To Understand What Upset The Creator Of 'Flappy Bird' So Much, Read These...
Dong Nguyen, the developer of the insanely popular mobile game Flappy Bird, shocked everyone on Saturday when he suddenly tweeted "I cannot take this anymore" and pulled the game from the app...
View ArticleBig Chinese Internet Companies Are Competing Head-On Against Chinese Banks...
China's notoriously restrictive financial system offers limited investment avenues for the growing ranks of wealthy Chinese. In recent years we've seen a surge in wealth management products— a pool of...
View ArticleThe State Of The Mobile Advertising Industry Is Strong
Mobile advertising has been a bit slow to take off, but there are signs that it has finally achieved flight speed, including Facebook's announcement Jan. 30 that it racked up over $1 billion in mobile...
View ArticleWHERE ARE THEY NOW: Meet Facebook's 20 First Users
Who were the first 20 people to sign up for Facebook?We found them all and figured out where they are now. Meet the ultimate trend-setters.20. Joe GreenOriginal Profile ID: 6Early connection to...
View ArticleHere's How Much It Would Have Cost To Build An iPhone In 1991
An iPhone would have cost $3.5 million to build back in 1991, according to back-of-the-envelope-math by TechPolicyDaily. Here's how the site reached that astronomical sum:GB flash memory: $45,000 in...
View ArticleJanet Yellen Will Be In The Spotlight This Week
The second week of any month tends to be quiet from an economic standpoint.But this week we get a treat. Starting Tuesday, new Fed Chief Janet Yellen gives her first semiannual Humphrey-Hawkins...
View ArticleAn American Adventurer Motorcycling Through Mexico Has Been Missing For More...
A New York man who was riding a motorcycle through Mexico has not been heard from since Jan. 25 and is considered missing.Harry Devert, 32, had been traveling for 44 days on his way to the tip of South...
View ArticleDanish Zoo Shoots Young, Healthy Giraffe And Lets Kids Watch As It's Cut Up...
A Danish zoo sparked outrage Sunday when it put down a healthy young giraffe to prevent inbreeding as young children looked on, before chopping it up and feeding it to lions.The fate of 18-month-old...
View ArticleA Wild New Internet Drinking Game Had This Teenage Girl Strip Down And Chug A...
There's a new horrifying drinking game making global headlines that's already taken the lives of several young adults and the dignity of some who survive.It's called #NekNominate or #NekNominations...
View ArticleHere Comes Another Week Of Data That'll Be Messed Up By Bad Weather — Here's...
Economists, analysts, and investors have had a tough time digesting the disappointing U.S. economic data, which have all been touched by the unusually cold winter weather.The weather is expected to...
View ArticleIf You Thought You Couldn't Go To Jail For Debt Anymore, You're Wrong
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View ArticleTop College Football Player Michael Sam Announces He's Gay, Poised To Become...
Missouri defensive tackle Michael Sam publicly announced that he's gay Sunday night in interviews with ESPN and the New York Times. He will likely become the first openly gay player in NFL history...
View ArticleThis Video Shows The Chaos Caused By Back-To-Back Snowstorms In The Pacific...
Starting Thursday and lasting through the weekend, back-to-back snowstorms pummeled the Pacific Northwest. The first blast dropped more than a foot of snow and caused a massive five-car pile-up in...
View ArticleA Snowboarder Crashed So Hard Her Helmet Broke On Sochi's 'Sketchy'...
Czech snowboarder Sarka Pancochova was the latest athlete to suffer a brutal crash on Sochi's controversial slopestyle course.She hit her head so hard that her helmet split open. Remarkably, she was...
View ArticleHere's What It Felt Like When I Quit Heroin
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View ArticleNFL Assistant Has A Horribly Anti-Gay Explanation For Why The League Isn't...
Minutes after NFL Draft prospect Michael Sam announced he's gay, Sports Illustrated ran an article in which several anonymous people working in the NFL threw cold water on the news.It's a sobering...
View ArticleHow Lego Came Back From The Brink Of Bankruptcy
"The Lego Movie" premiered last Friday and made $69 million in its opening weekend, giving it the largest debut of the year so far. Yet only 10 years ago, the company was on the brink of bankruptcy,...
View ArticleWhy Investors Should Be Careful Before Buying Into Bond-Mageddon Mania
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Why Investors Should Be Careful Before Buying Into Bond-Mageddon Mania...
View ArticleWhat Happens In Your Brain When You Fall In Love
This Friday is Valentine's Day, a day to celebrate the mystery that is romantic love. But as our knowledge of the brain increases, the mystery of what happens when we fall in love is falling away. We...
View ArticleWatch CNBC Anchor Carl Quintanilla Down 4 Vodka Shots In 13 Seconds
CNBC's anchor Carl Quintanilla is in Sochi covering the Olympic Games. Of course, he's also covering the vodka market.During one of his segments, he slammed back four vodka shots in 13 seconds and...
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