The Marine Corps' Top Enlisted Leader Believes Lower Pay Will 'Raise Discipline'
The Marine Corps' top enlisted leader, Sgt. Maj. Micheal Barrett, believes the Marine Corps' quality of life is so good right now that if the service cuts back, it would actually raise morale, Leo...
View ArticleThere's A San Francisco Version Of The Game '2048,' And I Like It Even Better...
After "Flappy Bird" came "Splashy Fish" (and countless others).After "Threes!" came "2048."And after "2048"? Theres "SF Lyfe," an online clone of "2048" that makes you match San Francisco iconography...
View ArticleHere's Why You Will Never Quit Facebook
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View ArticleLand Rover Has Invented A 'Transparent' Car
Land Rover has come up with an awesome experimental technology that turns an SUV into something akin to Wonder Woman's invisible plane.Using cameras placed under the hood, and projecting that live...
View ArticleThe Most Accurate Apple Analyst In The World Is Predicting iWatches Will Cost...
The iWatch is going to be very expensive, says KGI Securities analyst Ming Chi Kuo in a new note. Kuo predicts some models of the iWatch will cost over $1,000 when it's out in the third quarter. Kuo's...
View ArticleMedal Of Honor Hero Rejoins The Army
Army Capt. Will Swenson, a soldier who earned the Medal of Honor for his battlefield heroics, has rejoined the service he left in 2011 and is back on active duty, Army Times reports.In October, reports...
View ArticleTwo Absolutely Awful Datapoints From Japan
Real quick, here are two horrendous datapoints from Japan.Core machinery orders for the month of February fell a staggering 8.8% month-over-month. A decline of just over 2% was expected, reports...
View ArticlePilot Injured After Helicopter Crashes On Roof Of New Mexico Hospital
A helicopter crashed on the roof of the University of New Mexico Hospital shortly after takeoff, KOAT-TV is reporting.Firefighters were seen spraying down the helicopter on the roof, and KOAT reported...
View ArticleYelp Has A Weird New Way To Search For Things, But It Might Be More Trouble...
If you're craving Japanese food, and don't know any restaurants in your area, you could search on Yelp for Japanese food.But if you're too lazy to actually type out the words "Japanese food," you can...
View ArticleHere's Why Cats And Dogs Chase Their Tails
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View ArticleThis Man Moved From Zynga To Twitter And Earned $24.6 Million In A Year (TWTR)
Sometimes a career move is nothing short of brilliant. Like when Eric Schmidt left a struggling Novell in 2001 to become CEO of Google. It was a risk for him. The Internet bubble had just burst and...
View ArticleThis Guy Got $50,000 In Credit From Uber And Ended Up With Free Uber Rides...
Uber riders know they can get a free $20 credit toward future rides by signing up their friends for the on-demand limo and taxi service. But Blake Jareds, who works at a New York-based real estate...
View ArticleSome Of The Most Treasured Artifacts From America's Space Race Sold For...
NEW YORK (AP) — An Apollo 11 lunar surface checklist sheet was among the coveted items sold at a New York City auction of space exploration artifacts.The checklist contained annotations by astronaut...
View ArticleCHINESE EXPORTS UNEXPECTEDLY TUMBLE
Chinese exports unexpectedly fell 6.6% year-over-year in March.This missed expectations for a 4.8% rise, and compares with an 18.1% decline the previous month.Imports were down 11.3% on the year, and...
View ArticleThe Extreme Lengths Samsung Must Go To Make Sure Your Galaxy Phone Works...
The last thing you want when you drop a few hundred bucks on a new phone is for it to fail on you within a few days.That's why manufacturers go through lengthy testing processes to make sure every...
View ArticleAfrica Is An Alarmingly Dangerous Place For Women
Africa has the world's highest rate of intimate partner/family-related homicide, a crime with a disproportionately high number of female victims, a new United Nations report has found.In Africa, there...
View ArticleFerrari Offers A 12-Year Warranty
New Ferrari owners can now rest easy that it will be a full 12 years before they have to worry about paying out of pocket to fix anything that goes awry with their lovely cars.Starting May 1, the...
View ArticleDiscipline Is Key To Investing Success
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Discipline Is Key To Investment Success (Vanguard)"Although the asset allocation...
View ArticleFacebook Is The Most Successful Social Network At Getting People To Use It On...
Among the top social networks, Facebook is the best at attracting "multi-platform users," audiences that access the site both on mobile devices and desktop or laptop PCs.Why does the size of a...
View Article19 Haunting Photos Of Cyprus's Frozen-In-Time Contested Zone
On July 20, 1974, Turkish soldiers invaded the island of Cyprus. The invasion, which the Turks claimed was aimed at protecting Turkish Cypriots from persecution, ended up splitting the island almost...
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