By JULIE BOSMAN “Fifty Shades of Grey,” an erotic novel by an obscure author that has been described as “Mommy porn” and “Twilight” for grown-ups, has electrified women across the country, who have spread the…
“Latin Percussion” by Tyler Ward – Lyrics and Video I see you moving like you’re hot on fire You’re rhythms louder than a southern choir Cover the children’s eyes You’re making young men wise And…
A look at how a company went from start-up to Internet titan, and changed the way the world uses the Web in the process. Source: New York Times Video
By Jon Busdeker 71st annual event continues through March 18, 2012 Engines rumbling. Classic rock blaring. Beers flowing at 10 a.m. It must be Bike Week. The 71st annual Bike Week revved into high gear…
“I Won’t Give Up” by Jason Mraz Hmmmm … Hmmmm … Hmmmm … Hmmm … When I look into your eyes It’s like watching the night sky Or a beautiful sunrise There’s so much they…
By Alicia Eler Facebook is an accepted means of communication. It is a never-ending virtual social gathering filled with adopted puppies, cute LOL kitties, baby announcements, viral articles and videos, events, groups, organizations and fan…
BY GEOFF DUNCAN Google is unifying Android Market as well as its book, music, and movie services under the moniker Google Play. But is it clearer, or more confusing? Internet giant Google raised eyebrows yesterday…
“Wasted Wishes” by Tinderbox Falling like the rain at your feet Fighting tears that you’ll never see Always strong enough to say what we mean in the spaces between lost enough to know where you…
Facebook is the world’s largest social network, with more than 800 million active users around the world, and roughly 200 million in the United States, or two-thirds of the population. Created in 2004 by Mark…
by Matthew Inman Facebook Personality Types: The Gamer – The invites and updates will never stop The Event Coordinator – They invite everyone to everything The Desperate Marketer – Their idea of marketing on Facebook…
It may be time to buy the iRumor and sell the iFact. With Apple Inc. set to unveil its latest blockbuster device Wednesday, the iPad3, a window isn’t only opening on one of the most-profitable…
By David Camoy Inevitably, whenever Apple releases a new product, there’s a little disappointment over what was missing. Here’s a look at some of the things Apple didn’t deliver in this iPad release. The dust…
By Poornima Gupta and Alexei Oreskovic (Reuters) – Apple Inc took the wraps off a faster 4G-equipped iPad on Wednesday, hoping the latest version of its tablet can safeguard its dominance as rivals from Amazon…
By Adam Satariano Apple Inc. (AAPL) introduced a new version of the iPad, beefing up its two-year-old mobile computer with a sharper screen and faster chip to widen its lead over Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), Microsoft…
Fun Spot Action Park, just off International Drive in Orlando, is growing. The 13 year-old, 5 acre park has just purchased an adjacent 10 acres to triple its size. Plans are being developed for the…
At Fun Spot Action Park, the focus is on safe, clean family fun. Five acres of attractions include four multilevel go kart tracks, thirteen rides, including the Kid Spot for pre-schoolers, and more than 120…
By Chris Velazco Google’s Android Market has undergone some tremendous changes over the last year or so. What started as just a standalone app store has quickly grown to encompass e-books, music, videos, and now…
By Chenda Ngak (CBS News) Google launched Google Play Tuesday – an entertainment hub which will house movies, music, e-books, games and apps in one location. Full coverage of Google at Tech Talk “Starting today,…
By KARYN MONGET Three decades ago, Calvin Klein triggered debate — and a publicity bonanza — when 15-year-old Brooke Shields purred, “You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing.” These days,…
By Steve Tobak There’s hypocrisy in the corporate world that’s begging to be called out. Everybody thinks they’re a marketing expert. Your boss, the CEO, the IT guy – I bet half the people in your…
“Paralyzer” By Finger Eleven (Lyrics) Songwriters: Anderson, Robert Scott; Anderson, Sean Robert; Beddoe, Richard Robertley; Black, James Ryan;…
“Stay In Shadow” By Finger Eleven (Lyrics) So cold that you cannot cope With a frozen heart I guess…
By David Horsey Kate Upton, the model splashed across the cover of this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, is at the center of a hot debate that has nothing to do with birth control, Mitt…
By Jon Busdeker Belinda Messer wore a leopard-print bra, purple underwear and brown boots at work last Friday. And nothing else. Messer is a barista at Java Girls on Lee Road in Orlando, a coffee…
Amy Elizabeth Fisher (born August 21, 1974) is an American woman who became known as “the Long Island Lolita” by the media in 1992, when, at the age of 17, she shot and severely wounded…
