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The creator of the iPod and iPad who forever changed the way we think about computers announced his resignation today.

Three of the founders of Gilt Groupe discuss how hiring the right people and being flexible during the early phases of the online retailer led to it becoming a multimillion dollar success.

There's a certain homespun charm to the animated .gif. The beauty lies in the simplicity of these animations: It's easy to make one, and .gifs are far faster to upload, stream, or send than a video file. For the uninitiated, a .gif is simply a looped set of static images, a kind of digital flipbook

Over the next few weeks millions of incoming college students will make the trek to college as the head of their own households for the first time, creating a massive opportunity for brands to create lifelong loyalties for first-time decision makers. Learn five ways to friend the Class Of 2015 from the brands that are getting it right. As August comes to a close, you’ve probably noticed the barrage of “Back to School” ads that hold your every neuron hostage.

So much for range anxiety. A new study of people given a test EV found that every single one of them was happy with it as their primary car. It can seem crazy to think that electric vehicles will replace gasoline engines anytime in the near future: range anxiety, charging times, price, and plain old inertia are all touted as deal-killers

Dengue fever affects 50 million people, with no cure in sight. But maybe prevention could work instead: Scientists have found a way to get mosquitoes sick with a bacteria that prevents them from carrying the disease.

Pixable already does a nice job of aggregating your friends photos and videos on Facebook (though you may remember it originally offering photo albums-- real printed ones --based on your social feeds). Now, it's stepping into an even more real-time domain by integrating Twitter into its code.

Consumer confidence recently dropped to its lowest level since 1980 . U.S.

The discovery of lager yeast's parentage has implications for brewers, and Diego Libkind, the primary researcher on a new study, is already tapping into some of these ideas. A new discovery has unlocked the secret story of lager beer’s South American origins, and is letting scientists piece together the genetic history of the domesticated microbe that keeps lager cool.

Who pays for Americans' obesity-related health problems? Even if you're thin, you do

With its banking and financial infrastructure still in tatters, a new mobile service that allows Haitians to make and receive payments via text message is taking off and allowing commerce to flourish. Last year, Haiti suffered a catastrophic earthquake that caused widespread devastation--a tragedy that puts yesterday's quake, which sent shockwaves of worry up and down the East Coast despite little damage, into stark perspective. The impoverished country is still recovering--but slowly, as several reports have indicated

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Tower Watson survey finds one out of 10 midsized, large companies will stop offering health insurance come 2014

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