Crimea votes to succeed from Ukraine
Last Sunday an overwhelming majority of Crimeans voted to secede from Ukraine and to join Russia. Approximately 95% of the votes were in favor of joining Russia. President Vladimir Putin of Russia expressed to president Obama that the vote was legal and should be accepted by Western leaders. However, Western leaders say that this vote is illegal and they plan to punish with economic sanctions. The White House said that Russia’s actions were in violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territory.
See CBS’s report here.
Five million are signed up for the Affordable Health Care Act
2014 open enrollment for insurance through the Affordable Act ends on March 31. “ObamaCare” call centers have been very busy with calls; sign-ups for the program reached 5 million this week. The Obama administration set a goal at the onset of the program to reach 6 million sign-ups by the end of March 2014. This leaves about a week and a half to reach that goal.
See a video about enrollment here.
App maker to bring back Flappy Bird
Flappy Bird may be coming back to Apple’s App Store according to the Twitter account of the game’s creator, Dong Nguyen. In response to a tweet asking if the game would ever be available for download again Nguyen said “Yes. But not soon.” However, Apple’s rules state that the creator of a game gives up his rights to the name of the game when they delete it from the app store. Since Nguyen deleted the game Mobile Media Partners quickly took the name and now have a pending trademark for it. There is speculation that Apple may bend the rule for this extremely popular game.
Follow Dong Nguyen on Twitter here.