Three years ago today, on January 27, 2010, Steve Jobs stood on a stage in San Francisco.

First he talked about how Apple invented the modern laptop in 1991 and revolutionized the smartphone with the iPhone in 2007.

Then he asked: "Is there room for a third category of device in the middle? Something that's between a laptop and a smartphone?"

After trashing an existing category of devices – the netbook – Jobs's tone of voice changed. It grew hushed and fervent.

And then he said: "We think we've got something that is. We'd like to show it to you today for the first time. And we call it…the iPad."

The world hasn't been the same since.

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Noted economist Nouriel Roubini was the No. 1 Tweeter on the "Leader Board" at the World Economic Forum in Davos for quite some time. 

Roubini was Tweeting up a storm at the high profile event that features top economists and world leaders this past week.

He's also Tweeted out tons of photos of the people, the speakers and the beautiful Swiss Alp scenery.

We've included this photos in the slides that follow to give you a taste of what Davos is really like according to Roubini.  

He shows everyone the gorgeous scenery on his way to Davos.

Swiss Alps on the way to Davos for WEF twitter.com/Nouriel/status…

— Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel) January 22, 2013

It's then time for the opening reception.

Opening reception of the WEF at the Congress Center in Davos twitter.com/Nouriel/status…

— Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel) January 22, 2013

There's a concert, too.

Opening Concert of the WEF in Davos twitter.com/Nouriel/status…

— Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel) January 22, 2013

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Brooklyn-based art studio Red Paper Heart recently help put on the ultimate pool party. 

That's because UrbanDaddy challenged the art studio to create an epic, interactive experience in water. 

"Our desire was to create animations that partygoers could swim through," the team wrote on Behance. "Initially we had no idea how to make this a reality." 

They ended up putting 65,000 ping pong balls in a pool, mounted three high lumen projectors above the pool, and used a self-made iPhone application to remotely control the visuals. 

"The biggest surprise of the night was how fun it was to swim through the ping pong balls," Zander Brimijoin, a media artist at Red Paper Heart, tells Business Insider. "As you swim you hear the clicking of 1000s of ping pong balls clacking together. It's hard to describe why, but it was immensely satisfying sound."

The result was amazing. 

First they filled the pool with 65,000 ping pong balls

They created a playful surface for sound reactive animations

Partygoers swam and danced in the pool

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Right now, you're probably sitting on your couch with a laptop in your lap, a tablet in your hands, or a smartphone in your palm.

You're moving around the Internet, sending emails, watching videos, and reading this post. 

It can seem like those activities take place in a non-physical, vaporous world. 

There are no wires connecting you to the Internet, no hoses pumping, and no gears whirring.

It all seems very airy - almost magical.

It isn't!

Your emails, this website, and the YouTube videos you watch are stored in a very physical place. Accessing them is a very phsycial process.

It starts with you using a Google Webpage, maybe for a search

Your clicks and queries end up here, at a Google server farm near you

These places require lots of people to keep running

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Here's the problem: You've got a new product. You want to sell it on Amazon. Commenters then ruthlessly lampoon your company by posting sarcastic reviews underneath it.

The reviews become a bigger draw than your product.

Do you enjoy the extra traffic — and possible sales — your Amazon page will receive? Or do you remove the product from sale to protect your brand?

Here are 15 products sold on Amazon that fell  victim to the meme of over-the-top sarcastic product reviews, from the three-wolf T-shirt ("I, like a wolf, am a mysterious loner") to the banana slicer ("my parole officer introduced me to this kitchen marvel and my life was changed.")

Three Wolf Man shirt

"This item has wolves on it which makes it intrinsically sweet and worth 5 stars by itself, but once I tried it on, that's when the magic happened. After checking to ensure that the shirt would properly cover my girth, I walked from my trailer to Wal-mart with the shirt on and was immediately approached by women. The women knew from the wolves on my shirt that I, like a wolf, am a mysterious loner who knows how to 'howl at the moon' from time to time (if you catch my drift!). The women that approached me wanted to know if I would be their boyfriend and/or give them money for something they called me th. I told them no, because they didn't have enough teeth, and frankly a man with a wolf-shirt shouldn't settle for the first thing that comes to him."

