Flying stunts ends in tragedy

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Wingwalker Todd Green attempts to perform a transfer to a helicopter during Selfridge Air Show, less than 30 miles from Detroit, August 21, 2011. In another attempt following, Green fell from the aircraft to his death. Picture taken August 21, 2011.

This undated photo provided by Franklin’s Flying Circus, an aerial shows team, shows Todd Green, top center, Kyle Franklin and Amanda Franklin.

 

Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of apple

                         Steve Jobs is the Chairman of the Board of Apple, which he co-founded in 1976. Apple is leading the consumer technology world with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, its family of iPod media players and iTunes media store, and its Mac computers and iLife and iWork application suites. Apple recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.
                         Steve also co-founded and was the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios, which created some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time including Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and Ratatouille.

 

Long before they co-founded Apple in 1976, the two Steves; Wozniak and Jobs were already assembling computers in a garage, the Apple I was mainly peddled to electronic hobbyists.

In 1984, Apple launched one of its most popular line of computers ever: the Macintosh.

 

 This 1998 file photo shows Jobs holding an iMac. In an ironic twist of fate, Jobs the banished CEO, was brought back to Apple in 1996 (after Apple bought NeXT) as an adviser, then as interim CEO and finally, he was put back in the helm in 1997.

Apple continued to innovate on the iPod, unveiling the iPod Photo in 2004, which allowed users to view photos and slide shows on a color screen. By now the positive effect of the iPod had rubbed off on the sales of Macs, which got a fresh lease of life, Apple’s new operating systems and the ability to play well with the Windows suite of software also boosted sales.

Apple Computers Inc. CEO Steve Jobs holds up the new iPod Nano during an announcement in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005.

 

Under Jobs’ guidance, Apple continued to innovate on its iPod range of music players and Mac suite of computers, it also kept adding a complementary set of products.

The iPod’s form factor became smaller and smaller. In 2006, Jobs unveiled the iPod shuffle, the smallest iPod to date.

 

The MacBook Air was launched with much fanfare in 2008, its thinnest notebook with an all-flash storage. By now, Apple had switched to the Intel based processors from its earlier PowerPC range, allowing it to innovate rapidly rather than wait for the chip systems to play catch up with its ambitions.

 

After revolutionizing the music and smart phone industries, Jobs turned his eye towards the tablet industry, and the world was given the iPad in 2010. It proved to one Apple’s most successful product launches, even by its standards. To date, more than 25 million iPads have been sold proving once again that whatever Jobs touches turns to gold.

 

Apple CEO Steve Jobs stands in front of a photo of himself, right, and Steve Wozniak, left, during an Apple event in San Francisco. Apple Inc. on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011 said Jobs is resigning as CEO, effective immediately. 

Jobs quit his post as CEO with immediate effect and will be replaced by COO, Tim Cook. He leaves behind a huge gaping hole, not just in Apple but also in the larger technology and electronic industries.

Car crashes and Road accidents embarrassing

Maria Rizzo, 34, stopped to admire the spectacular view from the street above the house in Alassio in northern Italy. But she was so intent on taking a snap that she forgot to put on the handbrake, and her car rolled away, smashing through a barrier and plunging down the hill onto the house below.

Michelle and Kevin McCarthy returned to their home in Santa Rosa, California to find it destroyed when a 90ft, 50-ton, crane toppled over crashing into their house and cutting it virtually in half.

A motorist had a lucky escape when his van careered off a mountain road.

A couple had a very lucky escape after nearly reversing their car off a 15m drop in Changsha, capital of southern China's Hunan Province. The man and woman were parked on the top of a car park when the incident happened.

The driver of this car tried to negotiate her way out of a traffic jam - only to drive into a lane of freshly laid cement. The driver, believed to be a lawyer, was attempting to perform a U-turn when she made the embarrassing mishap in front of scores of bemused construction workers.

The driver said that as he was returning home, the vehicle's accelerator stuck and he couldn't stop before hitting the house. The driver was not hurt.

A car crashed into a church roof in Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany. According to the police the driver missed a turn, driving too fast, continued straight ahead on a slightly rising field and then 'took off' to land in the church roof.

Osama bin Laden's Compound

In this May 2, 2011 file photo taken by a local resident, the wreckage of a helicopter next to the wall of the compound where according to officials, Osama bin Laden was shot and killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The U.S. suspects that Pakistan retaliated for the humiliating American raid that killed Osama bin Laden by letting the Chinese military see secret American technology used in the mission.

A general view of the final hiding place of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad in May 2011. US commanders of the raid on Osama bin Laden considered a more down-to-earth way of entering his compound than swooping in by helicopter.

In this undated image from video seized from the walled compound of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and released Saturday, May 7, 2011 by the U.S. Department of Defense a man, who the American government identified as Osama bin Laden, watches television, showing an image of U.S.

A Pakistani girl carries plastic water container as she heads back to home after getting drinking water from nearby point at neighborhood of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, May 11, 2011.

Local residents gather to view the house of former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, seen in background, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Sunday, May 8, 2011, as security stops people approaching close to the walled compound. 

Aerial view of Osama bin Laden's compound in the pakistani city of Abbottabad made by the CIA.

Mercedes-Benz launches SLK350

Mercedes-Benz India has unveiled the new generation SLK 350, showcasing its distinctively aggressive design and an impressive sporty architecture, mirroring the sharp lineage of the SLS-AMG and the SL Class.

 

 Blending sporty inspiration with unrivalled safety, the New SLK embodies the luxurious performance of trend setting technology. 

 

The third generation of the SLK family offers its driver a never before advantage, as this meticulous design breakthrough transforms the roadster into a coupé at the touch of a button.

 

Designed to be thrilling, powerful and yet royal, the SLK 350 boasts of sleek lines and shapely contours demonstrating its supremacy with a bolder look. 

 

With symmetrically arranged headlamps and bumpers, the contours of the car invoke the car’s all powerful character, as the hallmark Mercedes V-Shape adds the final finishing touch. 

 

 From the side and from the front, the car is sculpted to rise and glide likes a powerful machine, exuding its lively, sporty presence. 

 

BMW first ever electric 'i' cars

The i3 city car and the i8 supercar are the first electric cars from the German firm and they could be in production as early as 2013. The electric motor over the rear axle – which generates output of 125 kW/170 hp and impressive torque of 250 Nm (184 lb-ft) from a standstill – and a small turning circle combine to deliver pleasingly agile driving characteristics.

i8 Supercar

 

Select materials lend the open and airy cabin a lounge-like character. The use of renewable raw materials is another defining characteristic of the interior. 

 BMW i3 and i8 Supercar.

 BMW i3 and i8 Supercar.  

Parts of the instrument panel and door panelling are visibly made from natural fibres, while the naturally tanned leather of the There is no centre tunnel bisecting the cabin and the interior thus creates a very free, open and airy impression.

 

 

The BMW i8 Concept accelerates from 0 to 60 km/h (37 mph) in under four seconds and from rest to 100 km/h (62 mph) in less than eight seconds.