Can This Man Save AOL?
David Shing, better known as Shingy, made up his own job title and role, which ranges from spokesperson to branding guru to tech oracle. He’s both widely revered and widely ridiculed — but none of that will matter if he manages to make the dial-up-era dinosaur cool again.
November 11, 2014 at 07:23PM
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Inside Alibaba’s war room on the world’s biggest online shopping day
For Alibaba’s staff, long hours fueled by Red Bull and Starbucks — there is one on the Alibaba campus, which is also home to a gym, a library, and a post office — have become the norm over the past few weeks. About 11,000 staff have been involved in the holiday’s execution.
November 11, 2014 at 06:20PM
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“Good Enough” Tanks Won WWII
Sometimes a “good enough” military technology can achieve victory over better military technologies.
November 11, 2014 at 06:20PM
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Spotify Responds To Taylor Swift
Spotify is the future. Spotify is the enemy. Spotify doesn’t pay enough. Spotify is music’s best bet for revenue growth.
November 11, 2014 at 05:14PM
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Everybody Sexts
What love (and sex) really looks like in the 21st century.
November 11, 2014 at 04:13PM
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I caught the thief who stole my iPhone
My iPhone 6 Plus got stolen at a bar. I got it back using Find My iPhone.
November 11, 2014 at 09:38AM
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Man embeds computer chips in hands to store Bitcoin
By implanting 12mm glass computer chips in his flesh Martijn Wismeijer has been able to store Bitcoins inside his body, create a personalized alarm clock and will even be able to install keyless doors in his home.
November 11, 2014 at 07:37AM
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Somebody is snooping on CEOs by hacking hotel wi-fi
Attackers have been targeting executives and getting them to download malware disguised as updates for software such as Adobe Flash, Google Toolbar and Microsoft Messenger.
November 10, 2014 at 09:07PM
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How Old Is a Star in Newspaper Years?
Trying to really understand what it means for a star to be 17 light years away can be hard. The New York Times can help.
November 10, 2014 at 08:21PM
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DARPA Wants To Build Flying Aircraft Carriers
Providing yet further evidence that we are living in the “Avengers” universe, the U.S. military’s futuristic tech agency has announced that it is soliciting ideas for converting existing large aircraft into flying platforms for launching drones.
November 10, 2014 at 05:55PM
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