• Hipster Tax Has Historical Precedent

  Public Policy Polling 27% of Americans think that hipsters should be subject to a special tax because they are so annoying. Frankly, I am a little skeptical about the poll. I'm not certain that all that many Americans have a really clear idea as to what a hipster is or encounter enough hipsters to be annoyed by them. According to ...

• Now Heres An Interesting Problem About Google Glass And Prescription Lenses

  is experimenting with Google Glass and prescription lenses. To cater to those who need eyesight correction but don't want to either wear contacts or to cram the Google Glass frames on over their regular spectacles. Which sounds exceedingly sensible to me I must say. However, this then brings its own problems, at least over here in Europe it will. For over here, at least in most countries, ...

• Google Translate now serves 200 million people daily

  (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Translate provides a billion translations a day for 200 million users, the company revealed here Friday at ...

• Market Update – How far can gold and U.S. dollar move

  Strong Dollar Trade Chart 1:  The price of Gold began its parabolic ascent as in the summer of 2007 moving from approximately $665 to over $1000/oz. as the DXY (U.S. dollar) gapped lower on Fed actions to combat the credit ...

• Can We At Least Agree That Giving .22 Caliber Rifles To Small Children Might Be A Really Bad Idea

  The youth firearm "My First Rifle", is shown advertised on Crickett's web site (crickett.com) In early May of this year, a 2-year-old Cumberland County, Kentucky girl was killed by her 5-year-old brother when a .22 caliber rifle the boy had been playing with--a gift to the child from his parents--discharged. According to the local coroner, the parents believed that the gun, ...

• High Bond Prices Show Theres No Government Debt Problem Only If The EMH Is True

  An argument being used in certain corners of the econosphere at the moment is that high bond prices (or low yields, they're the same statement) show that there's no problem with debt. For, if people were worried about the amount of government debt that there is then government bonds prices would be lower and yields would be higher. Thus, as no one is worried, because yields are low, ...

• Investigators on site of Connecticut train crash

  Passengers wait to be picked up by bus after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Conn., Friday, causing one train to derail and injuring 70 ...

• NewsWatch Draining IRAs too soon poses big risks

  Americans between the ages of 61 and 70 are withdrawing money from their IRAs in amounts that are larger, both in absolute dollar amounts and as a percentage of their IRA account balance, than those taken by older ...

• Robert Powells Retirement Portfolio Don’t fixate on gold in your portfolio

  Those living in retirement are often told to strike a balance between investing for safety and investing for growth. And when it comes to investing for growth, some pundits are fond of telling investors to put their money in commodities, including gold. Doing so, the experts say, is one surefire way to keep pace with ...

• Why this old-school Trekkie loves the Star Trek reboots

  Crave writer Amanda Kooser, a longtime Trekkie, looks at "Star Trek Into Darkness" through the lens of a long "Star Trek" history and (mostly) embraces the new ...

• Bernanke forecasts gains from computer technology

  WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong.Bernanke told a college graduating class Saturday that the long-range practical consequences of innovations such as faster computers and the Internet are hard to predict. But he said inventors have only ...

• NATO Expansion And Russia Youre Not Paranoid If They Really Are Out To Get You

  One of the things that I find most mystifying about Western coverage of Russia is the tendency to treat obvious facts as wild-eyed conspiracy theories. So you have people saying "Putin and his lot are crazy, they think we're trying to start a color revolution! Where on earth did they get that idea?" Meanwhile, in the plain light of day, ...

• What To Do In Los Angeles The HiddenLA Way

  Lynn Garrett knows that loving Los Angeles means looking beyond the stucco facades and traffic pileups, and whatever Hollywood meltdown you saw last night on TMZ. "Los Angeles has a heart that's hidden to most of the world," she says, which is why Garrett ...

• Gallo Micro SE How can a speaker this small sound this good

  Micro SE speaker ($239) is a tiny steel sphere, just 4 inches in diameter -- that's the size of an orange. It's an audiophile quality performer, capable of delivering high-resolution sound and a big, downright spacious stereo image. In fact, the imaging of the Micro SE and the slightly ...

• Who owns the US dollar

  For the truth of it, neither the people of America nor the government of America owns the US dollar. How's that, you say? Well, if one was to really dive just a bit deeper, before hitting the rocks just under the US greenback pond, one would quickly discover that the actual US dollar has not existed since 1913, where it was effectively killed. What is now called the US dollar is actually a ...

