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Diet Soda Is Why You're Fat
Whoops. Diet soda might have no calories, but that doesn't keep it from growing your waistline. A new study finds that diet drinkers might be even worse off than regular soda drinkers.Diet soda is not,...
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Struggling Nokia Shutters Stores, Sells Messaging Business To Synchronica
Nokia's recent woes multiplied this week as the beleaguered Finnish firm shuttered online stores in the U.S. and U.K., continuing a recent cost-saving trend. It also sold its Operator-Branded Messaging...
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Obama's Twitter Townhall, AP To Open N. Korea Bureau, N. Korea To Open Photo...
The White House takes to Twitter for a townhall. Plus: AP news agency would be the first permanent Western-run photo and text bureau ever to operate in in the North Korean Capital and 100,000 reasons...
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Secret Service Reveals How It Stalks Cybercriminals
The Secret Service recently spilled the beans on their anti-cybercrime investigations. Fake accounts on underground websites? Elaborate multinational credit card fraud investigations with Turkish law...
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Rapid Sea Level Rise Could Change 100-Year Storms Into Every Year Storms
One-tenth of an inch of water doesn't seem like much, but as the oceans rise that much each year, they could displace 150 million people around the world and drastically increase the damage done by...
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CES Forecast: Cloudy With A Chance Of Social
At the next Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, you'll see more web and mobile app companies--even tiny startups--than in years past. A member of the tradeshow's agenda-setting committee gives us...
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The -'s of Google+
We're all told to jazz up our passwords with non-alphanumeric characters, but by jamming a "+" in Google+, Google has opened a big can of marketing worms.Google+ has supposedly had to stop issuing...
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Square's Competition Squares-Up For Mobile Pay Future
Jack Dorsey's Square is on a ($100 million) tear this week, but the competition is heating up--and they have bigger plans for a wireless payment future that could arrive as soon as next year.Square...
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Angel Investors Outshine VCs For Entrepreneurs
VCs do not support an entrepreneur in a garage with a vision or an entrepreneur who just got his first product out the door. VCs focus on rapidly growing businesses that can be scaled in the very near...
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The Hydrogen Economy's Dirty Secret
Is hydrogen actually clean, or just clean compared to fossil fuels? Even though it mostly produces water, there are some nasty side effects no one is talking about. Just when you think you can praise...
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Netflix Conquers The Americas: Is Europe Next?
Netflix will expand its streaming service to 43 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, the company announced Monday, its largest international expansion so far. On word of the news,...
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LiveAndTell, A Crowdsourced Quest To Save Native American Languages
While you won't have any trouble finding a way to learn Spanish, French, or German in the United States, brushing up on your Lakota or Navajo isn't so easy. The Endangered Language Fund projects that...
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Unlocking Viral Secrets On Facebook: MIT Study
A rare randomized study on Facebook by MIT shows how different marketing strategies perform.Brands can increase the number of people who install their Facebook apps by 400% through a combination of...
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Smoking Isn't Why You're Thin
Despite smokers' protests, it turns out cigarettes might not be the weight-loss solution people think they are.If you're willing to put aside the cancer and emphysema and be a smoker, your last excuse...
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Toyota Unveils Three New EVs For 2012
Toyota is charging ahead with three new plug-in EVs for 2012. Other automakers are being more cautious, but remember: Toyota got the Prius to sell when no one was excited about hybrids. While other...
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Not Just For Sushi: Seaweed May Power The Next Generation Of Biofuels
Biofuels are taking off, but if they keep being made from corn, the world will go hungry. The oceans, full of fast-growing kelp, are the next frontier of plant-based fuel.You've been filling up your...
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Will iPad 3 And iPhone 5 Come With App To Track Rumors Of iPad 4, iPhone 6?
Apple is all over the tech news right now for a dozen reasons. What are the burning questions and educated guesses at answers? Read on!Will the iPad push Apple to being the top portable computer...
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Facebook Conversations Don't Achieve The Marketing Boost You Desire
Facebook Likes and comments are great, but they won't save your brand.Researcher Dan Zarella (an expert in social media analysis) set out to prove they would at least help. He found the opposite...
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Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Go To College
As governments and universities around the world take a more active interest in Wikipedia's accuracy and reach, Wales talks about his site's new status. "I'm not sure if we are becoming a default...
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Peel Turns iPhones, iPads Into All-Knowing, Universal Super TV Remotes
“We call it the difference between mechanics and magic,” says Bala Krishnan (right) of the ultra-intuitive TV remote he created with partner Thiru Arunachalam. | Photograph by Toby BurdittHow Peel...
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