And so it begins again. BGR has an exclusive scoop from an unproven (ooh!) source: Apple is in talks to buy Barnes amp; Noble, the countrys last remaining national bookseller. As BGR points out, the acquisition would get Apple Bamp;Ns digital books and other publications (which it might conceivably want) and Nook hardware (which it [...]
A Brief History of Apple Not Buying Things
Residents with small pets in Delafield should be on the look-out. A Boa Constrictor is on the loose and its owner is asking for help. Sam Ruzga lost his pet on Tuesday after the snake disappeared from his car.
10 Things To Do With 10 Bucks: Cool Travel Gear
We enjoy watching a little go a long way, and its always refreshing to find a spare $10 around the end of the month. Thats why we created the 10 Things To Do With $10 series, to find the best ways to stretch that Hamilton. That said, we dont like throwing away money on random tchotchkes, so were [...]
The New Catalog? Online Shopping On Tablets Growing
As more and more tablets find their way into the hands of consumers, the payoff from tablet-oriented shopping experiences could become very intriguing, according to new data from Forrester Research. This new breed of casual living-room computing is already changing the way people think about buying things over the Internet and one enormous online shopping [...]
Seattle sculptor wants to mold U.S. coin making into an art form
SEATTLE — In the rundown basement of Seattles former Immigration and Customs Enforcement building is the studio of Heidi Wastweet, a 42-year-old sculptor who believes coins are exchangeable art. Foot-long circular plaster casts of coins, etched with the faces of historic American heroes, are propped against a corner. Translucent paper tracings of portraits lie scattered [...]
Bad economic news compounds debt ceiling worries
Fresh reports Friday revealed that the economy is more vulnerable to damage than expected if Washington fails to raise the debt ceiling.lt;/pgt;lt;pgt;Three economic measures from the US Commerce Department combined to show that the slow recovery, now 2 years old, is sputtering more than realized. lt;/pgt;lt;pgt;The department reported that the nationamp;#x2019;s Gross Domestic Product grew [...]
Shah Rukh Khan mocks Salman Khan, performs on Dabangg
While the post award party and Kats recent birthday celebration shed light on the hidden affair of the titans of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan, IIFA 2011 may have some reasons for the clash at the bash! Recently held at Toronto, IIFA 2011 Awards have revealed the greatest love affairs and definitely a lesson [...]
Arthouse, Austin Museum of Art consider merger
By Phyllis Gasper Thursday, 21 July 2011 Plan designed to escalate city’s cultural complexion CENTRAL AUSTIN A possible transformation of the local art scene looms on the horizon as the Austin Museum of Art and Arthouse at the Jones Center continue discussions of a merger.
Mobile Devices Key For High Street Start Up
It is hard to describe a company that includes Sir Stuart Rose, former CEO of Marks and Spencer, and Charles Dunstone, founder of The Carphone Warehouse, one of the UKs leading mobile phone retailers, among its backers as a start up but the Mobile Money Network is just that, and hopes to change the way [...]
Video: Black Bear Takes Dip In NJ Pool
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Even a bear cant bear the heat. Heres the video to prove it. This black bear made its way into a swimming pool in New Jersey. Cops say that it could be the same bear that was digging through garbage earlier in the week in Fairfield. Police are asking residents not [...]