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Business Insider Just Moved To An Awesome New Office — Come On In And Meet The Team!

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After nearly three years in our old office space, Business Insider's growing team moved into its new world headquarters on Fifth Avenue last week.

Since we've given our readers a peek inside so many other neat office spaces, we thought we would give you a glimpse inside our home. Keep reading to meet some of the team and see where we work.

Welcome!

Welcome to our new building! We're on Fifth Avenue, right in the heart of the Flatiron District.



Our neighbors include TechMedia Network and Capitol Music Group, along with a bunch of other record labels.



The main lobby is pretty swanky, with nods to many of our neighbors' hit records.



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There's A Serious Lime Shortage Going On — Here's Why, And What Restaurants Are Doing About It

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Blame an unfortunate combination of Mother Nature and Mexican drug cartels for a huge lime shortage in the U.S.

With an already sparse crop this year due to tree disease and heavy rains, a Mexican cartel that calls itself the Knight’s Templar is stealing limes from farmers or imposing high taxes on the crop, according to NPR.

95% of America's limes come from Mexico, and grocery store prices are already surging — from 29 cents per lime a year ago to $1 per lime today, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.

Restaurants are being forced to confront the issue as well, since the shortage could last all summer, as some experts believe that lime prices won’t settle down until four or five months — right at the end of peak lime season.

“Our prices tripled overnight about six weeks ago,” Steve Tarpin, owner of Steve’s Authentic Key Lime Pies in Brooklyn, told Business Insider in an email. His bakery specializes in fresh key lime pie, and after its supply line closed down a few weeks ago, he had to raise the price on his product 14%.

“The supply line has since re-opened,” Tarpin told us. “We won’t know the quality [of the limes], but we’re hopeful they will be suitable. The price has retracted a bit and we’re hoping to see them stabilize. We’re looking at sources outside Mexico (Columbia, Venezuela, Peru) and also looking at alternative sources within Mexico in areas that weren’t as affected by crisis.”

His is not the only establishment raising prices. Lime-centric drinks around the city have become more expensive as wholesale crates have increased from $12 to $14 to well over $100. Many restaurants have begun substituting lemon wedges with cocktails, or asking customers if they want limes to garnish their drinks  rather than adding them automatically   to try and save their existing supplies.

Those who aren’t raising prices may be cutting lime juice with lemon juice, or using pasteurized lime juice. “We have looked into pasteurized bottled lime juice,” the owner of Gran Electrica in DUMBO told Brooklyn Magazine, “but unfortunately the taste just doesn’t hold up to that of freshly squeezed. Our award-winning margaritas are too special to make that sacrifice, but if prices continue to rise, it may be a sacrifice we all have to make.”

Ciro Garzon, the general manager of Pampano, told Grub Street a similar story. "Prices from our purveyors have tripled," Garzon said. "At the bar, we look for other alternatives, and sometimes use lemons instead."

It’s a sacrifice some establishments are avoiding altogether by revamping their menus. So far, Cubana Social in Williamsburg is planning spring cocktails without lime juice (or raising the price accordingly), as is Apartment 13 in the East Village where owner Steve Olson told Grub Street that one featured cocktail with lime juice may be taken off the menu entirely.

The squeeze is being felt around the country. Tacolicious in San Francisco wrote an essay to customers about the lime shortage, explaining on its website that it plans to both raise the price of freshly squeezed lime cocktails and make more moderately priced drinks using a combination of juices:

In this case, a mix of 50 percent flash-pasteurized fresh lime juice from local juice company, 25 percent freshly squeezed lime juice, and 25 percent freshly squeezed lemon juice. We did a margarita taste test, pictured above, made of a few different lime-y combinations to come up with this mix and we think it has great integrity and is quite tasty to boot.

Another California-based restaurant, Matador Cantina in Orange County, made national headlines when it posted on Facebook about a promo where customers could bring in a bag of limes and get a margarita for only 25 cents.

The promotional deal is still going on.

Times are definitely desperate. Here’s hoping this lime shortage ends sooner than expected so we can stop worrying about America's favorite cocktail garnishes.

