Rovio could very well become the next Disney.
Back in April, Rovio announced that it made just under $200 million in revenue in 2012.
With Rovio's birthday coming up on Dec.11, we decided to take a peek inside its headquarters in Espoo, Finland.
Chefs are hard to shop for — if a knife breaks, they buy a new one. If they want a food processor, they go ahead and get the best one on the market for themselves.
So what on earth do you get them for the holiday season?
We've thought outside the box to choose 11 kitchen essentials that not every die-hard cook has in their kitchen.
Some of the cooking accessories are more costly, like the Thermomix blender at $3,500, while others, like an Alesso digital scale, are much more affordable at only $200 a pop.
The Vitamix 5200 is a cult-favorite. It has twice the motor strength of the average blender, and pulls food more efficiently through the blades meaning it can blend just about anything.
For those with a sweet tooth on your list, the Lello Musso Ice Cream Maker can make up to 2 quarts of any frozen dessert in less than 20 minutes. It's both easy to use and clean, and has a timer that works in conjunction with the "churn" and "chill" settings.
Considered one of the best coffee machines on the market, the Jura Impressa One Touch Automatic Coffee-and-Espresso Center makes cappuccinos and latte macchiatos with the touch of a button. It rinses and cleans itself, and has three temperature settings for hot water.
In the past, we've posted some incredible views of Earth's most breathtaking natural features from the European Space Agency (ESA), which has been observing the Earth with satellites for decades.
It turns out that natural features aren't the only thing that the ESA has seen from space — they've turned their lenses on some of Earth's most iconic cities as well.
The ESA has launched some of the most advanced Earth-observation satellites ever, including the Envistat, which circled the Earth from 2002 until 2012.
Every week, the ESA releases a new image — plucked from the huge pool of Envistat and other satellite images — on their website.
This image was taken by the French Pleiades satellite.
This photo was taken by American satellite Landsat-7 in January. Landsat's goal is take cloud-free images of the Earth.
How much would you pay for a camera designed by Jony Ive? How about a desk?
Last night design pioneers Jony Ive and Marc Newson collaborated with musician and philanthropist Bono to organize a (RED) Auction on November 23rd at Sotheby's in New York City. The auction raised over $26 million dollars for The Global Fund, which helps fight AIDS in Africa.
We showed you all of the items up for auction last week.
The selling prices were crazy high.
The camera - a unique Leica Digital Rangefinder - sold for $1.8 million and the unique aluminum desk produced by Neal Feay Studio (pictured) brought $1.7 million.
The Steinway & Sons unique “Red Pops for (RED)” Parlor Grand Piano (which Coldplay’s Chris Martin played last night) inspired a dozen bidders to compete for the piano. It was finally won by philanthropist Stewart Rahr for $1.9 million.
Overall, it looked like a spectacular event!
There are some good corporate social media accounts out there. Oreo churns out cute ads based on current events, and the British cell provider Tesco Mobile caught the Internet's attention with charmingly sarcastic tweets that even trolls can't resist.
But there are at least as many fails going on in the marketing social sphere as wins, and the fails are often epic.
A common element to all of these mishaps is that the social media team was not listening. And listening does not just mean talking to customers. It means being aware of the company's place in the Internet's culture and knowing that customers do not appreciate mass-produced responses.
The following list compiles the year's best of the worst, in which a brand's social missteps became magnified for the world to see through nonstop sharing on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit — and sites like us, Business Insider.
@jennbrazen Kmart is staffing w/ teams & seasonal associates when possible, giving them opportunity to make extra money during holiday.
— Kmart (@Kmart) November 6, 2013@nuggetfan4life Kmart is staffing w/ teams & seasonal associates when possible, giving them opportunity to make extra money during holiday.
— Kmart (@Kmart) November 5, 2013@AnnalisaAlosco Kmart is staffing w/ teams & seasonal associates when possible, giving them opportunity to make extra money during holiday.
