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Dropbox's new CFO recruit hints at possible IPOLet the Dropbox IPO speculation commence Dropbox, the cloud storage service, announced late Wednesday that it has brought on Vanessa Wittman to take over as the company's new chief financial officer. She replaces Sujay Jaswa who had served in the role since 2010 See also: 7 tech companies that may g... Uber adds 'SOS button' to app in India after woman's alleged rapeUber has added an 'SOS button' for users in India The news comes just two months after Uber came under intense scrutiny following the alleged rape of a woman by a New Delhi driver. If pressed, the button will pull up a prompt to call local authorities. When the user confirms the action, the button a... Democrats pick Philadelphia for 2016 national convention siteDemocrats have selected Philadelphia as the site of the party's 2016 national convention, choosing a patriotic backdrop for the nomination of its next presidential candidate. See also: Cops deliver baby boy on Philadelphia's subway Christmas Day The Democratic National Committee said Thursday the co... NASA's 5-year timelapse of the sun is stunningTimelapses have the ability to make reality seem like it's simultaneously sped up and slowed down. You might, ahem, say the result is "out of this world." To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Solar Dynamics Observatory's (SDO) launch, NASA released a five-year timelapse of the sun — a... Sex toys. In Jell-O. In slow-motion.This just brought a whole new meaning to Jell-O Jigglers. To test the power of sex toys, we plugged five different vibrators into Jell-O molds, turned them on and let the camera do the rest. Because Jell-O and sex might be the best combination in the world. Here are the brands we used, in case you'... Twitter's Dick Costolo: We're so much better than we were years agoCan Twitter achieve its lofty 10-year goal of becoming a $14 billion business? At the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo contended it could be, reiterating the elements of the company strategy first outlined at its Analyst Day las... Dell's new batch of laptops and tablets are schoolyard toughStudents these days are lucky. Schools let them use Chromebooks and tablets at their desks. (I wish I had that luxury growing up.) Dell announced a couple of new educational Chromebooks and tablets designed to fit the lifestyles of curious students as part of its big push into schools. See also: Del... SpaceX launches Al Gore's favorite satellite to save us from the sunAfter several aborted attempts, the Cape Canaveral weather finally cooperated Wednesday — and Elon Musk's SpaceX was able to deliver the DSCOVR satellite to space in a Falcon rocket DSCOVR, or Deep Space Climate Observatory is the long-term result of a brainstorming session 17 years ago; it w... The perfect temperature to pop nearly all of your popcornBelieve it or not, the science behind popcorn's popping may be akin to an Olympic event: Researchers have found that popcorn kernels accomplish their acrobatic feats like somersaulting gymnasts who push off with their legs before launching themselves into a spin. The study, which relied on high-spee... Thousands gather to remember slain North Carolina studentsThousands gathered Wednesday evening on the University of North Carolina's Chapel Hill campus in memory of three people shot and killed in their nearby home. Police are investigating whether the Tuesday triple-murder can be considered a hate crime. An attorney for the alleged killer, Craig Stephen H... |