Bic for Her Pens

"I never did very well at school. I wanted to learn and it felt like all the words I needed were right there in my head, but I just couldn’t get them onto the paper in front of me. If I really pushed myself, I could sometimes manage to draw pretty flowers in the margins but this didn’t please Sir and I was soon in all the bottom sets. What really confused me is that I had no problems in cookery or textiles. At the time I didn’t understand why I could grip and use a wooden spoon or sewing needle but couldn’t properly hold my black-coloured pen for more than 45 seconds without dropping it on the floor and weeping.

Things were a bit better when I left school to go and work sweeping up hair at the local salon – yet again, the broom seemed to just fit into my grip as if it was meant to be there – and I saved up to buy a pink laptop. I still had trouble writing for a long time because, although the case was pink, the keys weren’t designed for female eyes which, as we all know, struggle to discern between shades of black and grey. I could write for about 4 minutes at a time, though, and that’s how I found out about these wonderful pens for girls like me."

Hutzler Banana Slicer

"For decades I have been trying to come up with an ideal way to slice a banana. 'Use a knife!' they say. Well...my parole officer won't allow me to be around knives. 'Shoot it with a gun!' Background check...HELLO! I had to resort to carefully attempt to slice those bananas with my bare hands. 99.9% of the time, I would get so frustrated that I just ended up squishing the fruit in my hands and throwing it against the wall in anger. Then, after a fit of banana-induced rage, my parole officer introduced me to this kitchen marvel and my life was changed. No longer consumed by seething anger and animosity towards thick-skinned yellow fruit, I was able to concentrate on my love of theatre and am writing a musical play about two lovers from rival gangs that just try to make it in the world. I think I'll call it South Side Story."

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Football's biggest game of the year is one week away.

If you're planning on hosting an epic Super Bowl party, the first thing you need is a nice TV. 

We've searched around found seven great deals. All of the sets offer wide-viewing angles and HD resolution helping you to see the big game (and half-time show) in stunning quality.

Note: Prices listed here come from Amazon, Walmart, or the manufacturer. However, individual retailers tend to offer items at different prices, so it's best to just perform a quick Google search before you pull the trigger, in hopes of finding an even cheaper price.

Vizio 70-inch 1080p Razor LED Smart TV -- If you have space for the enormous 70-inch Vizio, it offers the best value at such a large size. The 70-inch has a 1080p resolution at 120Hz and is perfect if you're planning on having a ton of people over to watch the big game.

Price: $1599.99

Top of the line: Samsung 65" Slim LED Smart TV -- Samsung's top notch 8000 series LED HDTV supports a 1080p resolution, cutting edge technology, and excellent quality. This set is the cream of the crop, supporting voice control, gestures, facial recognitions, and Samsung's smart apps. Even better, if you decide to pick this one up, Samsung will throw in a bonus HW-E450 Sound Bar for free.

Price: $3699.99

Samsung 51" 3D Slim Plasma HDTV -- This model isn't as new as the E8000 but it's a great deal for a pretty large screen sized 3D TV. The Plasma TV pushes out a great picture and some of its other features include built-in Wi-Fi, 2 USB ports, and 3 HDMI ports.

Price: Approx $697

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Do you love technology enough to get the Cisco logo tattooed on your arm?

This guy and many more have chosen to use their bodies as a means of expressing their love for all things tech.

A memorable line from a memorable man.

You could even get his face put on your body.

Here's a permanent ode to the microchip.

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The San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens will meet in New Orleans and one team will become the 47th NFL Champion of the Super Bowl era.

During that game, somebody will do something that will be captured by a photographer that will land on the cover of next week's Sports Illustrated.

On the next few pages, we will take a look at how the cover of SI's Super Bowl issue has evolved over the years. From the simple cover of Max McGee in 1967 to last year's shot of Eli Manning being protected by his linemen, the covers are a fun look back at the evolution of one of the world's biggest sporting events and the evolution of the preeminent sports magazine.

Sports Illustrated's first Super Bowl cover was amazingly simple

In one of the greatest upsets in NFL history, SI went with Joe Namath taking a drink of water

The headline for the Cowboys' first Super Bowl win wasn't very super

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If you’re having a crowd over for Super Bowl XLVII, go all out with themed decor that’ll make game day even more fun.

