Новости за 20.12.2015

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Not only did my girlfriend and I just buy a new house — we also brought her pet poodle Wookiee to live with us. 

Now, we want to make sure we protect both. 

So when we heard about the Canary — a $199 smart home camera billed as the "all-in-one home security system you control from your phone" — we were eager to give it a try.

That's doubly true since homeowners' insurance companies like State Farm are apparently also willing to give you a break on your rate. Читать дальше...

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Odell Beckham Jr. totally lost his cool late in the third quarter against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday and should have been ejected for an ugly cheap shot he threw at Carolina cornerback Josh Norman.

Beckham and Norman had been going at it all game long, scrapping at the line of scrimmage and shoving each other after just about every play. Beckham had already been flagged for multiple penalties, including unnecessary roughness and offensive pass interference... Читать дальше...

Uber wants to be everywhere. Not just physically in every city, but also in your digital life — and especially where you're making plans.

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Not every job offers the potential for you to learn, grow, make more money, and climb the corporate ladder.

Whether your goals are monetary, skill-based, or just based on your enjoyment of your job, all of us want jobs where we're able to make progress over time.

The exact definition of a "dead end" job can be subjective; for example, I might see a job as a dead end if there's no room for promotion in the next five years.

You might see a job as a dead... Читать дальше...

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A peach truck that tools around the south-east selling fruit uses Facebook to keep customers updated on its location and post pics of divine-looking dishes.

Meanwhile, the brother-and-sister founders of a vegan butcher shop in Minnesota use it to make funny GIFs promoting their merch (and ultimately source 95% of their online sales from the social network).

In total, more than 50 million businesses use Facebook Pages to list information about their company.

They... Читать дальше...

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Selling tickets to Adele's concert was never going to be a problem. As predicted, her shows in the UK and the US sold out in minutes.

The harder problem for artists like Adele is making sure the people who buy the tickets are the true fans who want to see the concert and not the scalpers looking to make a profit off one of the hottest music tours of 2016.

To do that, Adele turned to a tiny British startup called Songkick. 

The startup, which connects bands to fans... Читать дальше...

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Bill Gates says that he reads more than 50 books a year. Out of all of those, the Microsoft founder and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation head just selected six of the best titles he's read in 2015.

Here they are:

'Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words' by Randall Munroe

In "Thing Explainer," Randall Munroe describes how everything from rockets to smartphones to the US Constitution work — using just the 1,000 most commonly used words in English. Читать дальше...

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PARIS – The Fed did as expected…

It announced it would raise its key rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.5% and gradually raise it up over the next three years.

Reports the Financial Times: “Historic gamble for Yellen, as Fed makes quarter-point rise.”

If all goes well, we’ll be back to “normal” in 2019 – 10 years after the long emergency began!

U.S. stocks rose on the news, with the Dow up 224 points – or about 1.3%.

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Gary Vaynerchuk

As the year comes to a close, people are naturally going to be talking about their New Year’s resolutions.

But want to know what I think you should really be focusing on in 2016? Here are four ways to further your career.

1. Become a deep practitioner in something.

Whether you do it for your business, or just for yourself as a hobby, practice something on a deep level. One of the reasons my agency VaynerMedia has grown to be such a leader in our industry... Читать дальше...

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It appears Shkreli is going on quite the tweet firestorm or his Twitter account has been hacked.

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Israeli Vice Premier Silvan Shalom, a veteran politician in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party, resigned on Sunday following allegations that he had sexually harassed several women during his career.

The decision to step down by Shalom, who also served as the country's interior minister and once held the post of foreign minister, was not expected to affect the stability of Netanyahu's government.

Israeli media have reported in recent... Читать дальше...

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MADRID (Reuters) - The People's Party (PP) of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy won Spain's general election on Sunday, exit polls showed, although it will have to rely on other parties if it is to govern for another four-year term.

The PP is seen winning between 114 and 124 seats in the 350-strong parliament, 52 to 62 seats short of the 176 seats needed for an absolute majority.

That points to a stalemate that analysts agree would probably disrupt an economic reform program... Читать дальше...