SEE ALSO: The 12 Best Margaritas In NYC For Cinco De Mayo

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24 Awesome Photos From The Stagecoach Country Music Festival

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More than 63,000 country music fans, young and old, gathered this past weekend in Indio, California for the annual Stagecoach Music Festival.

Headliners included Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Don McLean, and other veteran acts.

But in addition to being there for the music, everyone showcased their best festival fashions — from cowboy boots to American flag everything.

More than 63,000 people gathered in Indio, California for this year's 3-day Stagecoach Country Music Festival.



It takes place on the same grounds as the Coachella Music Festival and just one weekend later.



Cowboy boots are a must for festival-goers.



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12 Embarrassing Gadgets And Apps You Should Stop Using

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What with wearables becoming such a big thing, there are tons of gadgets and apps to choose from nowadays. That does not mean you should own them all.

Here are 12 gadgets and apps that you should avoid at all costs. Try not to embarrass yourself and your family.

Welcome to 2014.

 

There's no way to look cool with a Bluetooth headset.

Sure your grandmother told you not to hold your phone up to your ear, but this is just a bad solution. Bluetooth headsets spoil any hairdo, outfit, and look. And the cost-benefit analysis just doesn't weigh out.



BlackBerry PlayBook just isn't a suitable iPad replacement.

BlackBerry's first and only tablet, the PlayBook, was doomed from the start. It couldn't even send emails unless you tethered it to a BlackBerry Phone. Software updates helped the PlayBook get better, but it still failed to sell very well. Last year, BlackBerry announced that it had all but given up making tablets. 

If you're still using a PlayBook, perhaps it's time to make the switch to an iPad or a cheaper alternative.



Google Wallet won't get you very far at the supermarket.

As of yet, mobile wallets are still struggling, and Google Wallet is no exception. Most retailers aren't equipped to take payments over Near Field Communication (NFC), which Google Wallet largely relies on. Plus, you can't get Wallet on many Android phones in the U.S. due to carrier restrictions.



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How Kevin Garnett Made $315 Million To Become The Highest-Paid Player In NBA History

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Last week, we took a look at the 25 highest-paid players in NBA history and somewhat surprisingly, Kevin Garnett is at the top of the list with a whopping $315.4 million in career earnings.

While Garnett has always been a very good player, he has never been considered one of the best players of all time.

But from poor SAT scores to NBA rules that were not ready for a game-changing player, Garnett used talent and some good fortune to make more than $300 million and counting.

Wednesday  night  Garnett will try and help the Nets beat the Raptors to bring them ahead 3-2 in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

Let's take a look at how more than once, Garnett was just the right player, in the right place, at the right time.

In 1995, Kevin Garnett was a 6-foot-11, 220-pound senior in high school and it had been 20 years since a high school player went straight to the NBA.

 



At 19, he chose to enter the NBA draft after failing to reach the minimum score on the SAT necessary for a division I scholarship.

SOURCE: SI.com



The Minnesota Timberwolves made Garnett the fifth pick of the NBA Draft.



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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: 19 Iconic Photos Of Kate Middleton And Prince William

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kate william prince georgeToday marks Prince William and Kate Middleton's third anniversary.

After three years together, the couple have adopted a dog, moved into their own home at Kensington Palace, and have welcomed their first child.

Though the couple shine at red carpet galas, fundraisers and tours, some of the best moments between the two are candid shots of them laughing and smiling.

Relive some of the couple's most memorable moments.

April 29 2011: Kate and William kiss on their wedding day.



May 24, 2011: The royals meet the Obamas at Buckingham Palace before attending a special lunch hosted by Queen Elizabeth.

(Source: People)



July 7, 2011: Kate and William show off matching cowboy get up while visiting Canada during their first joint overseas tour.



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The 25 Best Restaurants On The Planet

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noma copenhagen denmark dinnerThis year's World's 50 Best Restaurant awards were presented last night in London, and Copenhagen's Noma is back on top after falling to second place in 2013.

Organized by Restaurant magazine and co-sponsored by Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, the World's 50 Best list is based on the votes of more than 900 international leaders in the restaurant industry.

Europe took home the majority of the prizes, with 28 spots going to restaurants in European countries. Spain had three restaurants in the top ten.

