America's Best Companies To Work For: 24/7 Wall St.
No one knows more about a workplace than its employees. Employee opinions reflect basic measures, such as pay, perks, benefits, and hours worked. But they are also influenced by factors such as a...
View ArticleHummingbirds May Hold Clues To Improving Helicopter Technology
The only type of bird that relies solely on its own strength to hover in the air, a hummingbird flapping its wings requires more mass-based mechanical power output than any other form of locomotion....
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10 Tiresome Facebook Friends
Recently, I announced that I am going to stop filtering myself. Yes, readers, I HAVE been holding back. I know this is frightening. It frightens me, too, but I do need to be more honest in my writing....
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Amazon Just Made It Harder To Buy Disney DVDs
It seems some popular Disney superheroes may have a new enemy on their hands: Amazon.com. This week, Amazon customers found themselves out of luck when trying to pre-order certain Walt Disney Company...
View ArticleWhat It's Like To Be A Woman In Silicon Valley
As I walked down his front steps towards my car, laptop and business documents slung over my shoulder, I wondered how thick my skin really needed to be if I wanted to continue down this path. I had...
View Article'Supermoon' 2014 Photos And Tweets (VIDEO, LIVE UPDATES)
Happy Supermoon Sunday! The summer of 2014 has been called the summer of supermoons, and for good reason. Skywatchers already got a chance to see one supermoon on July 12, and the second is tonight....
View ArticleJezebel Calls Out Gawker For Failing To Address Violent 'Rape Gif Problem'
Gawker Media is facing internal revolt after its women's site Jezebel revealed on Monday that the company has failed to address a series of violent, rape-themed images that have been directed to its...
View ArticleObama Takes Steps To Give White House Technology An Upgrade
CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — The White House on Monday announced the creation of a team of digital experts tasked with upgrading the government's technology infrastructure and making its websites more...
View ArticleNew 'Nathan For You' Stunt Counts On Pregnant Women Giving Birth In Cabs
Nathan Fielder has no shortage of bizarre ideas on how to improve business, but only this one counts on a child being born in the process. In a preview clip from this week's "Nathan For You," Nathan...
View ArticleWatch This Teen Age From 12 To 19 In Just Over A Minute
Ever wondered how much your face ages in a day, or a year, or even over the course of seven years? Well, 19-year-old Hugo Cornellier has the answer -- and the video to prove it. From age 12 to 19, Hugo...
View Article(VIDEO) Ebuzzing's Daily: We'll Be 30% Programmatic In Three Years
Online video ad technology group Ebuzzing reckons nearly a third of its business will be made up from automated ad trading, as it increasingly creates private ad marketplaces with trading desks. "We...
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If You Thought You Hated Comcast Before, Listen To This Phone Call
A frustrated Comcast customer has apparently discovered one way to avoid terrible service from a cable company: Record every conversation you have with it. An Oregon man, who goes by "Tim Davis"...
View ArticleThese Men Say The 'Kim Kardashian: Hollywood' Game Isn't Just For Women
Kim Kardashian venturing into the mobile app market was hardly a surprise, and the subsequent success of the virtual-celebrity game was equally predictable (it's currently the third most popular iPhone...
View ArticleCouple Dies While Trying To Take Selfie On Cliff: Report
A couple reportedly plunged to their deaths Saturday while attempting to take a selfie on a cliff in Portugal. Touring the ocean views around Cabo de Roca, a married couple, accompanied by their two...
View ArticleCreativity Isn't Free
At a Silicon Beach conference recently there was a panel about YouTube celebrity: how to grow your following, how to keep it, how to make the analytics of that video platform bend to your will. Five...
View ArticleThe Bullying Epidemic and Ways to Counter It
I remember reading earlier this year about the case of Michael Morones in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is an 11-year-old boy who liked the cartoon, My Little Pony. He was part of a growing fanboy base...
View ArticleThis Water-Based Tractor Beam Could Confine Oil Spills, Control Floating Objects
We may be one step closer to building a real-life tractor beam. Scientists in Australia have developed a water-based tractor beam, and while it's not exactly the marvel made famous by "Star Trek," it's...
View ArticleThese New Wireless Speakers Help Quell Our Music Addiction
Being music addicts, we need access to our tunes in the bedroom, living room, boardroom and dorm room - - - even outdoors, if possible. With that in mind, we took a look at five wireless speaker...
View ArticleTeen Choice Awards Might Have Been Rigged, Twitter Freaks Out
They did it for the Vine. During the Teen Choice Awards Sunday night, August 10, Vine stars, Cameron Dallas and Matthew Espinosa, exposed a possible scandal by revealing that the award show had...
View ArticleIs Your Child Old Enough to Text and Post Online?
What is the "right" age for youngsters to begin texting and using social media? As the Mom of two young daughters and an educator on bullying prevention, I field this question frequently. Truly, there...
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