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September 5, 2014
Rebranding The Male Ginger As A Hottie
Photographer Thomas Knights has launched a redhead rebellion, and it's damn sexy.
When you think of attractive redheaded women, you're thinking Lindsay Lohan in her prime, Christina Hendricks in all her buxom glory, Nicole Kidman in a regal red-carpet pose--shall we go on? When you think of attractive redheaded men, you're thinking Prince Harry, you're thinking…um…yeah.
Tim Cook Promises To Beef Up Apple's Two-Step Authentication Following Celeb Photo Leaks
Apple plans to "aggressively" encourage customers to turn the security feature on.
This week, an underground ring of hornballs published online more than 100 intimate photos of famous women, many of which were stolen from iPhones. Apple was quick to investigate the alleged iCloud leak, but the company's public-facing conclusions were, well, more confusing than they were helpful.
Why Does Twitter Feel So Angry?
Studies show that, yes, anger is the currency of the social web.
Last week, my colleague Sarah Kessler wrote an excellent analysis about whether August was actually a terrible month because, well, it sure felt like it.
The Case For Letting Employees Choose Their Own Job Titles
The strategy did wonders at the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Can it work elsewhere?
It's not unusual these days to see people with unusual job titles. There's a Director of Chaos at Berkshire Hathaway and a Director of First Impressions at the reception desk of many companies. Google has a Captain of Moonshots. Some employees at IBM call themselves Data Detectives, and a former marketing team member at Quicken Loans held the
title Revenue Raiser.* Disney refers to some of its workers as Cast Members.
The more that being yourself is part of your job description, the less reason you have to fake it.
The Early Adopters Of Insect Cuisine Will Be Young, Food-Curious Men
Are bugs on the verge of becoming a part of the Western mainstream diet?
There's no shortage of free-thinking chefs and food entrepreneurs betting that healthy, protein-rich insects are on the verge of entering the mainstream Western diet. Startups in the U.S. and the Netherlands are already farming food-grade bugs, a British company is designing insect-based sushi boxes, and there's even a cookbook for haute insect fare. But although bugs are already eaten by 2 billion people in non-Western cultures, there's still a massive ick factor to overcome before we'll see the majority of Americans crunching away.
Why Drive-Thru Dining Is Getting Slower
Fast food is getting slower, but the big companies don't seem too worried, and chances are, neither are you.
What does another 15 seconds matter to your day? It's an insignificant sum, nothing you might notice while waiting in a drive-thru for your lunch. But multiply that by 100 customers, and it balloons to a 25-minute wait on your fries. Multiply that by the 68 million people McDonald's serves each day, and lines are backed up by 32 years.
Can AliveCor's Heart Monitor Predict Your Stroke Before It Strikes?
The smartphone medical device company has received FDA approval and expects to add the feature to its app this month.
This article contains interviews with Euan Thomson, president and chief executive officer of AliveCor; Dr. Richard Wong, cardiologist with Cardiology Consultants Medical Group; Dr. Leslie Saxon, founder of the Center for Body Computing and chief cardiologist at USC's Keck School of Medicine; and Kevin R. Campbell, cardiologist at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
September 4, 2014
The New Microsoft Phones Are Still Nokia Phones
Two new models look nice for the money--but they don't explain why Microsoft decided to get into the phone business.
In September of 2013, Microsoft agreed to buy Nokia's phone business. After clearing the necessary regulatory hurdles, the deal closed in April. Which means that what were once Nokia smartphones are now Microsoft smartphones.
Bowing To Pressure From Twitter, Twitpic Is Shutting Down
The social network threatened to cut off access to its API if Twitpic did not abandon its trademark application.
Bowing to pressure from Twitter, media-hosting service Twitpic said Thursday it will shut down September 25. Twitpic users have until then to export their photos and videos.
Twitter May Adopt A Facebook-Like Algorithmic Feed
But key to Twitter's role in breaking news is the reverse chronological timeline it has had for eight years.
Twitter's chief financial officer, Anthony Noto, on Wednesday said the social network could adopt an Facebook-like, algorithmically ranked feed, breaking away from the reverse chronological timeline it has had since it launched in 2006.
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