We rounded up the top 25, but you can view the full list here (or click here for a copy of the guide).

25. L'Arpège

Paris, France

Last year's ranking: 16

Years on list: 11

Diners around the world make a special trip to Paris just for Alain Passard's food at L'Arpège, especially his Oeuf à la Coque — a lightly cooked egg yolk with crème fraîche, maple syrup, vinegar, and spices.

The meal centers mainly around vegetables from his garden, and is worth its three-Michelin-star rating.

Source: World's 50 Best



24. Amber

Hong Kong

Last year's ranking: 36

Years on list: 4

Amber, at the Landmark Mandarin Oriental in Central, has two Michelin stars and serves modern French fare. The executive chef is Richard Ekkebus, who is known for his innovation preparations.

Source: World's 50 Best



23. Restaurant Frantzén

Stockholm, Sweden

Last year's ranking: 12

Years on list: 3

Formerly Frantzén/Lindeberg, the restaurant changed its name after pastry chef Daniel Lindeberg departed last year. Now, chef Björn Frantzén prepares modern Scandinavian food with Asian influences at Restaurant Frantzén.

95% of the ingredients they use are from Sweden, and many are plucked straight from the restaurant’s own garden.

Source: World's 50 Best



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Why The Pentagon Is Spending So Unbelievably Much On The F-35

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Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the most expensive acquisition in military history and one of the most controversial. Currently seven years behind schedule and $167 billion over budget, the F-35 program could cost over $1 trillion over its lifetime.

There are also concerns that the F-35 is vulnerable to being hacked, that its hull could crack, and that its design specifications have been stolen.

Despite that, the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy are sticking by the F-35 program, partially because the Air Force and Marine Corps have no alternatives, but also because of the great promise that the F-35 shows.

The F-35 evolved out of the Joint Strike Fighter competition, which was aimed at building a next-generation aircraft that could replace a range of fighter, strike, and ground attack aircraft, in 1996.

The Pentagon has bought 29 F-35s this year. It has requested funding to buy an additional 34 aircraft for the 2015 fiscal year.

At the same time, Boeing has been loudly criticizing the F-35's stealth vulnerabilities in an attempt to get the Navy to buy more of its radar jamming champion EA-18G Growlers to support the Joint Strike Fighter.

The F-35, developed by Lockheed Martin, is meant to replace a range of fighter, strike, and ground attack aircraft.



In development for more than a decade as part of the Joint Strike Fighter program, it is the single most expensive military procurement in U.S. military history and could have a lifetime cost of more than $1 trillion.



One hundred F-35s have been produced so far in three varieties: the F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C.



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How Every Guy Can Look Dapper At His Kentucky Derby Party

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The 140th Kentucky Derby starts Friday, May 2, and that means it's time to whip up some mint juleps and dust off your sun hats.

While most of us won't be in Louisville to celebrate the great American tradition, that doesn't mean you can't throw your own Derby party — or dress for the occasion.

First, start with a classic linen suit or vest. The material is lightweight and casual, perfect for hot summer days spent in the sun drinking and watching the races. This Brooks Brothers linen sports coat ($448) or the J.Crew Ludlow vest ($108) both have the right relaxed-yet-tailored fit.

linen jacket vestPair your suit with a crisp button down shirt, like this pastel version from Hugo Boss ($95). If you're feeling more brazen, try Gucci's paisley print button down ($480) or a gingham-patterned shirt like the Hackett Oxford shirt ($180) for a Southern vibe. 

shirts mensAdd colorful and preppy accessories to tie the theme together. If your shirt is plain, go with a patterned tie like this Jos. A. Banks version ($60), and choose a brightly-colored solid tie if your shirt has a pattern. The same goes for pocket squares — these J.Z. Richards pocket squares ($40) have four tonally different blocks so you can choose to be plain or patterned, depending on your outfit.

accessories preppyA straw boater hat takes your style back to the 1920s when formal men's sunhats were all the rage. This Brooks Brother's straw boater hat ($60) will blend in with all of the women's huge fascinators. straw hats derby styleAnd finally lace up in some two-tone wing tips like the Allen Edmund's Strawfut wingtip oxfords ($197) or the AMI wingtip brogues ($595). Not only do they fit the theme, but you'll get a lot of wear out of these after the Derby, too.

