Imagine a boss at a company with a really great salesperson who lands all the best, highest valued customers for the company. Now imagine that boss hates having to pay that salesperson their really high commission, even though it's the salesperson who's closing all those deals and ensuring all that... Continue reading

How dysfunctional does your relationship have to be when getting carried off by a raptor—its talons cleaving into your skull—is such a decidedly better option than staying in for the night? You'll find out in kokooma's beautifully abstract animation, Each Other. Read more... Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/xwfx_MfW7AE/when-having-each-other-isnt-enough-1563038765 Related Topics: april fools day... Continue reading

When it comes to being fit, it's really the small stuff that counts. You can go to the gym as much as you want, run five miles every morning -- but if you eat like crap, drive yourself to the corner store and take the elevator every morning to your...... Continue reading

Apple and Samsung are duking it out in court yet again, but there's at least one thing they (and a host of their smartphone making rivals) agree on: users shouldn't be helpless when their phones are stolen. That's why, starting in July 2015, all of... Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/VuqcFqonGHw/ Related Topics: january... Continue reading

If you have an Apple TV but find it difficult or impossible to see and navigate the menu system VoiceOver is there to help. An accessibility option meant to help those with visual challenges, VoiceOver "speaks" the controls to you, letting you hear what you can't see. You can even... Continue reading

iFixit may never be the same again as today they have announced their acquisition by Apple. Yes, Apple. Famed for taking whatever hot new hardware leaves Cupertino and reducing it to its components, iFixit will now become part of the Apple family. As part of the deal, Apple made a... Continue reading

Christopher Nolan's next epic movie is called Interstellar. It's about space travel. It comes out a year from today. That's everything we learned about the movie from this trailer, and we're dying to know more. Read more... Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/GKRxFooBHCE/interstellar-trailer-a-brief-history-of-flying-1483329080 Similar Articles: Demi Lovato Movember ABC Family stenographer Cressida Bonas Continue reading

If you've got an Amazon gift card burning a hole in your virtual pocket, now might be a good time to take a look at the Qualcomm Toq smartwatch. It's now available on Amazon for the same price as you'll get it from Qualcomm — $349. Still no sign of... Continue reading

Christmas time has never been so naughty, as some of today's hottest acts performed at KIIS FM's Jingle Ball 2013 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Friday (December 6). Leading the naughty list, of course, was Miley Cyrus, who wore a sparkly red two-piece outfit as she twerked... Continue reading

Fantastical for Mac has been updated, fixing a number of problems and adding times for reminders. Two problems with Fantastical and Mavericks have been fixed, including a problem that would cause Fantastical to hang when creating events with invitees. You can now add due times to reminders created with Fantastical.... Continue reading

OUYA owners who've been eager for the console's big interface upgrade can relax, as it's reaching systems today. Now known as "Abominable Snowman," the update gives the Android device a much more visual control scheme that simplifies finding new games. The beauty is more than just skin-deep, though: there's also... Continue reading

Small update to software version 1.10.605.10 has an equally small change log Today is update day it seems, and we would be remiss if we didn't also mention today's 34MB firmware OTA update for Verizon's HTC One. You should be able to check for and initiate the OTA process through... Continue reading

You've already gone to all the trouble of felling a tree and cleaning off the branches. Who wants to spend even more time hacking it into useable chunks of firewood? That inconvenience is clearly what inspired designers Michiel Martens and Roel de Boer to create the Spruce Stove, a wood... Continue reading

Aspyr Media has announced the release of new downloadable content for their Mac conversion of BioShock Infinite. Burial at Sea Episode 1 is now available from Steam, the Mac App Store and GameAgent.com. (The Mac App Store version is available as downloadable content available through the app itself). BioShock Infinite... Continue reading

MIAMI (AP) — Suspended Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito says teammate Jonathan Martin sent him a threatening text message as an apparent joke only a week before their relationship became the subject of a harassment case that has prompted an NFL investigation. In an interview with Fox Sports televised Sunday,... Continue reading

November 7, 2013 06:00 PDT | 09:00 EDT | 13:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. >> TWTR > FB: Twitter raises $1.82B, pricier value than Facebook, by Sarah Frier, Lee Spears: "Twitter yesterday sold 70 million shares at $26 each, putting the microblogging service... Continue reading

Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images Micro-blogging service Twitter on Monday raised the price range for its initial public offering. The new price range is $23-$25 per share, up from $17-$20, the company said in a regulatory filing. Twitter is offering 70 million shares in the IPO. The stock is expected to price... Continue reading

Google caught some attention this past week for mooring a huge barge in SF Bay for mysterious purposes. Rumors have been flying about what that barge could be used for, with some suggesting it’s a floating data center, which Google does indeed have a patent for. But reports from a... Continue reading

A U.S. House committee chairman, citing security concerns, today ordered a HealthCare.gov contractor to provide detailed information about its work on the project. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman, Tuesday issued a subpoena for Quality Software Services Inc.'s contract with the U.S.... Continue reading

Rene and Peter provide a full preview, live coverage, color, commentary, and analysis, and a wrap up of Apple's October 22 iPad and Mac special event. Subscribe via iTunes: Audio | Video Subscribe via RSS: Audio | Video Download directly: Audio | Video Show notes Apple iPad & Mac event... Continue reading

LONDON (AP) — Policymakers at the Bank of England appear to be getting more optimistic over the British economy but are showing few signs of changing policy soon. Minutes to the Oct.8-9 meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee released Wednesday show all nine policymakers voted to keep the main interest... Continue reading

Melissa Ponzio talks to MTV News exclusively about her very violent exit on this season's 'Walking Dead.' By Chris Kim Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1715877/walking-dead-karen-death.jhtml Category: oarfish tupac Continue reading

DENVER (AP) — Installation artist Christo (KRIS'-toh) has said opposition to his planned "Over the River" project on the Arkansas River in Colorado is part of the art, and he welcomes debate over what is appropriate for his displays. Christo is fighting to string about 6 miles of fabric over... Continue reading

By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) - Three foreign coaches have paid the price for Australian humiliation on the international sporting stage this year and the search for a new soccer coach is taking place against a backdrop of hostility to "mercenaries" from overseas. In a miserable 2013 tempered only by... Continue reading

Chinese exports dropped point 0.3 percent in September from a year earlier. It was the worst performance in three months. Analysts think much of the drop was due to plunging demand from Southeast Asia. Investors have been pulling money out of the region on concern the U.S. Federal Reserve will... Continue reading