After Beats Electronics and Music scored $3 billion when it became part of Apple, not everyone was happy. A former partner of Beats executiv...
Rejoice! You Can Now Zoom In On Instagram Photos, Videos
How many times have you looked at an Instagram photo on your smartphone and instinctively tapped the picture to get a closer look at the det...
Samsung Delays Galaxy Note 7 Shipments After Reports Of Explosions, Fires
Following Korean news reports of the batteries in some new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones catching fire or exploding, Samsung says it is delay...
Transatlantic United Airlines Flight Diverted After 12 Injured During Severe Turbulence
A United Airlines flight from Houston bound for London was diverted to Shannon Airport in Ireland, after extremely bumpy skies injured 12 on...
Amazon May Or May Not Be Trying To Overtake UPS And FedEx
When you see a UPS or FedEx truck in your neighborhood on a weekday, or a U.S. Postal Service truck on a Sunday, they’re probably there with...
Dropbox Breach Affected Logins For 68 Million Accounts
Last week, Dropbox asked longtime users to update their login credentials after learning that their information may have been compromised n...
When Is A Cooler Too Cool? When People Keep Stealing Them
When you think of designer goods that are prime targets for thieves, you might think of stuff like handbags, jewelry, and clothing, perhaps....
Study: The “Better” Walmarts Are In Higher-Income, Whiter Areas
All Walmarts are, bluntly, not created equal. Some have better customer service than others and are just plain more pleasant shopping experi...
We’re Spending More At Restaurants, But Not Because We’re Dining Out More
In 2015, the average household spent around $3,008 to go to restaurants and have someone else do the cooking and dishwashing for once. That’...
Uber Driver Accused Of Robbing, Assaulting Disabled Woman
It seems every week we’re reporting on ride-share drivers accused of mistreating the passengers they’re hired to take from point A to B, and...
Fox & Hound, Champps Locations Closing After Owner Files For Bankruptcy
If you were planning on watching upcoming NCAA or NFL games at a Fox & Hound or Champps sport bar, you should call first. Dozens of loca...
United Airlines Employee Accused Of Stealing $129K Worth Of Jewelry From Passenger
Despite that popular childhood chant, finders is not keepers in the adult world, which is why a United Airlines employee is in hot water for...
Diamond Macadamia Nuts Recalled For Possible Salmonella Contamination
Nuts are a delicious and filling snack and a tasty addition to a cookie, but they’re a lot less healthy when they come with a generous coati...
For-Profit College Operator Sues Feds After Non-Profit Status Rejected
Earlier this month, the Department of Education denied non-profit status to a chain of for-profit career colleges , accusing the schools’ op...
Google Launching Actual Ride-Sharing Pilot To Compete With Uber, Lyft
When Uber was new, it may have claimed to be a ride-sharing service, but these days it’s a high-tech, glorified, unlicensed taxi app. So Goo...
Shoppers Use Sledgehammer To Rescue Infant From Hot Car In Parking Lot
When there’s a baby locked in a hot car, there’s only one option: get that kid out of there, no matter what it takes. In the case of a four-...
Uber “Local Rewards” Program Offers Free Rides For Shopping, Dining Out
Two months ago, Uber launched a rewards program that offered free rides to users who used a Capital One credit card . Today, the company unv...
Petsitter Loses $1 Million Lawsuit Over Negative Yelp Review
The six-month saga of the Texas petsitter who sued a customer for up to $1 million in damages over a negative Yelp review appears to have co...
Twitter Wants Your Videos So Much, It Will Let You Keep Most Of The Ad Money
Hey, have you heard about video? You might have missed it, what with literally every social media platform all but begging you to post more ...
IKEA Taking Its Time Providing Records Related To Massive Dresser Recall
Two months after IKEA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission took the unprecedented step in recalling $29 million top-heavy Malm and oth...
Jack In The Box Is Testing “Brunchfast” Menu In Southern California
As it was foretold, so it has come to past: after filing a trademark application for the term “brunchfast” earlier this summer, Jack in the...
Apple Sued Over “Touch Disease” Flaw In iPhone 6s
It was really only a matter of time: owners of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices affected by the so-called “touch disease” have sued Apple over a...
The Battle Between Trader Joe’s & Pirate Joe’s Rages On
Can you effectively recreate a supermarket by buying a bunch of that store’s products, shipping them across the border and selling them in a...
Chipotle Hopes Freebies For Kids & Students Will Convince Customers To Return
In its continuing effort to make everyone forget about all that food-borne illness stuff from last year, Chipotle is trotting out two new p...
You Can Go Livestream 400 PlayStation 3 Games On Your PC Today
To people immersed in the world of video games, some things read as a given. You only play Halo titles on Xbox consoles. You only play Unch...
Sears Bringing Paint Back To Store Shelves Nationwide
Now that home improvement materials are selling like hot cakes, , Sears is hoping it can capitalize on the DIY trend by selling paint for th...
Amazon Echo Will Let You Control Sonos Speakers
The Amazon Echo has a decent voice-controlled “assistant” in Alexa; too bad the speaker itself isn’t so great. Meanwhile, Sonos makes decent...
Consumer Privacy Groups File FTC Complaint Over Facebook, WhatsApp Data Sharing
It’s been less than a week since WhatsApp announced it would start sharing some user data with parent company Facebook, but in that short t...
Abercrombie & Fitch Not Focused On Sexy Abs Now, Just Wants You To Be Your “Best Self”
We’ve come a long way from the days of glistening abs stretching across every Abercrombie & Fitch billboard and shopping bag, and “cool”...
Chipotle Worker Lawsuit Now Has Nearly 10,000 Plaintiffs
Nearly two years after a Chipotle employee filed a class-action seeking lawsuit accusing the fast casual restaurant of wage theft, the case ...
Video Claims To Show Price Discrepancies Of Up To 78% At L.A. Zara Store
Last week, a Zara customer filed a lawsuit against the company accusing it of misleading customers by posting some prices in euros and othe...
Court Throws Out Federal Government’s Lawsuit Over AT&T “Unlimited” Data Plans
Nearly two years ago, the Federal Trade Commission sued AT&T for allegedly misleading wireless customers by charging them for “unlimite...
Airbnb Hosts Having Difficulty Refinancing Homes
Until recently, home loans generally covered two types of properties: primary residences or investments. That was before services like Airbn...
Amazon Testing A 30-Hour Work Week For Some Employees
The dream of the four-day workweek is alive at Amazon, where the company is testing out a plan that has certain teams of workers on a part-t...
Whirlpool Recalls 15K Microwaves After Reports Of Three Fires
Microwaves are supposed to heat up your leftovers or make popcorn, not catch fire. So after learning about a handful of Whirlpool microwaves...
American Airlines Asks Passengers To Make Flying Experience Better (Because It Won’t)
American Airlines wants you to be happy in the air. Or at least, they want you not to cause an incident that will result in an emergency lan...
Mondelez Abandons Bid To Create Snack-Candy Behemoth With Hershey Purchase
The residents of Hershey, PA, can breathe a sigh a relief today, as Mondelez — the owner of Nabisco and Cadbury — announced it would ditch ...
Police: Phone Repair Tech Sent Female Customer’s Personal Photos To Himself
Sometimes, we have no choice but to leave our smart devices in the hands of another. But after she left her phone for repair, a woman in the...