Pick of the Week

“The social media quarrel sparked after the 22-year-old pop diva covered up her ‘vagina’ ink with a rose at GEE’s Spot in North Hollywood. … Three weeks later, [tattoo artist] Ashley McMullen ranted that Demi never paid her for the pursed lips tattoo, and accused her of being a ‘slobby drunk a**’ and urinating ‘all over our toilet seat.’”

“‘You never even gave me a shout out,’ the Schenectady-based artist commented on Lovato’s Instagram. ‘What a shame that people look up to you. The tattoo you covered it with kinda sucks too. Looks like you might forever be a goon. #demilovato #scumbag #turd #claimstobesober #drankallthebeer #peepeetoiletseat #yousuck.’”

“Dear Ashley McMullen, I wasn’t going to acknowledge your bitter Instagram comments but since your side of the story has picked up some headlines, I would like to share my thoughts and send you a proper apology.

“First, I would like to say I’m really sorry I don’t remember you or getting tattooed by you, but as you know I was f--ked up and sometimes people act like ‘#turds’ when they’re loaded.

“Second, I apologize for my ‘#peepeetoiletseat’… That wasn’t on purpose, I was simply a drunken teenage girl.

“Lastly, I apologize for making fun of your work. But… if I were you, I wouldn’t claim that one because it looked more like an open vagina (or even a butt hole as my 8 year old little sister called it at the time.)”

“Teigen explained why she chose not to alter the ‘imperfect’ images.I actually am working on a cookbook and I was bumping around in the kitchen and the door handle would just nick me every single time. And I was actually just taking a picture of the bruises and then I saw the stretch marks in there. I have those apps, the Facetune and Photoshopping ones, and I just didn’t feel like doing it anymore—and I’m never doing it again, because I think we forgot what normal people look like now.”

“Michelle Keegan has been crowned the world’s sexiest woman—in a list also featuring Susanna Reid and Mary Berry.”

“The former Coronation Street actress, 27, tops the poll for FHM magazine, after ranking second last year.”

“Masturbation is forbidden under Islam, so the shop will not be selling vibrators, sex dolls or other similar toys, nor will it stock pornographic material [and] should be careful not to use ‘pornographic’ language… ‘For example, instead of ‘horny’ we use ‘desiring’. These details are important.’”

“At a funeral in Hebei province, two strippers ‘wearing revealing clothes danced on a stage at a public square in our village at night,’ an eyewitness told the state-run Global Times. ‘They first danced passionately and then took off their clothes piece by piece. Behind them, an electronic screen was displaying a picture of the deceased with elegiac couplets on either side.’”

“Striptease used to be a common practice at funerals in Donghai’s rural areas to allure viewers. Local villagers believe that the more people who attend the funeral, the more the dead person is honoured.”

“The purpose of the strippers is not only to attract crowds but to ‘appease wandering spirits’ as well as give the deceased ‘one last hurrah’.”—Funeral strippers (Wikipedia)

“Speaking at Microsoft’s annual Build developers conference, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of operating systems Joe Belfiore explained that all Windows 10 devices will ship with the new browser, eventually replacing Internet Explorer for good.”

“Edge is significantly faster than its predecessor and includes a built-in notation tool….”

“Edge will also be capable of supporting Chrome and Firefox extensions, allowing developers to carry their favourite plug-ins to the new browser.”

“I had just enough time to get the hang of how to use it, see what apps look like, and mess around with the digital crown.”

“It’s a bit odd to get excited over how sharp and colorful a smartwatch’s screen is, since it’s tiny and isn’t really meant for long-term interaction. I won’t spend hours starting at it everyday the same way I would with my phone or tablet.”

“I imagine most people will be using the Apple Watch to check notifications, make sure they’re getting their daily exercise, and for summoning the occasional Uber from their wrist—all tasks that warrant a quick glance.”

“I still think the screen is a bit too small to really enjoy using Instagram, but that doesn’t change how nice the photos looked—even if they were tiny.”

“Buying an Apple Watch is a strange experience … it’s tricky to even do at all: you can’t simply walk into a shop with £300 and walk out with a watch. Instead, … you book an appointment, arrive for a 15-minute ‘fitting’, and, at the end of it all, walk over to an iPad to order one online for delivery.”

“In fact, the whole buying experience is emblematic of the way in which Apple is emphasising the ‘watch’ aspect of ‘smartwatch’. Try and track down tech-specs for the devices, and you’ll be stymied … but information such as manufacturing process, materials, and timekeeping accuracy have been trumpeted for months.”

“Nowhere is this clearer than the one place in Britain where one can buy a watch in person: Dover Street Market, a luxury boutique in London’s Mayfair. There, Apple has set up a small boutique—a table, really—on the edge of the ground floor, squeezed in between £1,000 blazers and if-you-have-to-ask jewellery.”

“The Apple Watch Sport will smash if you repeatedly throw it at the ground in an attempt to break it, a man has found in spectacular fashion. … Test follows on from finding out how an iPhone 6 deals with being thrown in boiling Coca-Cola.”

“There was some bad news for heavily tattooed tech junkies this week after it was revealed that the Apple Watch won’t work properly over ink.”