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Big Data Will Drive The Next Phase Of Innovation In Mobile Computing
The world is awash in data.CIBC, a Canadian bank, predicts that information-generation growth will increase 50 times over the next decade. IDC, a market research firm, similarly forecasts a 44-fold...
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12 Successful Entrepreneurs Share The Best Advice They Ever Got
Being a successful entrepreneur frequently involves a series of missteps and mistakes before finally nailing the right idea or business.The difference, for many, between giving up and persisting...
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Candid Photos Of New Yorkers Riding The Subway In 1960
The sites and sounds of the NYC subway are well known to the 4.3 million people who ride it every day.The sleepy commuters, crowded cars, conductor's voice, and train doors opening and closing are just...
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These 'Breaking Bad' Disc Containers Are The Coolest Feature In The Complete...
"Breaking Bad" is really setting the bar high in terms of creativity for complete series box sets.Sony released the complete series Tuesday. Naturally, as huge fans of the AMC show, we pre-ordered the...
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French Student Makes A Big Profit Selling Tins Of Air From His Village
Would you like to breathe the air of the picturesque French town of Montcuq? For just 5.50 euros (plus another five for shipping to the U.S.), a 250ml tin full of that air could be yours."Air de...
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Another Porn Actor Has Tested Positive For HIV
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The advocacy group for the adult film industry has called for another moratorium on filming after an actor tested positive for HIV for the third time this yearThe Free Speech...
View Article14 Incredibly Awkward Google Street View Photos
Business Insider revealed the world's most disturbing Google Street View photos recently. In light of the positive response we got, we're bringing you the most awkward Street View images.Join the...
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GOLDMAN: The Hot New Theory For Why The Economy Is So Bad Is Wrong
In a major speech at the International Monetary Fund in early November, Larry Summers argued that the U.S. may need bubbles in the future to sustain strong economic growth. Top Goldman Sachs economists...
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Advertising: Nothing More Than Feelings
Admen have made a marketing guru of Daniel Kahneman, a prizewinning psychologistFIRST, you realise it’s a gorilla. The opening strains of Phil Collins’s "In the Air Tonight" are playing; the beast is...
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The Best Way To Cope With Hamid Karzai's Latest Stunt Is To Deal With His...
IT IS hard to say what is most infuriating about Hamid Karzai: his kleptocratic entourage or his profound ingratitude to the Western soldiers whose blood has kept him in power. But his talent for...
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BlackRock Is The Biggest Investor In The World — Is Its Dominance A Problem?
ASK conspiracy theorists who they think really runs the world, and they will probably point to global banks, such as Citigroup, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase. Oil giants such as Exxon Mobil and...
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DEUTSCHE BANK: The Performance Of Global Markets In 2013 Was A Necessary...
Deutsche Bank interest rate strategists led by Dominic Konstam compare the story in 2013 to that in 2012 in a note to clients, writing (emphasis added):In the end 2013 went broadly according to plan,...
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2014 Is Dotted With Political Landmines In The Emerging Markets
2013 wasn't a great year for emerging markets. Unfortunately, problems could persist a little longer.Emerging markets have a busy political calendar in 2014. And there are concerns that officials won't...
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ANALYST: Here Are 5 Reasons I Just Went Even More Long With My Own Money On...
SocGen currency analyst Sebastien Galy says in an email to clients that he has just gone further long risk in his personal account.He gives five reasons why:1. The Fed told me too, US data is strong...
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Why Americans Are So Angry
BELIEVE the polls, and Americans have decided that they live in Italy: hobbled by dishonest leaders and such endemic corruption that only fools would trust strangers.Grim findings have been coming...
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Yes, We Should Extend Unemployment Benefits — Here's Why
On Fox News Sunday this morning, Sen. Rand Paul opposed extending emergency unemployment benefits for Americans who have been out of work more than 27 weeks on the grounds that doing so hurts workers....
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How Snapchat's First Investor Found Snapchat Before Anyone Else
It's a good thing Jeremy Liew met Barack Obama.In March 2012, Liew's Facebook profile picture was of himself and the President. He didn't know it at the time, but that picture would help him land a...
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7 Holiday Party Conversation Starters
It's that time of year again — the office holiday party.Unlike other work events, the holiday party is one that most people actually attend. It's an opportunity to meet new people, and gives you...
View ArticleWhy America Gives Inmates Elaborate Meals Right Before Killing Them
There's a smart essay in Lapham's Quarterly that highlights the absurdity of giving extravagant meals to death row inmates right before killing them.Join the conversation about this story »
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The Massively Different Pricing Of 2 Identical Drugs Shows Something Deeply...
The Washington Post has a great piece today on how two drugs manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Genentech both treat a chronic disease that causes blindness in many seniors.They have identical...
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