Hollywood gossip blogger Perez Hilton has topped the list of the most Googled Gays compiled by the Advocate based on Google Trends data.
Sir Elton John (4th), Ricky Martin (5) and George Michael (12) appear on the list. Here is the Top 20 list:
1. Perez Hilton
2. Adam Lambert
3. Ellen DeGeneres
4. Sir Elton John
5. Ricky Martin
6. Marc Jacobs
7. Alexander McQueen
8. Rachel Maddow
9. Antoine Dodson
10. Neil Patrick Harris
11. Jane Lynch
12. George Michael
13. RuPaul
14. Suze Orman
15. Portia de Rossi
16. Tom Ford
17. Chris Colfer
18. Jonathan Groff
19. Wanda Sykes
20. Steven Slater (JetBlue Flight Attendant)
Apple Inc. is donating $100,000 to fight Proposition 8, which aims to end same-sex marriage in California by amending the constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman.
"Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees' same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a person's fundamental rights -- including the right to marry -- should not be affected by their sexual orientation," the company said in a statement posted on its Web site Friday.
Apple joins Google, which came out publicly against Prop. 8 last month. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page reportedly have donated a combined $140,000 to fight the measure.
In revealing its support, Google officials voiced similar points, saying the company sees the issue as one of equality and is opposed to the elimination of fundamental rights.
"While we respect the strongly held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate any one's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love," Brin said.
It is not common practice for either company to take a stand on political measures. It remains to be seen what effect the move might have on Proposition 8 supporters, who might avoid doing business with companies that oppose the measure.
Have you ever had an episode of drunk emailing that backfired on you? Once sent, an email message cannot be “unsent” when you sober up. A new Gmail feature from Google may prevent that from happening again.
When you enable "Mail Goggles" (not Google), it will check that you’re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you’re in the right state of mind?
By default, Mail Goggles is only active late night on the weekend as that is the time you’re most likely to need it. Once enabled, you can adjust when it’s active in the General settings.
Thanks Google for your protection!
Hollywood gossip blogger Perez Hilton has topped the list of the most Googled Gays compiled by the Advocate based on Google Trends data.
