METRO Wednesday, November 18, 2009 D LET THE WORLD SEE THROUGH YOUR EYES sponsored by Vote at www.metrophotochallenge.com/ie Vote now to choose the top 3 Irish photos! The Metro Global Photo Challenge has moved to stage 2 of the competition. In Ireland you submitted over 5,600 photos with a total of 120,000 photos entered globally! Metro readers can now vote to select the best photo from a shortlist of 10 in each category; People, Places and Climate Change. The 3 Irish winners will then go to the world final where a panel of global judges will select the best of the best. Metro wishes to thank everyone who took part and for making 2009 the biggest year to date. Now we ask you to get voting and choose the best 3 photos to represent Ireland! Voting is open from Tuesday 3rd November and Sunday 29th November. To vote go to www.metrophotochallenge.com/ie Ads take a bite out of Apple price APPLE has developed new technology that can force its product users to listen to adverts and then prove they have been paying attention. Apple products have a reputation for being pricey, and this technology would give the consumer the choice whether to buy the discounted advertising-based product or pay more for an ads-free version. The enforcement routine development will force a user to listen to an ad on their iPhone or computer. They will then be required to enter a code to prove they have been paying attention, otherwise the product will be temporarily disabled. If the user fails the first test, the subsequent requests become harder, requiring the user to pay attention or else lose the use of their product. The patent has been filed by Steve Jobs, the head of Apple, and suggests the company would use the technology to sell products cheaper than usual. Microsoft has already attempted to patent a similar idea in the past. Cheeky X Factor fans were heard chanting for the Jedward twins when Westlife turned the Christmas lights on in Grafton Street last night. John and Edward Grimes (inset) had flown into Dublin earlier in the day before being whisked away for a night off with their families in Lucan FANS CHANT FOR JEDWARD AS WESTLIFE TURN ON FESTIvE LIGHTS I say,I say,Carlos, where did you get to learn English?By ELLEn oREiLLy HE SPEAKS the international lan- guage of football fluently but super- star striker Carlos Tevez struggled with English until he found TVs Coronation Street. The Argentinian sensation, who plays for Manchester City, has adm- itted he loves the soap. Hes coming on leaps and bounds now hes watching Corrie all the time, although he doesnt quite get the accent yet, said a friend of the Premier League player. Hes picking it up quite well and by the end of the season were hop- ing he will be able to do away with the translator. The 47million player could not speak a word when he arrived at West Ham in 2006. Team meetings and discussions on tactics had to be translated for him. But he is now making inroads after finding he enjoyed the Manchester- based soap. I do like it, he told Football Punk magazine. I dont understand some things because of the language bar- rier but it seems very good. The big issue now is, should the 25-year-old use a touch of Corrie speak on the pitch? Tevez could probably do worse than adopt Mavis Wiltons famous mantra when pleading to referees: Was I offside? Oooh, I dont really know.... Alternatively, he could take a leaf out of ex-Corrie character Fred El- liotts book by huffing and puffing: I say, I say, I say Adebayor, pass me the ball. And perhaps if he receives a touch of rough treatment from opposition defenders, he might moan by say- ing: Ive a right cob on after that bad tackle. i hear you: Carlos Tevez Soap for Carlos yet: Ken and Deirdre have helped Tevez Why did you unfriend me for sexting? IN THE past, you would just have a row. But, in the brave new world of Facebook and other social networking sites, you unfriend them an Orwellian term named word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary. It has both currency and potential longevity, said senior lexicographer Christine Lindberg. In the online social networking context, its meaning is understood, so its adoption as a modern verb form makes this an interesting choice. Other finalists included intexticated for when people are distracted by texting while driving, sexting, the sending of sexually explicit texts and pictures by mobile and funemployed jobless people who enjoy their free time. Novelty words were deleb, a dead celebrity, and tramp stamp, a tattoo on the lower back, usually on a woman. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html