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Want Some Salt With That Spaghetti?

Drea Knufken · September 23, 2009
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Filmmaker Gains Thousands of Twitter Followers by Running Naked into Circle K

Image: Phx411 Last night at about 2am EST, Indonesian filmmaker Joko Anwar released a single, fateful tweet: If…

Drea Knufken · September 22, 2009
Business

Bank of America Flag Controversy Illustrates Dangers of Blind Obedience

Last week, a Bank of America branch in Gaffney, SC stirred up controversy by removing American flags from…

Drea Knufken · September 22, 2009
Business

What Makes Cheap Airlines So Inexpensive

Drea Knufken · September 21, 2009
Business

Fedex Plans to Raise Rates Next Year To Counteract Falling Profits

FedEx will increase shipping rates 5.9% next year to offset falling profits. The BBC reports: Its net profit…

Drea Knufken · September 17, 2009
Business

7 Strange Animals Bred for Business Purposes

Supersized bunnies, tiny cows, and frozen goats–they’re not just for children’s books anymore. Breeders around the world covet…

Drea Knufken · September 16, 2009
Business

Intuit Buys Mint.com for $170 million

Financial software company Intuit has purchased personal finance website Mint.com for $170 million. The New York Times has…

Drea Knufken · September 15, 2009
Business

Computer Associates Buys NetQoS for $200m Cash

New York-based Computer Associates (CA) today announced that it will acquire network management software company NetQoS for $200…

Drea Knufken · September 14, 2009
Business

The Magic of Disney

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment announced this week the launch of their new Diamond Collection, which they hail…

Lela Davidson · September 12, 2009
Business

Twitter Can Now Share Your Tweets, Feed You Ads

Twitter altered its Terms of Service Friday, as a precursor to monetization. Erik Sherman has the scoop: #…

Drea Knufken · September 11, 2009
Business

Safe Call and Text with Cell Phone Number Nickname

MobiDigger is a relatively new service that allows users to mask their phone number with a chosen nickname.…

Lela Davidson · September 10, 2009
Business

10 People Who Won the Lottery — Then Lost it All

Ever dream of winning the lottery? The golden ticket holders on this list might convince you otherwise. Most…

Drea Knufken · September 9, 2009
Business

Monopoly City Streets Blends Board Games with Social Media

Monopoly City Streets, a new version of online Monopoly you can play through Google maps, goes live September…

Drea Knufken · September 8, 2009
Business

Why Google and Apple Win, and You Don’t

Drea Knufken · September 7, 2009
Business

This Week’s Weird Jobs

Has anyone ever accused you of being a nitpicker? If so, take heed: You can actually put that…

Drea Knufken · September 4, 2009
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