— Kmart (@Kmart) November 5, 2013
On Oct. 19, 2013, thousands of programmers, engineers, and designers joined a lineup of amazing speakers for Y Combinator's Startup School 2013.
The list of speakers included industry heavyweights like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter and Square's Jack Dorsey, and venture capitalist Chris Dixon, among others.
Gregory Koberger attended each of their presentations and put together a set of wonderful, illustrated notes using the Paper app for the iPad. He graciously provided high-quality versions of his notes for the benefit of Business Insider readers.
You may not have a kid yet, but that doesn't mean you're not in the market for a kids' toy this holiday season.
We checked dozens of retailers' top toys lists, talked to a toy expert and did our own digging to select nine of the hottest toys.
Any item on this list is sure to help you knock the socks off your niece, nephew, godchild, or any other kid you may be want to spoil this year.
For ages: 6 and up
Price: From $14.99
The Cra-Z-Loom isn't just for friendship bracelets. Kids have also made sandals, dolls and tons of other unexpected art projects out of rubber bands. It'll keep the kid in your life creative without the mess of markers or paint.
The kit comes with a loom and 600 multicolored rubber bands. Its sale numbers have been on the rise since the summer, according to Adrienne O'Hara, the director of consumer public relations at Toys "R" Us.
For ages: 4 - 12
Price: From $34.99
"Despicable Me 2" was a huge summer blockbuster for kids. For Halloween, the famously adorable yellow minions from the film became a top costume, and now that the holidays have rolled around, a talking minion toy is sure to be a hit with the little ones.
In the movies, Dave loves ice cream and excels at playing video games. As a toy, Dave comes with 55 minion sayings and sound effects performed by the same guy who provides his voice in the movies. You can also press his tongue down to feed him, which eventually leads to his super fart.
For ages: 5 - 9
Price: From $43
Forget those boring square forts you used to make by throwing a sheet over the back of some living room chairs. Crazy Forts let kids' imaginations go wild. The kit comes with 25 balls to connect 44 plastic rods.
You may want to get two kits or more if you're thinking of getting it as a group gift for siblings, and you have to provide your own sheets.
But kids can build everything from an igloo to a castle with Crazy Forts. There are easy-to-follow instruction guides on their website.
A typical Thanksgiving meal has thousands of calories.
It's annoying to compromise taste for the sake of trimming calories, so here's our strategy for a guilt-free feast: Focus on ways to get more nutrients into your meal and a few preparation techniques that will prevent overeating without having to count every morsel of food.
We'll also settle the great debate over white and dark meat — is one really healthier than the other?
Read on to find out.
If your goal is to eat less in order to save calories, then choose a colored plate that has a high contrast to the foods being served for Thanksgiving dinner. This tactic is based on research from professors Brian Wansink and Koert van Ittersum, who found that people serve themselves more food than they realize when the color of the plate matches the color of the food.
So, if you want to eat more green beans, then it would be a good idea to use a green plate. But if you want to control your portions of high-calorie starchy foods, like stuffing, corn bread, potatoes, or even pie, then we suggest staying away from white, yellow, or orange plates. Since buying multi-colored plates for your guests is not ideal, you might consider buying disposable plates in one shade, like blue, that is not likely to blend with most of the traditional dishes served on Thanksgiving.
It's not just the color of your plate that affects how much you eat. Size also matters, according to Wansink and Ittersum. Their study is based on what's known as the Delboeuf illusion — the idea that when one looks at concentric circles, the size of the inner-circle appears smaller as the outer-circle gets larger.
When we apply this bias to plates, a larger plate makes a serving of food appear smaller (there is more white space around the "inner-circle" of food) than if the same amount of food was dumped onto a less big plate. The researchers explain that a large plate not only causes us to put more food on our plate — leading us to eat more — but it may also trick us into believing we have eaten less than we think.
We're often told to eat white meat over dark meat because it's more healthful. It's true that white meat has fewer calories and less fat than dark meat, but not by much.
