‘FORGOTTEN’ Twitter founder Noah Glass scrubs graffiti off a wall outside his modest home in an area plagued with drug addicts and homeless people.

It’s a far cry from the $9.9 million mansion overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge seven miles across town owned by his former best friend and co-founder Jack Dorsey.

 A different life ... Noah removing graffiti outside of his compound of a home in San Francisco. Picture: Jeff Rayner / Coleman Rayner Source: Snapper Media

In an exclusive investigation into what became of the man who dreamt up the world-changing social network but got nothing, news.com.au can reveal:

● He has become a recluse who refuses to discuss Twitter

● He is ‘bitter’ about ‘being screwed’ by his friends

● He feels his co-founders “wrote him out of the story” and craves recognition for his role

● His obsessive work on Twitter destroyed his second marriage

● Mates say he’s a genius who deserves to be acknowledged properly by other founders

● He has been working on various projects since — including building a rocket

On November 6 last year Twitter became a public company, confirming its three founders — Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone — as billionaires and Silicon Valley’s biggest success story.

 Billionaire ... It’s claimed Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey “backstabbed” Noah Glass. Picture: Jeff Rayner / Coleman Rayner Source: Getty Images

The trio are now celebrities in their own right, have met President Barack Obama and all own multi-million dollar mansions in the San Francisco area.

However Noah Glass, dubbed the forgotten founder, made next to nothing from the website — even though it was originally his company, the first office was his apartment and he came up with its iconic name

MOST EXPENSIVE RESIDENCES of the World

One thing is clear about everyone whether he or she earns $100 per month or $1000 or $100,000 or Millions or Billions, everyone has desire and dream to live in the finest, well furnished, well maintained, facilitated home. Am I right in this context or not? Keep your answer with yourself because I know I am right in this context.  But everyone is not entitled to this kind of home or we can say palace like home. It is not impossible to have these kind of facilities in your home, it can happen to you also as this very article showcases the 10 most expensive residences of the world and these are not owned by aliens but people on the earth and most interesting thing is that maximum of them are self made. If they can do then can probably do but the very thing needed is the will to do so and to work accordingly. Before letting yourself into dreams, look at these residences and facilities that their owners enjoy.








Mountain Home Road, Woodside, California(USA)

 

Mountain Home Road is at number 10th spot in the most expensive residences of the world. It is owned by Masayoshi Son who is having a net worth of $8.6 Billion. This is a 9,000 square feet house with a 1,117 square feet pool house, a retreat building, a library, a swimming pool, tennis court and gardens. It has an estimated cost of $117.5 Million.

   Antilia, Mumbai(India)
 

Antilia is a 27 story skyscraper residence of the richest man of India that is Mukesh Ambani having a worth of $21.5 Billion. He is having his huge business in the field of petrochemicals and now he is going to start a project on 4G network with his brother who is the owner of the Reliance Communications.  The cost of this highly sophisticated residence is far more than $1 Billion. It is managed by a staff of 600, has 6 levels of underground parking and can hold 3 helicopters.

Villa Leopolda, Villefranche-Surmer(France)

 Villa Leopolda is one of the Residential Villa of the series of waterside villas made by King Leopold II for his mistresses. This 20 acre villa has a value of $750 Million and is currently owned by Lily Safra who is having a worth of $1.2 Billion.

                                                           ()   It is really fascinating to read about these exotic villas, estates and palaces in which these people live and enjoy the exotic and high tech facilities like underwater music system, three three helipads in a single house, having adjustable swimming pools, great locations and sights and more over their lavish prices that made them more attractive. These people has dreams and they have made them come true but behind this great achievements of having these beautiful and expensive residences there is a lot of hard work and sacrifices that these people has made for their dreams to come true. In the end I know you have really enjoyed while watching and reading about these incredible residences and I know one more thing that you are dreaming your dream house and making plans to get that.

The LADEE killers: NASA has crashed probe into moon

Farewell, LADEE. The NASA spacecraft has crashed into the lunar surface after months spent measuring moon dust and testing laser-based broadband. NASA says the probe made impact on 17 April sometime between 4.30 and 7.22 pm UTC.

