Twitter Acquires Mobile Ad Network MoPub for $350 Million: Will An Ad...
Twitter has acquired MoPub, a mobile ad network, ad serving business, and real time bidding exchange that claims to handle around $100 million annual spending on apps and other mobile media, according...
View ArticleThis One Chart Predicts What Your Relationship Status Will Look Like For The...
Wolfram Alpha, the geekiest site on the net, has maintained a service where you can share your Facebook data with them and they'll spit out a fantastic analysis. While Wolfram initially deleted all the...
View ArticleThere's No Reason To Believe Syria Will Disarm Its Own Chemical Weapons
There's little reason to take seriously Bashar Al Assad's sudden embrace of Secretary of State John Kerry's most recent statements about chemical weapons disarmament.First, there's still an incredibly...
View ArticleMore Incoming Harvard Students Have Cheated On Their Homework Than Have Had Sex
Last week, we brought you 10 of the most interesting facts about Harvard's newest students, but we wanted to do a deeper look at one of the most intriguing topics: the sex lives of Harvard...
View ArticleThis Map Shows The Happiest And The Most Miserable Places In The World
The U.N. General Assembly released its second annual "happiness" report earlier today, a study which measures happiness and well-being across the worlds. Seth Kadish, the guy behind the Vizual...
View ArticleWe're About To Have A Blitz Of Six Obama Interviews On Syria — Here's Your...
President Barack Obama is about to embark on an unprecedented media drive to sell his plan for military action in Syria, in response to an alleged chemical-weapons attack last month launched by...
View ArticleHow To Find The Right Hires
Hiring the right people may be one of the most challenging formulas to perfect.When the wrong choice is made, the company loses a lot of money. On the other hand, the right hire will fully understand...
View ArticleThere's A Great Lesson About Physics In This Mesmerizing GIF OF Jello Bouncing
This mesmerizing GIFs of Jell-O falling, flattening, then bouncing back may have you saying WTF, but really you should be asking WTP — P for physics. We found them on the FreshPhotons Tumblr, via...
View ArticlePRESENTING: SocGen's Famous Chart With The Black Swans
Every three months, the analysts at Societe Generale update their chart of "black swan" risks in their quarterly "Global Economic Outlook" report.These risks are the unlikely events that could rock the...
View ArticleWhy Every Office Should Try 'No Meeting Wednesdays'
Meetings may not be your raison d’être, but they’re definitely a means to achieve it. Meetings are where you set strategy, consider new ideas, analyze your talent needs . . . you name it. If you’re...
View ArticleA NASA Probe Is Spinning Out Of Control After Handlers Lose Contact
NASA lost contact with its Deep Impact spacecraft in mid-August and the comet-hunting probe is now spinning out of control, principal investigator Mike A'Hearn from the University of Maryland tells...
View ArticleThe New iPhone Is 40X Faster Than The Original iPhone (AAPL)
During Apple's big presentation of its new iPhones, the company flashed this chart. The chart itself is a bit goofy since there's no labels for the axes, but the general point is pretty astounding.In...
View ArticleThe 10 Worst ‘Shark Tank’ Pitches Of All Time
In four seasons of ABC’s reality pitch show “Shark Tank,” we’ve seen some doozies. Hopefuls have pitched selling “pairs” of socks in threes (because you’re bound to lose one), a portable urinal that...
View ArticleA Gang Of Alcoholic Moose Terrorized A Swedish Homeowner
Humans aren't the only angry drunks out there. Alcohol use by animals shows up frequently in nature, too. For example, Sweden's drunken moose (or possibly elk, according to another report) gang season...
View ArticleNearly 25% Of Men Admitted To Rape In Parts Of Asia
The U.N. has released a survey of 10,000 men that reveals the disturbing prevalence of rape in parts of Asia and the Pacific.Of the men surveyed, nearly 25% admitted to raping a woman at least once.The...
View ArticleDoctor Explains Why 'Breaking Bad' Is The Most Medically Accurate Show On TV
Breaking Bad is about a lot of things—the contextualization of evil, the blind bond of family, the consequences of lifelong repression—and of course, the macro and micro-economics of the...
View ArticleKmart Aired First Holiday Ad A Whopping 106 Days Before Christmas
Monday September 9, a mere 106 days before Christmas, Kmart aired its very first holiday ad of the season."This might give new meaning to the phrase Christmas Creep," Kathy Grannis, a spokeswoman for...
View ArticleThe iPhone 5C Is Going To Be Expensive In China (AAPL)
Looks like Apple isn't all that eager to attack the Chinese market after all.Its new iPhone 5C will cost $549 off-contract in the U.S.In China, after taxes, the final bill will be $735, according to...
View ArticleTake An Inside Look At The 60-Year Old Behemoth That Would Bomb Syria
The B-52 has seen several decades of active service and was about to see some more service over Syria, according to reports from ABC.Whether strikes on Syria go forward or not, the behemoth is already...
View ArticleBaby Boomers Have No Idea What To Do With Their Retirement Money
America has moved to a system where nearly everyone is expected to save and invest for their retirement. Yet remarkably little attention has been paid to the big question: what should people do with...
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