We've come up with a list of all the essentials you'll need to keep the party going. 

Slow Cooker

Making chow ahead of time is so convenient. Show your passion for the sport by choosing a Hamilton Beach 6-Quart Single Clip Football Pattern Slow Cooker ($31.49 at Target). (Save $5 on orders of $50 or more with Target sales.)

Invites

Texting everyone and telling them to come over is fine, but c’mon, who doesn’t like getting actual mail now and then? Send out Watch the Grass invites (10 cards for $21.90 at Tiny Prints). (Get free shipping on orders of $59 or more with Tiny Prints coupons.)

Party Tray

If you’re showing up at a friend’s house on game day, bring your snacks over on this Football Touchdown Party Tray ($3.88 at PartyZoneUSA.com). Leave it with your host as a little token of thanks, and pick up a second one for yourself. (Get 10 percent off your order with PartyZoneUSA.com coupons.)

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China has passed many reforms aimed at easing capital controls. But these are being rolled out slowly.

A meager deposit interest rate has forced people to turn to wealth management products and other risky investments.  And the recent credit crunch forced many into the unregulated shadow banking system.

In a new report, GMO's Edward Chancellor and Mike Monnelly warn of "acute fragility" in China's financial system, and write, "the public appearance is of a banking system with negligible levels of bad debts, ample liquidity, and low leverage. The reality, on closer inspection, looks rather different".

China has created too much credit too quickly.

The last big surge of credit came in 2009 when China unleashed 4 trillion yuan to help spur economic growth and employment.

"Since that date, China’s economy has become a credit junkie, requiring increasing amounts of debt to generate the same unit of growth. Between 2007 and 2012, the ratio of credit to GDP climbed to more than 190%, an increase of 60 percentage points." In 2012, new credit to the non-financial sector totaled 15.5 trillion, that's equivalent to 33 percent of 2011 GDP.

Source: GMO

China also has significantly more debt than its emerging market peers.

Source: GMO

A lot of debt is sustained by real estate which is offered as collateral, and credit booms end when property bubbles burst.

"Recent research suggests that credit booms are more likely to end in severe busts when they coincide with property bubbles."

A lot of China's debt is supported by real estate which is put up as collateral for the loans. Banks' official exposure to property is listed as 22 percent of the loan book. But that doesn't account for exposure to real estate through their loans to local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) and off-balance sheet credit instruments.

Sudden drops in real estate prices caused a jump in debt problems and non-performing loans.

Source: GMO

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A week from now, the NFL season will be over and these GIFs will be all that sustain us through a long spring and summer.

They stretch from Week 1 (when Rob Gronkowski failed miserably at a spike) to Championship Week (when Thomas DeCoud danced inappropriately after a totally routine play).

These are not the important moments of the NFL season, but they're the ones we keep coming back to.

Rob Gronkowski's monster spike fails miserably (Week 1)

Jerry Jones has a personal glasses cleaner (Week 1)

Patriots owner Bob Craft is dumbfounded after losing to the Cardinals (Week 2)

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Today is Data Privacy Day, it seems.

It's a totally invented "holiday," but its spirit is one we can get behind – don't be an idiot with your information online.

There are a number of tips and tools you can use to ensure that your private data stays where it belongs. We've rounded up some of our favorites here.

Be smart about what you share in the first place.

Don't want random friends and strangers calling you? Don't put your phone number on Facebook.

Just exercise your common sense here – make sure you're comfortable with everyone knowing something before you share it online with someone.

Safe Shepherd will remove whatever data is already out there.

There are companies that collect and sell your personal information, like your age and address, and Safe Shepherd makes it a snap to connect with these companies and get your data removed.

We've previously reported on Safe Shepherd and you can learn more here.

Sgrouples is an extremely private social network.

Sgrouples pairs with Facebook and Twitter to keep your updates as private as you like. It's also a standalone social network all its own with completely intuitive privacy controls that make it easy to control who sees what as you post photos and updates.

We've previously reported on Sgrouples and you can learn more here.

