The Daily Show's Hilarious 'Outrage' About Vietnam Vets Denied Health...
Jason Jones of The Daily Show was nothing short of outraged when he found out that Vietnam veterans were denied health care benefits because of PTSD."So let me get this straight," Jones says in...
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This Chart Explains Why Ginny Rometty And Other Top IBM Execs Won't Get Their...
IBM's revenues have been shrinking. That was the major theme of 2013, which became crystal clear on Tuesday when IBM released earnings: it was a four-in-row miss on revenue expectations.With that as a...
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BMW: Here's Why Our New Electric Car Is Better Than Tesla's
In an August earnings conference call, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk was asked about for his thoughts on BMW's new all-electric car, the i3. Musk broke out laughing. He eventually pulled it together...
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Tons Of Celebrities Have Money Sitting In NYC That They Don't Even Know About
New York has more than $12 billion in unclaimed money sitting around — and according to the New York Post, some of it belongs to the likes of Beyoncé, Angelina Jolie, Woody Allen, and a slew of other...
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Jokes HBO Boss' Password Must Be 'Netflix Bitch'...
On his earnings call today, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings joked that his archrival, HBO chief Richard Plepler, used "Netflix bitch" as his Netflix password.The battle between Netflix and HBO is becoming...
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New Payments Startups Face An Uphill Battle To Disrupt The Credit Card...
The credit card industry processes a massive volume of transactions — about $4 trillion this year in the U.S., according to BI Intelligence estimates. With so much money in play, it's no wonder that a...
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APPLE: We're Working On Fixing Those Annoying iPhone Crashes (AAPL)
Apple's iPhone has been plagued by crashes lately. Sometimes, when using an app, the iPhone crashes, you get a screen with an Apple logo for a few seconds, then the phone restarts. Complaints about the...
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What A Social Share Is Worth To Retailers On Different Social Networks
Social Insider 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.VALUE OF...
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Nobel Prize Winner Robert Shiller Offers A Brilliant Suggestion For Improving...
Robert Shiller won the Nobel Prize in economics last year for his financial market studies, which helped him successfully predict the dotcom bubble and the housing bubble when very few people were...
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This Illustrated History Of The Selfie Shows The Idea Dates All The Way Back...
The folks over at Selfie Challenge just developed a photography game for iPhone and Android centered around, you guessed it, the selfie.They also developed this infographic detailing the history of the...
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Actually, The Odds Of Winning Warren Buffett's Billion Dollar Bracket...
Billionaire Warren Buffett and Quicken Loans are sponsoring a bracket challenge for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.If you can fill out a perfect bracket, you will win a billion dollars.So, what...
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The Battle For Ukraine Is Being Fought Using Ancient Military Tactics
Things got pretty hairy in Kiev, Ukraine, in the last week due in large part to the government banning protests.As a result, riot police broke out their Roman army tactics.This formation is called the...
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When A Math Geek Hacked OKCupid, He Landed 88 First Dates And His One True Love
If you're using OKCupid to help you find true love, and the lack of response from potential mates is depressing, Chris McKinlay's story should cheer you up.McKinlay was using OKCupid and other sites...
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Carl Icahn Explains Why Apple Is 'Very Undervalued' And eBay Should Spin-Off...
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a stake in eBay, nominated two directors to its board and is angling for PayPal to be spun out as a separate unit.Why?In an interview with Bloomberg...
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Judge Issues Devastating Ruling Against Online Copyright Crusaders
Washington District Judge Robert Lasnik ruled simply that IP addresses are not individuals, according to a report by Torrentfreak.An "Internet Protocol" address is a numerical value placed on a...
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NOT GOOD: Chinese Manufacturing Unexpectedly Contracts
China's HSBC Flash Manufacturing PMI fell to a six-month low of 49.6 in January. This compares to a 50.5 in December.This was worse than the 50.3 economists were expecting. And any reading below 50...
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Marissa Mayer's Life In Quotes
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is one of the tech industry's most exciting figures.Publicly, she's gone from being "the blonde woman in computer science classes" at Stanford to running one of the oldest names...
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China Is Bankrolling A Massive $10 Billion Megarefinery In Ecuador
China will finance most of the costs associated with building a $10 billion refinery in Ecuador, and become a partner in the megaproject, President Rafael Correa said Wednesday."That is just about a...
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Uber Has Changed My Life And As God Is My Witness I Will Never Take A Taxi...
Last weekend I stepped out of a taxi in front of my house and realized I just don't have to put up with this garbage anymore:It started in line at the taxi stand, with the driver trying to get another...
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TiVo Has Laid Off All But Two Hardware Engineers [Report]
There seems to be a major internal shift happening over at DVR maker TiVo.Earlier today, a Wired report noted that the company has laid off five of its hardware engineers. According to Wired's sources...
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