Orbotix, The Company That Makes The Crazy-Cool Sphero Robot, Has Raised A New...
Orbotix, the company that makes the Sphero and Ollie robotic toys, has raised a new $15.5 million round, the company tells Business Insider.Jim Booth, COO of Orbotix, tells us that this brings the...
View ArticleMLB POWER RANKINGS: Here's Where Every Team Stands After 5 Weeks Of Action
We are now five weeks into the regular season and we're already starting to see the contenders separate themselves from the pack; a few teams making big jumps up the chart.The Los Angeles Dodgers...
View ArticleApple Bought A Company That Could Help Save Your iPhone's Battery Life (AAPL)
Apple bought a startup called LuxVue, the maker of power-efficient LEDs, Apple confirmed in a statement to Business Insider.TechCrunch first reported the news.It's unclear how much Apple paid for...
View ArticleLiberal Supreme Court Justice Comes To The Defense Of Scalia
Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made some surprisingly positive comments about fellow Justice Antonin Scalia during a recent Wall Street Journal interview.When asked about...
View ArticleLOOK OUT MICROSOFT: Google And Intel Will Make A Big Chromebook Announcement...
On Tuesday, Google and Intel will announce news involving Google Chromebooks, and there's lots of speculation as to what the news will be.Some say the two are going to announce a new Google Chromebook...
View ArticleVin Diesel Gave A Dubai Princess A Muscle Car After Filming 'Fast & Furious 7'
Based on the images streaming out of Dubai, the cast and crew of "Fast and Furious 7" seems to have truly enjoyed their time filming in the bustling Arab emirate.To show their appreciation, star Vin...
View ArticleThe Best Street Food In The World
Dining at a high-end restaurant can leave a long lasting impression, but standing on a street corner in Asia while slurping up a hot plate of noodles can be just as memorable — if not more so. The...
View ArticleMasterCard Wins Market Share With New Merchant Partnerships
Payments Insider is a briefing on all things payments produced by BI Intelligence. Click here to subscribe to Payments Insider and receive it in your inbox everyday. MASTERCARD TOUTS CO-BRANDED CARD...
View ArticleSTOCKS FALL, BONDS RALLY AFTER JOBS REPORT: Here's What You Need To Know...
Today's jobs report got a mixed reaction from economists and investors.First, the scoreboard:Dow: 16,512.8 (-45.9, -0.2%)S&P 500: 1,881.1 (-2.5, -0.1%)Nasdaq: 4,123.9, (-3.5, -0.0%)And now the top...
View ArticleHOUSE OF THE DAY: Hollywood Legend Ron Howard Is Selling His Connecticut...
Oscar-winning producer, actor, and director Ron Howard and his wife Cheryl have just listed their gorgeous mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut for $27.5 million.Representing country living at its finest,...
View ArticleGoogle Is Enraged By A Fake Conspiracy Theory That It Is Stealing Money From...
Perhaps the most startling "news" to have emerged about Google this week was a deliciously detailed (and lengthy) conspiracy theory in two chapters written by an alleged former Google employee who...
View Article'The Amazing Spider-Man' Sequel Is Blowing A Huge Opportunity
Warning: There are massive spoilers ahead."The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is out in theaters this weekend, and many people will be upset with the end of the film. If you've seen every trailer for the movie,...
View ArticleESPN Made These Great National Team Posters To Promote The World Cup
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil starts in about 40 days.ESPN, which will broadcast the event for the last time until at least 2026, made some pretty cool-looking national team posters as part of its...
View ArticleA Nagging Doubt Is Eating Away At The World Order — And America Is Ignoring It
"Why is it that everybody is so eager to use military force?" America's cerebral president betrayed a rare flash of frustration on April 28th when dealing with a question in Asia about his country's...
View ArticleJPMorgan Says Its Markets Revenue Could Be Down 20% In Q2 Because Of The...
JPMorgan Chase has filed its 10-Q for the first quarter with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The bank sees its second quarter markets revenue (Corporate Investment Bank fixed income &...
View ArticleCan You Spot What's Wrong In These Terrible Photoshop FAILS?
There's recently been a push to ban the use of Photoshop in advertising due to the unrealistic expectations ads can give young women about how their bodies should look.But while there are reasonable...
View ArticleA New Type Of Fast-Food Restaurant Is Emerging
For years, chains like Chipotle and Panera Bread have dominated the fast-casual restaurant space. But now, a new breed of chain restaurant is emerging — one that is a step above traditional fast-casual...
View ArticleWatch These Self-Driving Remote Control Cars Jump And Flip Through The Air
A group of researchers at George Washington University in Washington, DC uses remote control cars outfitted with sensors that enable them to detect their environment and steer themselves through it,...
View ArticleMAP: Here's Where People Signed Up For Obamacare
The White House on Thursday released final data from the first enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act, which also included a look at each state's relative success or failure in the law's first...
View ArticleNew PayPal Exec Blasts Fellow Employees In Late-Night Tweets
Less than two months after getting hired to be PayPal's new director of strategy, Rakesh "Rocky" Agrawal has taken to Twitter to insult some of his new fellow employees. His tweets started at about 1...
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