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10 Things You Need To Know As Asian Markets Open
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know:The bleeding for tech stocks stopped on the US markets overnight: Google, Amazon, and Netflix were all up around 3%, while LinkedIn was up 6%. The major US...
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And The World's Favorite Number Is...7
Brides and brothers, days of the week, deadly sins, seas, and a somewhat dark and scary Brad Pitt movie from the 1990′s that I’ve never really recovered from.The thread that ties these eclectic bunch...
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Australia 'Very Confident' It Has Detected Signals From Missing Airliner's...
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today he was “very confident” ping signals being detected in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are from the missing plane’s black box.“We have...
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Here's Everything We Learned From Rupert Murdoch In His Surprisingly Candid...
Rupert Murdoch, one of the world’s most powerful and wealthiest men admits breaking up is hard to do, in a candid interview published in Fortune Magazine.Sure, there was the 83-year-old’s divorce from...
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Somebody Bought A Jar Of Air In China For $860
Clean air comes with a big price tag in China.Last month an artist managed to auction off a jar of fresh French mountain air for 5,250 yuan ($860 USD) in the Asian state.Making the jar of French air...
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Why You're Most Likely To Be Targeted By A Phishing Scam On Wednesdays
Phishing emails are most likely to try to capital ise on trust in IT departments, prompting you to reveal financial and security information under the guise of an official internal enquiry, according...
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Possible Debris From The Missing Malaysian Plane Washed Up In Western Australia
Australian authorities will assess debris that washed ashore in Augusta, Western Australia, to determine if it is from the Malaysian Airlines passenger jet that went missing last month.Perth media...
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An Iceberg Six Times The Size Of Manhattan Broke Off Antarctica And Is Now...
An iceberg about six times the size of Manhattan has broken off Antarctica and is drifting into open water.Almost three years ago NASA scientists spotted a crack in Antarctica’s ice shelf so big that...
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16 Things Australia Does Better Than The Rest Of The World
Our colleagues in the US recently ran a post based on a Quora forum about Things America Does Better Than The Rest Of The World.Sadly, our own trawling through Reddit and Quora came up with the usual...
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How High-Frequency Trading Plays Out In The Australian Stock Market
Michael Lewis, a master of making heroes and villains out of the everyday players in the financial markets, launched his book Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt with his customary blaze of publicity...
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This Brilliant Graphic Shows You Which Country Discovered Every Element In...
When it comes to discovering elements, the U.K. is at the top of the table.This periodic-table graphic was posted by Google Science Fair on Sunday, and it shows which nations discovered each...
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11 Hangover Cures From Around The World
The ultimate hangover cure differs between countries and cultures.In Thailand spicy rice noodles are meant to cure seemingly insatiable self-induced headaches, while in the US, UK and Ireland sufferers...
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China May Overtake America As The World's Largest Economy By The End Of 2014
China may overtake America as the world biggest economy earlier than expected, by the end of this year, rather than by 2019.New data from the International Comparison Programme, a UN statistical...
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Coca-Cola Is Using Face-Recognition Technology On Vending Machines In...
Coke is trialling biometrics and facial recognition technology to increase its drink sales in Australia.Teaming up with creative agency TKM9, Coca-Cola Amatil is trialling 50 interactive fridges across...
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Why E-Cigarettes Aren't Helping People Stop Smoking
They call it vaping and insist it’s not smoking.It’s inhaling vapor, not smoke, and the indication is that it is healthier, or less dangerous, than the old style cigarettes and will help people quit...
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The 20 Most Overused Words In Tech Press Releases
A unique enterprise global software platform, designed for real-time consumer social enhancement, will deliver innovative cloud-enabled hardware solutions for the next generation of local...
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The 3 Toughest Conversations You Will Ever Have At Work
With up to 16,500 public service jobs cut in the recent Federal Budget and key industries such as mining and motoring going through enormous change, the coming financial year will see tough times for...
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How A Technicality Led To eBay Halting A $40,000 Auction Over This Scrap Of...
The idea for listing of a scrap of paper with the word “The” written on it on eBay came to Sean Powderly after a sleepless night.What followed was a spectacular online bidding war which turned a piece...
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An Australian Farmer Has Lost His GMO Lawsuit
Steve Marsh has lost his bid for damages against his neighbour over loss of organic certification after genetically modified canola drifted onto his farm in Western Australia.The decision has...
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10 Things You Need To Know As Asian Markets Open
Good morning, and welcome to Friday. Here’s what you need to know…Markets rise. Investors shrugged off a downward revision to US Q1 GDP that showed just how hard the harsh winter hit the American...
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