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CBS Delays 'Mike & Molly' Finale in Wake of Oklahoma Tornado
CBS will hold off airing the scheduled May 20 finale of comedy Mike & Molly because of the massive tornado that wreaked havoc in Oklahoma on Monday, the network told Mashable.
Mike & Molly stars Melissa McCarthy as a fourth-grade teachers and Billy Gardell as a cop. Show More Summary
Chinese Hackers Found U.S. Government Data on Google Servers
When Chinese hackers breached Google servers in 2010, they were not targeting the Gmail accounts of human rights activists, as the company claimed at the time
What the hackers were actually after was a database containing years of sensitive information related to U.S. Show More Summary
SMT Blogger, Former-Intel Social Guru Ekaterina Walter Joins Branderati
Happy to hear that long-time advocate for social, and true expert, Ekaterina Walter is moving to Branderati as their CMO and partner. Walter has longed been one of the leading voices for understanding social media marketing not as aShow More Summary
There's Not Much Tumblr Advertising for Yahoo to Screw Up
In her now-famous tweet, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer promised not to "screw up" Tumblr. While it remains to be seen whether the site's users will soon be fleeing, Tumblr's advertising is a different story
Simply put, there's not much to screw up at this point.
Partially, that's because the company's ad units are so new. Show More Summary
Square Follows Google With Pay-by-Email Service
Less than a week after Google launched a service that allows private individuals to transfer money by email, Square has launched a similar product in a private beta.
If a user cc’s Square in an email promising money and puts an amount...Show More Summary
Watch a 3-D Printed Handgun Fire 9 Rounds
Just a couple of weeks after Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed released the files for the world's first 3D-printed handgun, imitators have already replicated and improved upon it. Two gunsmiths from Wisconsin successfully fired their...Show More Summary
Massive Tornado Strikes Near Oklahoma City
A massive tornado struck a residential neighborhood in Moore, Okla., near Oklahoma City, Monday afternoon. The cyclone destroyed homes, schools and commercial buildings. The total cost in terms of property damage and human life remains...Show More Summary
Yahoo to Move Into Old 'New York Times' Building
Call it a sign of the times. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced at a press event Monday that Yahoo is taking over four stories of the old New York Times building in Times Square. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined Mayer at the announcement.
Yahoo's 500 New York employees are currently split across three different locations in New York City. Show More Summary
Yahoo Unveils New Look for Flickr
Yahoo has announced a brand new Flickr experience for the desktop and its Android users. Unveiled at a press event in New York City Monday, the new look aims to breathe new life into the once struggling brand.
Yahoo sent members of the...Show More Summary
If 'Game of Thrones' Houses Were Corporations
Any avid Game of Thrones fan can see how Westeros is not too different from a modern corporation. There's a CEO who sits on the Iron Throne; his board of directors sit in the Small Council. Then there are mergers and acquisitions in the form of inter-house weddings. Show More Summary
Yahoo Announces New Offices in Times Square
Yahoo will lease a new spacious office in Times Square in New York, in the building that was long home to the New York Times, CEO Marissa Mayer announced today in a press event in Times Square. “For a while Yahoo has been looking for a home here in New York. Show More Summary
A Michael Jackson Hologram? Will.I.Am Wants to Rock With Virtual MJ
Jaws dropped at the Coachella music festival in 2012 when rapper Tupac Shakur arrived on stage to perform. After all, he died in 2006 from multiple gunshot wounds. Modern technology brought him back from the dead six years later as a life-sized hologram to spit verses alongside his old friends Snoop Dogg and Dr. Show More Summary
Quiz: GeoCities or Tumblr?
Remember GeoCities? The quirky, city-themed web hosting service and early social network that, by 1999, was the third-most-visited site on the World Wide Web? Fourteen years ago, Yahoo acquired it — and with much the same fanfare asShow More Summary
NBA Star Dwyane Wade Surprises Fan at Prom After YouTube Invite
Nicole Muxo is a senior at Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High in Miami. She's also a huge fan of Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade. So last month, she made a minute-and-a-half YouTube video asking Wade to be her prom date.
Fat chance, right?...Show More Summary
Crowd Goes Wild as Baby Scores Cutest Goal in Soccer History
Baby scores goal! Crowd goes wild! This may just be the most adorable play in the history of soccer
The aww-inducing moment comes from Chelsea player Paulo Ferreira’s retirement ceremony at the club's Stamford Bridge stadium this weekend. Show More Summary
Potential Barriers to the Success of Google Glass
Any new physical package for technology creates a wide range of new possible uses for it, as the smartphone demonstrates. That possibility accounts for the enthusiasm the Google Glass users at I/O reported about the device.
But to succeed, Glass will have to appeal to average users. Show More Summary
Will Yahoo! Screw Up Tumblr?
Yahoo! has purchased Tumblr for $1.1 billion. The funny thing is they promise “not to screw it up.” People who have followed Yahoo! around for the past decade understand that comment. They have a bad habit of buying up properties only to close them down or do nothing with them.
After Hiatus, Chinese Hackers Take Aim at U.S. Targets
Three months ago, security firm Mandiant revealed that an army unit of Chinese hackers was to blame for attacks on U.S. targets for at least six years, stealing corporate and government secrets. Now, after a period in which the group...Show More Summary
What Netflix Originals Reveal About Social Media’s Newest Category of Fans: ‘Binge’ Viewers
People who watch entire seasons of television in one sitting are willing to share where they are in a series, but are careful of revealing spoilers, according to an analysis by social media research firm Fizziology.
These binge viewers,...Show More Summary
Blogger Challenges Abercrombie's 'Skinny' Image
Abercrombie & Fitch's small sizes aren't stopping this blogger from taking a stand when it comes to the public image of plus-size women
Jes, known on the Internet as The Militant Baker, recreated popular topless A&F ads, but with her...Show More Summary
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