(AP) Yahoo again tops Google in US Web visitors in SeptNEW YORKFor the third month in a row, more Americans visited Yahoo’s websites than Google’s, according to comScore Inc.’s Internet traffic data for September. The research firm said Monday that
Speaking at the White House on Thursday, President Obama paid sycophantic homage to the federal employees who had been furloughed – and who will receive back pay – during the now-concluded government shutdown: I’ve got a simple message for all
Remember that meteor that landed in the Chelyabinsk district of Russia back in February? It was captured on numerous dash-cams as it fell, leaving a trail of fire and smoke across the sky: Today, RT posted video showing that a large
STEVENSON, Alabama (WAFF) – Last week, a Stevenson man’s appeal to keep his wife’s body buried in his front yard was denied by the Alabama Supreme Court. This week, the man has come up with a new approach in order
Speaker of the House John Boehner announced a short-term fix to the debt limit on Thursday in order to entice President Obama to come to the negotiating table. Boehner reminded the administration that “no one gets everything they want” and
Lindsay Leveen, the expert behind greenexplored.com, sent along this alarming YouTube video, taken by passing drivers, of a new Tesla Model S on fire in Washington state (no injuries, language warning): The video garnered nearly 200,000 views since it was
On Tuesday, President Obama referred directly to Google as a government success story in his letter to every federal employee: “It was grants from the Department of Energy that helped businesses unlock new sources of renewable energy, and from the
Tuesday marked the 123rd birthday of Yosemite National Park, prompting Google to feature a graphic of the park – and, not coincidentally, to remind Americans that Yosemite is closed thanks to the government shutdown. The first results that pop up
Free Internet access will be given to more neighborhoods across New York as the Big Apple aims to build a “wireless corridor” designed to boost business, officials announced Monday. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that from December free web access would
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 9/26: Gmail Wiretap Lawsuit to Proceed; mysterious ‘Adorable Care Act’ Twitter account; Hashtag convo in real life; student mentions bomb on social media, gets arrested; arrest in ‘Biggest Cyberattack Ever’;
PORTLAND, Ore. – A Beaverton man recently discovered one of the last pictures taken of his grandmother. Dustin Moore found the keepsake while searching Google Maps street views for his grandma’s house in Northeast Portland. The street view image captured
A year-long investigation by NBC Bay Area has revealed that Google executives bagged millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded fuel to fly their private aircraft. A Google-owned company, H211, purchased $7,891,175.35 in jet fuel at rates two to four and a
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 9/24: Fake waterproof iPhone ads dupe users into dunking their phones; ‘racist and sexist’ text messages land PA school officials in hot water; text stops are a thing in NY
The Arab Spring, which peaked with the ouster of former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, is all but over after the Muslim Brotherhood was banned once again by an Egyptian court earlier this week. The status quo ante
Informant, the documentary which lets Brandon Darby narrate his transformation from a radical leftist to a New Media warrior, is still no. 1 on the iTunes documentary chart going into the weekend. The feature lets Darby describe why he worked
Before he moved to Washington DC for a job, Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis spent a lot of time at a Buddhist meditation center called Wat Busaya Dhammavanaram in White Settlement, Texas, which is just a few miles west of
A website called Money Morning published some quotes from investor Warren Buffett suggesting it was time to scrap Obamacare and start over. The story is undated but Google indicates it was published last Friday, Sep. 13th. “What we have now
The new documentary Informant lets Brandon Darby share his story of working with the FBI to help prevent a pair of radical leftists from pulling off a terrorist attack. The film gives the critics of Darby, a contributor to Breitbart
You can make the topic as complicated as you wish if you want to dig deep into the technology involved; however, the bottom line is, if you maintain a Google account on your mobile phone, the default settings most likely
A day before Alabama’s showdown with Texas A&M on Friday, ESPN released a photo of Aggies quarterback Johnny Manziel signing autographs for an autograph dealer, though there is no proof as of yet that Manziel received any direct payments for
Documentary filmmaker Jamie Meltzer is no fan of the Michael Moore School of Storytelling. Meltzer, who teaches documentary filmmaking at Stanford University, has little patience for films which tell the viewer what to think or preach to the proverbial choir.
Polling agency Survata conducted a survey or 8,546 people to determine the initial perceptions of America’s newest cable news station. They asked respondents a straightforward question: “Do you perceive Al Jazeera America as an objective news source?” According to the survey,
Can anyone tell me what happened to the members of Screaming Blue Messiahs? Primarily the singer/guitarist Bill Carter? There is a performer named Bill Carter, but it’s not THAT Bill Carter. I am obsessed with this band and am entirely
There was nothing more to say, and indeed President Barack Obama said nothing new to the nation on Syria on Tuesday night. What had once been billed as the closing argument for war on the eve of congressional votes to
Secretary Kerry said on Tuesday that if the U.S. “washes its hands” of the Assad regime and action in Syria and does not act that it will cause the country to “implode.” Kerry told the Google+ hangout that it would
