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Facebook Home: Facebook Unveils Plan to Further Integrate Facebook Into Your Life

Facebook Home, unveiled today, is the company’s attempt to stop what it sees as an alarming trend: Facebook users actually spending less time on Facebook . So what is Facebook Home? To quote the video below: Facebook Home “Home isn’t a phone or operating system, and it’s more than just an app. Home is a new experience that lets you see the world through people, not apps.” Basically, it’s a suite of apps that constitute an interface for Android users willing to let FB mediate pretty much everything they do on their mobile devices. The video announcing Facebook Home does make the thing look pretty cool, despite not explaining much of anything … perhaps that’s partly by design? A product designed to make a public saturated by “Facebook Fatigue” spend more time on Facebook may seem like a risky move, but it also makes sense. CEO/Founder Mark Zuckerberg‘s vision has always been about Facebook evolving from a destination into a social layer blanketing the entire Internet. That is what he’s trying to do here. But will Facebook Home – available April 12 – provide the means to his goal or impede it? What do you think, THGers?

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Jada Pinkett Smith Hints at Open Marriage with Will

So much for talk of a Will Smith divorce due to infidelity. In an interview with The Huffington Post this week, Jada Pinkett Smith implied that it would be impossible for one side of her relationship to cheat on the other… because they have an open marriage! Sort of! “I think that people get that idea because Will and I are very relaxed with one another,” the actress said of the open marriage rumor. “But I’ve always told Will: You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay.” Jada, of course, was the one accused of cheating with Marc Anthony not long after the latter singer split from Jennifer Lopez. But Smith made it sound like her marriage is strong, referring to Will as her “best friend” and emphasizing the freedom each allows the other to enjoy: “At the end of the day, Will is his own man. I’m here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be and that’s not for me to do for him. Or vice versa.” Jada Pinkett Smith also made her voice heard a couple weeks ago, sticking up for Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift in the face of those young stars facing a lot of criticism.

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Roger Ebert Dies; Film Critic Succumbs to Cancer at 70

Roger Ebert, a movie critic whose sharp wit and depth of knowledge delighted millions of readers and viewers, has died of cancer at the age of 70. Ebert, who reviewed films for the Chicago Sun-Times for 46 years and on TV for 31 years, was America’s most prominent and influential critic. He had been in poor health for years, battling cancers of the thyroid and salivary gland. He lost part of his lower jaw in 2006, and with it the ability to speak or eat. That calamity that would have driven other men from the public eye, but Ebert refused to hide, instead forging what became a new chapter in his career. His chronicle of his devastating illness won him a new generation of admirers, and his positive attitude never waned or became tinged with bitterness. Always tech-savvy – he was an early investor in Google – Ebert let the Internet be his voice, and his website, rogerebert (dot) com, had millions of fans. His Twitter feeds had 827,000 followers, a remarkable achievement for a man whose peer group, on the whole, doesn’t even use the social network. Even more remarkable? Ebert was both widely popular and professionally respected. He had a Pulitzer Prize and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the first critic to achieve either, and the same year Ebert won the Pulitzer, 1975, he also launched his television program with Gene Siskel. As a tandem, Siskel and Ebert reviewed as many as 285 films a year and their program became nearly as influential as the movies themselves. Two thumbs up.

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Rick Ross Drive-By: Rapper Shot at From Another Car, Police Say

Witnesses to the infamous Rick Ross drive-by in South Florida say another car pulled up beside his Rolls Royce and numerous gunshots were fired, police say. The rapper then crashed into a nearby building, unharmed. A Fort Lauderdale police report released Thursday says witnesses saw three or four people inside an older model, burgundy or maroon BMW before shots rang out. He was with his girlfriend, fashion designer Shateria L. Moragne-el, on January 28. The bullets from the Rick Ross shooting struck nearby businesses. Fortunately, no one was injured in the attempted murder. Witnesses tell police that the car’s occupants fired out of their passenger-side window at Rick Ross, and that police have recovered 18 bullet casings . “The witnesses ducked for cover in their vehicle due to the rapid gunfire, but were still able to see the vehicle flee eastbound,” the report says. The report also says that Ross was armed with a loaded 9 mm semi-automatic handgun located in his waistband, though he did not draw the weapon. Ross did have a (suspended) concealed weapon permit for it. Police are reviewing video from 20 surveillance cameras in the area for clues as to who tried to off the rapper . The footage has not been made public. In any event, it doesn’t look like he staged it, as 50 Cent posited .

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Notorious B.I.G. Apartment: For Sale! Really Nice!

You can own the Notorious B.I.G.’s old apartment if you want! And if you have more than $700K. Gentrification is no joke. The famous one-room shack he used to rap about is a recently-renovated “three-bed plus den / office condo” complete with a formal dining room no less. Notorious’ native Bed-Stuy ‘hood is not quite the area he once knew, with the Pratt Institute, BAM, the Brooklyn Flea and the Barclays Center nearby. If anything, given the area’s rapid real estate boom, it’s surprising the $725K list price isn’t higher still. Many condos there fetch seven figures easily. Where Brooklyn at? The center of hip these days .

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