Steve Martin Tweets Un-Funny Racist Joke, Quickly Deletes It
Comedian Steve Martin tweeted a joke in very poor taste yesterday (Dec. 20) and, upon realizing his mistake, has deleted it from his account. Unfortunately for him, the Internet is quick -- and the...
View ArticleMore NSA Surveillance Origins Documents Are Released
WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of national intelligence on Saturday declassified more documents that show how the National Security Agency was first authorized to start collecting bulk phone and...
View ArticleHusband In Afghanistan, Wife In U.S., Create Amazing Christmas Card 7,000...
One military couple separated in person but not in spirit came up with a creative way to be together this holiday season -- and the result is pretty adorable. Sgt. Daniel Perdue is currently deployed...
View ArticlePaying Attention in Digital Times
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. Speaking with the superlative panache of a magician, Apollo Robbins shows in his December 20th Ted talk that human attention is a "limited...
View Article'For-Profit Online University' Isn't A Scam Like Real College (VIDEO)
One college has finally gotten rid of those pesky things that hinder innovation: accreditation, full-time employees and buildings. Well, it's not a real school. It's called "For-Profit Online...
View ArticleObama's Carbon-Capture Plan For Coal Plants Has Dirty Trade-Off; Oil Production
DE KALB, Miss. (AP) — America's newest, most expensive coal-fired power plant is hailed as one of the cleanest on the planet, thanks to government-backed technology that removes carbon dioxide and...
View ArticleJustine Sacco Apologizes For AIDS Tweet
A former PR executive issued a formal apology over a tweet she sent earlier this week. Justine Sacco was the senior director of corporate communications at IAC (which owns The Daily Beast, Match.com...
View ArticleTarget Credit Card Hack Reveals Need For Updated Security
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. is the juiciest target for hackers hunting credit card information. And experts say incidents like the recent data theft at Target's stores will get worse before they get...
View ArticleWorld Leaders' Instagram Accounts Offer Digital Glimpse Into Lives Of Heads...
Media outlets around the world cried fool last week when U.S. President Barack Obama took a selfie with Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and British Prime Minister David Cameron during...
View ArticleRadio Host Surprises 89-Year-Old Grandmother With Major Home Renovation
It's not on 34th Street, but in Aurora, Colo. a 89-year-old woman experienced an $80,000 miracle on Thursday: a surprise renovation on her house. Unbeknownst to Vivian Gallegos, her granddaughter Stacy...
View ArticleTech Investor Wants To Create Six Californias, Turn Silicon Valley Into Its...
A proposed ballot initiative from tech investor Tim Draper would turn California into six states, including one just for Silicon Valley. Draper, who has thrown money behind Skype, Hotmail and Tesla...
View ArticleNY School All-In On Trend Of All-Digital Textbooks
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — At Archbishop Stepinac High School, the backpacks got a whole lot lighter this year because nearly every book — from freshman biology to senior calculus — is now digital,...
View ArticleApple Reaches Deal With China Mobile To Support iPhones
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple says it has reached a deal to bring the iPhone to China Mobile, the world's biggest phone carrier. The deal could boost sales of the iPhone in China. Demand for iPhones, once...
View ArticleGOPers Ruin Beloved Internet Meme
Another day, another hilarious internet meme ruined by politicians trying to be hip. This time around, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) took a shot at Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), his 2014 Senate opponent,...
View ArticleOil Industry Pushing For Offshore Drilling In The Atlantic As White House...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Southern politicians and energy industry groups are increasing the push to allow drilling off the U.S. Atlantic Coast for oil and gas deposits that could be puny or mean big cash...
View ArticleWATCH: 2014 Brand and Content Predictions
Consumers rule. That's the marketing lesson of 2013. But how will brands respond in 2014? To reach consumers next year, marketing content will need to appeal to people on a personal level and have real...
View ArticleChatroulette 'All I Want For Christmas' Makes The Season So #%^&*@!$ Bright
We might as well just change the phrase "Tis the season of giving" to "Tis the season of Steve Kardynal"... because all that man does is give. If you don't yet have the Christmas spirit, watch his...
View ArticleAcquaintance Reveals Justine Sacco's Fateful Ideas About Twitter
Forbes A few weeks ago, I had a drink with my friend Justine Sacco and we talked about what makes for a good Tweet. Justine is an easy person to like — frank, funny, quick to laugh. To a reporter,...
View ArticleHow Sotomayor Undermined Obama's NSA | MSNBC
If Edward Snowden gave federal courts the means to declare the National Security Agency’s data-gathering unconstitutional, Sonia Sotomayor showed them how.
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