• New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft

  Reuters © Visitors play with Microsoft's Xbox 360 consoles at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo, September 15, 2011. REUTERS/Kim ...

• Inaugural Sports PR Summit To Take Place At MLB Fan Cave

  The 2013 Sports PR Summit will bring together PR execs from the various pro sports leagues as well as from the NCAA/college ranks at the MLB Fan Cave in New York. There is apparently a lack of candid conversations between senior public relations people, media members and athletes. However, it is evident that there is a cure on the horizon. It comes in the form of the first-ever ...

• Of Course The PlayStation 4 Has More Buzz Than Microsofts New Xbox

  ony PlayStation 4 Riding Wave Of Twice The Social Media Buzz Of New Microsoft Xbox ." In it, he speaks to social media tracking expert Jen Handley of Fizziology, who says that across sites from Twitter to Tumblr ...

• Creating Adaptive Personalized Effective and Addictive Education System for the Next Century

  our education system is not broken but has simply become obsolete . It's doing exactly what it was designed to do but unfortunately, our needs have changed. We can't just make incremental improvement to the current education system to somehow make it work for the next century. It's like changing the screen or making incremental changes to an old Nokia phone and somehow expecting ...

• Is Gawkers Rob Ford Crackstarter Crowdfundings Jump-The-Shark Moment

  Gawker posted a piece by John Cooke detailing how the publication came to be offered a video of what was claimed to be Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack. Cooke journeyed to TO, met with some shady characters and saw the video footage with his own eyes. The video's owners ...

• Could Tumblr turn into Yahoos MySpace

  Can Yahoo and Tumblr >>> (Credit: CNET screenshot) Marissa Mayer wants Yahoo to attract a younger, hipper and cooler audience for Yahoo. Its audience of 700 million is aging, and the 18-year-old brand that defined the first era of the web doesn't have a compelling entry point to attract the coveted 18-to-34 demographic. Speaking at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology conference ...

• Pixels camera failure only one of many

  Google Keep note-taking comes to Chrome Ian Ellison-Taylor, Director of Web Platform Product Management, agreed. "We have done a lot of work on performance per tab, and on our own apps, as well," he said. The first steps toward solving the virtual memory problem has been completed, Kay said. They've been able to get a tab to recognize when it's streaming audio. The ...

• Will San Diego see more sidewalk cafes

  Take a stroll along any Parisian boulevard, and you'd be hard-pressed to find an eatery that doesn't have outdoor seating. An essential ingredient in the streetside milieu that makes the city so inviting, sidewalk cafes are equally beloved by San Diego restaurateurs -- but not nearly so ...

• The Southern Charms Of Charleston

  | CHARLESTON, South Carolina - If you were writing a math equation, the coastal city of Charleston would sum up all parts of culture, food, festival, history, walking, and Lowcountry ...

• Health Plans Cautious On Where To Sell Obamacare Coverage

  National health plans so far have announced participation in "fewer than 15 states" to provide benefits under the Affordable Care Act. (Photo credit: ...

• Making It Big On Wall Street

  There's no doubt that America is enthralled with Wall Street's big hitters. Many of them lead lives that seem more befitting of rock stars than those of MBAs. Making millions is just one benefit of a career that includes rubbing elbows with the rich and famous. Making it big ...

• Want a 10-foot-tall painting of Star Wars action figures

  (Credit: Kickstarter) Do you still have your original "Star Wars" action figures? Mine are tucked away in storage, but looking at Rob Burden's artwork makes me want to dig them out. The San Francisco artist is so obsessed with his old "Star Wars" figures that he does 10-foot-tall oil paintings of them, like "The Birth of a Jedi," above. The works ...

• Why We Shouldnt Be Surprised That Managers Dont Embrace Complexity

  Leonardo da Vinci , the great genius of the Middle Ages, asserted that, "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." Most modern managers would agree. Every good operation works hard to streamline their processes down to the barest ...

• A Fishing Tournament In Gotham City

  Captain Frank Crescitelli produced his first belly howl of the day. His 32-foot Regulator fishing boat was one among 40 others of its ilk being tossed about mercilessly in the crisscrossed waves of the active New York Harbor on this pleasant Friday in the spring. A helicopter flew overhead, commandeered by a film crew. Kid Rock blared from the Regulator's speakers. And Captain Frank--he of ...