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How Napkin Sketches During A Pixar Lunch Meeting Led To Four Of The Studio's Greatest Movies

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For the first time in 9 years a Pixar film will not be on the summer movie schedule.

Fans will have to wait until next year's "The Good Dinosaur" to enjoy the vibrant colors and heartfelt story that has helped make Pixar an animation giant for over a decade.

But how did Pixar come to dominate the industry in the first place?

Most will recall the studio taking off after 1995's "Toy Story," but that was only one film. Without a lineup of great films to follow, Pixar could have easily been one and done.

That is why one lunch meeting at the Hidden City Café in Point Richmond, California may be one of the most important moments in Pixar's history.

The Lunch

Pixar crew, John LasseterIn the summer of 1994, director John Lasseter, writers Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, and Pete Docter were putting the finishing touches on Pixar's first feature, "Toy Story" when, during a lunch meeting, a big question was raised: "What is Pixar going to do next?"

"'Toy Story' was almost complete and we thought, well geez, if we're going to make another movie we have to get started now,"Staton later recalled of the lunch conversation.

According to the New York Times, Lasseter, Staton, Ranft, and Docter then started a brainstorming session sketching the outlines and characters that would make up four of the studio's greatest films (1998's "A Bug's Life," 2001's "Monsters, Inc.," 2003's "Finding Nemo," and 2008's "WALL-E") on nothing more than the napkins on their table.

"There was something special that happened when John, Joe, Pete and I would get in a room," Stanton told the Post and Courier. "Whether it was furthering an idea or coming up with something, we just brought out the best in each other."

The story of the famed lunch became something of legend (the story even made it into the teaser trailer for "WALL-E"), but for Staton there was much more to the creation of those films than just a mythical lunch.

"Well, I'm trying to dispel a little bit of it, before it turns too mythical," Staton later told the Times-Picayune of the lunch. "The truth is, there are people who worked really hard at making things like 'Monsters' and 'Nemo' really turn into the great stories they were way after those lunches."

One Lunch, $1 Billion Box Office

Hidden City Cafe

Since that lunch, Pixar has gone on to be one of the biggest and most critically acclaimed studios in the history of animation.

Pixar's 14 films have brought in $3.5 billion at the domestic box office. Of that, the four films created at the table that day have brought in nearly $1 billion combined. Those four films have also spawned two sequels (2013's "Monsters University" and the upcoming "Finding Dory") and have been nominated for a combined 15 Academy Awards, winning 3.

Those at the lunch would go on to other great things themselves. Lassester went on to direct "A Bug's Life" before becoming the Chief Creative Officer at Disney. Docter would go on to direct "Monsters, Inc.," Staton would direct "Finding Nemo" and "WALL-E," and Joe Ranft would also go on to create other features at Pixar before dying in 2005.

As for the place where the fabled lunch took place, the Hidden City Café (which was actually included in "Monsters, Inc." as seen above) closed its doors in 2012.

SEE ALSO: 12 Places In Pixar Movies That Actually Exist In Real Life

MORE: How ‘Indiana Jones’ Finally Forced Hollywood To Create The PG-13 Rating

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11 Gorgeous Images From This Year’s Most Anticipated Video Game, ‘Destiny’

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destiny gameActivision and Bungie released a 7-minute gameplay trailer for highly-anticipated videogame "Destiny" Monday. 

It's the first real look we're getting at the next game from the creators of "Halo."

Bungie has been working on the game prior to 2009, before the release of 2010's "Halo: Reach."

Here's the brief description for the game:  

"In Destiny you are a Guardian of the last city on Earth, able to wield incredible power. Explore the ancient ruins of our solar system, from the red dunes of Mars to the lush jungles of Venus. Defeat Earth’s enemies. Reclaim all that we have lost. Become legend."

The gameplay video shows off a co-op mission called "Strike," one of many activities featured in the game.

The first-person shooter and multiplayer online game arrives this September on the PlayStation 3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. A beta test version will be available come summer on both the PS3 and PS4.

The game takes place hundreds of years in the future in a post-apocalyptic universe.



