Today Google is celebrating his 65th birthday, which would have been yesterday, and was celebrated internationally yesterday. Mercury died in 1991 of AIDS related bronchopneumonia. But like all famous musicians and artists, he lives on in his music. It looks like Google is a big fan of Mercury’s work and chose “Don’t stop me now” as the song to accompany its tribute to the man.
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Today, a crop of A-list celebrities are deleting their Twitter accounts in honor of World AIDS Day to raise money for the disease. Lady Gaga, who became the most popular Twitter user in the world this summer, is included in this group, which has sworn not to resume tweeting until people can raise $1 million for the Keep A Child Alive campaign. Is it the fact that we will miss these celebrities’ tweets, or just the creativity of the campaign itself that will get the job done? Read more
