Paris

The Louvre will now let you explore it digitally

Art lovers no longer have to travel to Paris to visit the Louvre as it has uploaded a vast part of its collection online….

This pre-fire Notre-Dame photo is going viral on Twitter for a wholesome reason

Twitter, the world of all that is good and wholesome needs your help. In Paris, before yesterday’s Notre-Dame Cathedral fire, a Twitter user named…

Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral fire brought under control, plans to rebuild already afoot

Update, Tuesday 8am: The fire which ravaged the Notre-Dame Cathedral’s roof since Monday evening has been brought under control. Firefighters have saved the stone…

‘Leave Chris Brown alone’ rings across Twitter after Paris arrest

Recording artist Chris Brown has been detained in Paris on the suspicion of rape, according to French officials. The 29-year-old singer, as well as…

Viral video: 22-year-old ‘Spiderman’ saves dangling child in Paris high-rise rescue

Some world leaders regard immigrants with the utmost disregard, but in Paris this past weekend, a 22-year-old Malian national did something pretty damn incredible….

Here’s what would happen if Instagram renamed world subway stations

New York and London are two cities renowned for their intricate rail networks, but many would argue that they’re quite confusing for foreigners. With…

Activist group Anonymous vows to wipe ISIS out from the web

Activist hacker group Anonymous has declared war on terrorist organisation ISIS. This follows the recent attacks in Paris last Friday where a total of…

Je Suis Charlie iPhone app gets over 1 million downloads in just two days

Of course there’s a Je Suis Charlie app. In the name of freedom of expression and as a tribute to the massacre of 12…

Twitter vs BBC over UK gagging-order lawsuit article

If you thought that a lawsuit seeking to individually sue more than 30 000 people for sending out 140-character-long messages in one fell swoop…

Demise of the newspaper greatly exaggerated

At the World Association of Newspaper’s conference in Cape Town, Anton Harber on journalism.co.za writes that it is “Not all doom and gloom from…

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