• If Orb Wins Preakness Sell All Your Stocks

  LOUISVILLE, KY - APRIL 28: Julio Gondola holds Orb while Stuart Dillender attaches his blanket after being bathed during the morning excercise session in preparation for the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on April 28, 2013 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Kentucky ...

• Slide Show Lamborghini Egoista Dream on

  Absurd? Check. Irresistible? Double check. From Autoweek.com, here are some things you should know about the Lamborghini Egoista concept, which has made quite a splash since its debut as part of Lamborghini's 50th anniversary ...

• Realtor receives top state honor at ceremony

  The Women's Council of Realtors has more than 12,000 members nationally and is an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors. Its mission is to empower women Realtors to reach their full potential as entrepreneurs and real estate industry leaders. Jones has worked in the real estate industry and been a member of the Association of Realtors for 14 years. She has been a member of the ...

• Paul B. Farrell $10 trillion in X-Prizes needed to save the world

  SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Yes, X-Prize billionaires are failing their mission: "Making the Impossible Possible." Now they need at least $10 trillion to save the world, and a far grander vision, the new ...

• How BlackBerry is fixing its once broken brand

  Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben is trying to re-energize the brand by focusing on the BlackBerry name, eschewing old standbys like Bold and ...

• Winklevoss twins on Bitcoin Time to work with the Feds

  Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who parlayed Facebook cash into a multi-million dollar Bitcoin stake, say making money means working with the Feds. Meanwhile, the Bitcoin Foundation is about to hire its first D.C. ...

• 5 Worst Home Renovation Projects

  TheStreet ) — A new bathroom or roof can make your home a lot more pleasant, but don’t expect to recover its cost when you sell. That’s because a recent analysis by Remodeling magazine and the National Association of Realtors found that none of 35 upgrades studied will boost your home’s value enough to cover the job’s nationwide average price. ';You can ...

• Australian dollar drops below parity with US dollar mainly due to US positive gains

  The Australian dollar fell below parity with the US dollar and stayed down during the whole week, which is widely attributed to positive indicators in the US economy.On Friday, the Australian dollar took another step lower, falling as low as 97.33 US cents, a level not seen since June 2012.The Australian dollar tumbled to 98.3 cents late on Thursday, breaking through its 11-month low of 98.5 ...

• Stocks surge higher on positive news about US economy

  Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City. Stocks surged higher, the fourth straight week of gains for Wall Street. (Spencer Platt/Getty ...

• IRS And 501 Damned If They Do Damned If They Dont

  English: Senator Norm Coleman (R - Minnesota) and his wife, Laurie Coleman. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Damned if you do, damned if you don't. While heads role at the IRS for allegedly picking on Tea Party groups, the agency is being sued ...

• Dirty Dozen The 12 Worst Mutual Funds

  High fees plus poor performance: The formula is pretty easy to determine what makes a bad mutual fund. Some, though, are worse than others--and some are so bad that they've made it into one publication's unofficial hall of shame for charging big fees but delivering small results. Funds that depend on bad market performance--"bear funds"--for their growth have done ...

• New Microsoft CFOs compensation package disclosed

  Welcome to Microsoft Pri0: That's Microspeak for top priority, and that's the news and observations you'll find here from Seattle Times technology reporter Janet I. ...

• DirecTV reportedly wants to buy Hulu again

  (Credit: Hulu) Satellite TV provider DirecTV is thinking about buying all or parts of streaming-video site Hulu, according to news reports Friday. An unnamed source ...

• When Is An Apology NOT An Apology New Lessons From Abercrombie Fitch

  It takes no responsibility for the action that prompted the apology. It has no sense of mea culpa, or remorse, but rather seems to transfer the blame to you - sorry YOU got upset, not that I did something to upset you. In a marriage, too many of those, and you are headed to divorce court. In a friendship, that way lays "unfriending." And so, here we go again. Given the groundswell of ...

• Yahoo to consider $1.1B price tag for Tumblr this Sunday -- report

  AllThingsD reported Friday. Unnamed sources told ATD that the deal is entirely in cash, which means Yahoo isn't offering up any stock options for the hip blogging site. The sources also said Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer -- who has been trying to turn the large, struggling company around -- thinks buying Tumblr is key to her vision of a new Yahoo. Yahoo sent out ...

• Ready for Windows 8 Were just starting on Win 7 says Dell

  (Credit: Microsoft) Maybe everyone's focused on the wrong Microsoft operating system. Dell said during its earnings conference call on Thursday that "commercial" customers, meaning corporate customers, are just now transitioning ...

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