A source in Twitter has given us some interesting news.
Sometime within the next couple of months, the company will be updating their apps to allow for picture filters to be added.
The filters will work much in the same way as Instagram's, which allow you to change how a picture looks.
Twitter should be making the update by the end of the year, but it might come early in 2013.
Facebook's buyout of Instagram, which had been a third party friendly to both companies, likely sparked the need for Twitter to bring it's own system about.
New York City's Mayor Bloomberg has announced that the 2012 NYC Marathon is now cancelled.
He said that it had become a "source of division", after receiving heavy criticism for planning to continue it as planned.
A mounting call had come for it to be postponed, due to the current ongoing recovery from super storm Sandy.
It became a controversy, after it became known that generators, that are giving emergency power supplies to various areas of the city, would be moved to specifically used to power marathon festivities.
Then it came out that food being given those aiding in recovery efforts would be diverted to those helping run the marathon.
Adding to that controversy was Bloomberg's cry for more help from the from federal government.
It seems that Bloomberg, while unable to listen to the public's cries for sodas, does have the ability to hear the angry townsfolk, eventually.
A Chinese man, Jian Feng divorced his wife and sued her for infidelity, after she gave birth to a baby girl that he said was too ugly to be his.
After a blood test proved he was the father, his wife confessed she had had plastic surgeries totally over one hundred thousand dollars.
Feng then changed his law suit to being on the ground of false pretenses, saying she hid who she really was to trick him into marrying her.
The judge awarded Feng an amount worth about one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, in the case, agreeing that the wife was in the wrong, since she hid the surgeries from her ex husband.
After the wettest April, May, and June on record, followed by more rain yet in July, September, and October the United Kingdom is concerned about flooding over the winter.
Concern is specifically high for western, northern, and south western England and Wales, where winters often bring a lot of moisture.
The ground is completely saturated and rivers are at their peak levels, leaving no room for any further rain.
Due to this floods are a heavy concern, as even a light amount of rain could lead to it, with moderate rains ensuring flooding.
People can sign up for flood warnings, from the government, which can be sent via email, text, or a voice mail to their land or cell phone.
So far over one million people have signed up the alerts.
Two gunman, in Khuzdar, Pakistan, shot up a bus on Friday, as it was fueling at a station.
Eighteen people were killed in the attack, sixteen on the bus, and two in a nearby car.
No arrests have been made and no one has claimed the attack, but suspicion is definitely on the Taliban.
Attacks by the group have becoming increasingly unpopular, after their failed assassination of Malala Yousufzai, last month.
Their growing unpopularity is forcing the Taliban out of the cities and into the country side, but they are still a force for Pakistan to have to deal with.
Significant others of gamers know it's just a matter of time til they lose their partners for another period of time. It's going to be a busy combination the next couple weeks.
Halo 4 comes out on the sixth, and is followed one week later by Call of Duty Black Ops II. Preorders are all ready reaching record levels for both games.
Black Ops II features three story lines, in single player mode, one in the 1970s, 1980s, and in 2025. In the 70s and 80s you play as Alex Cross, the main character from the first Black Ops, whereas in 2025 you play as his son, David.
The game features branching story lines, where the player's decisions effect what choices they will have in the future, to such a degree that the Cold War could end in a different fashion than it did historically.
With the 2025 campaign, expect a lot of focus to be on futuristic weaponry.
Zombies will be returning for the game, but with their own campaign as well. Unconfirmed rumors have it that you may even be able to continue playing, after being turned into a zombie.
Multiplayer co-op mode has been expanded, allowing for eight players, instead of just the four seen in the first game.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II hits stores Tuesday, November 13.
