Entrepreneurs from around the world took the stage during this packed week of entrepreneurship events in Miami: Florida International University’s Americas Venture Capital Conference (known as AVCC), HackDay, Wayra’s Global DemoDay and Endeavor’s International Selection Panel.The events, all part of the first Innovate MIA week, also put the spotlight on Miami as it continues...
Dec
14
Alper seniors never too old to dance
Label: World Not everyone can do the high kicks, twists and ballroom dancing routines like they used to, but the seniors at the Alper Jewish Community Center in Kendall sure give it a whirl. Every Tuesday about 30 gather, some with caregivers, to move to the music. “It’s like the high school prom all over again,” said regular class participant Maison Steinberg, 79, who said he was a...
Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 might not launch until 2014
Label: TechnologyNintendo (NTDOY) says its kickstarted the next generation of video game consoles with the Wii U. But considering its graphics and processing power are comparable to Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox 360 and Sony’s (SNE) PlayStation 3, hardcore gamers are holding out for the next Xbox, tentatively dubbed “Xbox 720,” and next-generation PlayStation, tentatively called...
Celebs Tweet Reactions to CT School Shooting
Label: LifestyleThere was breaking news this morning out of Newtown, Connecticut when at least one gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School. CBS News is reporting that a minimum of 27 people were killed in this massacre, including an estimated 18 young children.A state police spokesperson just held a press conference to assure concerned citizens that "the scene is secure" and "the shooter is deceased inside...
History of mass shootings — Newtown among world's deadliest
Label: Health A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed more than two dozen people, including children, on Friday. It is among the world's worst mass shootings. Here is a look at some others:- Aug. 5, 2012: Army veteran Wade Michael Page kills five men and one woman and wounds three other people, including a police officer, before taking his own life at the...
NBCUniversal bolsters Telemundo as US Latino market grows
Label: Business Telemundo has long been like a remote Caribbean island, cut off from its sprawling media homeland. NBCUniversal acquired the Spanish-language television network a decade ago for $2 billion but became discouraged by its seemingly limited prospects. But Comcast Corp.’s takeover of NBCUniversal last year may be building Telemundo a bridge to the mainland. “Telemundo now has...
Dec
13
Miami Gardens rejects ‘Obama’ street — for now
Label: World Miami Gardens won’t be renaming US 441 after President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama. The busy thoroughfare is not worthy enough.Anchored by a Wal-Mart and dozens of Caribbean restaurants, 441 will not bear the first couple’s names because it is too encumbered with other names, explained Councilman David Williams Jr.The state road is also known as Northwest Second...
Selling flak jackets in the cyberwars
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When the Israeli army and Hamas trade virtual blows in cyberspace, or when hacker groups like Anonymous rise from the digital ether, or when WikiLeaks dumps a trove of classified documents, some see a lawless Internet.But Matthew Prince, chief executive at CloudFlare, a little-known Internet start-up that serves some of the Web’s most controversial characters, sees a business...
Jon Stewart Says Hugh Grant is Least Favorite Guest Ever
Label: LifestyleLooks like Hugh Grant, 52, and Jon Stewart, 50, won't be crossing paths again soon if Stewart can help it -- The Daily Show host revealed in a recent interview that not only is the British actor his least favorite guest ever, but that we won't be seeing him on his hit Comedy Central show ever again.Grant appeared on The Daily Show in December of 2009 to promote his romantic comedy Did You Hear About...
'Drunk' driver in fatal Queensboro Bridge crash faces up to 25 years in jail after turning down plea deal
Label: Health A man who turned down a six-month plea deal after cops said he drunkenly drove his car off a Queensboro Bridge ramp -- killing a pedestrian and destroying two businesses – now faces up to 25 years in jail . Grant Riddell, 38, was indicted on drunk driving, vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and vehicular assault charges in the March 28,...
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