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Pierre Garcon on his vampire mouthguard: "Every week is a fang week, except the breast cancer awaren
Dead Spin - 14 Nov 2013 00:25
Pierre Garcon on his vampire mouthguard: "Every week is a fang week, except the breast cancer awareness game." [DC Sports Bog]
How To Sell An Expensive Smartphone In The Emerging World
Business Insider - 14 Nov 2013 00:07
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today. The Economics Of Selling...
Machine Makes Touchable 3D Images
ABC News - 14 Nov 2013 22:52
Researchers at MIT made a machine that changes its shape based on what it sees.
Miami Dolphins: Time for Mike Wallace to Start Earning That Payday
Bleacher Report - 14 Nov 2013 18:47
Mike Wallace was brought to South Beach to be Ryan Tannehill's go-to receiver. The Dolphins made Wallace one of the highest paid receivers in the league. The Dolphins expected much more than this for the largest cont...
Korea Has Finally Lifted A Historic Short Selling Ban Enacted During The Global Financial Crisis
Business Insider - 14 Nov 2013 05:49
On Wednesday, South Korea lifted a ban on short selling of financials stocks enacted during the global financial crisis in October 2008. Early in Thursday trading, the Korean KOSPI is up 0.6%, and the only big losers are...
Baldwin's Accused Stalker Testifies 'We Made Love'
ABC News - 14 Nov 2013 00:50
Alec Baldwin's alleged stalker Genevieve Sabourin shouted out in court again this morning and the exasperated judge promptly held her in contempt of court and sentenced her to 30 days in jail. Sabourin, 41, had been repe...
Google Invests $80 Million to Open 6 Solar Energy Plants
Mashable - 14 Nov 2013 17:15
Google is investing $80 million in six new solar plants in California and Arizona that the company says will provide enough electricity for 17,000 homes in the United States. The investment is Google's 14th in renewable ...
Wolfram announces 'most important' project: a programming language that models the world
The Verge - 14 Nov 2013 17:14
Stephen Wolfram at a conference earlier this year (NEXT Berlin / Flickr). The power of Wolfram Alpha — the intelligent search engine that can answer natural language questions and solve complex math problems — is bei...
Consumers Prefer Mobile Wallets Issued By Their Own Banks
Business Insider - 14 Nov 2013 15:59
U.S. consumers are most likely to use mobile wallets issued by their own banks, according to the latest data from Wedbush Securities. Here are the key points: Consumers prefer their own banks as mobile wallet providers...
Crew Of USS Dewey Grants Dying WWII Veteran His Last Wish
Business Insider - 14 Nov 2013 01:01
After signing my Pop, EM2 Bud Cloud (circa Pearl Harbor) up for hospice care, the consolation prize I’d given him (for agreeing it was OK to die) was a trip to “visit the Navy in San Diego.” I emailed my friend and...
Here's how the $180 Moto G stacks up to its fully loaded brother, the $620 Moto X
Digital Trends - 14 Nov 2013 23:59
It wasn't long ago Motorola rolled out the Moto X. Now it's showing off the Moto G, a phone designed to save you cash and still provide some power. Which Moto is the way to go? We look at the specs to find out. The post ...
US economy still subpar, Yellen says in testimony
News Observer - 14 Nov 2013 07:08
Janet Yellen says the economy has regained ground lost to the deepest recession since the 1930s. But she says unemployment remains too high at 7.3 percent and notes that the…
Billionaires Piled Into FedEx Last Quarter (FDX)
Business Insider - 14 Nov 2013 23:52
It's 13F time and hedge funds are filing their quarterly equity long holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission now. We've noticed a handful have snapped up new stakes in FedEx. George Soros' family office hedg...
At Senate hearing, Google warns of 'splinternet' but NSA does not budge
PC World - 14 Nov 2013 08:40
The general counsel of a U.S. spying agency told a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday that if Internet companies provide information about the number of surveillance orders they receive for user data, it would alert the cou...
Rejecting Billions, Snapchat Expects a Better Offer
The New York Times - 14 Nov 2013 04:49
Snapchat, a social media service based in Venice Beach, Calif., has become one of the most sought-after businesses in the technology industry.
Tech Mogul John McAfee Has Agreed To Testify About His Murdered Neighbor In Belize
Business Insider - 14 Nov 2013 04:34
The insane saga of John McAfee continues. McAfee, who made his money inventing the anti-virus software that bears his name, has agreed to testify in the murder case of his Belize neighbor, he told Reuters' Barbara Liston...
A Simple Logic Question That Most Harvard Students Get Wrong
Business Insider - 14 Nov 2013 03:04
Harvard students get near-perfect SAT scores. These are smart, smart kids. So they shouldn't have trouble with a simple logic question, right? Try the following puzzle: A bat and ball cost $1.10. The bat costs one doll...
6 Futuristic Gifts You Can Buy Right Now
Mashable - 14 Nov 2013 23:41
Aside from light sabers, invisibility cloaks, hover anything and time machines, there isn't very much out there that hasn't been tried, invented, perfected and sold to the masses. Our ancestors would most likely not reco...
Buying Hoarder Homes More Daunting Than the Average Flip
ABC News - 14 Nov 2013 19:59
The homes might be priced cheap, but buyers could spend thousands to clean them.
The House Intelligence Committee's Misinformation Campaign About the NSA
OpEdNews - 14 Nov 2013 18:07
Rep. Mike Rogers, Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), is a busy man. Since June, he (and HPSCI) have been all over the media with press statements, TV appearances, and tweets, relentles...
Microsoft opens new cybercrime center
Phys.org - 14 Nov 2013 17:42
Microsoft said Thursday it has opened a new cybercrime center, using its resources to combat malware, intellectual property theft, child exploitation and other ills in cyberspace.
YotaPhone To Ship From December Onward
Ubergizmo - 14 Nov 2013 09:00
The YotaPhone which was announced sometime at the end of last year certainly did look revolutionary back then – especially when it boasts of a dual-screen configuration that comprises of a 4.3" 720p LCD display, in add...