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Facebook is Worth 500.000 Million Dollars

After Goldman Sachs invested 450 million dollars in the most popular social network of the world and Digital Sky Technologies pitched in another 50 million more, Facebook is now valued in 500.000 million dollars. These investments give Zuckerberg’s company enough power to compete...
Posted On 03 Jan 2011
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The First Solar Eclipse of 2011

The first solar eclipse of 2011, which will be only partial, will be seen on January 4 in Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. The eclipse will begin at northern Algeria at 6:40 GMT, then it will moves to the east, allowing Europe and Asia to see how the two-thirds...
Posted On 02 Jan 2011
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Dilma Rousseff Assumes Presidency

Yesterday, Dilma Rousseff, the first woman who assumes the presidency of Brazil, took over the power of the eighth largest economy of the world. The presidency was taken from the hands of Lula Da Silva. “The greatest tribute to Lula is to expand, and advance the...
Posted On 02 Jan 2011
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New Nintendo DS in 3D

Nintendo will release their console in 3D at 2011, however the company believes that the three-dimensional vision can affect children’s eyes of  under six years because their visual development is not finished yet, the different image for each eye “can have ...
Posted On 01 Jan 2011
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Lula Da Silva Hands Over the Presidency

Lula Da Silva, he was born in a poor and illiterate family; who sold peanuts; sold fruit and polished shoes; who was a steelworker and graduated from lathe operator; became president of Brazil on October 27 of 2002, and today hang over his presidency to Dilma Rousseff. His...
Posted On 01 Jan 2011
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Ecuador Shriners Club: Health Care Commitment For Children

– Mr. Patricio Caicedo, former president of Ecuador Shriners Club current representative of Dr. Cesar Mora Carrion leader of the Shriners in the country. – The Word shriners translate to Sanctuary, but the name was really chosen over 145 years. The shriners is a...
Posted On 01 Jan 2011
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Filantropic aid for Ecuador: End Of The Year Summary

This is the Ecuadortimes list to honor people and institutions that left their prints in the world to make it a better place for everyone. 1. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: An Environmental Advocate “The nature is the infrastructure of our community, and that if we want to meet our...
Posted On 31 Dec 2010
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6 de Marzo Street Kept the Old Year Tradition

In Guayaquil, Ecuador, there is a tradition of over 50 years. Each December 31 thousands of families go out to the streets to burn a puppet called “viejo.” Children, parents, and young people put their puppet, wich have been feed with explosives, whistling, gratitude,...
Posted On 31 Dec 2010
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