Yahoo News Digest reports regulators in Canada are considering requiring cable TV providers to provide a basic channel service for $20 to $30 per month, and also may require them to sell additional channels individually instead of just in bundles…. Read More ›
Month: August 2014
Future Groom Fakes Death To Avoid His Future Wedding
Yahoo News reports that a 23-year-old man phoned-his bride-to-be, imitating his father. The “father” told her that the future groom had thrown himself in front of a truck, and successfully committed suicide. The bride-to-not-be learned of him not being dead by… Read More ›
3 Things We’d Like To See Steve Ballmer Focus On
Yahoo Finance reports that Steve Ballmer is resigning from Microsoft’s board of directors to focus on the NBA’s LA Clippers, which he recently purchased. 3 Things We’d Like To See Steve Ballmer Focus On In Los Angeles 1. The road. You… Read More ›
Three Laws We’d Like To See From Mayor Duke, aka the Dog Mayor of Minnesota
QMI Agency reports that a small Minnesota town has elected a seven-year-old dog as the mayor, beating out an apparent human corner-store owner. That’s right, Duke, a Great Pyrenees, is now the mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota. Now, here are three laws… Read More ›
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Does Ice Bucket Challenge
Rob Ford was challenged to help ALS by former Toronto Maple Leaf Tie Domi to do the “Ice Bucket Challenge.” You can watch the video of him doing the challenge by clicking here. In case you’ve missed this in social… Read More ›
Pop-Up Ad Inventor Apologizes In Atlantic… Instead Of In Pop-Up Ads Which Would Have Been Funnier
CNN reports that the person who created pop-up ads on the internet has said “I’m sorry” for his creation. Citing an interview with the Atlantic, the ads were originally created with good intentions. Specifically, a car maker did not want its… Read More ›
Governor of Texas Allegedly Messed With Texas
CNN reports that Texas Governor Rick Perry has been “indicted on felony charges of coercion of a public servant and abuse of his official capacity.” Perry allegedly used the threat of vetoing stuff when you apparently aren’t allowed to threaten to… Read More ›
Just Another Slow Not The Worst News Week Where Wasps Catch A Thief
QMI Agency reports that a Leeds, England man was arrested after stealing a fish tank, and while on the run with his fish tank he had a bit of a mishap. Specifically, he had to go to the bathroom, and urinated… Read More ›
We Want Uber To Use More Criteria To Rate Passengers!
Slate recently posted an opinion piece about the fact that Uber, the cab-dispatching smartphone app, has a secret rating of its passengers, based on cab driver ratings. Passengers are rated on a scale of one to five. Three More Detailed Scales… Read More ›
Good Luck Convincing Those Bots Following You To Retweet Your Tweets!
Quartz reports that a recent filing by Twitter reveals about 8.5% of “active” Twitter accounts, amounting to 23 million accounts are actually bots. #WhenWillTheMadnessEnd 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. What does it take for a “Bot” to be… Read More ›
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