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Yahoo is planning an internal reshuffle that could effectively end the independence of its most popular acquisition, the visual blogging platform Tumblr. The Information reports that CEO Marissa Mayer spoke about the major changes inside the company at an offsite meeting with executives. She also reportedly asked Tumblr CEO David Karp which Yahoo executive he’d like to report to…
The true power of art is illustrated by this bust of Edward Snowden installed in a Brooklyn park by workers in uniform. If only real problems were solved as quickly as the bust was removed!But no matter. More artists came along to project the hologram, shown above, in the place where the absent bust briefly sat.And memory is…
Hey… wait a minute… Director Roland Emmerich made the announcement on Twitter yesterday, including a new addition to the cast as well. This just in… @JoeyKingActress and @BrentSpiner officially signed for #IndependenceDay – Welcome aboard! — Roland Emmerich (@rolandemmerich) April 9, 2015 King, who resembles the Childlike Empress in her Twitter profile picture, starred…
If your goal is to squeeze the maximum amount of profit from your business, then you want to boost your conversions. A great way to boost conversions is to split test and find out what works best. However, split testing isn’t always black and white. Every business is unique, and sometimes common marketing wisdom can…
By Madeline Messer March 4Madeline Messer is a student in the 6th grade. iStock For a 12-year-old girl, playing games on an iPhone is pretty regular behavior. Almost all of my friends have game apps on their phones, and we’ll spend sleepovers playing side by side. One day I noticed that my friend was playing…
You have to pay to play as Scarlett Fox, a character in the mobile game Temple Run. Imangi Studios hide caption itoggle caption Imangi Studios You have to pay to play as Scarlett Fox, a character in the mobile game Temple Run. Imangi Studios Maddie Messer is 12 years old. She loves science, her dog,…
Start: GPT End: GPT Begin comScore Tag End comScore Tag Google Tag Manager End Google Tag Manager April 10, 2015 6:51am PT by Ashley Lee ‘Empire’: Taraji P. Henson Reveals Cookie’s Amazing Improvised Naomi Campbell Insult That Was Cut (Video) Lloyd Bishop/NBC Also improvised by Henson: ” ‘Boo boo kitty’ is the new ‘Bye, Felicia!’…
North Charleston, South Carolina, is first and foremost home. It’s where I spent my formative years, where my parents live, and where I went for Thanksgiving last year. But North Charleston is, for many people, a headline now. Charleston’s blacker, poorer neighbor is a headline because Walter Scott died there, because police officer Michael Slager murdered him there, allegedly. A…
<br /> Remember the scene from A League of Their Own where Jimmy Dugan, played by Tom Hanks, proclaims, “There’s no crying in baseball!” This is basically all I have wanted to scream at my tender, fragile, weak journalism colleagues who couldn’t handle the mildest of pushback from Rand Paul during an interview with Savannah…
Stack Overflow has released the results of its 2015 developer survey, which covers a wide range of topics including preferred programming languages, education, compensation, and even caffeine consumption. The 45-question survey ran for just two weeks in February and the site was able to collect results from more than 26,000 participants. Obviously, Stack Overflow survey…