The web has been buzzing about the recently released The World's Billionaires list by Forbes, and this made me think about if the data really matters to us since our lives are so far removed from people who have a net worth of more than 10 figures. Further, the list isn't totally accurate — there are apparently a lot of billionaires that didn't even make it to the list, because there are a Read more

According to the LA Times, Lauren Conrad has placed her Spanish villa on the market for $2.25 million. Three and a half years ago, we reported that Lauren Conrad had bought the Spanish villa just off of Sunset Boulevard, whose asking price at the time of sale was $2.5 million. A year after that, we reported that Lauren Conrad had moved out of this Spanish villa in favor of a high-rise condo in Read more

Microsoft Bing quickly backed away from their Japan Quake Twitter campaign once the outrage began from Twitter users. On Saturday, its official Twitter account, @bing, said they would donate a $1 for every retweet they get of their pledge to donate up to $100,000. Some users started fuming and saw it as "exploitation" of tragic events happening in Japan. "just write the goddam cheque and cut out Read more

Forbes's list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women has been released, and we're excited to see quite a few techies in the group. Forbes selects candidates within six categories: billionaires, business, lifestyle (including entertainment and fashion), media, nonprofits, and politics. From those categories, each person is ranked upon three metrics: "dollars, a traditional and social media Read more