| Apple's $17 Billion Bond Sale Is One of the Biggest Ever | | In order to raise cash for planned dividend payments and stock buybacks, Apple has sold $17 billion in bonds Tuesday in one of the largest corporate bond sales in history. The amount of money Apple has raised through a bond sale is not unheard of — GM raised $17.5 billion in 2003, and Roche Holdings sold $16.5 billion worth of bonds in 2009.
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| CollegeHumor Offers $2,600 to Buy Banana From Man Who Lost Life Savings | | Henry Gribbohm, the New Hampshire man who lost $2,600 in life savings at a carnival game only to score a stuffed banana as consolation, may see his luck turn around. Comedy site CollegeHumor launched a Facebook campaign Tuesday to buy back Gribbohm's banana — which sports a beanie and dreadlocks — for the full $2,600. Gribbohm lost what he claims to be his life savings over the weekend on a carnival game called Tubs of Fun.
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| Kickstarter Campaign Asks Celebs to Pay Regular Guys to See Their Films | | In the past few months, fans have funded a Veronica Mars movie starring Kristen Bell, and a follow-up to Garden State written by Zach Braff. Now, one tongue-in-cheek Kickstarter campaign is asking celebs to return the favor by paying a pair of plebians to watch their films. California-based friends Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason say that after fans poured millions of dollars into Bell's and Braff's pet projects, it's payback time.
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| 'Mad Men' Gets a Paw-rific Remake | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 7:37 PM | Neha Prakash |
| If AMC's Mad Men has taught us anything, it's that advertising is a dog eat dog world. So YouTuber umandaful did the only feasible thing and created a version of the show's opener featuring puppies. Only these dapper mutts are hardcore enough to handle '60s panache as well as Don Draper himself. And if you've ever seen a pup drunk, they quite resemble Roger Sterling's alcohol-fueled behavior on the show.
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| Netflix Will Lose Almost 2000 Movies Tomorrow | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 6:34 PM | Christina Warren |
| Netflix's streaming catalog is about to lose nearly 2000 movies. As of May 1, 2013, Netflix will officially have 1794 fewer titles in its streaming repository. Now, before you freak out too much, this isn't as bad as the Great Netflix Starzageddon of 2012.
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| Google Glass Video Shows How It Works | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 5:21 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| If you're in the majority, chances are you haven't gotten your hands on a pair of Google Glass just yet. Here's a look at how it works once you're wearing the specs
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| Lowe's Gives Home Improvement Tips in 6-Second Vines | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 4:45 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Can you offer a home improvement tip in 6 seconds? Apparently yes, as Lowe's demonstrates with these Vines. The retailer introduced the following Vines last week. Unlike previous Vines from brands, these are designed to be useful. The effort, called "Lowe's Fix in Six," offers simple, everyday improvements that consumers will want (hopefully) to share with others.
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| Coding Is the Must-Have Job Skill of the Future | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 4:35 PM | Adam Popescu |
| Fast forward to 2020. What job skill must you have? Coding. Well, we may be getting ahead of ourselves slightly. It's uncertain that HTML and CSS in their current form will be on the menu of the next decade. But what we do know is, for the foreseeable future, coding is one of the most important and desirable skills there is, no matter how it evolves. Coding is the new black.
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| Full STEAM Ahead: Traveling Tech Carnival Launches | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 4:02 PM | Adam Popescu |
| The circus is coming to town — the Two Bit Circus that is. And today the think tank troupe of self-described artisanal engineers is launching a Kickstarter campaign to produce the STEAM Carnival. This isn't bearded ladies and strong men carnival fare. This is a tech bent affair focused on hooking kids with the thrill of cool education. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art and math.
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| The Best Twitter Accounts for Entrepreneurs | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:53 PM | BusinessNewsDaily |
| Small business owners and entrepreneurs who use Twitter only as a marketing tool for their businesses are missing out. The microblogging service can also be a huge resource for them in the day-to-day operation of their business. However, business owners must know the right accounts to follow in order to benefit from all that Twitter can offer.
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| This Is Why Google Glass Is the Future | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:25 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| It stands to reason that a nerd like me would love Google Glass. The wearable technology has it all: A tiny screen projection that hovers in front of your face, voice commands and instant response to your most critical desires. Plus, it makes you look a little bit like you’ve joined the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. However, that’s not why it’s the future.
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| How to See 'Comet of the Century' Live Online Today | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 1:49 PM | Space.com |
| The potential "comet of the century" is traveling fast on its way to the inner solar system, and today, you'll have the chance to see it in action. The online Slooh Space Camera will broadcast live shots of Comet ISON beginning today (April 30) at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) using a remotely operated observatory off the west coast of Africa in the Canary Islands.
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| 2013 Webby Award Winners Announced | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:55 AM | Annie Colbert |
| The Webby Awards on Tuesday announced the winners for its 17th annual webstravaganza. Nate Silver, Charlize Theron and the Mars Curiosity Rover should dust off their fancy duds because all scored nods for achievements in Internet-ing. Each category includes both a Webby Award winner — selected by judges from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences — and a People's Voice Winner, which is voted by fans.
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| Yahoo Doubles Maternity Leave for Employees | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:28 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Two months after Yahoo restricted employees' work-from-home option, it is giving its workers another perk: more paid leave for new parents. Yahoo is doubling the amount of paid leave time that new mothers are eligible to take, from eight weeks to 16 weeks, and letting new fathers take eight weeks of paid leave, as first reported by NBC Bay Area.
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| What If Other Planets Replaced Our Moon? | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:01 AM | Bob Al-Greene |
| The epic scope of the universe sometimes inspires us to ask answerless questions. What would happen if the sun just blinked out? What if Mars took the place of our moon? The laws of nature prevent these things from happening, but still, we wonder. Feed your imagination with this set of photos, which substitute a number of familiar planets for our satellite.
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| iOS 7 Design Rumored to Have Completely New Look | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:49 AM | Pete Pachal |
| When Apple dismissed iOS head Scott Forstall last year, the software's look and feel became the domain of the company's designer-in-chief, Jonathan Ive. Many predicted that Ive, whose simple hardware designs have become iconic in the industry, would introduce a flatter, less showy aesthetic to iOS. A new rumor suggests he's doing just that.
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| Score the Best Flight Deals on These 10 Sites | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:03 AM | Dani Fankhauser |
| There's not much that can evoke thoughts of both work and play like buying airfare. You're either trying to find a last-minute ticket to make it in time for a meeting, or hoping to get to a remote island as cheaply as possible.
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| BlackBerry CEO: Demand For Tablets Will Die Out in 5 Years | | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 9:54 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| BlackBerry (née RIM) has had a tough time in the tablet market to date, but according to the company's CEO, that doesn't matter because the market itself is doomed. "In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore," CEO Thorsten Heins said in an interview Monday at the Milken Institute, according to Bloomberg. "Maybe a big screen in your workspace, but not a tablet as such.
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