Taylor Swift donated $50,000 to a young fan fighting blood cancer, proving yet again that she values her fans dearly. Naomi Oakes was diagnosed in late June with acute myelogenous leukemia and the Swift fan is to miss out on the upcoming Taylor Swift concert in Arizona as she is expected to be hospitalized for […]
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed new rules that look to give cell phone owners more tools that will protect them from unwanted phone calls and text messages. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler introduced the proposal that would eliminate the loopholes within the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. This is a law that restricts […]
Although the controversy is surrounding the “19 Kids and Counting” show, it could return the TLC lineup. Discovery Communications, which owns the network, has yet to cancel the program despite the revelation that Josh Duggar admitted he molested several teenage girls including his sisters, 12 years ago. The show follows Jim Bob, Michelle and the […]
More Android devices will soon have Microsoft apps pre-installed. The move is thanks to the company’s 20 new partnerships with tablet markets around the globe. The group of regional and global partners includes Sony, LG, Wortmann and Haier, and their future devices will have Word, Excel, Skype, PowerPoint and OneNote already installed. It’s not known […]
The UAE economy, especially in Dubai, is being driven by its travel and tourism industry. It supports the thousands and thousands of jobs that significantly contributes to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). The country’s goal is to bring more tourists in, and heavily invest in tourist-attracting ventures. The initiative is to create more businesses […]
Starbucks Coffee Company and Spotify have teamed up in a multi-year music program that makes the “barista the DJ”. Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, is basically allowing the coffeehouse company to run the in-store music. Starbucks. On Monday, every employee of Starbucks – about 150,000 got a complimentary Spotify Premium subscription to get ready for […]
Takata Corp. has issued the largest automobile recall in the history of the United States – 33.8 million vehicles affected by the defective air bags. This move doubles the amount of cars and trucks that were originally in the recall. The problem stems from the chemical that causes the air bag to inflate, results an […]
A computer outage Friday night led to the early closure of 7,400 U.S. and 1,000 Canada Starbucks, but it’s business as usual Saturday for the popular coffee shop. According to the company, the issue was resolved late Friday, just hours after it began. The glitch caused many stores to give free drinks to their customers. […]
It was a rough Saturday for the IT department at Tesla: both their Twitter account and website had been hacked. It also appeared that the company’s CEO Elon Musk had his personal Twitter account also hacked for a short time. The first signs of the hacking appear around 2 p.m. Pacific time when a tweet […]
According to a new study, the color of light has a tremendous effect on the body’s clock, and how the brain uses it relative to time of day. The study, which hailed from the University of Manchester, looked at how light changes during dawn and dusk could actually help both animals and humans to figure […]