Tag: OSAMA BIN LADEN

If we were unlucky enough to run a major airline company and had to choose some celebrity to promote our new boarding pass system, Osama bin Laden probably wouldn't be our first choice. For British Airways, though, the world's most wanted (and hated) man is apparently just the kind of star power the company needs to promote its new mobile-boarding pass service. As Yahoo! News reports, a ...

A Facebook account registered in the name of Osama Bin Laden was shutdown on Friday, but not until after it had amassed over 1,000 fans, sharing speeches and recordings made by extremist groups. There is no evidence to suggest that the account was created or maintained by anyone associated with the infamous terrorist, although the possibility can't be ruled out completely. Facebook disabled ...

It has happened again. Another media outlet has mixed up the name of the President of the United States with that of the most disliked man on planet Earth. The headline of yesterday's Yahoo! article entitled "Science Takes on Terror Hunt" reads, "A geographer uses innovative analysis to narrow Obama Bin Laden's location to three sites." Oops. This has happened before, and it will almost surely ...