An ounce of white meat without the skin typically contains around 40 calories and 0.1 grams of saturated fat, compared with 45 calories and 1.6 grams of saturated fat for an ounce of dark meat without the skin. But dark meat also contains more nutrients, including higher levels of iron, zinc, and vitamins B6 and B12.
If you plan to gorge on turkey, then eating mostly white meat is the best option for trimming calories, but eating some dark meat provides other nutritional advantages.
I just spent 10 days in China and I saw many sights I will never forget.
At the Great Wall outside Beijing I stood on an ancient structure that stretched beyond the horizon.
At West Lake in Hangzhou I saw a side of China that, in other parts, has been paved over.
At the top of Victoria's Peak in Hong Kong, I could look down onto one of the most skyscraper-filled skylines in the world.
In my room at the Kerry Hotel in Beijing, I beheld the Toto Neorest – a toilet that costs more than $3,000 USD, and is without a doubt, the most civilized toilet humanity has ever encountered.
The Architectural Photography Awards, hosted by Arcaid Images, have announced the winner, runner-up and shortlisted images for this year’s best architecture photos.
A distinguished panel of architects and editors that included Catherine Slessor, Eva Jiricna, Zaha Hadid, Ivan Harbour and Graham Stirk were asked to look beyond architecture and into composition, atmosphere and scale to ultimately judge four categories of images: Interiors, Exteriors, Sense of Place and Building In Use.
Their selections reflect this vision admirably.
The competition aims to draw attention to the expertise of the architectural photographer, “translating the sophistication of architecture into a readable two dimensions to explain and extol the character, detail and environment of the project.
“The experience of architecture for the majority of people is via images,” reads a statement by Arcaid Images, “The architecture itself is the focus and the image regarded only as the medium.”
Category: Sense of Place — Images should show buildings or spaces in their wider context and environment. Photographer: Ken Schluchtmann.
Category: Sense of Place — Images should show buildings or spaces in their wider context and environment. Photographer: Duccio Malagamba.
Category: Exteriors — Images should be of the exterior of a building communicating the nature of that building. Photographer: Adam Mork.
A small silver-washed canvas with a black oval surrounded by red slags of paint does not at all remind the Pollock-Krasner Foundation of the signature style of famed abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock.
The foundation's now-defunct expert panel decided long ago it was not part of the artist's oeuvre.
But a single polar bear hair could change all that.
In 1956, Pollock reportedly kept a polar bear rug in his living room. Hair from the rare rug matched a hair recently isolated from the canvas by former NYPD investigator Nick Petraco, according to The New York Times' Patricia Cohen.
If the painting, titled "Red, Black and Silver," is authenticated as a Pollock, it could auction for millions instead of $50,000, a price it might fetch without an official authentication, according to Cohen. And it would gain even more value as the last thing Pollock painted before he died in a drunken car crash in 1956.
The battle to authenticate the canvas has outlived the two women who started the fight: Pollock's widow, Lee Krasner, and his lover, Ruth Kligman, for whom he supposedly created the work.
Krasner set up a foundation in 1985 to authenticate all Pollock's works for a comprehensive catalogue. Kligman submitted "Red, Black and Silver" for authentication, but had long been denied.
The question of authentication also points to a changing trend in the art world. While art connoisseurs have long had the last word on a painting's authorship, forensic analysis is cropping up as a more reliable tool in hotly contested cases.
"Trace evidence serves as an unbiased, impartial, silent witness to an event," Petraco said in a statement. "It has no human prejudices or agenda."
Kligman is herself an artist, and a conspiracy theory exists that she painted "Red, Black and Silver" and attributed it to Pollock to publicize his love for her.
"Only trace evidence from Jackson Pollock and his environment was found under the paint layers of this work," Petraco wrote in an email to Business Insider. "No trace material from Ruth Kligman, i.e. brunette colored hair or her environment, was found under the paint layers."
