So it’s official…we better get sugar levels down… And one of the biggest candy companies in the world now wants you to lay off the sugar. Mars, which makes M&Ms, Snickers and Twix, said last week that it supports government recommendations to limit sugar intake and label sweets with the amount of added sugar they…
Starbucks wants to be your new wallet. However thieves are stealing money from people’s credit cards, bank and PayPal accounts — by first tapping into their Starbucks mobile app. Starbucks (SBUX) on Wednesday acknowledged that criminals have been breaking into individual customer rewards accounts. The Starbucks app lets you pay at checkout with your phone.…
CloudDDM’s setup at UPS’ worldwide hub in Louisville, Ky. 3D printing still a novelty? One startup wants to bring the tech phenomenon into large-scale manufacturing. A week ago, CloudDDM unveiled a 3D printing factory embedded in the heart of UPS’ worldwide hub in Louisville, Ky. The first-of-its kind, fully-automated facility will be able to use…
I’ve found this to be a very interesting article, so I’m sharing with my readers… Steve Jobs. That son-of-a-bitch. I just finished his biography. Why didn’t I do that a year ago when I started it? Anyway, it rocked. This is news, right? For a while after he died everybody wrote stories about him. I…
For those who think there has been always nice websites around full of information, I guess it’s time to remember how the online world was not too long ago…
1. Apple
2. Google
3. The Weather Channel
4. Amazon.com
5. Pizza Hut
6. CNN
7. Yahoo
8. Microsoft
9. AOL
10. eBay
11. CNN Financial
When a huge snow storm hits or a hurricane is due to pass by, there’s a chance that you might not be able to make it into the office for a few days. How do can you make sure you are staying productive and not come down with a case of cabin fever? Here is…
Sometimes, people are too good for their current job – for most of us, this happens when we hold a position that we only see as a “transitional phase”, like a fast food job that helps us save money for college. However, some of us have been stuck doing the same things for years, and…
A Chicago judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by United Airlines against a 22-year-old. United Airlines (UAL) and Orbitz (OWW) had filed a civil lawsuit in November against Aktarer Zaman, a young computer whiz from New York City, who launched a website called Skiplagged.com to help people buy cheap plane tickets. Chicago Judge John Robert Blakey…
Maybe you haven’t quite hit the six-figure salary bracket just yet but you’ve got a retirement plan and set up a brokerage account. Hiring a financial advisor to track it all might be out of your price range, but with new sites like Future Advisor, you might not have to. The main web application, which…
A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that the telephone metadata collection program, under which the National Security Agency gathers up millions of phone records on an ongoing daily basis, is illegal under the Patriot Act. The government has argued it has the power to carry forward with the program under a section of the…