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Who are the world’s most powerful women?
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10 hours ago Brandon Bailey 1 Comment

Who are the world’s most powerful women?

Nearly a dozen tech executives made Forbes magazine’s new list of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women,” an annual ranking based on somewhat subjective assessments of the “money, media presence and impact” wielded by various female celebrities, politicians and business Read More →
Yelp! Review site’s shares tumbling
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16 hours ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Yelp! Review site’s shares tumbling

Tech and grub, two of our favorite things. We're talking review site Yelp, which is seeing its shares dive today. They're down about 7.5 percent to $29.20 as of this post. Why the big dip? Investors could be spooked by what's Read More →
Google’s breathing down Apple’s neck
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17 hours ago Pat May 2 Comments

Google’s breathing down Apple’s neck

For all you fanboys and fangals who hang on to every last twitch on every last brand-ranking listing out there, and we know there are a ton of them, here's the latest - and it doesn't look good for Apple: The Read More →
Ain’t nothing but a GIF/JIF thing: GIF creator wins Webby, issues pronunciation decree
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18 hours ago Levi Sumagaysay 1 Comment

Ain’t nothing but a GIF/JIF thing: GIF creator wins Webby, issues pronunciation decree

Think peanut butter: "It's pronounced JIF, not GIF." That was the five-word acceptance speech of Steve Wilhite, creator of the GIF, after he was presented a lifetime achievement award Tuesday at the Webby Awards. (See video below) "End of story," Wilhite says, Read More →
Gov. Jerry Brown keeps pressing on the perils of climate change
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19 hours ago Dana Hull No Comments

Gov. Jerry Brown keeps pressing on the perils of climate change

California Gov. Jerry Brown is one of the most vocal politicians about the dangers of climate change. In December 2011, he convened a summit at the California Academy of Sciences that began with a blistering attack on libertarians, Read More →

Quoted: Storm chasers in the age of smartphones and social media
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20 hours ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Quoted: Storm chasers in the age of smartphones and social media

"Your life is not worth a viral video." — Neil Katz, digital editor-in-chief for The Weather Channel, on the new breed of storm chasers — those armed with small video cameras and smartphones, even as he acknowledged that amateurs can Read More →
Off topic: ‘Um,’ depression and body clocks, military mammals, glow-in-the-dark sheep, medical school
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22 hours ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Off topic: ‘Um,’ depression and body clocks, military mammals, glow-in-the-dark sheep, medical school

On um (a.k.a. euh, eum, etc.) as "a natural and important language function." The circadian clocks of depressed people are basically broken, study shows. Military mammals, then (camels) and now (dolphins). If one Read More →
Why Marissa Mayer’s Tumblr hip replacement won’t work
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2 days ago Mike Cassidy 2 Comments

Why Marissa Mayer’s Tumblr hip replacement won’t work

I gotta like Yahoo's move to get all young and hip by blowing a billion or so to pick up way-cool site Tumblr. After all, Yahoo was the company with the yodeler and the fish; the company that bought Read More →
NetApp said to cut 235 jobs in Sunnyvale ahead of earnings report today
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2 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

NetApp said to cut 235 jobs in Sunnyvale ahead of earnings report today

NetApp, which is scheduled to report earnings Tuesday after the markets close, is reportedly laying off 235 employees at its Sunnyvale headquarters. The move follows reports of cuts in India as well as an analyst note Read More →
Quoted: on Apple and offshoring profit to avoid taxes
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2 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 8 Comments

Quoted: on Apple and offshoring profit to avoid taxes

"I think it's important to make clear the admiration we have for Apple, the incredible changes Apple has caused in our lives. However... Apple is one of the biggest tax avoiders in America." — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during Read More →

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