LADEE launched from Wallops Island, Virginia, on 6 September 2013 and settled into lunar orbit about a month later. The mission's goals were few and specific: test a broadband communications system between Earth and the moonMovie Camera; analyse the moon's thin atmosphere; and investigate the cause of a strange pre-sunrise glow seen by some Apollo moonwalkers.

The spacecraft's main mission ended in early March, and shortly thereafter it ran out of the fuel needed to keep it in orbit. Since LADEE could not come home, NASA intentionally crashed the probe into the far side of the moon, away from historically important sites like the Apollo landing zones.

Mission managers sent the orbiter a signal to turn off all its science instruments on 11 April and set the craft on course for a crash landing. But the moon's gravity field is very uneven, and variations in the field affected LADEE's path as it descended. That meant no one could predict ahead of time exactly when or where on the far side it would crash, just that it should happen sometime before 21 April.
Netflix on the moon

About the size of a vending machine, the probe smashed into the moon while travelling at about 5800 kilometres per hour. Mission managers think it broke up during its descent, and the pieces should have left visible marks on the moon's surface. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will be searching for the resulting features in the coming months.

Although the mission was relatively brief, LADEE was highly productive. The laser-based communication system worked wonderfully, says team member Mihaly Horanyi at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

"We had a really high rate of data transmission. You could have watched Netflix on the moon if you wanted to," he says. Future versions of this technology could stream high-definition video from space probes or from human missions into deep space.

The LADEE team also found that the moon is engulfed in a cloud of dust that is being constantly refreshed by impacts from micrometeorites. "People expected this, but this is the first time we've actually made measurements," says Horanyi. Similar small impacts should churn up dust on other rocky bodies in the solar system, so studying the size distribution of the lunar particles could help in planning for future missions to an asteroid or Mars.
Astronaut moonbeams

However, the team is still not sure what caused the mysterious lunar rays seen by Apollo astronauts. The best theory is that solar radiation gives some particles of fine, glassy moon soil a positive charge, which repels the grains upwards. Gravity pulls those grains back down even as new particles float up, creating fountains of electrostatic dust that would reflect light. The effect should be stronger at twilight, which is when astronauts reported the lunar beams.

The dust particles involved would be too small for LADEE to have seen directly, but the craft was able to look for the electrical current that should be coursing through such dust fountains. However, the current it saw was two orders of magnitude too low to account for the Apollo astronaut's horizon glow.

LADEE may have seen evidence of the dust fountains in its last week of operation, as it spiralled closer to the lunar surface. But for now, mission managers have bid the spacecraft a bittersweet farewell.

"It delivered what it was supposed to," says Horanyi. "Unfortunately, all good things come to an end."

Facebook launches friend-tracking feature

 Your phone always knows where you are. And now, if you want, your Facebook friends will always know where you are, too.

Facebook is introducing a mobile feature called Nearby Friends that taps into that steady stream of location information so friends can track each other in real time.

The idea is to make it easy for people to meet up in real life, so they can have conversations in person instead of comment threads, temporarily replacing Likes and LOLs with eye contact and actual laughter. A live meet-up is also an excellent opportunity to grab a selfie with your pal and upload it to the Facebook owned Instagram.

In a refreshing change, the new Nearby Friends feature is not turned on by default.
New Facebook tool finds your friends

Friends will not be able to see where you are unless you decide live-tracking is something you want in your life and visit Facebook's settings to turn it on. Making a potentially invasive new feature opt-in suggests Facebook has perhaps learned from some of its past mistakes and privacy problems.

You can choose to share your general location with all your Facebook friends, close friends or a customized list of people you feel most comfortable with. Further minimizing the potential stalking factor, your location is only shared with other people who are also using the feature and who have chosen to share their location with you.

When turned on, Nearby Friends shows a list of approved Facebook friends who also use the feature and shows their approximate location. A push notification can tell you how many of your friends are nearby. Open the app to see a list of pals, the neighborhood or city where they are, how many miles away that is from your current location, and a time stamp of when they where there.

