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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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Why Some People Become 30-Year-Old Virgins
The longer you wait to have sex, the less likely you are to actually do it.Of people who don't have any sexual experience at age 18, 3% still didn't have any sexual experiences by age 24 to 32, a new...
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Mobile Is Beginning To Define The Multitrillion Dollar Global Travel Industry
KEY POINTSMobile devices are ideal companions for travelers, allowing them to access information, services and booking while en route. PhoCusWright estimates that by 2015, mobile will account for...
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Teens And Young Adults Are Actually Pretty Active On Facebook
Social Insider is delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. SEE, FACEBOOK'S TEENS HAVEN'T TOTALLY JUMPED SHIP: Since last year, the biggest story around Facebook...
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All The Doomsday Weather Forecasts For The Super Bowl Were Wrong
There's been a lot of bitterly cold weather forecasts for the Super Bowl this Sunday, but things are starting to look up.Even though this weekend will mark the first outdoor Super Bowl game played in a...
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Netflix CEO Confesses He Tried To Sell The Company To Blockbuster ... But...
The New Yorker's Ken Auletta wrote a profile of Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and revealed that the now-shuttered video chain Blockbuster missed out on a great chance to purchase the fledgling company in...
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Girls Take Over The World In GoldieBlox's First-Ever Super Bowl Ad
When Intuit released the finalists of its contest for an ad at this year's Super Bowl, there was no doubt which of the four remaining small businesses was the favorite to have its message broadcast to...
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EXCLUSIVE: Star Anchor Deirdre Bolton Is Leaving Bloomberg TV For Fox...
Today was Bloomberg TV anchor Deirdre Bolton's last day at Bloomberg, Business Insider has learned.She's headed to Fox Business Network, according a source who will remain anonymous.When reached by the...
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Why You Should Be Scared If An Employee Answers Your Questions Too Quickly
When someone answers her questions too fast, Dawn Zier's red flag goes up.The CEO of weight loss company Nutrisystem tells the New York Times that in her experience a rapid answer often hides a lack of...
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Google's Cost Per Click For Ads Is Getting Cheaper, But That's Not A Bad Thing
One of the most interesting numbers in Google's earnings Thursday was the decreasing cost-per-click (CPC) on ads.CPCs are now down 11% year over year for Google, an indicator that advertisers aren't...
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Don't Play Top iPhone Game 'Flappy Bird' — It's Simple But Impossible, And...
Flappy Bird is perched on top of the App Store right now. The game looks a lot like Mario Brothers and it's incredibly simple. It's also incredibly frustrating.Dong Nguyen made Flappy Birds, and...
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Two Hilarious GIFs From The 1985 Space-Themed Super Bowl
Today, I learned from my co-worker Rob Wile about the crazy and cultish history of the Super Bowl Half Time show. One of those halftime shows, from the 1985 Super Bowl, also happened to be...
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Hey, San Francisco, Here's What Your City Looked Like Back When It Was Called...
Yesterday, historian Michael Beschloss tweeted this photo of San Francisco in about 1850.The occasion for the tweet was the 167-year anniversary of the city's name change from "Yerba Buena."This was...
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CHRISTIE DENIES FORMER ALLY'S BOMBSHELL CLAIMS
The administration of Gov. Chris Christie released a statement late Friday evening responding to claims by former Port Authority official and Christie ally David Wildstein.A lawyer for Wildstein said...
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BRIAN BELSKI: A Fundamental Principle Has Escaped Market Logic
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Brian Belski: 'There's One Fundamental Principle That Has Escaped Market Logic'...
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Insane Photos Show Aftermath Of 5,000 Cubic Foot Boulder Barreling Through...
A 5,000 cubic foot boulder crashed through a farming villa in northern Italy, destroying a barn and a large chunk of a vineyard.There were no injuries. But it made for some insane photos, which real...
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Kicking Bill Gates Off The Board Is The Best Thing Microsoft Can Do (MSFT)
Microsoft is an insanely profitable company standing on the edge of disaster. It desperately needs new thinking.With word that 22-year Microsoft veteran Satya Nadella is likely the new CEO, attention...
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APPLE'S NEXT MOVE: The iWatch Will Monitor Your Health And Fitness Too
Apple is planning to make a push into health-tracking and medical devices according to two reports in the New York Times and 9to5Mac. It's likely that these efforts will eventually work their way into...
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Katy Perry Becomes First Person To Mass 50 Million Twitter Followers
Pop star Katy Perry made Twitter history Friday, becoming the first person ever with more than 50 million followers on the microblogging website.Twitter Counter, a service for tracking Twitter usage,...
View ArticleChris Christie Showed Up For Howard Stern's Birthday Party Tonight
Little more than an hour after the administration of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) issued a statement rebuking a former Port Authority official's claims about his role in the George Washington...
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