Aliens have inhabited the Earth and other planets.



You play as a Guardian from the last city on Earth.



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People Waited For Hours To Get Inside New York City's First Cat Café [PHOTOS]

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New York's first "cat café" may have only stayed open for a weekend, but by all accounts it was a big success. 

The pop-up coffee shop in Manhattan's East Village hosted 21 adoptable cats alongside a coffee shop. By the time its doors shut Sunday, thousands of people had stopped in, and most of the cats had been adopted.

The cat café was sponsored by Purina ONE to promote cat health awareness, and veterinarians were on site to answer questions from cat owners and help organize cat adoptions. 

"We are thrilled to be able to bring this experience to North America for the first time and I'd say we definitely knew this event would work, but we never anticipated this sort of reception," Niky Roberts from Purina ONE said.

The event generated so much buzz that enthusiastic crowds had to wait in catastrophic lines in order to spend a half-hour inside with the cats. Brooklyn resident Julie Beierwaltes, 26, said she waited for four hours after hearing about the café on Facebook. 

"I heard about these cat coffee shops in Japan and I was hoping that this one in New York would be more like that, but, if this was a permanent café, I would totally hang out here," Beierwaltes said.

We stopped by this weekend to see what all the hype was about.

The Cat Café was easy to spot due to the massive line of people waiting to get in. There was no entry fee, just a 5-hour wait time. Only 45 people were allowed inside the café at a time.



Even though the space could hold more people, the staff tried to keep the crowd down so the cats wouldn't feel overwhelmed. Even so, things seemed a little hectic for the feline guests.



Cats were not actually allowed in the "café" potion of the venue. That's where patrons could pick up a complimentary drink, like the "catachino."



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A Woman Quit Her Job To Travel For Two Years And Took These Incredible Photos In Africa

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In 2009, Tania Payne had just been rejected for a promotion and was floundering in her quest for a new career.

So she left the UK and used her savings to travel around the world with her boyfriend, Alex.

"It wouldn’t have been unreasonable to suggest that my big trip was just an escape from the fact that I had no idea what I was going to do with my life," Payne told Business Insider.

"I was scared of coming home to the same question."

She had four continents, 24 countries, 42 beaches and several mountains to find an answer. On a budget of £20,000 (excluding flights), the couple set out for two years and a few months with plans to see Africa, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and North, South, and Central America. She shared her photos from Africa with Business Insider, along with original captions.

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They spent two months in Kenya, where they visited Kibera, the continent's biggest slum.

"I wouldn’t recommend it as a tourist destination exactly," Payne told Business Insider. "But it is an awe-inspiring example of the will of the human spirit to survive in difficult conditions."

Then came safari in the Masaai Mara National Reserve, a volcanic landscape with abundant wildlife. After that, they hiked Mount Kenya.

The remaining time in Africa was split between Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, and South Africa. And while there were plenty of beautiful sights to behold, traveling had its annoyances.

"Alex and I drove each other nuts," Payne told Business Insider. "Photography is a solitary endeavor, and I have thousands of photos of him fuming."

In Africa and during most of her whole first year away from home, she couldn’t shake a huge nagging doubt that the trip was an extravagant and self-indulgent destruction of her employability and future prospects.

But when she returned to the UK, she felt a subtle but distinct difference.

"The personal profile in my CV had hardly changed but it didn’t feel like I was lying anymore," she told Business Insider. "I really am a passionate, committed, enthusiastic and hardworking professional, and at 35 years old, it was the first time I actually believed it."

Tania sent us photos from her trip, along with original captions, and we've republished them here. You can read more about her travels on her blog, Losing Luggage.

Have an amazing travel story and photos to share? Send an email to thelife@businessinsider.com and we could feature your adventure next.

Escape the bustle of city life in Nairobi National Park, an ecological reserve just a few miles outside of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city. The light is golden at sunrise.



Kibera, a division of Nairobi, is Africa’s biggest urban slum. People live in small shacks and hang their laundry outside on washing lines.



Streets in Kibera offers all the facilities of any busy street.



