Holiday World Reveals Plans For World's Biggest Water Coaster

(Photo courtesy IU Athletics) The 1991 season was filled more twists and turns than one of the wooden rollercoasters at Holiday World. For the Hoosiers it would.

By Richard Gootee SANTA CLAUS, Ind. — Holiday World & Splashin' Safari officials plan on celebrating the amusement park's 65th birthday on Wednesday in grand fashion — by announcing the most expensive ride project in the park's history.

(Photo courtesy IU Athletics) The 1991 season was filled more twists and turns than one of the wooden rollercoasters at Holiday World. For the Hoosiers it would.

By Richard Gootee SANTA CLAUS, Ind. — Holiday World & Splashin' Safari officials plan on celebrating the amusement park's 65th birthday on Wednesday in grand fashion — by announcing the most expensive ride project in the park's history.

Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus will unveil plans for a new $9 million ride Wednesday. Public relations director Paula Werne said the investment will be the largest for the park. Werne said the ride will be the first of its kind in the

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Twitter Plans Massive Clean-up With New Obscene Content Warning

Twitter is wholesome, healthy, and filled with not-safe-for-work (NSFW) content. The problem with that is that there are no clear lines separating the types of content at the moment. All that is set to change.

Twitter is planning to add a designation that will let users flag content as inappropriate. Under the new system, a flag will trigger a warning message that will help people make an informed decision before clicking a link. The goal is to save people the trauma or trouble of following a link to something that is downright inappropriate or in direct violation of their work policies.

According to Twitter representative, Carolyn Penner, users will be able to flag their own content, as well as those of other users. All video and photo links will be subject to the new warning feature, and third party sites like Instagram and TwitPic, will have to update their streams.

So far users seem quite receptive about the new feature, which is very good news for Twitter. At least they won’t have to worry about user revolts. Given the obvious security vulnerabilities with the platform, the last thing Twitter needs is an upset user base.

The new feature isn’t fully on stream yet, but developers have been given the necessary details on how to incorporate it, using the Twitter API. Users will have to wait a while before things are fully functional, so the word on the web is that one should still “click carefully”.

Do you think the new feature will help make Twitter handle obscenity? Have your say in the comments below.

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Google Plans To Stomp On Facebook With Its Google+ Games Platform

No social network is complete without the full integration of games; and not just any game—we’re talking the sort of games that can set off a viral frenzy.

Given this inherent requirement, it’s no surprise that Google is laying plans to launch its own gaming platform on Google+. The prevailing rumor is that the platform will make Facebook look like child’s play. According to reports, Google plans to make its platform more developer and user friendly. The incentive for developers is reported to be very solid, with Google planning to give each developer, the lions-share of any application downloads—more than 70%. This move will no doubt entice developers to “develop for Google+” over Facebook.

Google plans a full frontal assault on usability too. According to Tricia Duryee of AllThingsD, the gaming platform will run on Google’s Client technology. In a nutshell this means games will be run directly inside the chrome browser, without the need for installing pesky plugins. This of course is where the speed and ease of use comes in, and if things develop according to plan, users will be very happy indeed.

Already, Google has got on board some of the top developers in the social-gaming sphere, including the people behind “Angry Birds”. I expect more top developers to jump on the Google+ gravy train, so idea of Google+ posing a legitimate threat to Facebook might not seem far-fetched after all. Time will tell.

Are you a fan of gaming while hanging out on social networks? Watch the video below to see some analysis of Google next move.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDIdkcTBhmY

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