Stunning Glowing Maps Show Twitter And Flickr Activity In Every Major City In...
In 2011 programmer and digital mapmaker Eric Fischer published a series of maps that shows where people are tweeting as well as the locations of Flickr pictures. He called the series "See something or...
View ArticleMAP: The States With The Most Olympic Gold Medals
California is the most athletic state in the country, Wisconsin punches above its weight, and Florida is slacking.That's what we discovered when we made these maps of Olympic gold medals by state.Using...
View ArticlePiracy At Sea Is At Its Lowest Levels In Six Years
Piracy at sea reached its lowest levels in six years in 2013, with 264 attacks recorded worldwide — a 40 per cent drop since Somali piracy peaked in 2011. The figures were confirmed today by the...
View ArticleJapanese Fisherman Catches Extremely Rare Giant Squid
Shigenori Goto, a fisherman out near Sadogashima island in northern Japan, found something unusual in his net last Wednesday — a 13-foot-long squid.The Yomiuri Shimbun reports that Goto was looking to...
View ArticleWeChat Might Have Had A Bigger Year Than Snapchat
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View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: App Usage Explodes, Especially In Productivity And Messaging
Mobile app usage exploded last year, according to app analytics company Flurry. The categories that saw the biggest growth: Social and Messaging, which was up 203%, and Utilities and Productivity,...
View ArticleHere's How To Do A CEO's Hardest Task
Learning to love our customers is critical to the success of any business. It's equally important to love your employees. And with this comes some painful situations.Unfortunately, part of having our...
View ArticleGuardian Editor Claims Her Idea For A Newsletter Was Ripped Off
Scandal rocked the media world this afternoon when Guardian economics editor Heidi Moore claimed an email newsletter called "Today in Tabs"— which is syndicated by Newsweek — was actually her idea.On...
View ArticleMagic Johnson Is Now An Official Spokesman For Obamacare
Celebrities have been unofficially endorsing the Affordable Care Act since it launched on Oct. 1. Amy Poehler, Pharrell Williams, Kate Bosworth, Michael Cera, and Rosario Dawson were among the many who...
View ArticleWhy You Should Cut Up Your Debit Card
Target provided the latest update about the theft of its customers' information on Friday, and nearly doubled the amount of affected individuals hit by its data breech from 40 million to 70 million....
View ArticleWhy Heroin Use Is Skyrocketing Across The US
Heroin abuse has been getting more attention lately.Last week, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin spent his entire 34-minute State of the State address talking about the state's "full-blown heroin crisis," and...
View ArticleTour The Gorgeous Sacramento Mansion That Once Belonged To Eddie Murphy, On...
A 2.5-acre estate that once belonged to Eddie Murphy is now on the market for $12 million, according to The Wall Street Journal.The Sacramento, Calif. home has 10 bedrooms (including one with...
View ArticleThis iPhone Case Doubles As A Stun Gun And Packs A 650,000-Volt Punch
At first glance, the Yellow Jacket could be just another beefed-up, ultra-protective iPhone case. But it does far more than safeguard your smartphone from drops or spills: It can protect you from...
View ArticleWife Of Miami Dolphins QB Leaves A Rifle In A Rental Car, Horrifies Family
Lauren Tannehill, the wife of Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill, accidentally left an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle in a rental car earlier this month, police told the Sun-Sentinel.A family — a...
View ArticleMarried Men — Not Women — Are Fatter Than Their Singleton Counterparts
It's an old wives tale that women "let themselves go" after marriage, a new study suggests. It's actually married men who are larger than their single counterparts. Many studies point to the health and...
View ArticleThis Chain Of Beads Seems To Defy Gravity — And Now We Know Why
A chain of beads can defy gravity, acting like water spouting from a fountain, and now physicists reveal the secret behind this odd phenomenon.The findings could have surprising implications for...
View ArticleI Tried DogVacay, The 'Airbnb For Dogs,' And I Loved It
I have avoided boarding my dog, Rupert, for six years. I'm admittedly overly sensitive when it comes to his comforts, and the thought of leaving him in an outrageously priced, pee-covered cage for...
View ArticlePizza Hut Is Trying Out 'Imperfect Crust' To Appear More Authentic
Pizza Hut's latest gambit: Crusts with air bubbles, imperfectionsNEW YORK (AP) — If you notice some air bubbles and stray cheese on your Pizza Hut pie crust, it's not an accident. It's all part of an...
View ArticleThis Bizarre Dedication To Fox News' 'The Five' Is One Of The Most Amazing...
"The Daily Show" correspondent Samantha Bee on Tuesday performed a dazzling, bizarre, insane one-woman show as a dedication, of sorts, to Fox News' "The Five." It's one of the weirdest "Daily Show"...
View Article10 Apps That Make Managing Projects Remotely A Breeze
Managing a team or a big project from afar? Overseeing the process can be a job in itself. To figure out how entrepreneurs manage it all successfully, we asked our own Young Entrepreneur Council...
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