The Kligman trust asked several experts including Petraco to analyze the suspected Pollock painting. Petraco donated his services, analyzing soil, grass and hair fibers in connection with the painting. Art fraud expert Colette Loll also donated her services to the trust and determined the evidence did not support fraud.
Still, Francis O'Connor, an art historian who had worked with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, told The New York Times that while the evidence may suggest where "Red, Black and Silver" was made, it does not unequivocally prove who made it.
The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high of 1,804 on Friday, and Wall Street's short sellers with the resources to ride out the high have been salivating waiting for the market to crumble.
Goldman Sachs' new Hedge Fund Monitor report, which looks at 783 funds with nearly $2 trillion in gross equity positions, lists the 50 favorite short positions among the world's largest hedge fund managers.
"More than half of the 50 key short positions have outperformed the S&P 500 YTD, and five have returned over 100%," noted Goldman's Amanda Schneider.
Perhaps the stock that have outperformed during the rally will underperform during the collapse.
We ranked the top 25 stocks on the list based on the dollar value of short interest.
Ticker: SYY
Value of Short Interest: $1.5 billion
YTD Return: 10%
Sector: Food Distribution
Comment: The company's first-quarter earnings fell 0.4% on lower margins and higher operating costs.
Source: Goldman Sachs
Ticker: KO
Value of Short Interest: $1.5 billion
YTD Return: 13%
Sector: Soft Drinks
Comment: The company's third quarter adjusted earnings of $0.53 barely met estimates last month, as it emphasized emerging market volatility and a bleak macroeconomic outlook.
Source: Goldman Sachs
Ticker: TGT
Value of Short Interest: $1.5 billion
YTD Return: 15%
Sector: General Merchandise
Comment: The retailer's fiscal third-quarter earnings fell 46% on weak earnings from its U.S. business and losses in Canada.
Source: Goldman Sachs
If you've been to an organic grocery store, you've seen a shelf full of Dr. Bronner's 18-in-1 Pure Castile Soap.
Easily recognizable by the tiny-print labels on every bottle, the soap comes in eight different scents and claims to have over 18 uses, including shampoo, toothpaste, body wash, deodorant, household cleaner, and more.
But does it actually do all those things?
A little history first: The organic and fair trade soaps were originally invented by a third-generation soap maker named Emanuel Bronner, who was famous for his personal philosophy that he called the "Moral ABC of All-One-God-Faith!"
Bronner was eccentric, to say the least. A German immigrant who escaped Nazi Germany, he spent his life sending (unanswered) letters to world leaders, developing his personal philosophy, and making his soap by hand out of his California home.
His label reflects his personal philosophy about unity and peace with ideas borrowed from Christianity, Judaism, and famous quotes from people like Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln. It's also very liberal with exclamation points. For instance, consider this line: "Human race the Moral ABC of All-One-God-Faith! For we're All-One or none! ALL-ONE! ALL-ONE! ALL-ONE!"
Bronner passed away in 1997, and the Dr. Bronner's company is run by his surviving relatives. The brand has since tempered down Bronner's original language about what you can actually do with the soap, and added some tips of their own. We gathered these tips from the Dr. Bronner's website and various fan blogs around the web.
1. Body Wash: This soap is awesome as body wash, and will last forever. Squirt a small amount on a wash cloth or loofah, and it will lather up extremely well.
2. Face Wash: These products are 100% organic, made with vegetable oils and coconut oil to help it lather, so they're good for your skin. Put two to three drops on wet hands, and wash your face as normal.
3. Shampoo: The Dr. Bronner's brand now makes shampoo specifically for your hair, but a lot of people still like to use the soap. Put roughly half a tablespoon in your hand and work it into damp hair. You'll most likely need to use a conditioner afterwards to detangle your hair.
4. Bath Soap: Dr. Bronner's does lather a lot, but not so much in a tub of water (unless extremely agitated with water jets) — it will be more like a bath oil. Depending on water amount, put roughly two tablespoons of the soap into the running water.
