I 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 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 ArticleAfter Only 15 Months, Marissa Mayer Fired Her First Major Hire (YHOO)
As we previously reported, Yahoo COO Henrique De Castro is leaving Yahoo, effective Jan. 16, according to Yahoo.Now, in an email to Yahoo employees from CEO Marissa Mayer, posted in full by Re/Code's...
View ArticleYou Really Don't Want To Have An Emergency In These States [MAP]
Emergency rooms in the United States are not equipped to handle the amount of patients that have come to rely on them, and the system as a whole is wavering.The American College of Emergency Physicians...
View ArticleHere's Why It's OK To Have That Morning Latte
Do you ever feel guilty about that $4-a-day caffeine drip you have hooked up to your arm? You're not alone. Ever since financial author David Bach seized on the latte as a symbol of how small daily...
View ArticleAmazon Reviews Of Haribo's Sugarless Gummy Bears Are Terrifying
Haribo's sugar-free gummy bears have a solid, three-star rating on Amazon. But as Michael Rusch at Buzzfeed points out, the negative reviews are terrifying enough to keep customers away forever. The...
View ArticleNo, The Weather Channel Is Not Hacking Your Gmail Account To Deliver Spam To...
A Reddit user has accused The Weather Channel of hacking into his Gmail account to send protest messages to DirecTV, which dropped the channel due to a contract dispute.There's just one problem with...
View ArticleApple Is Crushing Samsung In The US Even More This Year Than Last Year
Samsung is the biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world, but things are a bit different in the U.S.According to research firm NPD, Apple still has the largest smartphone market share in the U.S....
View ArticleB2B Marketers To Increase Their Social Media Budgets This Year
Social Media Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.Soon,...
View ArticleMacklemore Gives A Surprise Performance On A New York City Bus
Anyone who regularly uses public transportation in New York City is familiar with impromptu performances. Someone might start singing, rapping, dancing or ranting, and will usually give a full routine...
View ArticleCan You Really Get A 'Contact High' From Marijuana?
Three decades ago, a team of Norwegian researchers hot-boxed a car — for science.The study volunteers had never smoked marijuana before, but they all piled into a small car for 30 minutes, joints...
View ArticleWealthy CEO Is Deeply Concerned About Budget Deficits (TRV)
I got a call today from a corporate communications staffer at The Travelers Companies, one of America's largest property casualty insurance companies.She told me that Travelers Chairman and CEO Jay...
View ArticleLena Dunham's Arm Is Missing In Vogue Photoshop Fail
Lena Dunham's face is featured on the February cover of Vogue for the very first time.But inside the magazine, it appears Dunham's body has been so drastically photoshopped that in one of the Annie...
View Article14 Startup Fears Founders Have But Are Too Afraid To Say Out Loud
Everyone talks about the startup success stories.But what do entrepreneurs secretly fear?We turned to Whisper, a secret-sharing app that's gaining popularity. On it, millions of people are writing...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: One Analyst Surprisingly Argues That Businesses Are...
Five years after the darkest days of the financial crisis, America's corporations continue to sit on mountains of cash.For the most part, cash has been increasingly used to buy back stock and increase...
View ArticleYou Can Now Buy Tickets To Sacramento Kings Games With Bitcoin
US basketball outfit the Sacramento Kings said Thursday they would begin accepting Bitcoin, the first professional sports team to accept the virtual currency.Fans will be able to use Bitcoin for...
View ArticleIT'S OFFICIAL: Congress Has Avoided Another Shutdown
The Senate on Thursday easily passed the $1 trillion omnibus spending bill, avoiding a repeat federal government shutdown and keeping the government funded through the end of September.The Senate...
View ArticleHere's The Argument For Sending The Teletubbies To North Korea
Can the Teletubbies save the world?It's a ridiculous question — The "Teletubbies" show, featuring group of multi-colored toddler aliens made for pre-school children by the BBC, has been mostly...
View ArticleThese Images Of A 'Tyco Roman Orgy' Helped Put A CEO In Prison
Former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski is finally getting out of prison this week, so we thought we'd take a look at what landed him there in the first place eight years ago.Kozlowski and his right-hand man...
View ArticleRaft Of Christie Officials Subpoenaed In Bridgegate: Report
The New Jersey State Assembly committee investigating Bridgegate has supboenaed many top aides to Gov. Chris Christie (R), including his Chief of Staff and his Chief Counsel, reports Matthew Arco of...
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