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· Augustine Reyes Chan
Vintage Apple Jacket Now Costs $10,000 on Ebay After Drake Wore One at WWDC
When Drake took the stage at the Apple WWDC 2015 event yesterday to talk about the much-anticipated Apple Music, it was what he wore that garnered the most attention. The “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” rapper wore an old Apple varsity jacket that immediately caused a…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Christian Anti-Gay Protesters Accidentally Promote Hardcore Gay Porn Site
Without knowing it, anti-gay protesters have been accidentally directing people to a hardcore gay porn site for weeks now. Christian evangelists appeared outside of Carolina Rebellion, a hard rock and heavy metal music festival that takes place annually in North Carolina, to…
· Sebastian Dillon
Watch Judge Judy Get Confused and Upset Over EDC Rave Girl
“Electric Daisy Carnival.” “Rave.” These are words that the venerable Judge Judy knows nothing about, and like many elderly people would, she immediately decides to hate them. Watch as the plaintiff, Talina Apodoca, tries to explain what a rave (at 0:37, Judge Judy calls it a…
· Benny Luo
SoundCloud Founder: How Important is Being Creative When Building a Startup?
Since it’s launch in 2007, SoundCloud has evolved from a small startup in Berlin to one of the top online audio distribution platforms in the world. To give you an idea of the company’s growth, SoundCloud recently told us that 12 hours of music and audio get posted every minute…
· Laura Dang
Apple is Under Investigation for Allegedly Pressuring Taylor Swift to Leave Spotify
Apple is under suspicion of pressuring music labels to opt for its streaming music services over “freemium” ones offered by popular companies such as Spotify. The tech giant has been in the media spotlight following the announcement of its paid music subscription service, Apple…
· Sebastian Dillon
Salty Spotify CEO Sums Up Apple’s New Music Streaming Service in Two Words
In typical fashion of their keynote announcements, Apple announced a slew of new services at their WWDC (World Wide Developer’s Conference) in San Francisco today, among which included their new music service app, Apple Music. The app, which will launch June 30 around the world…
· Jacob Wagner
People are Going Crazy for Gumbo After Patron Leaves $2,000 Tip
Apparently, one generous patron at a Washington, D.C. restaurant loved the gumbo there so much, he left a $2,000 tip. His receipt went viral, and many netizens have now developed a mad craving for good gumbo. What’s funny is that gumbo isn’t even on the menu at restaurant Blue…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
College Board Loses 300 SAT Tests, High Schoolers Doomed to Retake Them
Hey kids, remember that SAT you took almost a month ago? Well, oops, they were lost. And guess what else? You now have to retake them! Nearly 300 students at Broad Run High School in Ashburn, Virginia, learned yesterday that the SATs they took on May 2 failed to arrive to the…
· Laura Dang
Why This Small European Country is Still One of the Happiest Places in the World to Live
A new revelation is reinforcing a hunch that I have had for quite some time now: It is time to pack my bags and move to the one of the happiest places on Earth. According to the 2015 World Happiness Report, the Netherlands is once again among the top 10 happiest countries to…
· Sebastian Dillon
Manny Pacquiao Once Bet $360,000 on a Cockfight
A recent Sports Illustrated feature revealed that back in the day, Pacquiao used to be a pretty crazy gambler. Around 2011, Pacquiao and his younger brother, Bobby, would routinely fly to Southern California and drop $100,000 at the poker tables. Once, while gambling in…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Whole Foods is Launching a Cheaper Organic Chain That Millennials Can Actually Afford
Face it. We love Whole Foods for its organic and natural foods but balk at its prices, which is why the chain is known as “Whole Paycheck.” That’s about to change. In a company press release revealed yesterday, the upscale Texas-based grocer will be launching a separate chain…
· Alan Van
How Youtube Built a 1-Billion Monthly Viewer Empire
Just in time for the news that Youtube will be, in a smart marketing move, funding its own “premium” content starring its homegrown stars, is an infographic illustrating the marketing side of the video-streaming site’s evolution. Today, Youtube receives over 1 billion unique…
· Editorial Staff
How to Impress Your Employer Through Your Social Media Pictures
What you put out on the internet matters, especially when it comes to landing your dream job. More than 90% of employers recruit through social media, and, according to Princeton researchers, people form a first impression of you from your profile photo in 1/10 of a second.
· Editorial Staff
This New Kickstarter Campaign Could Be The Answer to California’s Drought Problem
If there’s one environmental issue we should all be nervously contemplating, it’s the crisis involving the shortage of our most valuable resource — fresh water. For residents of California, the crisis is already here, and the need to find a solution can’t be put off any longer.…
· Benny Luo
How an Injured Ex-Pro Athlete Went From Being Broke to Owning a Million-Dollar Business
All-American athlete Lewis Howes dreamed of one day playing in the NFL and becoming an Olympian. He was on track until a wrist injury ultimately ended his career. Howes, then fresh out of college, found himself broke and living on his sister’s couch, trying to figure out the…
· Waylae Gregoire
How Billionaire Elon Musk Once Lived on $1 a Day
Do you have what it takes to lead the life of an entrepreneur? If you think you do, try living off only a dollar a day for a month. It’s a challenge Elon Musk once faced to see if he had what it took to be successful. Before he became the billionaire he is today and before he…
· Editorial Staff
How This 26-Year-Old Went From a Lowly Office Worker to Making $20,000 a Day Trading Stocks
The Rich Kids of Instagram have all gotten a lot of flack in the past for showing off their luxury-filled lifestyle on the internet. But who could blame their critics? Afterall, it’s indeed hard to fully respect someone who’s living off wealth they didn’t build themselves.…
· Max Chang
Mark Cuban Explains Why Most of Today’s Startup Investors are Idiots
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban, the outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks, posted a warning of sorts on his weblog about why the current tech bubble is worse than the last dotcom bubble of 2000. In his piece, he compares investors from then and today, highlighting one…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Why College Students Give Bad Ratings to Professors With Asian Names
A new study published in the journal Language in Society reveals that educators at U.S. colleges with European-sounding last names tend to get better ratings from students than those with Asian-sounding last names. Used by students to evaluate their teachers, Rate My Professors…
· Sarah Lesnar
These are the 13 Highest-Paid Internships in Tech of 2015
Once again internship season is upon us. Glassdoor compiled their annual list of 25 best internships according to intern feedback, and you won’t be surprised to know that half of those companies were tech companies.