Google Drive desktop users, beware: The company has started the process of winding down the file-synchronizing app, and will stick the last knife in it by March 12. [More]
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Report: American Apparel Starting Layoffs At Southern California Factories
By 1.16.17 — Updated: 1.17.17
Now that American Apparel has been sold off to Canadian-based apparel maker Gildan Activewear, not only could all 110 stores reportedly be closing, but the retailer’s new owner has also decided not to buy some of its manufacturing operations after all, insiders say, prompting the start of layoffs for thousands of workers in Southern California. [More]
Microsoft Warns Computer Makers They Have A Year To Build New PCs With Windows 7 Professional
By 11.3.15
The clock is now ticking on computer makers planning on building new PCs that come with Windows 7 Professional: Microsoft has issued a deadline of Oct. 31, 2016 to original equipment manufacturers (or OEMs) — after that date, no more new machines can be built with the operating system. [More]
We Live In A World Where The Deep-Fried Twinkie Burger Is A Real Thing
By 10.29.13
If you were to make a Venn diagram showing the overlap of bacon, frying oil, cream filling, and “perpetual-adolescence wish-fulfillment,” you’d find the Deep-Fried Twinkie Burger. [More]
JCPenney & Macy’s Are Close To The Final Word On Their Martha Stewart Rivalry
By 8.1.13
The playground fight between Macy’s and JCPenney over who gets to be best friends with Martha Stewart could finally be close to over. After months of the two companies bickering over whether or not JCPenney can sell certain home goods with the Martha Stewart name on them, a judge might issue a decision today. [More]
Penguin Offers To Break Up With Apple To End European E-Book Anti-Trust Case
By 4.19.13
After more than a year of squabbling with the European Commission in an anti-trust case involving Apple’s deals with five publishers that regulators called a conspiracy to fix the price of e-books, the last holdout might be close to settling up. Penguin has offered to ditch its e-book deal with Apple to end the antitrust probe. [More]
Snack Food World Collapses In Upon Itself As Doritos Announces Doritos Locos Tacos Doritos
By 3.26.13
It was an inevitability we all secretly knew but refused to openly admit for fear of having to face the inherent existential dilemma it presents, but the fearless folks at Pepsico have decided to mess with the snack-time continuum, announcing the impending release of Doritos Locos Tacos flavored Doritos. [More]
Dell Ditches Its Netbook Computers As Tablets Continue To Captivate Consumers
By 12.16.11
Hear that? It’s the dying gasp of the Netbook computer, as tablets continue to rule as the device of choice for small, portable computing needs. So clutch your Dell Mini close and tell it you love it, as the company says it isn’t selling any more of the 10-inch laptops. [More]
Chinese Poison Train Declared Unstoppable: Next Stop, You!
By 5.21.07
Poison toothpaste, killer cough-syrup, and tainted pet food are the tip of the disgusting iceberg of yuck heading our way from China. Over the past four months, the FDA has rejected 298 shipments from China that included “filthy” fruits, cancer-causing shrimp, and “poisonous” swordfish.