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Brunch is a cherished meal in New York City, when friends gather together to recap the events from the night before over Mimosas and eggs.

The experts at Zagat have found the best brunch places in Manhattan, from downtown to uptown. Here are their top picks, organized by location (downtown, midtown, uptown).

Prune

54 East 1st Street

Food: 25

Decor: 17

Service: 22

Cost: $33

Prune is the product of chef and writer Gabrielle Hamilton. The menu is fresh and inviting, with new takes on classic brunch dishes like the steak and eggs with parsley shallot butter.

Minetta Tavern

113 MacDougal Street

Food: 24

Decor: 22

Service: 21

Cost: $67

Minetta Tavern has been a New York City brunch classic since it opened in 1937. Their brunch options, which are perfect for Francophiles, include black pudding clafoutis and filet of trout Meunière.

DBGB

299 Bowery

Food: 24

Decor: 23

Service: 21

Cost: $52

The menu at DBGB is created around the wide variety of craft beers and fine wines this downtown establishment offers. Brunch can be ordered a la carte or prix fixe, which includes a basket of delicate mini pastries, a main, and an ice cream sundae.

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Everyone's always complaining about how horrible flying is--especially "economy class" flying.

And compared to other ways that one can spend one's time, flying is indeed often unpleasant and aggravating. Absent a need to get somewhere else, it's hard to imagine choosing to fly.

Among the common complaints about flying are lousy service, cramped seats, yucky food (if any), egregious add-on fees, frequent delays and cancellations, and a general impression that one is less a customer than a herd animal.

But!

If we airline customers have demonstrated anything over the past few decades it's that what we care about most is cost. Given the choice between paying more for better service, food, space, etc., or suffering and saving, today's flyers almost unanimously choose the latter.

So you can't blame airlines for cutting amenities. Especially when, even with these cuts, airlines still go bankrupt all the time--like American Airlines.

What's it really like to fly international "economy class" these days? And what's it like to fly on a bankrupt airline?

Yesterday, I flew American from Zurich to New York.

First and foremost: They got the important things right. The flight left on time, arrived 40 minutes early, and arrived safely. That's 99% of the "service" I was buying when I bought the ticket. And American delivered!

I'm not going to talk about the gum-chewing stewardess or the pee all over the plane's bathroom floor. Those things certainly did not enhance the flight. But I actually blame my fellow passengers for the latter.

I was flying in a 767, in Seat 29J--in the heart of cattle class. The plane was relatively full, and the flight was an interminable 9 hours.

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Many big retailers have died since the rise of the web and e-commerce — either by being snatched up and killed off by their competition, or by failing to adapt and going bankrupt. 

Even so, a lot of them don't disappear completely. The brands strive on in some form.

At the least, their domain names survive as the last remnant of once-great brands.

So what happens when you plug in the old domain names of these dead retailers?

Well, some of them really are dead, only living through a zombie domain that redirects you to the new owner's site.

Other brands, though, have been resurrected.

Hollywood Video, once the biggest rival of Blockbuster, perished when parent Movie Gallery went bust in 2010. But the brand is still alive in a totally new online form.

The brand has been reborn as an "entertainment news curator" at HollywoodVideo.com.

KB Toys went bankrupt twice in five years and liquidated in 2008. Toys "R" Us snatched up the website and intellectual property.

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Today being Data Privacy Day and all, it's a perfect time to revisit that most basic element of internet security – the password.

Just because your password replaces an "E" with a "3" and ends in an exclamation point doesn't make you invincible.

Here are some pointers to see how secure your password is and then pick a newer, stronger password if needed.

First of all, make sure you're not using one of these passwords

An analysis of hacked Yahoo accounts reveals some interesting trends in commonly-chosen passwords, reports The Star.

"123456" is at the top of the list, followed by "qwerty,""welcome,""ninja," and abc123." If these sound like passwords of yours, it's time to make a change.

Make them long

Longer passwords are obviously harder to crack. Make sure you're consistently exceeding the minimum length requirement on passwords that you pick.

Here's an easy way to remember a complicated password

Lifehacker offers the following tip to make sure you're using a relatively complex password while having no problem remembering it.

