Opinion: Yahoo wants Tumblr's teens
Tue, 21 May 2013 13:02:26 EDT
So why would Yahoo -- the original king of Internet discussion groups -- pay over $1 billion for a simple little blog-publishing tool like Tumblr? Doesn't the giant Web company have the ability to create its own application that lets people post words and pictures online? Of course it does.
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Is Bundesliga under threat?
Tue, 21 May 2013 14:06:10 EDT
The Bundesliga football model of sustainability is very much in vogue. But does the all-German Champions final mark a watershed, with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund creating a dangerous duopoly?
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Balotelli on tattoos and women
Tue, 21 May 2013 13:03:02 EDT
AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli gets personal with CNN's Pedro Pinto in this quickfire interview.
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Indian hotels fit for a king
Tue, 21 May 2013 00:31:36 EDT
Royal households have traditionally taken to fighting off outsiders with an array of medieval deterrents -- but not in India where regal residences are opening up to tourists from around the globe.
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Dreamliner 2.0: 'It's a relaunch!'
Tue, 21 May 2013 06:32:11 EDT
CNN's Thom Patterson rides up front on United's first Dreamliner flight since fears of battery fires forced a global grounding.
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Fixing a heart amid Syria's carnage
Mon, 20 May 2013 19:49:30 EDT
She was a sickly four year old, struggling with a heart defect. But doctors in Israel came to her rescue after her family fled fighting in Syria.
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Bible of HK kung fu published
Tue, 21 May 2013 07:51:41 EDT
It's the staple of almost every kung fu action film ever made: the hero is targeted for revenge after teaching the deadly and closely guarded secrets of the martial art to outsiders and, even worse, foreigners.
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Wanted: British butlers in Mideast
Tue, 21 May 2013 07:51:49 EDT
In popular culture, butlers are usually portrayed as "Made in Britain" and tend to stately homes somewhere in the English countryside. The last few years has revealed a different reality, however. Increasingly, "Jeeves" and his ilk are as likely to be found managing a palace in Saudi Arabia as a manor in England.
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Galaxy S4 named top smartphone
Tue, 21 May 2013 06:42:43 EDT
A month after being released to mostly positive reviews, Samsung's flagship phone is getting some validation from Consumer Reports. The publication has run all its tests, kicked the phone's tires, and named the Android-powered Galaxy S4 its top rated smartphone.
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Etiquette for Google Glass
Tue, 21 May 2013 07:11:42 EDT
In recent weeks, Google Glass has been distributed to its first group of beta testers outside Google and in the real world. As the pool of new smart-glass wearers grows, they are feeling out the etiquette of using the new technology.
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Is 'kissing disease' stalking tennis?
Mon, 20 May 2013 11:50:36 EDT
On the eve of the French Open, many are concerned by a disease that has struck several players. Why is the "kissing disease" hitting tennis?
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What you should know about Tumblr
Mon, 20 May 2013 19:33:35 EDT
Yahoo's purchase of hot blogging platform Tumblr, which it announced Monday, was big news for the hundreds of millions of folks who already post to the site or check in to follow those who do.
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Cell phone charged in 20 seconds?
Tue, 21 May 2013 09:31:16 EDT
A tiny device that can recharge cell phone batteries in as little as 30 seconds won 18-year-old Eesha Khare a major science award that will help fund her college education at Harvard University.
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Horrified Nigerians: Are we at war?
Mon, 20 May 2013 11:28:52 EDT
The current wave of violence sweeping Nigeria has its citizens asking if the country has descended into civil war.
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Why piracy threatens 'blue gold'
Mon, 20 May 2013 12:42:24 EDT
Tuna fishing is big business in the Seychelles, forcing the island nation to guard its industry from Somali pirates.
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