U.S. national seafood restaurant chain Joe’s Crab Shack is joining the slowly but surely increasing ‘no tipping’ movement. The chain will be eliminating tipping and offering what restaurant workers activists call the hopeful start of […]
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Smart TVs Are Tracking Your Viewing Habits To Show You Ads
Many companies manufacturing “smart” televisions have been criticized by privacy advocates for harvesting viewing data and providing it to advertisers. The newest report indicates that Vizio is the latest company to commit the offense. Customers […]
Goldman Sachs Is Completely Dominating The Global Economy
Perhaps it’s a mere coincidence, but in 2017, four out of five regional Federal Reserve Bank presidents with voting power will be led by former top executives for Goldman Sachs. The entire financial system of […]
Winterkorn’s Impossible Demands Fueled VW Engineers To Cheat
Many people have proposed that the decision by Volkswagen to install emissions cheating devices in more than 11 million of its vehicles was not made by the top executives for the company. Recently, a small […]
Uber Is Facing Stiff Competition From China’s Didi Kuaidi
The leading ride-sharing app in China, Didi Kuaidi, has stated that its service of Didi Chauffeur is getting more than half a million ride requests on a daily basis. The service has only been available […]
Local Banks Winning Out As Millennials Shun Big Bank Fees
Ever increasing big bank fees are driving millennials to go local with their money, according to new data compiled by Accenture Plc. Over the last year community banks have netted a five percent increase in […]
Facebook, McDonald’s And Amazon Among Companies Scrutinized For Tax Evasion
Facebook, McDonald’s and Amazon are among 11 companies that will soon be questioned by European Union lawmakers for its low-tax deals. The internet retail giant is currently awaiting a decision on its fiscal agreement with […]
Great Britain Shuns Black Friday In Favor Of Season Long Savings
In recent years, companies in Great Britain have started embracing the American holiday shopping tradition of Black Friday, but now it seems that the practice is falling out of favor. Some British companies have stated […]
People Are Wielding Twitter To Gain An Edge In Financial Markets
In the latest incident of manipulating the stock market through social media, James Alan Craig of Scotland is now facing charges in the United States. Reports from the United States Department of Justice accuse Craig […]
Large Companies Taking Advantage Of American Workers And Startups In H-1B Lottery
Large companies are starting to hog the H-1B visas that are given to highly-skilled foreign workers in order to bring talent to the United States. With only a limited number of work visas that can […]
Even Doctors And CEOs Are At Risk Of Losing Their Jobs To Robots
People used to think that only low-skilled jobs would fall to automation, but new research shows even those considered to be the top layers of the employment totem pole are in danger – CEOs, hedge […]
There’s No Such Thing As Unlimited Data When There’s Money To Be Made
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the word “unlimited” does not exist in the technology industry. Companies are continuing to backtrack from policies that implied that users could get as much as they want, forcing users […]
Companies Are Taking Advantage Of Seniors Embracing Social Media
Statistics show that many of the people using social media are senior citizens. According to a recent poll, the amount of people aged 65 years and older using social media websites has increased by nearly […]
Marissa Mayer’s Next Move: Pay Someone Else $1 Million Per Month To Fix Yahoo
The troubled website Yahoo has hired the management and consulting firm McKinsey & Co. to assist with the reorganization of its core businesses. While Yahoo desperately needs some help, the move is somewhat questionable for […]
Disney And Intel Among Staggering Number Of Companies Outsourcing Tech Jobs
Despite the fact that technology companies regularly complain about the shortage of American tech workers, these same companies continue to layoff workers. Many of these companies have replaced American workers with foreigners from the H-1B […]
Facebook Continues To Prove That They Don’t Care About Privacy
Facebook is taking another step towards targeting users with specific, personalized ads that take into account who that person is, where they are located and what they are likely to be interested in. This is […]
Major World Banks Are Still Vulnerable To Financial Collapse
In the near future, powerful global banks will be required to establish new policies in order to prevent another total financial meltdown similar to what happened in 2008. But until these rules are put into […]
New York Times Wants To Change The Form Of Storytelling With VR App
One of the U.S.’s most iconic newspapers, The New York Times, has stepped into the world of virtual reality (VR). Through its Times Magazine, the company will be launching a new app and its first […]
Apple Maintains Right To Search Its Employees’ Bags
A San Francisco court has thrown out a class action brought against Apple by some of its retail workers who claim that the company should reimburse them for the time it took for their bags […]
Google, Amazon And Facebook Control A Staggering 70% Of All Profit Made Online
Despite the Internet being hailed as the great equalizer of all things a study of the U.S. online market shows that just five companies are controlling the majority share of all online monetary transactions. The […]
Volkswagen Executives Cancel Travel To The U.S. Over Fears They’ll Be Indicted
In yet another troubling indication that the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal is worse than thought a German newspaper reported on Saturday that the company’s managers are worried that traveling to the United States could land […]
Leaked Document Reveals Comcast’s Data Caps Have Nothing To Do With Congestion
Comcast has started instituting fees for customers who use large amounts of data with the company’s new “data caps”. Any customer who exceeds the data limit will be charged for it, and the new policy […]
Starbucks And Tim Hortons Can’t Be Bothered To Recycle Their Coffee Cups
According to a recent investigation, major coffee companies Starbucks and Tim Hortons are not being very honest about their recycling practices. The companies are actually throwing the contents of their recycling bins into the regular […]
Meet The Airlines Hiking Baggage Fees Just In Time For The Holidays
In order to milk more money out of their customers, some budget airlines like Spirit and Frontier have raised the prices of their baggage fees. The increases in fees will go into effect ahead of […]
Google Backed Think Tank Says Google Is Best At Privacy
Recently, a think tank sponsored by Google has said that Google is the leading technology company when it comes to maintaining the privacy of its users. The think tank is chaired by Eric Schmidt, and […]
Former American Apparel CEO Cannot Afford A Lawyer, Despite Living In Posh Mansion
Although the former CEO of American Apparel Don Charney resides in an eight bedroom Los Angeles mansion, he cannot seem to afford a lawyer. As a result, Charney is now representing himself in a lawsuit. […]
Employers Writing Fancy Software To Stop New Hires From Quitting
In order to prevent employees from quitting or being laid off, companies have started using algorithms to determine which employees they should hire. Statistics show that replacing a lost worker costs roughly six to nine […]
Bitcoin Value Skyrockets By 20% In One Day But No One Knows Why
The cryptocurrency known as Bitcoin surged another 6% Wednesday, reaching a new high for 2015. In fact, the cryptocurrency price increased by more than 20% to above $490 on Wednesday before settling back down at […]
2015’s Word Of The Year Is Comcast’s Worst Nightmare
The term “binge-watch” has been named the word of the year for 2015. This paints a dark picture for cable companies, as it is clear that more people than ever are watching many episodes of […]
9 Of The Web’s Top 10 Sites Just Got Caught Stealing Your Data
It turns out that nearly nine out of every ten websites shares your data to third party sources without receiving your consent or your permission. The scope of these poor security controls was revealed in […]