGregor’s half to the fight Mayweather was complete.
“The McGregor side is done,” White said. “I’m starting to work on the Mayweather side now.”

Johnny Depp’s former managers have alleged that the Hollywood actor is living an extravagant life-style worth 2 million dollars per month complete with 14 houses, 70 guitars and a huge passion for wine.

Friday’s cyber attack crippled the NHS and hit more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries.
But as people return to work on Monday and turn on their computers, the head of the EU’s police agency and cyber experts said the number of victims could rise.

Ah, nothing is better than a cold beer in a hot Summer’s day (well, it’s not Summer yet, but it’s sooo close now!)…

But, what if there is something even better than that!

Cold beers AND lovely women! Exactly as it happens every year in Germany’s Octoberfest!

Now you’re talking!

Have a nice weekend!…

The boat has become a symbol of the crisis in the Mediterranean: a creaky fishing boat, maybe, or a sagging rubber raft, crowded with refugees seeking a better life on a new shore.

Some years ago, low on cash, I took an unusual job in Tokyo’s entertainment district Shibuya. Every morning I dressed in a swallow-tailed jacket stained with the sweat of a previous shift worker, assumed a fake name, and pretended to be an English butler for the women, and occasionally men, who visited a mock castle interior on the fifth floor of a beige high rise.

With a population of 16 million, Malawi is landlocked in the southeastern region of the African continent. It is considered by all international indices as the poorest nation on earth with a $226 per capital GDP. But what is it like to be the richest person in the poorest country on the planet. Meet Shepherd Bushiri, a televangelist, media owner and farming land owner.