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Twitter down on web and mobile

According to theguardian.com Twitter was unavailable for users worldwide on Tuesday morning, with the site apparently suffering a total outage followed by serious access problems lasting over an hour. Access to the service began failing over the web, mobile and its API (application programming interface, the system that applications use to speak to the Twitter service) at 8:20am GMT, with error messages warning the network is both “over capacity” and suffering an “internal error”. (more…)

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Sex firm creates masturbation booth for overworked NYC men

A sex toy company trying to get a rise out of New Yorkers erected a head-turning promotional ploy on Fifth Ave. Hot Octopuss unveiled what it called a “GuyFi” booth on 28th St. and 5th Ave. where men could, in theory, go to “relieve stress” mid-workday. The masturbation-themed marketing scheme was inspired by a Time Out survey, which concluded that 39% of the New York men questioned admitted to masturbating while at work. (more…)

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J. Cole admits he is married after his Director let it slip

J. Cole announced that he was engaged to his long-time girlfriend around this time last year, but Cole, who is usually pretty quiet on social media, has been keeping his relationship status on the down-low since then. During an interview at the #MLKNow event with Creed director Ryan Coogler, the director accidentally let it slip that Cole did in fact get married, which Cole confirmed. Being able to keep that news quiet for this long is an achievement. Congrats on them.

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Photos: Buhari tells Ban Ki Moon that his govt has driven Boko Haram from Nigerian territory into ‘fall-back positions’

President Buhari today met with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, on the sidelines of the World Future Energy Summit currently holding in Abu Dhabi. In a statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, president Buhari said that in collaboration with the Multinational Joint Task Force, the Nigerian Armed Forces have driven the terrorist group from Nigerian territory into "fall-back positions".   (more…)