Figuring out why the season premier of Game of Thrones crashed last year for HBO’s streaming users was not just a matter of customer service for the network. If people couldn’t get their fix of the series, they were going to look elsewhere for it, and when they found it, HBO was going to lose […]
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Apple’s New ‘Spaceship’ Office Propelling Employees Towards Success
In a shocking turn of events, Apple has decided to take a leap of faith in innovation and try something completely new. Wait, they already do that, don’t they? Man, these guys are good. According to the U.K.’s Daily Mail, Apple and its team of architects are building a massive UFO-shaped campus that should be […]
TED Teams Up With PBS for Six Nights of Presentations on Education, War, and Science
PBS is teaming up with the nonprofit organization TED to present a six-night series of “TED Talks Live” at the Town Hall in Manhattan’s theater district this coming fall. Already a well-known organization, it’s expected that TED will draw a big crowd to the event. Variety describes the group as a “brainy nonprofit that showcases […]
Days After Windows 10 Launch, Microsoft’s Cortana Is Cheating On Bing
In 1984, Apple booted up the original Macintosh, which famously said “Hello!” to the new computing age. Ever since, the top technology companies in the world have been locked in constant battle, always competing to roll out newer, better features. A few years ago, Apple introduced the world to Siri, another talking computer. By 2013, […]
Elon Musk and Talulah Riley Aren’t Headed to Divorce Court Again After All
Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy may have announced their split this week, but it appears that love isn’t dead for one of the world’s power couples. SpaceX and PayPal founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has canceled plans to divorce his wife, actress Talulah Riley. If they had gone through with the divorce, this […]
Why Cellphone Use is Soaring in the Operating Room
People are often asked to turn off their cellphones in movie theaters, restaurants, classrooms and a number of other settings in which cellphone use can be an unwelcome distraction. But what about in the operating room, the place where you expect your doctors to focus their full attention on you and your surgery? Shockingly, new […]
TurboTax Software Will Drop Cloud-Based Storage for Tax Return Backup Files on July 21
UPDATED 11/18/20 Filing your taxes is an important part of being an adult and making sure you keep copies of your files either on digital record or paper record is a must. With free electronic filing of taxes you may not get an automatic print out of your files. Any tax lawyer will tell you […]
The Success of Netflix Isn’t About Video Streaming At All
What exactly makes Netflix so successful? Or, as the online marketing publication The Drum asks, “Why does Netflix continue to dominate among streaming services?” There certainly isn’t a lack of choices when it comes to streaming TV shows and movies online; between Netflix, Hulu (and Hulu +), Amazon Prime, HBO Go, and slews of questionable […]
Parents Now Speak Emoji, Children Collectively Groan
Erica’s 57-year-old father needs the help of his secretary to set up his Word documents, but loves emojis. The rabbi sent his 27-year-old daughter 70 emojis over the course of 18 text messages. “My dad uses them in every text,” she told the New York Post. “ ’I’m going to a funeral now, [:Monkey_Face: :Camel: :Dog:]!’ ” […]
Kim Kardashian May Need Her Uterus Removed
In a recent promotional video for her reality TV series, Kim Kardashian reveals that she may need a hysterectomy, a surgical procedure commonly used to treat uterine fibroids, endometriosis, uterine prolapse, and abnormal uterine bleeding by removing the uterus. The heavy revelation comes as Kardashian and her husband Kanye West try to have another child. […]