When Twitter was created, there was no built-in way to indicate that you were Tweeting to a particular account, so users came up with the “@...
Some Online Publishers Backing Away From Those Fake “Around The Web” Ads
The internet is covered in advertising.* It’s a fact of life. Some of that advertising, though, is a lot better — or at least, less complete...
Nissan Has Great Sales, Pays Out Big Incentives And Rebates To Dealers To Get There
Nissan is one of the top auto brands in the country, which is nice and all, but the owner of the country’s largest chain of auto dealers gav...
Shoppers Will Spend More Money On Carving Pumpkins Than On Buying Pumpkin Products
Every fall it seems like all anyone can ever talk about is “Oh I can’t believe someone is selling pumpkin spice potato chips ” or “Really, d...
McDonald’s Will Pay $3.75M To Settle Franchisee’s Alleged Labor Violations
Two years after the National Labor Relations Board General Counsel declared that McDonald’s could be held responsible for franchisees’ bad...
Supreme Court Asks Feds To Chime In On Decade-Old “Dancing Baby” YouTube Case
Creator Of Breaking Bad’s “Pollos Hermanos” Logo Suing Sony Over Merchandise
If you’re a fan of Breaking Bad , you’re undoubtedly very familiar with the show’s Los Pollos Hermanos — heck, you might even go so far as b...
Is Migraine Relief Worth $83 Per Pill To You?
While you might pay any amount of money for relief in the middle of a migraine headache, patients and insurance companies alike have their c...
Butterball Help Line Now Lets Customers Text Questions
Three years after Butterball revolutionized its Turkey Talk help line by adding male operators for the first time , the company is once agai...
Self-Described “Simple Man” Pays $9M For License Plate
While here in the U.S. you can get a personalized license plate, having “ILUVCHEEZ” on your bumpers won’t break the bank. Outside of the U.S...
The Tiny Home Market Isn’t Booming Despite What TV Tells You
It’s a novel idea: spend less on a smaller, often portable, home and and have extra money to travel, pay off student loans, or simply move f...
Reminder: Please Don’t Scatter Human Remains At The Opera
It’s understandable that someone would harbor a lifelong love of the opera, an affection that could lead one to wish they could stay at the ...
More States Legalizing Pot Could Force Feds To Do Something About Bank Access
Operating a store selling a product that’s legal in your state but illegal on the federal level creates a unique business challenge: running...
Southwest Airlines Giving “No Thought Whatsoever” To Checked Bag Fees
Southwest Airlines is the only one of the largest U.S. commercial airlines that does not charge for customers to check bags, meaning the com...
Luxury Retailers Offering Fewer Handbag Choices This Holiday Season Amid Lack Of Demand
Luxury labels are having a rough go of it lately, what with fewer tourists flocking to department stores and slowing traffic at standalone ...
Apple Discontinuing MacBook Startup Chime
One of the most instantly recognizable sounds in electronics may be about to go the way of “You’ve Got Mail,” as Apple is reportedly doing a...
CenturyLink Snapping Up Level 3 For $34 Billion To Make Internet Service Voltron
Boo! If you think mergers and acquisitions are scary, than two huge companies have a special Halloween morning treat for you: CenturyLink an...
Should Police Need A Warrant To Obtain Your Cellphone Location Data?
On TV and in the movies, when the police want location information on a suspect’s cellphone, the world-weary detectives just mosey into the ...
One Woman Dead In Hawaii Scallops Hepatitis A Outbreak
The likely 50-day incubation period is over, and there have been no new cases of hepatitis A linked to contaminated scallops served at sushi...
American Airlines Flight Catches Fire After Aborting Takeoff In Chicago
An American Airlines flight preparing to takeoff from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport blew a tire and caught fire Friday afternoon fo...
Toyota Latest Carmaker To Invest In Car-Sharing Company
Following in the footsteps of rival carmakers BMW and General Motors , Toyota dipped its tires into the sharing game on Friday, announcing ...
Veteran Accuses American Airlines Of Illegally Barring Her Service Dog From Plane
Last year, American Airlines issued an apology to a retired U.S. Marine after the veteran said he and his service dog were denied boarding ...
Former Chipotle Manager Says He Was Fired For Refusing Wage Theft
A former Chipotle manager worked hard and rose through the company’s ranks, and then he says that he had a decision to make after opening of...
Judge: George Washington Did Not Care About Biometric Data Storage
We live in a world that’s constantly throwing new technology, new business, and new quandaries at us. Facebook, Google, Amazon, Uber, Twitte...
Wrigley Gum Selling For 1908 Price, Ignoring History Of Chicago Cubs & Wrigley Field
The Chicago Cubs are looking for their first World Series win since 1908, so the folks at Wrigley Gum are celebrating the Series return to W...
How Well Do You Remember What Happened This Week?
Between the World Series, the election, the start of the NBA season, finishing up your Halloween costume, that one friend’s improv show that...
Feds Shut Down Telemarketing Scam That Pitched Money-Making Schemes & Bogus Grants
As wonderful as it might sound, odds are that no one is trying to call you to give you free money, and anyone who dangles a get-rich-quick s...
UK Employment Tribunal Rules That Uber Drivers Are Employees
The question of whether drivers for Uber and other app-based ride-hailing services is an international one, since the service relies on the ...
Facebook Allows Advertisers To Exclude Users Based On “Ethnic Affinity”
Advertisers have always targeted their marketing to the demographic most likely to be interested in their product, but is there a difference...
Patent Troll Sues Basically Anyone Who Notifies You When Your Package Ships
It’s a process most of us are familiar with, by now: you buy something online, and you get two emails from the site you bought it from. The ...
BMW Recalls 136K Vehicles Over Stalling Issues
You can’t go anywhere — or at least get far — if the engine in your car stalls. For that reason, BMW recalled more than 135,000 vehicles tha...
Soylent Stops Sale Of Meal-Replacement Powder After Customers Report Becoming Ill
Earlier this month, meal replacement startup Soylent announced that it would voluntarily stop selling its new-to-market Soylent nutrition ba...
Report: Defense Department Overpaid $54 Million For EpiPens
It looks like taxpayers didn’t just overpay for EpiPens purchased through Medicaid. According to a new report, the Department of Defense has...