When joining the SCPA, either as an employee or volunteer, you’re generally expected to prevent the abuse of animals. For one New Brunswick resident, he used his status as a volunteer to get close to the animals without raising suspicion.
China: Earthquake damage in Xinjiang today is limited to some homes, officials say, and there have been no casualties reported. However, the quake measured a strong 6.9 magnitude according to the U.S. Geological Survey and several strong aftershocks continued for at least two hours afterward.
Last week, the EU announced that Google had offered what it considered “an improved commitments proposal” to end a three-year antitrust probe without the company having to pay a fine.
While the EU did say it would inform complainants of the reasons it believes the offer is sound, and give them a chance to make their views known, Google competitor coalition FairSearch has spoken out calling the proposal “worse than doing nothing.”
While the conjunctivitis-plagued Bob Costas may not look back fondly on the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi’s stellar ratings performance has left NBC’s ad sales team in the pink. According to NBC Sports Group chairman Mark Lazarus, the network has begun making available inventory it had originally held back in case it found itself having to make up for any ratings shortfalls. Speaking from Sochi during a Wednesday night conference call (or around 2:30 p.m.
As far as Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is concerned, Ford's in-car data collection practices don't measure up. Franken reached out to Ford last month, asking the carmaker to explain what data location information the company collects, how it obtains customers' permission to collect data, and how it shares the data. While Franken seemed OK with Ford's description of its practices, he was unsatisfied that Ford relied on the fine print of its website and mobile app user agreements to obtain consumer consent to collect the data.
NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi is doing well enough in the ratings that the network has begun selling ad inventory that it had been holding back in case it needed to make up for shortfalls, according to NBC Sports Chairman Mike Lazarus.Despite midday spoilers and tape-delayed coverage in prime-time, NBC executives are happy with the way their live streaming and on-air programming is going so far, the
McDonald's is challenging people not to get distracted by a Big Mac in a digital campaign to accompany its current TV spots in which professionals find their thoughts hijacked by the burger. The work, by Razorfish, kicks off with a hidden-camera video of unsuspecting people being asked to take a photo of a couple.
Apple is planning to announce a new version of its Apple TV set-top box as early as April and is negotiating with Time Warner Cable and other potential partners to add video content, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Apple is aiming to have the device available for sale by the Christmas holidays, though the release date could change because the company is still in the process of securing new agre
Disneyland could be the next Silicon Valley with its new program to jumpstart tech companies. Disney is getting into the accelerator business, sprinkling investments like pixie dust on a select group of startups. The company announced its Disney accelerator program today in Los Angeles. Techstars, a prominent force in early-stage investing, is a partner in the Disney program. Disney has been taking steps into the tech world for years—it bought Pixar, which was founded by Steve Jobs, who also sat on the Disney board before he died.
When it comes to a celebrity’s clothes or hairstyle, there are tons of people around the world that either pay close attention or decide to mimic whatever style that person is using. I mean, remember the whole Jennifer Aniston haircut thing in the 90′s? It seemed that women form coast-to-coast wanted that particular hairstyle called the “Rachel.”