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Anthony Bourdain Ate An Insane 'Foraged' Feast At Noma, The Best Restaurant In The World [PHOTOS]

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Copenhagen's Noma was just named the Best Restaurant In The World by the prestigious San Pellegrino's World's 50 Best awards.

Food and travel guru Anthony Bourdain is so enamored by the restaurant that he devoted a whole episode of his CNN show, "Parts Unknown," to it.

In addition to enjoying an incredible meal at the restaurant, Bourdain spent time with its head chef, René Redzepi, foraging for ingredients at a local beach, harvesting crops at a local farm, and sampling dishes in the restaurant's experimentation lab.

This is the third year Noma has won the top title, and from Bourdain's reactions, it's easy to see why.

Bourdain traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark, where Noma is located.



His sole purpose was to go to Noma and meet executive chef René Redzepi.



Diners wait for months to eat at this 45-seat restaurant. It's famous for its creativity and its emphasis on local and foraged ingredients.



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12 Incredible Ways Our World Will Change If Google Gets Its Way (GOOG)

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Google likes to work on things that no one else is working on.

If run well, Google CEO Larry Page sees corporations like Google as being an agent of change. 

Google has already changed the way we acquire information with Search, it's changed how we consume media content with the Chromecast, and it's already changing how we consume information with Glass.

Google is also known for its moonshot lab, where it works on experimental products that may or may not come to fruition. 

Thanks to Google's driverless car experiment, we may be on the verge of reducing the number of traffic fatalities a year. The cars have already been able to master driving on freeways, but Google has since announced that its test cars can handle city streets with pedestrians.



Google X also tinkered with the idea of a hoverboard. It considered using magnets to keep the hoverboard aloft, but since magnets tend to shift polarities, the hoverboard would constantly flip over. The team considered using other materials, but ultimately decided it would be way too expensive, especially for a product that would only mildly affect society and the economy.



Google CEO Larry Page has even thought about creating aerial bikeways with the hopes of encouraging more people to bike. "It looks totally crazy," Page said in a recent TED talk. Google isn't working on that particular thing, "but it gets your imagination going."



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12 Mind-Blowing Facts About Apple That Will Remind You Just How Gigantic The Company Really Is (AAPL)

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For a few years there, Apple was on an insane run.

It defined the smartphone market with the iPhone, then reinvented personal computing with the iPad. Growth was off the charts as consumers bought these products.

Then, things changed. Samsung caught up to it with smartphones, and arguably leapt past it by releasing a bunch of phones with bigger screens. The tablet market was super hot, but has stalled. 

As a result, Apple's growth has slipped to single digits, and people started asking, "What's wrong with Apple?" more often than talking about what's right. 

While it's understandable that the buzz has died down, there's no escaping the fact that Apple is still a gigantic company, the likes of which we rarely ever see again.

As a reminder, we've complied some mind-blowing facts about Apple's business.

Apple generated $43.7 billion in sales during the first three months of 2014. That's more than Google, Amazon, and Facebook COMBINED.



Apple's iPhone business generated $26 billion in revenue. Microsoft's ENTIRE business generated $20.04 billion over the same period. The iPhone is growing faster than Microsoft, too.



The iPad generated $7.6 billion. It was considered a down quarter. Facebook did $2.5 billion last quarter. For further context, in the past 12 months, Facebook has generated $8.9 billion in revenue.



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11 Outrageous Things Billionaire Larry Ellison Has Taught The World (ORCL)

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Larry Ellison is without a doubt one of the people who has influenced the tech industry the most. 

In fact, CNBC just named him No. 10 in its new list of the 25 business people who had the most profound impact on business and finance in the past 25 years.

Ellison, who is co-founder and CEO of Oracle, has influenced the tech industry, business world, and your daily lives in numerous ways, whether you realize it or not, CNBC pointed out in its profile of him.

College degree not required

Larry Ellison certainly isn't the only billionaire college dropout to find success in Silicon Valley but he was one of the first: Before Bill Gates, before his best friend Steve Jobs, before Michael Dell.

Ellison dropped out of college not just once, but twice, before moving to Northern California at age 22, in 1966.

He stayed in school long enough to learn about computer design and, a few years later,  invented a database by reading a paper about it written by an IBM scientist.