5. Baby Wash: The mild version of this soap is especially good for infants. Because it's not made with any chemicals and only contains organic ingredients, it will be especially gentle on babies' skin.
6. Shaving Cream: There's no excuse to buy expensive shaving cream. Just work this soap into a lather, shave, and rinse when done. You'll need approximately 10 drops for your face, three drops for under arms, and a teaspoon for legs.
7. Clearing Congestion: When you're not feeling well, put one tablespoon of Dr. Bronner's into a bowl of steaming hot water. Drape a towel over you head, and breathe in the mist until your congestion clears. This is particularly good with the Peppermint-scented soap.
8. Cleaning Dishes: Dr. Bronner's recommends diluting the soap 1:10 with water, and then squirting the diluted mix onto a scrub brush. This only works when hand washing dishes, and not in a dishwasher.
9. Laundry: Use 1/3 – 1/2 cup of soap for a large load in a normal washer. Most people also recommend combining with a cup of baking soda or Borax (a type of powder used in a variety of household laundry and cleaning products) and diluting with water.
10. Cleaning Your House:
a. Mopping: Pour 1/2 cups of soap in 3 gallons of hot water.
b. Windows: Add a tablespoon of soap into a quart of water in a spray bottle. Follow up with pure club soda or half vinegar/half water to prevent streaking.
c. All-Purpose Cleaner: Pour 1/4 cup of Dr. Bronner's soap into a quart of water in a spray bottle.
11. Fruit/Vegetable Rinse: Put a dash of the soap into a bowl of water and drunk your produce and scrub with hands to get off any dirt. Rinse in cold water.
12. Dog Washing: The amount of soap you use will vary widely depending on the size, hair type/length, and overall dirtiness of your dog. Wet your dog thoroughly, then start to work the soap up and down his body until there's a good lather. Rinse.
13. Plant Spray For Bugs: To keep bugs from gnawing on your plants, add one tablespoon of soap into a quart of water and spray onto plants. You can also add some cayenne pepper or cinnamon into the mix.
14. Ant Spray: Though less common, some followers of Dr. Bronner's say the soap is good for fighting ants. Put 1/4 cup of the Tea Tree soap into a quart of water and spray infected areas. (Note: This concentration will burn plants.)
1. Douche: Older labels of Dr. Bronner's included a suggestion for ladies to douche with the soap. Bronner believed using the soap as a post-coital douche would restore the body’s natural pH. Doctors for years have debunked this myth, and it has since been removed from the labels.
2. Use As Deodorant: Sure you could wipe the oil on your underarms, but it won't do anything to keep you from sweating and smelling, plus you'll feel sticky all day.
3. Use As Toothpaste: You can do this (just put a drop on your toothbrush), and some people do. However, not only will it foam a lot, but it does not taste like peppermint or citrus or almond — it tastes like soap.
4. Use As Mouth Wash: Again, this is soap. It tastes like soap. If you don't want soap in your mouth, do not use this as mouthwash.
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Rumor has it that Angelina Jolie may have just bought Brad Pitt Petra Island, a heart-shaped island off the coast of New York that has been languishing on the real estate market for the past five years.
The unconfirmed sale, which The Daily Mail believes could be in honor of Pitt's upcoming 50th birthday in December, includes a home that was designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Pitt is known to be a big architecture buff (and a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright), so the $12.2 million purchase wouldn't be too surprising for the movie star. The sale would even be somewhat of a deal, considering that a little over a year ago the home and island were listed for $19.9 million.
The heart-shaped property is just a 15-minute helicopter ride north of New York City. It was completed in 2008 with a 5,000-square-foot main residence and a 1,200-square-foot guest cottage. Even if hasn't been purchased by Jolie, it's still worth taking a look around.
Source: Google Maps
Source: AHAlife
Source: AHAlife
Corporate jet-setters are all too familiar with frenzied trips through the airport: the checking in, security navigation, endless waiting, and eating on the go. And that's before they've even boarded the plane.