By Rachael Bell Point Blank! Mary Jo Buttafuoco had no idea that when she answered the door to her home on Adam Road West in Long Island, N.Y., on May 19, 1992, her life would…
By Kim Cantrell I have read my fair share of books that were written in a rush to be the first published about a high profile case, but none can match the quickness of that…
By Sylvia Booth Hubbard Want a boost in the bedroom? Everything you need may be sitting on the shelves at your local grocery store. Not only does a good diet keep you healthy, it also…
Books Written By Maria Eftimiades Sins of the Mother by Maria Eftimiades 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1995 My rating: Lethal Lolita A true story of sex, scandal and deadly obsession by…
Making it Big by Being Your Own Publisher One of the best examples of a success story is that of author Amy Fisher with her work “If I Knew Then”. Her work sold over 32,000…
The Quiet Man – People Magazine Archive By Maria Eftimiades EACH DAY FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS, Margarita Gonzalez has sat in the front row of a Mineola, N.Y., courtroom, listening. Sometimes she weeps; sometimes…
By KEN BELSON Linsanity may have cooled a bit after the Knicks lost two games in recent days. But by one measure, the fervor for Jeremy Lin, the sensation also known as the Knicks’ point…
By HOWARD BECK ORLANDO, Fla. — The profound changes in Jeremy Lin’s life can now be measured in microphones and cameras and the square footage needed to accommodate the growing legion of scribes hanging on…
By Marc Saltzma If you spend a lot of time with Guy Fieri, Rachael Ray and Bobby Flay on TV, why not take these chefs into your kitchen via your iPad? The new and improved…
By Charlie Szold What good is it to have 500,000 apps in your app store if you can’t find any you like? Apple is trying to bring order to its app store by purchasing app-discovery…
By HOWARD BECK ORLANDO, Fla. — The most captivating strand of the Jeremy Lin mystique is that he came from nowhere, emerging overnight to become a star, after being underestimated and overlooked, disregarded by college…
The iPad 2 is the best tablet available, but it brings its own share of frustrations. By Galen Gruman I really like the iPad 2. I use mine every day for work and personal purposes,…
By CHARLES DUHIGG Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for Target in 2002, when two colleagues from the marketing department stopped by his desk to ask an odd question: “If we wanted…
By Kym McNicholas If you’re a Robert Scoble follower, you know he believes Facebook will be worth a half-trillion dollars by 2015. But not everyone’s as confident as Scoble that the social network will be…
By Kym McNicholas You have a small business and you haven’t bought into the social media craze? Guess what? Silence is no longer an option. People are online talking about your company as you read…
By Kym McNicholas The former head of Virgin Records, Matt Serletic, is hoping to give Apple‘s GargeBand and iTune’s a little competition. The Grammy Award-winning producer/songwriter has started his own music making business, Music Mastermind,…
By Larry Magid Knowing that Wikipedia would go dark for 24 hours in protest to SOPA and PIPA, I took the precaution of printing it out last night. Just kidding. Wikipedia is huge. I wanted…
By JULIA ANGWIN A coalition of Internet giants including Google Inc. has agreed to support a do-not-track button to be embedded in most Web browsers—a move that the industry had been resisting for more than…
By DAVE ITZKOFF Some music fans understandably regard the guitars owned and played by George Harrison, in his Beatles career and as a solo artist, as sacred relics that may still contain fragments of their…
By BRIAN STELTER Like Oprah Winfrey and Ryan Seacrest before him, the music mogul Sean Combs wants a spot on the cable channel lineup. Mr. Combs will unveil on Tuesday his plans for a music-oriented…
By PETER WAYNER Dr. Eric Topol is only half joking when he says the smartphone is the future of medicine — because most of his patients already seem “surgically connected” to one. But he says…
By GREG BISHOP The past three weeks have no doubt made many big-time college basketball programs and N.B.A. teams wish they had seized the chance to add Jeremy Lin to their rosters. Will the United…
By NICK BILTON SAN FRANCISCO — It wasn’t so long ago that legions of people began walking the streets, talking to themselves. On closer inspection, many of them turned out to be wearing tiny earpieces…
By DAVID POGUE You’re probably paying something like $60 a month for high-speed Internet. I’m paying $5 a month, and my connection is 1,000 times faster. Your iPad can’t play Flash videos on the Web….
By QUENTIN HARDY The world of Web marketing is based on the idea of search engine optimization, which means building Web pages that search engines can find and then drive readers to. But what if…
