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Here's Our Favorite Apple iWatch Concept Design So Far

Everyone's hearts go aflutter at iWatch rumors, the supposed wearable wrist computer that Apple could launch as early as this year.A designer named Todd Hamilton took a stab not only at what the...

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Everything Is Impossible In Europe

The other day in Geneva, my wife and I wanted to split a single serving of fondue, rather than get enough for two. The waiter at the restaurant responded: "It's impossible." Ultimately though, that's...

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Dove's Short Film Reveals The Painfully Honest Way Young Women View Themselves

"In the mirror I cover my arm, like part of it, to make it more narrow," a teenage girl tells her mother."I would have never guessed you did that in the mirror," her mom replies.The above is from...

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This Map Shows The Global Divide On Homosexuality

With the impending Sochi Olympics in Russia taking place in a tense atmosphere following anti-gay measures passed by Moscow in 2013, India's re-criminalization of homosexuality, and the surprise...

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The 25 US High Schools With The Highest Standardized Test Scores

Here's an awesome chart that looks at the areas of the country that are killing it in the standardized testing arena.While some universities and employers, like Google and IBM, are downplaying the...

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11 Extremely Successful People Share Their Best Productivity Hacks

Most of us have had those days when we've come in to work, been confronted by a massive to-do list, and had no idea how to get it all accomplished.For people running large organizations, that can be...

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DRONES: Commercial Drones Are Becoming A Reality, With Huge Impacts For Many...

Not too long ago, when most people heard the word “drones,” they thought of unmanned military aircraft engaged in highly controversial clandestine operations. But when Jeff Bezos announced that Amazon...

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A Classy Way To Admit Your Startup Is Dead

Chris Poole created the insanely popular and infamous message board site 4chan way back when he was only 15. Since then, he's launched a company called Canvas, which he pivoted into a drawing-based art...

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Here's A Chart Of Interest Rates Going Back To 3000 BC

The chart below, one of a number of excellent long-term charts put together by @Macro_Tourist, shows interest rates going back to 3000 BC.A PDF with more charts as well as the one below can be found...

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This Heat Map Reveals The Secret To IKEA's Store Design

In our recent tour of IKEA's store in Brooklyn, we kept thinking back to a 2011 lecture from Alan Penn of the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture.Penn and his assistants analyzed IKEA's layout by...

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BAD OMEN: Birds Attack Peace Doves Freed From Pope's Window

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two white doves that were released by children standing alongside Pope Francis as a peace gesture have been attacked by other birds.As tens of thousands of people watched in St....

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Almost All Of Recent Economic History In One Chart

Here's a fantastic chart that basically explains all of economic history.It was tweeted out and annotated by James Plunkett and it's based on a chart from inequality economist Branko Milanovic.What it...

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The Complete Guide To Using Quotation Marks Without Looking Like An Idiot

Our language needs quotation marks. Without them, we couldn't know who said what to whom or even what they meant.Unfortunately, using them can prove tricky. Quotations marks appear in both double and...

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EL-ERIAN: These Are The People And Institutions That Shaped The Way I Think

Mohamed El-Erian is resigning from his positions as CEO and Co-CIO of PIMCO, the California-based fund giant with over $1.9 trillion in assets under management.El-Erian, a Business Insider contributor,...

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Famed Tech Investor Says Yes, I Meant It When I Said Critics Of The Rich Are...

Tom Perkins, the founder of one of Silicon valley's most venerable venture capitalist funds, has again suggested that people who criticize the wealth inequality between those working in the tech...

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Joe's Crab Shack Made One Change That Turned Around Business

A few years ago, Joe's Crab Shack was in trouble. The chain had split off from parent company Landry's Restaurant Inc. and was closing under-performing stores. Today, Joe's Crab Shack has pulled off a...

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Here's Ray Dalio's Advice For Investing In The Market Cycle We're In Right Now

After speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ray Dalio joined the folks at CNBC this morning. In his interview, he explained where things stand in the global economy right now, and...

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Think Beijing's Famous Smog Is Bad? Delhi's Is Worse [PHOTOS]

China's smog — which routinely engulfs major cities like Beijing and Shanghai— is notorious, and it's recently reached "danger levels." But the the smog in New Delhi, The New York Times reports, is...

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Bank Of America Is Reportedly Being Investigated For One Of The Oldest...

Regulators are investigating Bank of America for front running its clients' large trading orders, according to documents reviewed by Reuters reporters Karen Brettell and Aruna Viswanatha.Front running...

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This 14-Slide Pitch Deck Helped Content Startup Contently Land $9 Million

Contently helps freelance writers find work.  It recently raised a $9 million Series B round of financing from Lightbank, ff Venture Capital, and Consigliere Brand Capital. It has raised $12 million to...

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