American Apparel Fires Its Founder And CEO 'For Cause'
American Apparel, Inc.'s Board of Director's voted to replace its founder and CEO and terminate his employment "for cause," the company said in a statement Wednesday evening."We take no joy in this,...
View ArticleHere's The Weirdest Thing About The Video Gaming Console Market
Ben Thompson at Stratechery has a great post on the state of the console video gaming market. In his post he has this chart (which Statista adapted for us). As you can see, the price of a PC has...
View ArticleBREMMER: The Closest Thing Obama Has To A Foreign Policy Is A Consistent Lack...
Despite the efforts of many to define an "Obama Doctrine" outlining a clear foreign policy agenda for the White House, geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer completely dismantled that notion in a recent...
View ArticleThese Are Teens' Favorite E-Commerce Sites
More teenagers are going online to shop than ever before — especially boys. 86% of teen boys shopped online this spring, compared to just 78% in spring 2012. Meanwhile, 76% of teen girls shopped online...
View ArticleTED CRUZ TO OBAMA: You Must Help Texas Solve The Border Crisis Now
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Thursday, urging him to consider a proposal from Texas' attorney general to aid the staggering humanitarian...
View ArticleTwitter Doesn't Actually Support Your GIFs — And That's A Good Thing
The internet may have been celebrating for the wrong reasons when Twitter finally announced it would support GIFs.But Twitter doesn't actually support your GIFs. I know.When you upload a GIF to...
View ArticleTrust In The Wealth Management Industry Spiked In 2014
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Trust Levels In The Wealth Management Industry Spiked In 2014 (Capegemini/RBC...
View ArticleAmazon's New Fire Phone Is A Huge Bet On The Future Of Machine Learning (AMZN)
Amazon believes that the future of machine learning — the idea that software can be programmed in such a way that it teaches itself and eventually becomes artificially intelligent — is in shopping.That...
View ArticleScott Walker Blasts Democrats For 'Partisan Investigation' Against Him
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday slammed allegedly "partisan" prosecutors for their accusations of illegal campaign coordination during his 2012 recall election."The accusation of any wrongdoing...
View ArticleThis Enormous Bay Area Art Project Needs $1 Million To Keep Shining
The Bay Area is turning to the people to help keep the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge lit up from dusk to dawn, the San Francisco Appeal reports.A crowdfunding campaign for $1.2 million began through...
View ArticleKarl Rove Made An Appearance In Gov. Scott Walker's Criminal Investigation
Republican strategist Karl Rove made a cameo in the newly-unsealed documents from the criminal probe into Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's campaign operations. Two judges have ruled the investigation into...
View ArticleThere's Now An 'Instagram For Doctors'
Dr. Josh Landy noticed a trend among doctors. They seemed to be texting each other photos in order to communicate quickly.It could be sending a photo to a doctor who isn't in the hospital at the moment...
View ArticleThis Is What It's Like At Stanford University, Tech's Most Fertile Startup...
Some of the tech industry's most famous tech entrepreneurs got their start at Stanford University. And that's not by accident. Whether it's through programs like StartX, an accelerator that offers...
View ArticleOracle To Wall Street: Our Fourth-Quarter Miss Was Good News (ORCL)
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison had a great explanation as to why the company missed fourth-quarter and full-year revenue expectations: Oracle is actually kicking butt.It sold a lot of new cloud-computing...
View ArticleHere's What Happens When Older People Try Google Glass For The First Time
Google Glass is often mocked for being too sci-fi or futuristic. The Fine Brothers, known for their comedic YouTube videos, decided to see what one segment thinks of Google Glass: seniors.Their...
View ArticleThe 5 Crucial Skills You Learn In Spy School
It's not often we get a look inside the secret world of spies.While intelligence officers continue to operate in the shadows, a fantastic article by Josef Hufelschulte of Focus Magazine gives a rare...
View ArticleInstagram's Best Food Photographers Will Put Your Meal Photos To Shame
Many of us have snapped photos of our food at one time or another, to varying degrees of success.But these 10 photographers take photos of their food for a living, and they're attracting huge...
View ArticleWhy 'No Man's Sky' Might Be The Most Creative — And Complex — Game Ever Invented
Several big-name titles were unveiled at E3 earlier this month, but none dominated the conversation more so than the upcoming PlayStation 4 game “No Man’s Sky,” which wowed players with its infinite...
View ArticleISIS Militants Are Trolling The White House With A Photoshop Mocking Michelle...
Besides taking over a significant portion of Iraq, radical militants are now trolling the White House.Patrick Baz, a photo manager for Agence France Presse, spotted a photo being passed around by...
View ArticleThis Is What Your Recently Used Emoji Say About You
Sometimes words just aren't enough to convey what you have to say.People tend to use emoji in both normal and unorthodox ways, and the emoji you use actually says a lot about you. Enter Emojinalysis, a...
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