The New York Times is reporting this evening that Presidential hopeful and the brother of the worst President ever has had a change of heart regarding Governor Pense and his anti-gay, discriminatory law that has been under fire from many big businesses from Walmart to Apple. Jeb Bush in a closed-door Silicon Valley fund-raiser, told…
A major deal to be felt around the world, H.J. Heinz and Kraft Foods Group will merge into a single food behemoth forming the world’s fifth largest food and drink company, bent on cutting costs, growing internationally and evolving into a more consumer-focused company. News of recently-planned Kraft Heinz Co. propelled Kraft shares nearly 35%,…
John Oliver make a mockery of the ill conceived Starbucks coffee attempt to get their baristas to start a conversation about race with their customers. Just give me my mokachino and STFU!
Amazon has moved a step closer to its goal of one day delivering packages by drone. The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday issued an “experimental airworthiness certificate” to Amazon, allowing the company to test its unmanned aircraft.
Ben & Jerry’s Save Our Swirled tour combating climate change kicks off next month, but something is different. There’s no ice-cream truck but instead, ice cream will be scooped out of the back of a modified Tesla Model S. The tour starts April 1 in San Diego, and ends in Miami on October 31. In…
Kraft dinner is delicious but it’s bad for you, now it just got potentially deadly! Kraft Foods is recalling 242,000 cases of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese because some of the boxes may contain metal, the company said. More than 6.5 million boxes were packed in the recalled cases. In a recall notice, Kraft said eight…
Colorado marijuana sales reached an all-time high in January, bringing with it excise taxes totaling a whopping $2.35 million designated for public schools. Recreational marijuana sales jumped to around $36.4 million, up from $14.69 million a year ago, according to data from the Colorado Department of Revenue. “This is really what we expected and hope…
On Wednesday Google opened its first branded store. The London flapship features an interactive Google Earth surround screen installation and an interactive doodle wall. The Google shop is a store within a store, housed inside a Currys PC World, an electronics retailer. It will sell Android devices, Chromebook laptops and Chromecast. It will also offer…
The watch will be previewed Monday at a press event in San Francisco, starting at 1 p.m. ET. Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to lead the presentation, as he usually does, followed by other Apple execs, and developers who will present apps they’ve created for the watch. Apple will be live streaming the presentation.…
The U.S. economy added 295,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate fell from 5.7 percent to 5.5 percent, extending the winter’s mounting labor market gains. The February jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics exceeded investors’ expectations, which were generally for 230,000 new jobs created. Unemployment drops to 5.5%. Here's the February…
U.S. credit card companies have set an October deadline for a switch to chip-enabled cards. Such cards come with embedded computer chips that make them far more difficult to clone, according to banks and card makers. However, counterfeit cards account for only about 37 percent of credit card fraud, and the new technology is just…
The FCC, approved the policy known as “net neutrality” in a 3-2 vote on Thursday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler saying the policy will ensure “that no one whether government or corporate should control free open access to the Internet.” The new policy would replace a prior version adopted in 2010, but that was put on…
Apple announced a media event on March 9th at the Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts in San Francisco. This event will likely be to go over the final features, pricing, and other details on the Apple Watch, which will launch in April. “Spring Forward” is in the headline, so it’s not a stretch to…
What, smoking weed was illegal in Jamaica, a place thats’ culture is based partially around the herb and the mega-star legend Bob Marley, who smoked and now has Weed products currently being marketed in the USA. We have come along way finally, took time, but the US drug war on weed has failed, and more…
Apple is adding more diverse emojis to its operating systems, a new developer preview reveals. The new emojis include various skill color options, as well as a wider variety of country flags. Great job Apple, you should have more emojis that represent paying a 2% tax rate. 😛
Mattel announced it is teaming up with Google to create a virtual reality-based View-Master. The device won’t start selling until the fall and will work with Android smartphones. Check out this gadget for what you can get right now The PrioVR.
On Tuesday afternoon, Apple became the first U.S. company to close with a value of $700 billion or more. Shares of the company closed up $2.29, or 1.9%, to $122.01. “It shouldn’t be surprising that record breaking market (valuations) follow record-breaking earnings,” says Walter Piecyk, analyst at BTIG.
Leaked documents reveal how multinational bank HSBC helped wealthy clients across the world evade hundreds of millions of dollars in tax. The company is now facing criminal investigations in the US, France, Belgium and Argentina.
Twitter reportedly reached a deal to include the 140-character tweets in Google search results. The deal means Google will have automatic access to the stream of data from Twitter’s website, which it previously had to crawl for information. The move is part of a larger effort to attract more people to Twitter as growth slows…
John Hofmeister attracted national attention in 2010 when he predicted that average U.S. gasoline prices would soar to $5 a gallon in 2012, thanks to rising crude oil prices. His forecast fell short, as the cost of filling up flirted with $4 in 2012, but never went higher. Now, with gasoline prices at $2.14, their…
U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday as equities looked to rebound from a sharp decline in the previous session, though moves and volume were likely to remain tepid as the holiday week draws to a close. Wall Street ended December with solid gains for both the year and fourth quarter, though a broad decline…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 18,000 for the first time at the opening bell Tuesday, getting a boost after the Commerce Department revised its estimated GDP for July-September to 5 percent growth — the fastest quarterly increase since 2003. Tech and consumer companies have logged some of the index’s biggest gains this year.
BREAKING: US officials now say they believe North Korea was behind the computer hacking attack on Sony Entertainment & Sony Pulls the Film Amid Threats. The New York premiere of ‘The Interview’ has been canceled in wake of threats from Sony hackers, a spokesperson for Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema said Tuesday. A message from the hackers…
Controversial plans have been put forward recently to build a casino in the Southern Tier. The potential developments have attracted both criticism and praise from various commentators, many of whom argue that it is a necessary evil for the region. If the plans go ahead, a new venue named the Traditions at the Glen Casino…
Troubled theme park operator SeaWorld Entertainment Inc said Jim Atchison would step down as chief executive, and it would cut some jobs, sending the company’s shares up 2 percent in extended trading. SeaWorld did not say how many jobs it would cut, as part of its restructuring plan aimed at saving about $50 million by…
U.S. stock index futures dipped on Monday, indicating the S&P 500 may retreat from its latest record high, as soft data in China and Japan kindled global growth concerns. Economic data showed China’s exports rose at a slower than expected pace and imports dropped 6.7 percent in November, while Japan’s economy shrank more than expected…
E-commerce giant Amazon.com has boosted efficiency—and given workers’ legs a break—by deploying more than 15,000 wheeled robots to crisscross the floors and aisles of its biggest warehouses, pick up customer orders, and deliver stacks of toys, books and other products to employees. Amazon, which faces its single biggest day of online shopping Monday, has invested…
Aereo, the streaming TV service that let users watch near-live TV on any internet-connected device, has today announced that it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In a blog post, the company stated that a US Supreme Court decision had “effectively changed the laws that had governed Aereo’s technology, creating regulatory and legal uncertainty. And…
Google has signed a 60-year lease for part of a historic Navy air base, where it plans to renovate three massive hangars and use them for projects involving aviation, space exploration and robotics. The tech giant has agreed to pay $1.16 billion in rent over the next six decades for the property, which also includes…
#AskMark: Why do you wear the same shirt every day? from Facebook on Vimeo. During a recent Q&A session at Facebook in Menlo Park, California, CEO Mark Zuckerberg answered a question about why he wears the same gray T-shirt every day. His answer seems simple, but he also explains the benefits of limiting his decision…