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British Columbia's energy regulator has confirmed that a 4.6 magnitude earthquake in northeast British Columbia in August was caused by fracking and is likely to be the largest fracking-induced seismic event ever recorded.

The earthquake struck on August 17, 2015 about 110 kilometers northwest of Fort St. John in British Columbia.

Its epicenter was close to a fracking site operated by Progress Energy Canada Ltd. Workers at the drill site reported their pick-up... Читать дальше...

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Certified financial planner Sophia Bera answers:

What happens to my 401(k) when I change jobs?

Great question this week! You have a few different options of what you can do with your 401(k) when you switch jobs.

1. You can leave it in your old employer's plan and do nothing.
2. You can roll over the money into your new 401(k) plan.
3. You can roll over the money into an IRA.
4. You can roll over the money into a Roth IRA and pay taxes on the conversion. Читать дальше...

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NOW WATCH: Dave Chappelle is using a brand new technology that’ll eliminate the most annoying part about attending live shows

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On Saturday against BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl, Utah punter Tom Hackett unleashed one of the best punts you'll ever see.

Punting from his own 40, Hackett landed the ball perfectly inside the 1-yard line, spinning it so that it stayed out of the end zone. From the way the ball landed, you'd have thought Hackett had finessed a pooch punt from short range, but in reality he'd punted it from 60 — 60! — yards away. 

This punt perfectly encapsulates why the Australian-born... Читать дальше...

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Initial-public-offering performance has been awful in 2015.

Most of the big offerings this year are now trading lower than their IPO price. That means investors who bought into these deals in the hope of a rising share price are instead sitting on losses.

That's not something investors want to see. If the deals aren't working for them, they could hesitate to invest in IPOs in the future.

Dealogic compiled data on the top 10 IPOs of the year as of Tuesday's close... Читать дальше...

Cybrary

Two days before Thanksgiving, Ryan Corey received some unexpected and troubling news in his inbox: Google had banned his app, Cybrary, from the Google Play Store.

The free app, which teaches cybersecurity, had racked up over 50,000 downloads since its release in late October.

But now a Google form email declared the app was in violation of the company’s "Developer Distribution Agreement," and it had been suspended.

Corey tried not to panic.

He shot off... Читать дальше...

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Editorial note: Business Insider just named its 2015 Car of the Year, the Volvo XC90. This weekend, we're re-running our reviews of the five cars that almost beat out the Volvo for the honor.

Everybody's got the wrong idea about Lamborghinis, and that's kind of the way Lamborghini likes it. The cars are blazingly over the top, willfully inappropriate, and boldly nonconformist. They shout, they scream. They are not designed for people with modest self-esteem. Читать дальше...

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NOW WATCH: A young woman describes the terrifying moment she was attacked by a shark while swimming in Florida

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So how can climate change deniers misrepresent data to show that there has been no increase in global temperatures? One way is to make the y-axis scale so large that it completely obscures any trend.

This trick was attempted by the conservative magazine National Review, which tweeted that this was "the only #climatechange chart you need to see."

But by setting the upper limit at 110°F (43.3°C) and the lower at -10°F (-23.3°C), both of which are two... Читать дальше...

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The biggest sci-fi hit of 2015 all began with Andy Weir and his best-selling book "The Martian," which is a thrilling survival story based on the planet Mars.

Weir is a software engineer by profession and American novelist by hobby. So, he's got a mind for science.

But he's also a wise-creaking jokester, just like his novel's hero, Mark Watney.

In celebration of the film's release to Digital HD and 3D Blu-ray on Dec. 22, Weir recently spoke with Business Insider... Читать дальше...

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Our days are filled with a constant stream of decisions. Most are mundane, but some are so important that they can haunt you for the rest of your life.

A recent study from Columbia University found that we're bogged down by more than 70 decisions a day. The sheer number of decisions we have to make each day leads to a phenomenon called decision fatigue, whereby your brain actually tires like a muscle.

A new study from the University of Texas shows that even when our brains aren't tired... Читать дальше...

Uber may be only five years old, but it sure knows how to throw a holiday party like the rest of the Silicon Valley giants.