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L.A. Times - 23 Feb 2014 10:00People Who Think Facebook Is Full Of Fake Likes Are Obsessed With This Video
Business Insider - 23 Feb 2014 18:54
You've probably never heard of Derek Muller or his science-oriented YouTube channel, Veritasium. But if you're one of those people who believe Facebook is riddled with fake likes created by fake accounts, you've probably...
'Hannibal' Corrects the Mistakes of Season One and Finds Itself in Season Two
Forbes - 23 Feb 2014 20:15
The first season of NBC's critical darling, Hannibal, is a mixed bag. The hope with the show's sophomore season is that it would learn from its mistakes of over-pretension and grow into the series much of the critical co...
Raleigh-based Valencell’s technology powers new wave of wearable fitness products
News Observer - 23 Feb 2014 03:00
After five years of product development and two years of marketing its technology to consumer electronics companies, 2014 is the year that Valencell's patented sensor technology will be featured in…
GOP Senate Candidate Posted And Mocked Gruesome X-Ray Images On Facebook
Business Insider - 23 Feb 2014 19:35
Kansas Republican Senate candidate Milton Wolf is under fire after a devastating story detailed how the radiologist posted and commented on gruesome X-ray photos of his patients on Facebook. Wolf, who is challenging incu...
Should tenant stop paying rent to protest apartment's shabby carpets?
L.A. Times - 23 Feb 2014 15:00Ford said to drop Microsoft for BlackBerry's QNX in Sync system
livemint.com - 23 Feb 2014 08:17
Using QNX will be less expensive than licencing Microsoft technology and will improve the flexibility and speed of the next Sync system
Obama to unveil manufacturing institutes in Detroit, Chicago
Business Insider - 23 Feb 2014 06:42
By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON
Anything You Can Do, Icahn Do Better
Business Insider - 23 Feb 2014 05:44
The pressure on companies from activist shareholders continues to grow TIM COOK'S nightmare is over, but John Donahoe's has just begun. On February 10th Carl Icahn, the godfather of activist shareholders, ended his campa...
21 Insane Photos From The President Of Ukraine's Incredible Compound
Business Insider - 23 Feb 2014 01:21
Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych fled from Kiev on Saturday as the protest movement against his government continued to gain ground. His departure follows a deal signed yesterday with opposition leaders that dilutes h...
Jeff Flake Wants Arizona Guv To Veto Anti-Gay Discrimination Bill
TPM - 23 Feb 2014 01:19
A bill that would allow Arizona businesses to discriminate against LGBT individuals on the basis of religious freedom is headed to Gov. Jan Brewer's (R) desk, and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) wants her to veto it.
WhatsApp Is Suffering A Major Outage
Business Insider - 23 Feb 2014 00:22
Messaging WhatsApp has been down for several hours today, just a few days after Facebook announced it would acquire the company in a $19 billion deal. WhatsApp has more than 450 million users, but it's likely many more h...
Buffett has some explaining to do ahead of AGM
New York Post - 23 Feb 2014 05:09
Just in time for Warren Buffett's release of his 2014 annual letter to shareholders this coming Saturday, Oracle-watchers last week were privy to another iteration of the "Buffett Rule." No,...
When it comes to art, New Yorkers want nudes
New York Post - 23 Feb 2014 01:10
Searching for artwork that's NSFW? You're not alone. According to research done by UGallery, a leading online gallery site, nude artwork is the most sought-after. Last year, it made up...
Netflix paying Comcast to stream its content smoothly
Venture Beat - 23 Feb 2014 22:38
Comcast’s broadband customers will soon be able to stream Netflix content with fewer hiccups — the result of a landmark deal between the two companies with major implications for Netflix’s bottom line. Netflix has ...
Can The Fed Stop The Next Recession? Business Can't Bank On It
Forbes - 23 Feb 2014 21:28
The Federal Reserve makes decisions based on great academic economists and veteran bank and corporate executives. Politics is minimal, at least compared to most other government decisions. Tremendous resources support th...
Commemorating 100 Years of the Fed
Forbes - 23 Feb 2014 21:28
As the Federal Reserve prepares for its first female chair in its 100-year history, a look back at the past 100 years, courtesy of the Fed Centennial exhibit at the Museum of American Finance.
Huawei unveils two tablets, a smartphone, a smartband, and more
Venture Beat - 23 Feb 2014 21:07
Huawei isn’t pulling any punches with its hefty lineup of 4G LTE gadgets at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow in Barcelona. Altogether, the Chinese device maker revealed five devices on Sunday: two small tablets, the...
Glympse Continues to Spread Real Time Location Tracking Gospel
Nibletz - 23 Feb 2014 20:57
Announcing a partnership with Samsung's ChatON, Glympse spreads its location sharing technology to even more users.
Microsoft announces new Windows Phone partners & spring update for Windows 8.1
Venture Beat - 23 Feb 2014 18:30
Microsoft is bringing a bevy of new Windows Phone hardware partners into the fold. The Redmond-based technology giant has partnered with Foxconn, Gionee, JSR, Karbonn, Lava (Xolo), Lenovo, LG, Longcheer, and ZTE, accordi...
Greece Is Getting Its Business Model Right
Forbes - 23 Feb 2014 18:19
Disclosure: I own GREK shares
Samsung's new Gear 2 smartwatches are basically an apology for the Galaxy Gear
Venture Beat - 23 Feb 2014 17:53
Only six months after Samsung released its failed Galaxy Gear smartwatch, with all the faux fanfare of a product that was supposed to change the world, the company announced its new smartwatches in the lowliest of ways: ...