Here's Steve Jobs Giving The Best Advice On How To Lead A Happy Life (AAPL)
In 1994, Steve Jobs sat down in front of a camera for the Silicon Valley Historical Association and offered a lot of awesome advice about success and failure from his own personal experience.We...
View ArticleI Didn't Love Google Glass, But It Did Help Me Live In The Moment With My Kids
This weekend I attended a wedding where smartphones being used as cameras were everywhere.It really highlighted for me how people don’t live in the moment anymore. The idea of removing the barrier...
View ArticleHere's What It's Like Getting Around In Philly's Free 'Rogue' Car Service
I'm in Philly for the weekend, determined to prove I can have a great time for less than $100. So far, I'm having a blast and I've still got 80 bucks to play around with.One of my biggest concerns in...
View ArticleEx Amazon Employee: Google Is 'A Threat 'To Amazon's Cloud (AMZN, GOOG)
A former Amazon Web Services engineer recently conducted an Ask-Me-Anything session on Reddit, and one of the more surprising things he said was just how much of a threat Google's cloud computing...
View ArticleAstronaut From Space Station Feels Dizzy, Horrible, And Old Now That He's...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Back on Earth, Canadian astronaut and cyberspace tweeter Chris Hadfield is getting a rough re-introduction to gravity after a five-month stint aboard the...
View ArticleThese Are The International Social Networks Closing In On Facebook
Last year, Facebook marked a new milestone in its nine-year history.It lost users.While the network did pass the 1 billion monthly active user threshold globally in 2012, Facebook also lost 1.4 million...
View ArticleThere Are Only A Few Hours Left For Facebook To Rush In And Break Up The...
Yahoo's board is meeting Sunday evening to decide whether to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka reported last night.So that means there are only a few hours left for...
View ArticleYahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Has Scheduled A Mysterious Press Conference For...
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will make some kind of an announcement on Monday.The press conference was first tweeted by CNBC, and confirmed by other publications.Obviously, some people think that Mayer will...
View ArticleIn One Paragraph, Ben Bernanke Explains Why The Future Is Going To Be So Amazing
Ben Bernanke has delivered the commencement speech for this year's graduates of Simon's Rock, a quirky college in Massachusetts.The whole thing is here. It might be the only commencement speech all...
View ArticleInside Tumblr's Massive Monetization Opportunity
Tumblr revenue still hasn't pierced the $100 million-mark. In 2012, it booked only $13 million in revenue. It expects to ramp up to $100 million by year-end. Even though Karp once openly declared his...
View ArticleMarissa Mayer Just Explained Yahoo's $1.1 Billion Tumblr Buy In Detail –...
At 9 A.M. eastern, Yahoo hosted a conference call to discuss its $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr.Here's what we learned:-Tumblr is going to run separately from Yahoo. CEO David Karp will report...
View ArticleYes, Yahoo Will Put More Ads On Tumblr (YHOO)
Tumblr CEO David Karp andYahoo CEO Marissa Mayer both said the same thing in their blog announcements of the deal: We promise not to screw up Tumblr.Clearly, that possibility is close to the top of...
View ArticleThese Are The 10 Most Popular Tumblr Blogs (YHOO)
Yahoojust snapped up microblogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion.In light of the news, we decided to take a look at some of the most popular Tumblr blogs out there. It's worth noting that this list...
View ArticleApple Is Experimenting With 1.5-Inch Displays For The 'iWatch' (AAPL)
Apple is reportedly testing 1.5-inch OLED displays for its smartwatch, we learn from MacRumors.OLED is the same display technology used in higher-end televisions and computer monitors.These 1.5-inch...
View ArticleHere's The Problem That Made The New Alleged Bitcoin Inventor A Mathematical...
This weekend, computer scientist Ted Nelson claimed that mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki was the man behind Bitcoin. See, while the digital currency has moved markets and attracted major investors,...
View ArticleWay To Go, Yahoo! Way To Throw The Long Ball!
Yahoo! announced this morning that it is buying social blogging company Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash.Tumblr is a six-year-old company based in New York. It is run by a charismatic 26-year-old...
View Article11 Rumors About The Next Xbox (MSFT)
Microsoft will unveil its next Xbox gaming console May 21 at a big event at its Redmond, Washington headquarters. Most of the details on the new console are shrouded in secrecy, but a few nuggets have...
View ArticleMarissa Mayer Just Bought A Ton Of Porn Blogs, But It's Not A Problem (YHOO)
Yes, Tumblr has porn.While it hasn't said how much of its site is pornographic material, it's enough that just about every knucklehead on the Internet has commented about Tumblr's many porn...
View ArticleThere Was A Mass Exodus From Tumblr Right As They Sealed The Deal With Yahoo
There were plenty of Tumblr users hinting at a possible revolt before the Yahoo deal went forward, and now it seems many have followed through.In a blog post on his personal website, Matt Mullenweg —...
View ArticleToday In 1932...
We recently discovered the awesome Twitter feed of historian Michael Beschloss, which is mainly cool historical photos.Last night, Michael tweeted a great photo of the New York skyline in 1947.This...
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