Gigaom reports that Yahoo has acquired a company with live concert-streaming capabilities called “Evntlive,” which adds another company with few vowels to its stable after its purchases of Flickr, Tumblr, and a company we just wrote about days ago called… Read More ›
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If Your Password To Your Email Accounts Is “1,” Just Email Money To Random Scam Artists, And Save Your Friends And Family The Time Of Worrying If You Lost Your Wallet In Amsterdam!
Reuters reports that 2 million passwords to accounts of such stalwarts as Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, and Google have been hacked using a server in the Netherlands. Common passwords included “123456,” “123,” “password,” and “1.” Three Questions That Arise From This… Read More ›
Yahoo Acquires All Of The Consonants!
Yahoo reports that it has just acquired a company called Ptch, a mobile video and editing app. It added this to its recent acquisition of Tumblr, and not so recent acquisition of Flickr. Three Questions That Arise From This Story… Read More ›
Of Course Putting Solar Panels On The Moon And Sending The Energy By Lasers Back To Earth Will Solve The World’s Energy Problems!
Yahoo reports that a Japanese corporation is toying with the idea of covering the moon with a ring of solar panels called “Luna Ring” and then beaming the renewable energy back to Earth via lasers and microwaves. 3 Comments We… Read More ›
Amazon Droning On About Drone Delivery
CNBC reports Amazon is experimenting with drones as a potential future delivery method of whatever smaller items you are ordering from Amazon (hopefully not butterflies because that sounds inefficient). 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. “But what if… Read More ›
You’re “Dumb” Wig Is About To Become Obsolete!
CNN Money reports that Sony has filed for a patent for a “SmartWig,” which reportedly will use sensors to monitor things such as blood pressure and brain waves. 3 Things We Might Expect A SmartWig To Say 1. “Your blood… Read More ›
New Plane In Works Could Give You Thrilling Ride To Boring Destinations
Yahoo reports that a new supersonic plane being developed by Boeing and other companies could travel 2,500 miles per hour, almost twice as fast as the Concorde. This could get you from London, England to Sydney, Australia in about four hours,… Read More ›
3 Potential Slogans For Airlines If They Let You Use Smart Phones
CNN reports that the U.S. government is considering lifting inflight bans of cell phone calls. According to the article, for just millions of dollars, airplanes can be equipped to let you make cell phone calls, which carriers would likely recoup… Read More ›
3 Things We’d Like To Magically Adjust In Hotels
Business Insider reports that by making some secret adjustments to a hotel thermostat, you can get it to display “VIP” and set it to whatever temperature you want. Here are 3 things we’d like to adjust: 1. Block the hotel invoice… Read More ›
Here’s Why Your Blood Test Action Photos Are Unpopular On Instagram!
The Mail Online reports that blue-tinted photos on Instagram receive 24 percent more “likes” than images where the predominant color was red or orange. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. Is anyone surprised that peaceful sky blue is… Read More ›
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