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Apple TV Update: Outdated System Struggles to Compete With Roku, Google Chromecast and Amazon Fire TV Devices

Apple TV has been around since 2007, but many consumers don't even know about it. That's because Apple hardly really advertised it or marketed it. Apple as a company focuses more on their laptops and iPhones.

Saga Falabella Accused of Racism After 'Third Reich' Reminiscent Peru Ad Features Only Blonde Girls [Pic]

Four white, blonde girls featured on a Christmas ad for department store Saga Falabella earned the company a lot of criticism.

BP Oil Spill 2014 Update: Vice President Vows to 'Fight Fraud' as Supreme Court Rejects Claims of Exploitation in Payment for 2010 Gulf Incident

The Supreme Court will not review BP's claims that it was forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in unjustified claims after its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Small Business Saturday Recap: Mountain Mudd Cafe in Minnesota Is Not Your Typical Cafe

Family owned coffee shop has Greek Food, music and more (Photo : Wikimedia Commons) When most coffee drinkers think of getting coffee, they think of big boys like Starbucks and Caribou Coffee.

Social Media Saturday: Gangnam Style and YouTube's 'PSY -2K', Facebook's World Domination Plans Revealed, and Twitter Takes on Bullies

This week in social media, YouTube had to reset its maximum view counter because you kept watching and sharing PSY's Gangnam Style video. Also, Mark Zuckerberg elucidated his plan to colonize the world into Facebook using Internet.org and Twitter introduced new tools to combat cyber bullying.

Stock Market News: Employment Numbers Exceed Expectations, Lead to Closing Highs for Dow, S&P 500

The U.S. financial markets ended the week on a high note Friday, with both the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 closing higher.

Best Christmas Gifts for Kdis: 'Frozen' Toys Top Chrismas Lists Around the World

Toys and merchandise related to the Disney film “Frozen” are topping many Christmas wish lists this year, and parents around the world are clamoring to get the hottest gifts for their little ones.

New Toyota Trucks 2015: Revamp of the Tacoma Coming in January

Tacoma mid-sized truck will compete with GM's offerings Toyota is about to revamp its mid-sized Tacoma truck, according to reports. The move will come in January at the Detroit auto show.

Employment & Job News 2014: US Employers Hire 321,000 Employees in November; Latino Unemployment Drops Slightly

U.S. employers hired 321,000 people in November, the latest sign of steady growth and health job gains. The latest job figures mean 2014 is on track to be the strongest year for hiring since 1999, and 10 million jobs were lost during the financial crisis in 2008.

Employment and Workforce News: Increase in Jobs, Opportunities in Health Care, Retail, Transporation and More in November

Just in time for Christmas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its latest report that finds that non-farm payroll employment increased by 321,000 in November and that the unemployment rate is unchanged at 5.8 percent.

Amazon's Kindle Fire Tablet Line Selling Much Better Than Last Year

Amazon is confident in tablets and e-readers When Amazon debuted the Kindle Fire e-readers and tablets last year, initial sales were not strong. This year, sales are three times that of last year.

Stock Market Today: Apple, Exxon Mobil and Other Stocks Mostly Down Thursday; Declining Oil Prices a Factor

Stocks are mostly down Thursday after investors heard of a report from the European Central Bank regarding the possibility of quantitative easing.

Christmas Tree Lights & Sales: Top Deals for Cheap Lights This Holiday Season

This holiday season there are some great deals on holiday lights. For all the noise about the holiday season starting earlier and earlier, the real way to know Christmas is coming is when you find you can no longer walk down the old neighborhood at night without getting blinded by the holiday light.

James Watson's Nobel Prize for Discovering the DNA Ladder Structure Expected to Make Up to $3.5M in New York City Auction

Nobel Prize gold medal-winner James Watson said his 1962 award is going to be auctioned off Thursday

FCC to Netflix: Creating 'Fast Lanes' Doesn't Support Net Neutrality

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Ajit Pai called out Netflix, one of net neutrality's most well known advocates, in a letter to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Tuesday, saying that the video streaming service provider was in fact trying to set up its own "fast lanes" on the Internet.

President Obama Talks to CEOs About Raising Employee Wages

President Barack Obama told CEOs Wednesday that he wants to discuss “some tricky questions” about how to help wage growth as businesses and the stock market continue to rise.

Android vs. iOS Market Share: Google Poised to Continue Dominance Until 2018

New forecast data from market research firm IDC has Android pegged to handily walk away with most of 2014's smartphone market share.

Microsoft Acquires Email Startup Acompli for More Mobile Cross-Platform Expansion

Microsoft continues to open up to Apple and Google mobile platforms, with the most recent move in this direction being its acquisition of Outlook for iPhone app -- and Latino-founded startup -- Acompli.

Supreme Court Ruling Today: Are Online Death Threats Protected Speech? U.S. Supreme Court To Determine in New Case

The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a case that could determine whether the First Amendment of the Constitution protects death threats made on the Internet as free speech.

UberPool Car Pool Rides: Uber Introduces Car Pooling to NYC

Rides could be cheaper by up to 50 percent Uber rides can get expensive, even if they are for a short distance. Now Uber is trying to cut costs for passengers and save the environment a little too.