Since these road warriors have experienced it all, we wanted to know what they keep in their carry-on to make traveling easier, less expensive, and generally more enjoyable.
A few frequent fliers helped us compile a list of the essential items they always keep conveniently packed in their carry-on bags:
Unless you're interested in shelling out up to $12 to use airport WiFi, it's a good idea to invest in a WiFi hotspot of your own.
With its slim, credit card-sized package and simple access to 4G networks, personal MiFi hotspots like the Verizon Jetpack 4G LTE MiFi are a personal favorite of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and David Rush, co-founder and CEO of Evzdrop.com.
"It is a huge time-saver because you always know you can stay connected regardless of your location," Rush told Busines Insider. "It also makes meetings efficient and gets you instantly online with a great connection."
Car rental agencies are notorious for tacking on hidden fees on essential accessories like GPS navigation systems.
Save yourself some cash by bringing your own along (plenty are small enough to fit in your purse or carry-on bag). If you don't already own one, it's simple enough to turn your smartphone into a GPS device all on its own.
Rig up a do-it-yourself smartphone stand for your dashboard, or invest in a ready-made mount for under $30.
"My number one tip is to invest in a water bottle with a filter," said Talia Salem, a communications rep for PlanetWildlife. "I have taken this all over the world and it has saved me hundreds of dollars."
There are dozens to choose from online. Salem is a fan of the Camelback Groove ($25), and we're crazy for AquaGear water filtration bottles ($29.99).
They remove 99.99% of tap water contaminants and can save up to 600 plastic bottles over their lifetime.
If you've ever paid $10 for a minuscule bottle of aspirin at an airport kiosk, you'll appreciate this tip.
Stock up on essentials like pain reliever, band aids, vitamins, and cough drops before heading out on your flight, and be sure to pack them in your carry-on.
Salem learned the hard way to keep a spare set of business attire in her carry-on bag.
"I once had to go straight to a business meeting from the plane, even though I was supposed to arrive the day before," she said.
If you keep a small lint roller on hand, too, you don't have to worry about getting your duds dusty in your bag.
In the three years Amy Lee spent traveling as a management consultant, the now senior travel analyst for TravelNerd said she never left for a flight without a pocket-sized toothbrush in her bag.
"Colgate Wisp is perfect for that 6 a.m. flight — post coffee drinking," she said. "[It] freshens up your breath and cleans teeth without having to pack a toothbrush and toothpaste."
She's also a proponent of facial wipes, which are a quick way to freshen up if you've got to book it from the airport to a meeting.
No one expects frequent fliers to recover from a red-eye without a kick of caffeine, but that doesn't have to mean shelling out $5 and waiting in endless lines.
Lee is a huge fan of Starbucks Instant Coffee packets, and just about every big coffee brand has their own version of insta-java on grocery store shelves.
Keep a travel mug on hand, and you can easily fill up with a free cup of hot water from just about any airport eatery.
Business travelers usually have their meals covered by their employer, but that rarely means getting a blank check to restaurant hop before your flight.
Keep within the confines of your daily food allowance by packing some quick snacks in your carry-on bag or purse.
Trail mix, small sandwiches, some fresh fruit, and cut veggies are all easy, healthy options for snacking on the go.
It's always nice when airports have charging stations for laptops and cell phones, but it's even nicer (and cheaper) to keep your own chargers on hand for emergencies.
"Make sure you always have a back-up cell phone and computer charger that stays in your suitcase at home and on the road," said Roy Berger, president of MedjetAssist.
"Forgetting it will not only be expensive but can be very frustrating and time consuming in being able to locate the right kind while away from home."
With the holidays quickly approaching, more sales are starting to sprout up in preparation for the shopping frenzy.
Fortunately, there is an app for that. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday approaching fast, we've compiled a list of apps that will make it easy for you to find all of the latest deals and discounts while managing your spending.