Today that database is run by all of the world's biggest companies. Just about every time you use a credit card, book an airline ticket, or get a prescription drug, Oracle has helped you do it.



Never retire

In just a couple of months, Larry Ellison will turn 70. He is the longest-running founder CEO the tech industry has ever seen. He's held the CEO role at Oracle since 1977.

Back then, a 70-year-old CEO would have been unheard of. Even today, IBM has a tradition where CEOs are asked to retire at age 60.

Ellison has never even publicly discussed retirement.

With Ellison as a role model, other CEOs are staying on longer, too, including Cisco's John Chambers and EMC's Joe Tucci.



A competitive spirit is the greatest motivator

Ask Ellison why he still comes to work every day — what drives him after all he's achieved — and he'll tell you the same answer: he loves to compete.

"I'm addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win," he says.

More recently he described his motivation like this:

"What drives me is this constant testing of limits. Constant learning. ... How can you move the world just a bit, make a difference, change lives ... and how much can I help [while] discovering my own limits?"



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Anthony Bourdain Just Did A Hilarious, Impromptu Q&A On Twitter

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Anthony Bourdain was tweeting while waiting for his plane to Shanghai to take off today, and wound up answering some pressing fan questions on Twitter.

It started when the "No Reservations" host complimented the movie "Chef" (coming to theaters May 9), saying that he couldn't think of another Western film that "got the pro-cooking details as right."

His followers began asking what other food documentaries Bourdain loved, and the questions quickly veered away from movies to all-things Bourdain.

He was also asked a few classic foodie questions.

And of course…

You can see the full Q&A session at Bourdain’s Twitter.

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A Former Apple Exec Is Selling This Stunning Silicon Valley Compound For $9.5 Million

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Longtime tech executive Ellen Hancock is selling her 4,850-square-foot home in Los Altos Hills, Calif., according to Realtor.com.  

Situated on the top of a hill overlooking Silicon Valley, the house has five bedrooms, a custom wine cellar, and sweeping views. 

Hancock spent nearly 30 years at IBM, where she eventually became a senior vice president in charge of network hardware and software. After a brief stint as COO of National Semiconductor, she served as CTO of Apple Computer before a reorganization forced her out of the position in 1997. 

The house sits on one and a half acres of property on a hilltop overlooking Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay.



The house is ultra-private, set behind a gate and lots of leafy trees.



Inside the compound, a large courtyard and two garages provide plenty of space for cars.



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11 Signs Someone Is Lying To You

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Lance Armstrong

Are you bad at spotting a lie?

New research by Dr. Leanne ten Brinke, a forensic psychologist at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and her collaborators, suggests that our instincts for judging liars are actually fairly strong — but our conscious minds sometimes fail us.

Luckily, there are signs we can look for when trying to detect a lie.

Dr. Lillian Glass, a behavioral analyst and body language expert who has worked with the FBI on unmasking signals of deception, says when trying to figure out if someone is lying, you first need to understand how the person normally acts. Then you'll want to pay careful attention to their facial expressions, body language, and speech patterns, she writes in her book "The Body Language of Liars."

1. They change their head position quickly.

If you see someone suddenly make a head movement when you ask them a direct question, they may be lying to you about something.

"The head will be retracted or jerked back, bowed down, or cocked or tilted to the side," writes Glass. This will often happen right before the person is expected to respond to a question.



2. Their breathing changes.

When someone is lying to you, they may begin to breathe heavily, Glass says. "It's a reflex action." 

When their breathing changes, their shoulders will rise and their voice may get shallow, she adds. “In essence, they are out of breath because their heart rate and blood flow change. You body experiences these types of changes when you’re nervous and feeling tense — when you lie.” 



3. They stand very still.

It's common knowledge that people fidget when they get nervous, but Glass says that you should also watch out for people who are not moving at all.

"This may be a sign of the primitive neurological 'fight,' rather than the 'flight,' response, as the body positions and readies itself for possible confrontation," says Glass. "When you speak and engage in normal conversation, it is natural to move your body around in subtle, relaxed, and, for the most part, unconscious movements. So if you observe a rigid, catatonic stance devoid of movement, it is often a huge warning sign that something is off."



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