There is an option to share your exact location with specific friends, which can be handy for coordinating large groups at concerts or finding someone in a crowded area. Your friends will see a little image of your face on a map for a set period of time.

Nearby Friends will be available on Facebook's iOS and Android apps, but will only work for select locations at first.

Facebook, Instagram and many other apps already include features that let people "check-in" to locations, but those location features are different because you decide if and when to share each specific location. You might check into a Starbucks downtown, but never into your home or other spot you'd rather keep private. Nearby Friends is continuously gathering details about where you are in the background instead of waiting for a manual check-in.

This is not the first time an app has used location information to physically connect friends. Similar apps such as Highlight, which got a flurry of attention in 2012, mapped out the locations of nearby strangers. Facebook also purchased a startup in 2012 called Glancee that also connected strangers. That technology evolved into this new, more private feature.

If you turn on the Nearby Friends feature, Facebook starts collecting data on your exact location and keeps details on where you've been in the past, not just places where you've used its app to check in. It also collects location information even when the Facebook app is closed.

But you can turn off this location history in the Facebook app's settings. It's possible to delete individual locations from a history, or clear the whole thing and start from scratch.

Top Highest Run Scorers in ODI Cricket

Cricket is the 3rd most popular game in the world just after Football and Lawn Tennis. It has its origin from England and is known as gentleman’s game as it was played only by the upper caste gentlemen in earlier times. It was the time when cricket was played only for five day but now the scenario has changed and One Day International or popularly known as ODI has become popular which has its results declared on the same day itself. Here are the 10 highest run scorers in ODI Cricket.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (India)

 Run Scored- 18426
Sachin R.Tendulkar is known to be the God of Cricket as he is having the longest list of records in cricket under his name. He has been awarded the highest citizen award from the Government of India that is the Bharat Ratna for his exemplary service to India in raising the global status of India in field of games and Sports. He has served and led India to victory for 22 long years from 1989 to 2012. He has played 463 ODI matches out of which he has batted 452 times  and scored 18426 runs with an average of 44.8 and a strike rate of 86.2 with 49 centuries and 96 half centuries. His highest score in ODI is 200*. He is having records of Centuries, half centuries, total number of matches played, highest run scored and many more under his name. It is believed that there are two eras of Cricket, one is before Sachin and other is after Sachin.


Ricky Ponting (Australia) 

Run Scored- 13704
Ricky Ponting is one of the finest Captains of Australia. He had uplifted and well maintained the standard of Australian team. He has played 375 ODI matches and batted in 365 innings out of that. He is lead scorer from Australia with 13704 runs in ODI’s with an average of 42 and a strike rate of 80. He has hit 30 centuries and 82 half centuries and is has scored his highest score of 164. He has been bowled out on duck (0) for 20 times and hasn’t been bowled for 39 times. He has played for Australia for 17 years from 1995 to 2012.


 Sanath Jaisurya (Sri Lanka)

Run Scored- 13430
Sanath Jaisurya is a Sri Lankan Cricketer who was known for his fast and destructive batting. He was known to smash the opponent bowling strategies and was a fear for the bowlers all over. He used to bat at number 1 spot. He has scored 13430 runs with an average of 32.3 and strike rate of 91.2. His strike rate is defining himself through figures. He hasn’t been bowled out for 19 times in a total of his 445 ODI matches in 21 years of his career. He has scored 28 centuries and 68 half centuries with highest of 189.
 

HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS in INDIA

India is considered to be as the “The Land of Gods and Gurus” due to the secularism and worshiping of several gods out there and having the oldest civilization of the world. India is rich in cultural diversity and culture changes from one city to other and one region to another. A country with 28 States, hundreds of ethnic groups, thousands of regional languages and a massive population of 1.25 Billion and still a single standing unit. It is incredible and really a sheer example of unity and oneness. Here you will find people feeling happy for others. These all things made India a best country to travel and to see such type of vast diversity. India is also popular for its unmatched spicy food and I can bet that you would not forget the taste of India throughout your life. So let me take you to the Top 10 HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS in INDIA. These destinations are history prone and have the finest architectural, cultural, food and religious ethnicities. Tie your belt tight and here we go.