These apps which are suitable for any platform will prove to be invaluable when shopping for the holidays. From Square which can speed up the purchasing process while crowds of customers swarm you at the register to Google Wallet which can prevent you from overspending on unnecessary gadgets.
This app, made by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, syncs all your essential financial information into one hub. It enables customers to then seek out and purchase various items from merchants. This is how it works. The app will utilize a GPS to scan the surrounding area and find merchants that are registered. Once that shop is discovered, the function tells the store owner you are there. After you find what you're looking for, travel up to the register and pay without even taking out your credit card.
Price: Free
Available on: iPhone and Android.
Similar to Square, Intuit syncs up with a card reader to help make purchases happen quickly and efficiently. The app incorporates Bluetooth & PIN card reader to ensure payments are processed over a secure connection as well. For merchants, customer's data is housed safely in the database Intuit allows you to build. Transaction history appears after purchases to add to your records.
Price: Free
Available: iPhone and Android.
Levelup utilizes a QR code scanner to morph your phone into a virtual wallet. Once it obtains the information needed, the smartphone can process payments while protecting your information.
Price: Free
Available: iPhone and Android.
The holiday season can be an incredibly tricky time to buy gadgets.
Whether you're buying for yourself or someone you love, you have to keep track of new gadgets being released and prices being cut across many different product categories to get a good deal.
If this isn't something you keep your eye on regularly, it can all be overwhelming.
Click here to skip straight to our holiday gadget gift guide >>
That's why Business Insider handles all of that work for you. With our 2014 Gadget Gift Guide, we've made shopping for gadgets the easiest part of your holiday routine.
We've rounded up the best gadgets in the most important categories. Don't worry about sifting through products you'd never want to buy — we give you the top options for several uses and software preferences in order to keep it simple.
A note on pricing: The prices listed here can vary wildly as manufacturers and retailers put up deals for the holidays. Make sure you shop around for the best prices.
It's powered by the same desktop-class processor as the new iPad models and the new Touch ID feature keeps your data safe without requiring an annoying lock screen.
Click here for the full Business Insider review of the iPhone 5S >>
Price: Starts at $199
As the latest in the company's series of custom-made smartphones, the Nexus 5 will be the first to get updates to Google's Android operating system. Unfortunately, Google doesn't offer a model that works on Verizon.
Click here for the full Business Insider review of the Google Nexus 5 >>
Price: $349
Concierge Auctions has delayed the auction of Michael Jordan's massive Highland Park, Illinois compound until December.
The auction was supposed to take place last Friday, but was pushed back hours before the scheduled start time after potential bidders wanted more time.
The house was originally listed for $29 million. The truly enormous compound has every bell and whistle you can think of. There's a pool with a grass island in the middle of it, a door from the Playboy Mansion, a table based on the streets of Baghdad, and MJ-branded golf flags.
Concierge Auctions released some great footage of the house.
It's outrageous in the best way possible.
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" hit theaters this weekend, burning a $161 million hole in the box office — all thanks to America's sweetheart, Jennifer Lawrence.
Critics are saying the 23-year-old Oscar winner nails it, delivering a mesmerizing performance that makes the film's action, adventure, political subtext, and humor work.
How much do you know about the Girl on Fire?
Her family's day camp in Louisville, Kentucky.
Source: Rolling Stone
Sources: Rolling Stone, The Late Show with David Letterman
Sources: "Jimmy Kimmel Live,""Late Show with David Letterman"
The New York Post's Jennifer Gould Keil reports that former Bernie Madoff partner/neighbor Maurice "Sonny" Cohn has sold his Amagansett beachfront home for $11 million.
The home was listed by Elliman for $12.9 million.
Cohn ran a feeder fund called Cohmad Securities (a combination of "Cohn" and "Madoff") that introduced investor capital to Madoff's investment company, according to ProPublica.
Madoff was convicted of running a massive ponzi scheme. He is serving a 150 year prison sentence in Butner, North Carolina.
Cohn and his associates settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission back in 2010.
Now let's tour Cohn's recently sold beach digs.
