Yahoo Shuts Down A Half Dozen Products (YHOO)
Yahoo announced that it's shutting down a few products. Most of these look like things that were not used by many, so we doubt there will be much of an outcry.Here's the list:Upcoming As of April 30,...
View ArticleWhy So Many People Accused An Innocent Man So Quickly In Boston
In the middle of the last night's nearly unbelievable turn of events, for a few hours, hundreds of thousands of people received a message about the identity of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers that...
View ArticleAfter Its Worst Quarter In 8 Years, IBM Might Sell Its Server Business
On the same day that IBM posted one of its worst quarters in eight years— at least according to this analyst— word leaked that it might be trying to sell its x86 server business to China's Lenovo...
View ArticleLooming Cyber-Security Bill Could Have Ruined Reddit's Boston Investigation
When the FBI came out Thursday with a few blurry images and asked for "help" identifying the subjects, they were asking Reddit.Put more simply, they were asking the Internet to help them find the...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: How Important Is Windows To Microsoft? (MSFT)
For a long time, Microsoft was a company whose success or failure was built around Windows. While Windows is still the heart and soul of Microsoft, it's becoming a smaller part of its earnings.In this...
View ArticleBoston Marathon Bombing Could Hurt Silicon Valley's Push For More Skilled...
Boston bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are exactly the kind of immigrants Silicon Valley wants to hire, and is pushing Congress to legislate immigration reforms in favor of.This is...
View ArticleHow These Public School Teachers Made $4.4 Million Selling Lesson Plans Online
Teaching is by no means a very financially rewarding profession.Even though teachers are doing one of the most important jobs in society, full-time public school teachers make a mere $56,069 per year...
View ArticleTwitter Erupts After Capture Of Suspected Bomber
The second of the two Boston marathon bombing suspects was captured tonight, marking the end of a tense week for many people.Following the announcement, Twitter exploded in excitement, like most people...
View ArticleApple Will Have A Tougher Time In China Than Anyone Is Imagining
This post is a speculation from my experience of an Android phone I think from Saudi Arabia. I am speculating that Apple is going to have a much tougher time in China than anyone imagines. To see why...
View ArticleGet Ready For Massive Takeover Bids In The Telecom Industry...
Bankers involved in mergers and acquisitions have been checking their phones more often than text-crazy teenagers recently, to keep up with a flurry of offers for American mobile-phone companies.On...
View ArticleMeet Justin Hartfield, The Entrepreneur Who Wants To Be America's First...
The accelerating legalization of marijuana has brought about an entirely new, legal industry around the drug. Until recently, the marijuana business was solely a black market, fueled by drug...
View ArticleOne Week With The Lytro, The Camera That Could Revolutionize Photography
Last week I visited London and brought a Lytro camera to document the experience.Lytro is a "light field" camera that promises to let users shoot now and focus later. The technology is so innovative,...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Important Companies In Cloud Computing
In just a few short years, cloud computing has become a tech that affects everyone's daily lives.Our personal files are stored in the cloud. We maintain our friendships via apps in the cloud. Mobile...
View ArticleThis Is What It Would Take For Apple To Collapse To $340 (AAPL)
A year ago, analysts were imagining scenarios that would send Apple's stock to $1,000 a share. This year, they're trying to figure out how it doesn't go to zero.On Friday, Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes...
View ArticleCEOs With Deeper Voices Get Paid $187,000 More Than Others
Male CEOs with deeper voices get paid more, reports the WSJ's Melissa Korn.After studying almost 800 male CEOs, professors from Duke and the University of California system concluded that CEOs on the...
View ArticleHands-On Photos Of The New Facebook Phone, The HTC First (FB, T)
The HTC First is a new Android phone from HTC that's the first to ship with Facebook Home out of the box. Facebook Home is a new Android app from Facebook that replaces your regular Android home screen...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Facebook Phone (FB, T)
You can argue about technicalities all you want, but the HTC First is the first real Facebook phone.Yes, it's pretty much just an Android phone with a Facebook layer on top. And yes, the hardware is...
View ArticleVIDEO REVIEW: The HTC First And Facebook Home For Android
The Facebook Phone is finally here! Sort of.The HTC First is the first phone to run Facebook Home, the social network's new Android app that essentially replaces your home screen with Facebook photos...
View ArticleREVEALED: Why People Don't Respond To Emails Anymore
The New York Times reporter Alina Tugend noticed that lately, people are much less likely to respond to emails from their friends and colleagues.She asked a bunch of people why.Some answers:We're not...
View ArticleWANTED: Paid Summer Events Intern
Business Insider is looking for an awesome intern to join our events team this summer. Don't be fooled by the term "intern." Our paid interns spend their time doing meaningful work: researching,...
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