Kochi (Cochin)

Kochi that was earlier named as Cochin is in Kerala state of India and one of the export and import hub of India and it is the tenth most popular holiday destination of India. It is considered that more that 50% of travelers that come to Kerala visit Kochi too. Spicy sea food of Kochi is famous as it is t=one of the oldest sea port of India and here you will have to eat on the Banana leaf. Natural beaches and beauty will surely lure your mind and soul if you visit Kochi. It is a must travel holiday destination.


* Udaipur

Udaipur is one of the best holiday destinations of India. It is in the Rajasthan state of India that is also known as the “City of Lakes” and also the “Venice of East” due to various lakes in the city.This beautiful holiday destination is a home of many museums and islands too which are incredible to watch. Destinations you can visit in Udaipur are Lake Palace, Jag Mandir, Monsoon Palace, Fateh Sagar Lake, Jagdish Temple, Ahar Museum, Udaipur Solar Observatory and many more.

Google reveals sharp rise in requests for removal of political content

Google revealed a sharp rise in requests from governments asking for political content to be removed from the web in its latest transparency report published on Thursday.

From January to June the search giant received 3,846 government requests to remove content from its services – a 68% increase over the second half of 2012.

“Over the past four years, one worrying trend has remained consistent: governments continue to ask us to remove political content. Judges have asked us to remove information that’s critical of them, police departments want us to take down videos or blogs that shine a light on their conduct, and local institutions like town councils don’t want people to be able to find information about their decision-making processes,” Susan Infantino, legal director, said in a blogpost.

“These officials often cite defamation, privacy and even copyright laws in attempts to remove political speech from our services. In this particular reporting period, we received 93 requests to take down government criticism and removed content in response to less than one third of them. Four of the requests were submitted as copyright claims,” she said.

Google reported a large increase in requests from Turkey where it received 1,673 requests from the authorities to remove content, nearly a ten-fold increase over the second half of last year. About two-thirds of the total requests – 1,126 – called for the removal of content related to alleged violations of internet law 5651, which censors online speech.

In Russia Google reported a rise in requests after the introduction of a blacklist law last year. The law aimed to crackdown on criminal websites, paedophilia and suicide promotion. But critics charge it has been used to censor political speech online. Google received 257 removal requests during this reporting period, more than double the total number of requests it received in 2012.

In the US Google and its peers are fighting to be allowed to disclose how often they receive legal demands for information from the National Security Agency (NSA). Those requests are made through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa) court and the companies are legally barred from disclosing them.

On Wednesday a presidential review panel, looking into the NSA in the wake of whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations, suggested tech companies should be allowed to disclose Fisa requests.

“While the information we present in our transparency report is certainly not a comprehensive view of censorship online, it does demonstrate a worrying upward trend in the number of government requests, and underscores the importance of transparency around the processes governing such requests. As we continue to add data, we hope it will become increasingly useful and informative in policy debates and decisions around the world,” said Infantino, the legal director.

From January to June 2013, the following countries made the most requests to remove content:

    Turkey (1,673 requests for 12,162 items)

    United States (545 requests for 3,887 items)

    Brazil (321 requests for 1,635 items)

    Russia (257 requests for 277 items)

    India (163 requests for 714 items)

In the US Google received 545 requests for the removal of 3,887 items. Among those requests was one from a local law enforcement official to remove a search result linking to a news article about his record as an officer. Google did not remove the search result.

In the UK Google received 117 requests for 556 items to be removed. One request came from a law firm representing a former member of parliament to remove a preview from Google Books that allegedly defamed the MP by suggesting he was engaged in illegal activity. The preview was removed. Another came from a local government council to remove a blogpost that allegedly defamed the council. Google did not remove the blogpost.