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Did Bill Gates Really Release Mosquitoes on a Crowd?
WebProNews Feed —
[image] That Seems to Be the General Consensus So Far I'm still trying to make out whether this is an elaborate hoax or if Bill Gates has finally lost his mind, but numerous reports and tweets (including one from Evan Williams himself ) indicate that he has just unleashed a bunch of mosquitoes on the crowd at the TED conference, saying something along the lines of "No reason that only poor people should get malaria..." Yep. That's what they're saying. Bill Gates unleashes mosquitoes The one thing that ties this to any sense of...well, ...
Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses [Whoa]
Gizmodo —
... the Tweetosphere has Gates saying as he released the swarm into the audience. Malaria is a cause that Bill and Melinda have been hitting hard with their philanthropy, and this is certainly a way to drive that point home. No word yet on the size of said swarm, or confirmation that they weren't actually infected with malaria for that matter, but as far as stunts go, this is prit-tay fucking awesome. We would know. Bravo Bill—your sense of humor does geeks proud. [Valleywag, Twitter, Photo: jurvetson/flickr]
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Gates releases mosquitoes at tech confab, Web has field day
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 —
... The digs are coming in along these lines, "Well, anyone who uses M. Gates' products already knows he has no shortage of bugs to spread around." (From Gawker comments.) ...
Gates unleashes mosquito swarm onto TED talk audience
CrunchGear —
... Shermer comes to mind — but I think this most recent one by Bill Gates is going to be the one to remember. After all, he let loose thousands upon thousands of real live mosquitoes into the audience. The talk was on malaria and the spread of disease, and for emphasis, he unleashed Florida’s state bird on the theater, saying “Not only poor people should experience this.”
How awesome is that? It’s a bug and a feature!
[via Valleywag, pic from Gizmodo]
TED: Bill Gates and the Mosquito 'Swarm'
Wired: Epicenter —
Bill Gates spoke at TED on Tuesday about his philanthropy work and while discussing the prevalence of malaria in some developing nations, he cheekily opened a container and released some mosquitoes into the air, telling the audience of millionaires and billionaires that it shouldn't just be the poor who experience the disease.
It was a bizarre way to get the audience's attention. But some bloggers and news agencies that aren't at the conference are calling the mosquitoes a "swarm" and raising health concerns about the act. There were only a handful of ...
Did Bill Gates Really Release Mosquitoes on a Crowd?
WebProNews Feed —
[image] That Seems to Be the General Consensus So Far I'm still trying to make out whether this is an elaborate hoax or if Bill Gates has finally lost his mind, but numerous reports and tweets (including one from Evan Williams himself ) indicate that he has just unleashed a bunch of mosquitoes on the crowd at the TED conference, saying something along the lines of "No reason that only poor people should get malaria..." Yep. That's what they're saying. Bill Gates unleashes mosquitoes The one thing that ties this to any sense of...well, ...
Did Bill Gates Really Release Mosquitoes on a Crowd?
WebProNews Feed —
[image] That Seems to Be the General Consensus So Far I'm still trying to make out whether this is an elaborate hoax or if Bill Gates has finally lost his mind, but numerous reports and tweets (including one from Evan Williams himself ) indicate that he has just unleashed a bunch of mosquitoes on the crowd at the TED conference, saying something along the lines of "No reason that only poor people should get malaria..." Yep. That's what they're saying. Bill Gates unleashes mosquitoes The one thing that ties this to any sense of...well, ...
What to look for at the Mobile World Congress
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... On Monday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will introduce Microsoft's new mobile strategy to the crowd (hopefully his presentation will not contain mosquitoes like Bill Gates' TED one did). Ballmer is expected to unveil an application store for Microsoft-powered handsets (the iPhone App Store's success has everyone scrambling to catch up) and a service called My Phone that allows people to sync their photos, contacts, videos and other files to a personalized website they can access from anywhere. He's also expected to announce Windows Mobile 6.5, an updated version ...
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