The Labor Department says the employment cost index rose 0.6 percent in the October-December quarter
Read More Xerox separating into 2 independent companies
The planned breakup follows pressure from activist investor Carl Icahn
Read More Google parent Alphabet may top Apple’s market value
Apple has struggled to come up with another trend-setting product amid slumping sales of the iPhone
Read More These Gloves Let You Climb Walls Like Spider-Man
Invention contradicts Cambridge research saying the web slinger couldn’t exist.
A few weeks ago, Cambridge University announced research findings saying that Spider-Man could never exist because a human being’s hands and feet don’t have enough surface area to include the size of the sticky pads they would need to lift a body up on a smooth surface. The Cambridge researchers said any Spider-Man wannabe would need adhesive pads covering at least 40% of their body–-making wall crawling impractical.
Aereo Founder Says He Will Bring Gigabit Wireless Internet To Every Home
But the new “Starry” wireless hub could run into the same problems Aereo did.
Chaitanya “Chet” Kanojia, the man who founded the now bankrupt Aereo, which allowed users to watch live broadcast television over an Internet connection, is launching a new company called Starry with the goal of bringing gigabit wireless Internet to every home.
See The New “Curvy” Barbie
Mattel hopes the new tall, petite, and curvy dolls will boost slumping sales.
Barbie is getting a makeover. Today, toy maker Mattel unveiled three new bodies for the iconic doll: tall, petite, and curvy. The change comes following slumping sales for the 57-year-old toy—from 2012 to 2014, Barbie sales dropped 20%, and in 2014, Lego surpassed Mattel as the biggest toy company in the world.
Trump Is Playing Catch-Up In The Data-Driven Ground Game, But Does It Even Matter?
The campaign hasn’t yet built the kind of modern get-out-the-vote operation that won the last two presidential elections. Cruz has.
With a big mouth, plenty of buzz, and a yuuge media presence, does Donald Trump still need a data-driven get-out-the-vote operation to win in Iowa and New Hampshire?
Walgreens To Theranos: Stop Using Your Controversial Lab For Blood Test Analysis
The drugstore chain’s stance is a response to federal officials informing Theranos that its deficiencies jeopardize patient health and safety.
In the wake of the news that federal officials have informed Theranos its deficiencies pose “immediate jeopardy to patient health and safety,” the medical-testing startup’s partnership with Walgreens is hitting a bump. On Thursday afternoon, the drugstore giant announced that it told Theranos to stop sending the clinical laboratory tests collected from 40 Theranos Wellness Centers at Walgreens pharmacy locations in Arizona to the startup’s lab in Newark, California, for analysis.
Could Amazon Be Spotify’s Next Competitor?
According to the New York Post, Amazon is reportedly working on a full-fledged music subscription service because sure, why not?
If you’re a giant tech company in 2016 and you don’t have your own Spotify-killing, all-you-can-stream music subscription service, what good are you?
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Draws Up Invest/Maintain/Kill List Of Layoffs
As Yahoo prepares to make cuts, Marissa Mayer is doubling down on mobile search and axing Yahoo’s low-performing media sites.
Leading up to its earnings report next week, Yahoo is lining up a number of stealth layoffs, which will be followed by a wider round of company-wide cuts. To do this, Re/code reports, CEO Marissa Mayer has put together a list with three categories: invest, maintain, and kill.
