14 Actors Who Got Their Big Break Later In Life
Not everyone is born a star. For some celebrities, it takes years of hard work, small roles, and persistence to make it in show business.This was the case for Jeremy Renner, who didn't get his big...
View ArticleNorway's Curling Team Is Wearing Amazing Houndstooth Knickers In Sochi
When it comes to fashion at the Sochi Olympics, Norway's men's curling team is winning all the medals.Their latest outfit in their round robin match against Germany includes red, white, and blue...
View Article3,000 Thursday Flights Cancelled As Northeast Braces For Snow
The winter storm that has been thrashing the South is headed north, and New York City is expecting 8 to 12 inches of snow overnight and Thursday.Airlines aren't waiting to modify service: More than...
View ArticleVirgin America Wants To Turn Boring Plane Flights Into Awesome Networking...
So you're sitting on a plane and you have a great business idea. You look to your left, you have a window. You look to your right, there's a person sleeping.What do you do?Virgin America and Here on...
View ArticlePHOTOS: This Is Supposedly The iPhone 6 (AAPL)
We now have a pretty good idea about what the next iPhone is going to look like.Blogger Sonny Dickson says he's gotten his hands on the casings Apple is planning to use for the iPhone 6. He says that...
View ArticleThe Global Money Management Business Will Balloon To $100 Trillion By 2020
Global assets under management will climb to $102 trillion by 2020, from $64 trillion in 2012, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers. In North America alone, AUM is expected to climb to $49...
View ArticleThis Mesmerizing Graphic Shows Which Cancers Are The Most Common And The Most...
Which cancers affect the most people in the U.S.? And which ones are people most likely to die from? Biotechnologist David Taylor created the visualization below for his blog and gave us permission to...
View ArticleThis $10 Billion Company You've Never Heard Of Is The Reason Your Internet Is...
If you've been watching the Olympics online, you've got one company to thank for the quality of your stream.It isn't NBC or your cable provider. It's a company based out of Massachusetts with a...
View ArticleA Bunch Of Cisco's Products Have A Defect That Will Cost $655 Million To Fix...
During Cisco's quarterly financial report, it slipped in this bit of bad news: it expects to spend $655 million to fix a problem with a defective part for a product that is widely installed in lots of...
View ArticleInstagram Thinks These 10 Photo Communities Are So Great Advertisers Should...
Late last year, Instagram made the much fretted-over decision to start introducing ads into users' photo feeds. The first few ad campaigns that we spottedâlike the first one, from Michael Korsâlooked...
View ArticleNow Facebook Wants To Put Its Valley Employees On Commuter Boats, Too
First we had the Google buses. Then we had the Google ferry. And don't forget the Microsoft buses. Now it looks like Facebook wants to join the fun.The social networking giant launched a ferry service...
View ArticleThe Sexiest Curlers Alive
There's a popular consensus that curling is a lovably lame sport that requires no skill or athleticism.People like it, but only ironically.In reality, though, curling is a highly technical game that...
View ArticleBob Costas Explains Why His Eyes Are Keeping Him From Broadcasting The...
Bob Costas won't host NBC's primetime Olympics coverage for the second night in a row, he announced on the Today Show this morning.Costas has been battling through an eye infection since the games...
View ArticleThese Are The 11 App Developers You Need To Watch In 2014
Some critics say that 2013 was a lost year for tech, citing that there was a serious lack of innovation.But that could only mean good things for 2014. Developers are looking for ways to correct 2013's...
View ArticleGoogle And VMware Just Joined Forces To Gang Up On Microsoft
There's been a lot of good news about Google's Chromebooks lately.This holiday season, Chromebooks were the best-selling laptops on Amazon, beating both Windows PCs and Macs.This year, every major PC...
View ArticleHow P&G, AT&T And 4 Other Major Companies Were Duped Into Running Ads On...
A tongue-in-cheek "calendar" is being passed around at a major auditor of online video advertising. The months depict pinups of ads from major companies like Procter & Gamble, Unilever and...
View ArticleWhy They Gave Out Two Gold Medals In Downhill Skiing Instead Of Measuring To...
Switzerland's Dominique Gisin and Slovenia's Tina Maze tied for gold in the women's downhill on Wednesday, the first time in Olympics history that an alpine skiing event awarded two gold medals.They...
View ArticleA Perfect Photo Of The Skiers Who Shared Gold After A Historic Tie At The...
For the first time in Olympics history, we have a tie for gold in an alpine skiing event.Switzerland's Dominique Gisin and Slovenia's Tina Maze both finished with a time of 1:47.57 in Wednesday's...
View ArticleCOMCAST TO BUY TIME WARNER CABLE FOR $159 PER SHARE (TWC, CMCSA)
Comcast is set to buy Time Warner Cable in an all-stock deal that values Time Warner at $159 per share, CNBC's David Faber reports on Twitter.At $159, Comcast would be paying an 18% premium to today's...
View Article35-Foot Shot At The Buzzer Keeps Top-Ranked Syracuse Undefeated
Syracuse's hopes for a perfect season remained intact thanks to a 35-foot shot at the buzzer by Tyler Ennis to give the Orange a 58-56 win.Despite being 23-0 entering the game, Syracuse was actually a...
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