10 most important world events of 2012
1. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee On February 6 2012 Queen Elisabeth II has celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, the 60th anniversary of her accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and the 60th anniversary of...
Romanians protesting against the resignation of an official
Bucharest/ Moldova.ORG/ -- Over 2000 people from Bucharest rallied today against their government, demanding the resignation of the Romanian president Traian Basescu. The protesters gathered in support for Raed Arafat, the founder of SMURD (Romanian Emergency...
Get a $37,000 scholarship due to Twitter!
Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- The University of Iowa's business school is offering a full scholarship to the applicant to its M.B.A. program who most successfully answers the question, "What makes you an exceptional Tippie MBA...
Mark Zuckerberg marries Priscilla Chan
Mariana Puzderi/ Chișinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- The founder of the famous social networking site Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, the youngest billionaire in the world, marries his longtime sweetheart Priscilla Chan. Although officially, Mark did not announce...
Would anonymity help activists on Facebook? Maybe not.
There is an interesting debate about whether Facebook, which theoretically insists on a real-name policy, should allow activists to use pseudonyms on the site. In 2010, the Egyptian We Are All Khaled Said group was deactivated by Facebook because the...
As sure as the calendar turned from 2010 to 2011, tech writers have been issuing their predictions about what the new year may bring in the Internet world. Many of them are smart, interesting and thought-provoking. Some of them will be right, and...
Facebook founder Zuckerberg to give away most of wealth
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has become one of the latest billionaires to pledge to give away the majority of his wealth. He is one of 17 new people to support a group, founded by Bill Gates and his wife along with Warren Buffett, which encourages...
Pro-Georgian Blogger Target of Mass Cyber Attacks
Security experts say the coordinated cyber attacks which temporarily shut down two popular social networking Web sites Thursday were aimed at silencing a Georgian blogger critical of Russian actions against his country. Facebook's chief security officer...
Moldova Foundation launches get-out-the-vote campaign for 29 July
The Moldova Foundation in Washington, DC, in cooperation with Moldovan Diaspora groups in Northern America and Europe, has launched the 'get-out-the-vote' campaign: "5 SMS for a democratic Moldova!" This is a civic, non-partisan initiative...
Smokey Bear, at his 65th birthday, calls to prevent wildfires
Smokey Bear Celebrates his 65th Birthday and Returns to Remind Americans... 'Only You Can Prevent Wildfires' Smokey Bear stars in new CG-animated PSAs and appears on Facebook, MySpace and YouTube in time for July 4th The Advertising Council joined today...
