Something to keep in mind as you head home on the busiest travel day of the year:
The more hellish the flight, the more it may actually be worth paying for. That's because airlines with fewer flights and packed cabins are actually ...READ»
More than a year after Tesla shipped its first batch of Roadster sports cars, rumors are swirling that the electric vehicle company is planning to file for an IPO any day now. Tesla has officially denied the rumors, but it would ...READ»
Google's extending its grip on the digital world in a wholly new and surprising way: It's just brokered a deal with Iraq's authorities to digitize historic artifacts and documents in the country's museums. It's a philanthropic move, ...READ»
Construction sites are usually just urban eyesores, but Kooho Jung and Hayeon Kelly Choi have designed a space that could one day make people look forward to neighborhood construction. The Symbiotic Green Wall turns the barrier ...READ»
The numbers are in, and eBooks may very well be the bright spot in book publishing's dim future--but only if publishers can figure out a way to keep the momentum going.
EBook sales accounted for $46.5 million as of the end of ...READ»
There's lots of perks at Google HQ out in California, but the design itself is a snooze. Things are a lot more interesting at their just-completed engineering offices in Zurich, Switzerland.
The common spaces are particularly ...READ»
The iconic machine gun turns 60 this year, and remains one of the most effective tools ever designed. Graham Button heads to his local gun show to find out why something that kills people is so revered.READ»
Intel has teamed up with Sprout Inc.--a company heavily involved with social media-based advertising--to launch a new interactive Facebook promotion that's pretty clever, and which might just indicate one possible future for ...READ»
In a marketing move straight from the late '80s or early '90s, indie film label Oscilloscope Pictures is starting a direct-mail DVD of the month club. (SubPop Singles Club, anyone?) The company, founded by Beastie Boy Adam Yauch and ...READ»
Though Apple's iPhone still rules the mobile browsing game, it looks like Google's Android OS--spread over numerous devices now--is beginning to catch up. Admob's stats show its actually overtaken RIM to steal second place.
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