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Why Google Isn’t Growing
AP Google CEO Larry Page Google CEO Larry Page can be forgiven for being in a bad mood this weekend. On his company’s Q1 2014 earnings call, his people delivered what he thought would be good news: revenues of $15.4 billion, up 19%. Very, very few business can deliver 20% growth on billions in revenues. […]
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You Can Get A Free iPhone 5s For Trading In Your Old iPhone At RadioShack Starting Today
Soldier Knows Best Starting today, RadioShack is offering a compelling promotion for those in the market for a new iPhone. The electronics retailer is offering the iPhone 5S for free as long as you’re willing to trade in your old iPhone 4s. As is the case with most promotions, you’ll have to commit to a […]
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What Happened To 7 Of The Earliest Employees Who Launched Amazon
Amazon Inc. Jeff Bezos’ official Amazon portrait. When Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie started driving northwest from New York in 1994, they were setting off on a journey to create one of the biggest e-commerce sites in the United States, based in Seattle. Although they took that first long road trip alone, it didn’t […]
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The New York Attorney General Is Going After Airbnb For What It Calls ‘Illegal Hotels’
Getty Images/Bloomberg Airbnb co-founder, CEO Brian Chesky The New York Attorney General’s office filed legal paperwork on Friday to compel Airbnb to turn over names of some of its users. The AG wants to subpoena Airbnb’s records to locate people it believes are running “illegal hotels,” according to an AG spokesperson. New York’s top attorney […]
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Here’s How To Opt Out Of Those Annoying Targeted Ads In Your Gmail
Targeted ads can be extremely distracting, not least of which because they’re a reminder that the big G is scanning your email. You can’t stop it from doing that, and you can’t stop it from serving up ads altogether, but you can stop it from giving you targeted ads in your email. And you can […]
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Nike Has Fired Most Of Its FuelBand Team And Will Stop Making Wearable Devices
Screenshot There have been rumors that Nike will stop making its FuelBand wearable device, and now it looks like the rumors have come true. A person familiar with Nike’s plans confirmed to CNET that the company will get out of the fitness band business and will stick with software, such as the Nike+ app for […]
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A 108-Year-Old S.F. Earthquake Survivor Offers A Pretty Accurate Description Of The Silicon Valley
Hoodline interviewed one of only two people who survived the 1906 earthquake. His name is Bill Del Monte, and he now lives north of the city, in Marin. The whole interview is awesome, as he talks about how the city and technology have changed over the decades. “It has changed a helluva lot, that’s for […]
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These Scientists Used Fire To Accompany Their Music, And It’s Beautiful
Yay for science. A Rubens’ tube is a pipe with holes in it. You put a flammable gas through the pipe, and then light it on fire. Kind of like the pipes in your gas-powered barbecue. But what happens when you play music through the tubes? These scientists in Denmark built a “Pyro Board” to […]
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TaskRabbit Will Let You Spend Half An Hour With A Bunny Today
Flickr / Wade Simmons Seems like Uber started a (dangerously cute) trend last fall when it celebrated National Cat day by delivering people kittens to cuddle with for 15 minutes. Today, in honor of Easter, TaskRabbit is bringing San Franciscans half-hour snuggle sessions with bunnies. Rabbit visits, which can be arranged on TaskRabbit’s app until 3 p.m. […]
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This Futuristic Looking 3D-Printed Cast Could Finally Make Having A Broken Arm Look Cool
A’Design Award and Competition While your friends may not be able to sign this cast, it sure looks a huge improvement on the old one. This new 3D-printed alternative kind of looks like a black plastic spider web wrapped around your arm and it uses an ultrasound device to make your broken bone heal faster. […]