Here's How To Determine If You're Eligible For Obama's New Student Loan...
President Obama announced an expansion of his income based education loan repayment plan Monday, extending the "Pay As You Earn" program to 5 million people who were previously ineligible.The PAYE plan...
View ArticleApple Is Having Trouble Fixing Apple Maps
Apple has had a rough time ever since it ditched Google Maps to create its own Maps app, and the hiccups have only continued.When it first launched, Apple Maps was so buggy and inaccurate that CEO Tim...
View ArticleChicago Police Caught A Robber With Facial Recognition Technology, And He's...
The first person arrested using Chicago police's new facial recognition technology has been sentenced to 22 years in prison, according to The Chicago Sun Times.Pierre D. Martin, 35, was arrested for...
View ArticleBusiness Insider Is Hiring A Full-Time Copy Editor
Business Insider is hiring a copy editor to join our newsroom and cover the early shift.This person will work full time in Business Insider's brand-new NYC headquarters, editing copy on screen for...
View ArticleSTOCKS EEK OUT ANOTHER RECORD HIGH: Here's What You Need To Know (FDO, DG)
The market was little changed, but meager gains was all it took for the Dow and S&P 500 to make new record highs.First, the scoreboard:Dow: 16,942.62, 15, 0.1%S&P 500: 1,951.12, 1.7,...
View ArticleLyft Just Made It Even Easier To Get A Ride When Public Transportation Screws...
Crowdsourced transportation app Moovit just partnered with ride-sharing startup Lyft.Somewhat like social mapping app Waze, Moovit helps you find the fastest, least crowded route by tracking the...
View ArticleJon Stewart and Sarah Jessica Parker Ride With Seinfeld In Season 4 Trailer...
Jerry Seinfeld is back with the fourth season of his popular web show, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee."The new trailer features many A-list cameos, from Sarah Jessica Parker ...... to Jon...
View ArticleFacebook Tries To Destroy Snapchat Again With A New Photo Messaging App,...
Facebook has launched a new photo messaging app in select markets, Slingshot, TechCrunch’s Sarah Perez first reported.Slingshot is a photo messaging service that works like Snapchat but the photos and...
View ArticleOil Traders Might Be Missing The Seriousness Of The Latest Iraq Developments
Today, Iraq declared a state of emergency following the occupation of Mosul, the largest city in Iraq's oil-rich northern region, by one of the country's nastiest terror groups.Oil markets are...
View ArticleUrban Outfitters Just Opened Its Most Outrageous Store Yet [PHOTOS]
Urban Outfitters just opened its biggest store yet, and it's like nothing we've ever seen before from the teen retailer.Shoppers could easily get lost for hours in the brand new, 57,000-square-foot...
View ArticleThis Is The One Number That Should Terrify Democrats This Year
Voter enthusiasm ahead of November's elections is firmly on the side of the Republican Party, a familiar trouble sign for Democrats ahead of midterm elections.According to a new Public Religion...
View ArticleLEAKED: LG's First Android Wear Smartwatch Will Supposedly Offer 36-Hour...
More information about the LG G Watch, one of the first smartwatches that will run on Google's Android Wear platform, has leaked out.According to Twitter account @upleaks (via 9to5Google) the G Watch's...
View ArticleAyn Rand Once Applied Her Philosophy To Kittens In A Letter She Wrote To 'Cat...
Ayn Rand was all about objectivism, the philosophical system for the selfish, but she was, apparently, also all about cats.She loved cats so much that she subscribed to "Cat Fancy" magazine and engaged...
View ArticleThe Number Of School Shootings In The U.S. Has Gotten Out Of Control
School and other mass shootings have unfortunately become a regular part of American life. Via Reddit, this chart, from Noel Bautista of ArmchairScholar.com shows the number of school shootings in each...
View ArticleISIS Is Bragging About Its 'Brazen' Attack On Mosul In Its English-Language...
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), a jihadist group so intractable that it was actually kicked out of Al Qaeda's global network this past February, is already boasting in English over its...
View ArticleHere's An Easy Way To Check If Your Internet Provider Is Ripping You Off
When you buy an internet package, you pay for a certain download speed, usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps). But how do you know if you're receiving your money's worth?It's actually easier...
View ArticleSTOCKS GO NOWHERE: Here's What You Need To Know
Stocks finished mixed, but little changed, as the markets were again quiet as has been the recent trend.First, the scoreboard:Dow: 16,945.92, 2.5, 0.02%S&P 500: 1,950.79, -0.48, -0.02%Nasdaq:...
View ArticleBOB BENMOSCHE IS STEPPING DOWN FROM AIG
AIG has announced CEO Bob Benmosche is stepping down at the end of this summer but will stay on as an adviser.The insurance giant named Peter Hancock as his successor. Hancock joined AIG in February...
View ArticleNew Obamacare Boss Has A Surprising Resume
Sylvia Mathews Burwell is taking over the leadership of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from Kathleen Sebelius, and the two women had very different career trajectories to the...
View Article6 Awesome Designs To Protect Areas Hit By Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy wreaked absolute havoc on the east coast, and now several design teams have come up with plans to protect vulnerable cities from future storms.U.S Housing and Urban Development...
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