A Detailed Breakdown Of How Yahoo Could Be On The Hook For Billions In Mexico...
We've gotten a look at the full sentencing documents in the Mexican case where a court handed Yahoo a staggering $2.7 billion judgment against it.Worldwide Directories, a former partner of Yahoo in a...
View ArticleHarvard's Top 5 Endowment Managers Make Almost As Much As 450 Professors...
Ron Unz of the American Conservative posits that 375-year old Harvard University has grown so rich that it is now essentially a giant hedge fund with a little school attached.The evidence:Harvard's...
View ArticleSnapchat CEO: I Don't Believe People Are Using My App For Sexting
Snapchat, a new app, is taking over college campuses.It lets you snap a photo, send it to a friend, and have it self-destruct within 10 seconds or less.So media organizations, including us, have been...
View ArticleThe Best Apps To Make You Laugh (AAPL)
Suffering some seasonal affective disorder? Bummed out that you have to spend time with your weird family for the holidays?Hold fast. All is not lost.From toilet jokes to highbrow wit, the apps in this...
View ArticleRELATIONSHIPS THAT WORK: 10 Startups Cofounded By Married Couples
With the holiday season upon us, we're pressed to socialize with our coworkers and spend time with family all at once.The folks on this list have found an easy solution to that time crunch—all year...
View ArticleWorld's Richest Man Sets His Eyes On The US
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Carlos Slim’s America Movil SAB has brought its Telcel brand, Mexico’s biggest wireless carrier, to the U.S. to offer plans with unlimited calls south of the...
View ArticleApple Said It'll Start Making Macs In The U.S., But That'll Only Add 200 New...
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The pledge by Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to invest in making Mac computers in the U.S. will probably create about 200 jobs if he follows the pattern of companies...
View ArticleApple And Google Are Trying To Buy $500 Million Worth Of Kodak Patents (AAPL,...
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. and Google Inc. have joined forces to offer more than $500 million to buy Eastman Kodak Co.’s patents out of bankruptcy, said two people with knowledge of the...
View ArticleThis Is The Only App You Need To Keep Track Of The Stuff You Buy Online
Have you ever shopped online or received an electronic receipt?As the holiday season is now in full swing, an app called Slice is definitely worth your time.Slice automatically pulls information from...
View ArticleHow To Get Rid Of Annoying Ads On Your Android Phone With One Simple Trick...
When you download certain Android apps from the Google Play app store, they sometimes push annoying ads to your smartphone.The first way to detect the issue is to download free app called AirPush...
View ArticleWe Need To Stop Maximizing Profit And Start Maximizing Value
Since the late 1970s, when American companies were fat and complacent, the focus of American business has shifted to the bottom line.Spurred on by activist shareholders, corporate raiders, and bonuses...
View ArticleMeet The 26-Year-Old Bachelor Behind Two 'Revenge Porn' Sites
Hacker group extraordinaire Anonymous has officially declared war on the man responsible for two "revenge porn" sites.And as such, we're learning more than we ever wanted to know about Hunter Moore,...
View Article12 Quotes That Reveal How Larry Page Built Google Into The World's Most...
Larry Page is the head of the world's most important Internet company, Google.Page ran Google alongside co-founder Sergey Brin up until 2001 when Eric Schmidt came on board to serve as chairman and...
View ArticleWriting A Startup Plan Is Boring And Hard – Let This App Do It For You
If you want to take your business seriously, you should write a business plan.One problem here–this can be tedious and downright unpleasant. In fact, the very act of sitting and composing such a plan...
View ArticleFacebook Is Quietly Implementing A Plan To Destroy Television (FB)
Facebook's management has recently adopted a new mantra: that Facebook's audience is the equivalent of three Super Bowls every day. COO Sheryl Sandberg said it on the Q3 2012 earnings call. And...
View ArticleU.S. Patent Office Says The 'Steve Jobs Patent' For iPhones And iPads Is Invalid
The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has declared one of Apple's most important patents for touchscreen devices invalid. The so-called "Steve Jobs Patent" is for the rubber-band effect when you scroll...
View ArticleGood Deal: Now You Can Get A Barnes & Noble Nook E-Reader For $79 (BKS)
Barnes & Noble has dropped the price of its black and white e-reader, the Nook Simple Touch, to $79. The new price goes into effect Sunday.This is the company's entry-level reader, so it doesn't...
View ArticleApple Isn't Finished Improving The Apple TV –– Here's What's Next (AAPL)
An upcoming software update for the Apple TV will let you use a Bluetooth keyboard to control the set top box, according to a discovery made by 9to5Mac.This will be a lot easier than using Apple's...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs Don't Do Enough Diligence On Their Investors
"Think of him as chewing gum. By the end of the game, I want you to know what flavor he is." -- Coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman), HoosiersEntrepreneurs don't do enough diligence on their investors.As...
View ArticleHow Apple Really Lost Its Lead In The '80s (AAPL, MSFT, GOOG)
When Android surged past Apple in smartphone market share, a lot of people squawked that computer history was repeating itself.The story of the 80s, according to these people, was that Apple pioneered...
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