Bloomberg reports that Yahoo has paid about $30 million to acquire a company founded by a currently-17-year-old Brit. In an interview, Nick D’Aloisio, the 17-year-old founder of mobile application Summly, indicated perseverance is an important attribute to be successful. So… Read More ›
Inspiration
99-Year-Old Teacher Changed Careers At Age 82… So When Are You Going To Give Up Your Door-To-Door Encyclopedia Business?
CNN reports that a 99-year-old elementary school teacher, who started teaching at age 82, enjoys her job so much she refuses to retire. She teaches cooking, sewing and costume-making, which means if you want your kid to prepare all the… Read More ›
Ad Suggests Toronto Newspapers Have Low Self Esteem!
The following ad has recently appeared on Toronto subways: What kind of negative message is this sending newspapers across the city of Toronto? Dear Toronto Sun and other newspaper friends, don’t let anyone tell you that you are not good… Read More ›
Not The Worst News Just Hit 1,000 “Likes” On WordPress! Thank You! Now Here’s 3 Worse Things!
3 Worse Things Than Getting 1,000 Likes On WordPress 1. Getting 1,000 likes on your Facebook status: “I just got dumped after losing my job! 😦 😦 :(“ You don’t even have 1,000 Facebook friends, so who are the jerks… Read More ›
MIT Study Suggests Being Seen At Work More Important Than Quality Of Work
Forbes reports that an MIT study suggest that those who work from home are likely to get worse performance reviews than people who work on site, even if the work is of equal quality. Specifically, the study is quoted as saying:… Read More ›
Good News! Airlines Are Less Likely To Lose Your Luggage! In Part Because Less Of You Are Bringing Luggage On To Planes To Save Baggage Fees!
The New York Times reports “good news” that airlines lost less luggage in 2011 than five years earlier. The New York Times cites various reasons, including fewer people are bringing luggage onto planes due to airlines charging fees to stow… Read More ›
Just In Time For The Olympic Closing Ceremonies… The Medals Of The Blogs We Read This Week! Tattoos, Dido, and Bucket Lists!
The Olympics are about to come to a close, and this is our 50th consecutive day of comedic blogging, so we decided to celebrate and create our own event: speed-reading of some of the blogs of readers who have liked… Read More ›
eHarmony App Helps You Get Out Of Bad eHarmony Dates!
Reuters recently reported that dating web site eHarmony has created a new iPhone application called the Bad Date Rescue App. The App allows you to program your phone to call you at any scheduled point during a date and plays… Read More ›
3 Worse Things Than Being “Freshly Pressed” (According To A Pair Of Jeans We Interviewed)
Last Thursday, NotTheWorstNews was honored after a story about dogs getting married was selected for WordPress’ freshly pressed page. For those who are unaware, WordPress selects about 11 posts each weekday to be “Freshly Pressed” and posts them on the… Read More ›
Dogs Married In $158,187.26 Wedding! Why Are You Still Single?
The Modesto Bee reports that two dogs got married in a benefit for the Humane Society of New York in a Guinness Book Of World Record setting wedding, setting the record for most expensive pet wedding at $158,187.26! We hope that if… Read More ›
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