A recall affecting close to 900,000 Honda Odyssey minivans has been issued. According to the statement released on March 16 by the auto manufacturing giant Honda, the affected models in the recall are from 2005 to 2010. Honda said the models will have their fuel strainer replaced, free of charge. According to Honda, the strainers […]
Privacy advocacy groups are demanding the U.S. Federal Trade Commission block the $19 billion acquisition Facebook made for the messaging service WhatsApp – at least until the popular social media network tells how it’ll use the 450 million users’ personal data. Non-profit groups like Centre for Digital Democracy and Electronic Privacy Information Centre are disputing […]
RadioShack will close nearly 1,100 stores that are not performing up to expectations. The move from the Fort Worth-based company comes on the news that its fourth-quarter store sales dropped 19 percent from this time last year. Chief Executive Officer of RadioShack Joseph C. Magnacca said the company’s fourth quarter financial results were mainly due […]
A new plan is being disclosed by Verizon to entice cell phone users from their current wireless carrier company to Verizon. Verizon, which has been cited as being the number one wireless carrier company, recently released details on several new changes being implemented. Some changes include additional data and storage, unlimited messaging and more discounts. […]
According to a report, the mastermind that’s behind the massive information breach that occurred at Target and Neiman Marcus was the work of a 17-year-old boy. IntelCrawler security researchers learned who created the malware, but, according to the president of IntelCrawler it doesn’t mean investigators still know who committed the attacks on the retailers. The […]
The U.S. Senate failed to pass legislation on Tuesday aimed at extending unemployment insurance benefits for over a million jobless workers. The bill proposed by Democrats in the Senate would extend payments to unemployed workers seeking a job until November 2014. The impasse came from Republicans who typically do not support unemployment benefits and only […]
After Colorado’s first full week of legalized marijuana, some in the state are concerned about the possible backlash from the drug cartels who at one time dominated the previously illegal market. Experts are warning that two Mexican drug cartels with a heavy presence in Colorado, the Juarez and Sinaloa, are likely to respond to the […]
A new study reveals that many of the nation’s biggest food companies have reduced the calories in their products by over 6 trillion. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study revealed that between 2007 and 2012, these companies decreased the calories by about 78 calories per day per person. This total is actually more than the […]
JP Morgan Chase & Co. said Target shoppers who had purchased items with their debit cards during the company’s security breach between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 are being limited in how much they can attain in cash and the amount they can purchase with them. Customers, at this time, can only get up to […]
A Las Vegas company with casinos it owns in Nevada, Missouri, Iowa and Colorado was a cyberattack victim earlier in the year, which compromised the debit and credit card information of its visitors at 11 of its site, according to the company officials. Officials with Affinity Gaming said the system is currently secure but any […]