"I always tell people to use a sentence. I drive a 1978 Volkswagen! = IDA78VW! or Living At Home Since 1972 Sux = L@HS72SX"

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Every year, the champions in the four major sports take a visit to the White House to be honored by the president.

Monday was that day for the Miami Heat.

LeBron James and the rest of the gang were very excited to be hanging with Barack Obama at the White House as they instagrammed the day away.

Earlier today Dwyane Wade tweeted what he would be wearing to the White House. Obama complimented Wade's shoes during the ceremony.

LeBron James freaked out about being at the White House

And the Heat presented President Obama with a jersey

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One of the most exclusive dining experiences in California isn't in a bar or nightclub — it's Club 33 at Disneyland. 

Named after its location at 33 Royal Street in Disneyland's New Orleans Square, Club 33 serves a five-course tasting menu of French/New American food and is decorated with antiques chosen by Walt Disney and his wife. It's also the only Disneyland restaurant to serve alcohol.

Club 33, which officially opened in May 1967, was dreamed up by Disney as a venue for entertaining visiting dignitaries, celebrities, and politicians (though he sadly passed away five months before it was complete).

There are rumored to be only 500 members on the roster, with a staggering 800 people on the waiting list hoping to gain an invitation and the right to pay the $25,000 joining fee plus $10,000-a-year membership fees. The club gained media attention in May of last year when it sent invitations to 100 new members for the first time in over a decade.

Graphic designer Pete Hottelet visited the club last year, and shared some photos of his experience with us.

Graphic designer Pete Hottelet took his niece and nephew to Disneyland to celebrate Christmas. He sent Business Insider pictures of the experience.

The private door to gain entrance on 33 Royal Street is relatively inconspicuous.

Source: Disneyland Club 33

Inside, the building is more ornate. A glass French lift takes guests to the second-story of the club.

Source: Disneyland Club 33

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Immigration reform has been a testy issue in the United States for more than a century, and the most recent iteration of the question is extremely divisive. 

Now, eight Senators have come together with a bipartisan proposal that seeks to solve the myriad of issues that come with unauthorized entry into the U.S. 

Before we solve the problem, we've got to understand it. 

These charts show crucial stats on the state of immigration in the U.S.

First we'll look at the current status of unauthorized immigrants.

Next we'll look at how the U.S. tries to control the border and the difficulties therein.

Finally, we'll look at how the convoluted path to legal immigration for high skilled workers failed, and what the problems are with he current system. 

Unauthorized immigrants comprise a major portion of the U.S. civilian labor force.

Close to 25 percent of farm workers, 19 percent of maintenance workers and 17 percent of construction workers were unauthorized immigrants in 2008.

And in 2008, 8 percent of births in the U.S. were children with unauthorized immigrant parents. 24 percent were from immigrants of any legal status.

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Whether you were laid off, fired or decided to leave a position on your own, losing your job is a stressful time and you need to know the next steps to take.

Aside from finding a new job, you need to understand unemployment laws in your state and the real reasons behind why you were terminated, if that is the case. 

Furthermore, you need to be fully aware of severance or health benefits that you're eligible for.

To help ease you through this process, we compiled some tips from Wendi Lazar, an employment lawyer, and Allison Doyle, employment expert at About.com, to quickly get you back in the workforce.

Step 1: Listen closely when speaking to human resources.

"If they are telling you that you’re being fired for a reduction in force and there are 300 other people being fired, it’s very different than if it’s an individual for either performance reasons, or, even worse than that, if you’re fired for cause," Lazar told us. "The ramifications are very different.”

Step 2: Don't sign anything immediately.

You should never sign anything your employers ask you to when you're leaving a job.

Lazar said you need to speak to a lawyer first even if they appear to be simple severance forms.

Furthermore, ask HR to review your compensation forms so that you can carefully review any obligations or benefits you're entitled to.

Step 3: Consider speaking to a lawyer to find out why you were really let go.

If you're being fired, it may be difficult to look at the situation in an objective light, so a lawyer can really help you do this.

You need to know if you were fired for a legitimate reason or if it was wrongful termination and "make sure there are no discrimination issues," Lazar said.

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