Yearly Archives: 2015

December 22, 2015

Not every idea turns out to be a good one. Let's take a look back at some of the blunders in the tech sector from the past year. Some you may remember, while others were a little more under the radar, but no less ridiculous.

1. LG launched a smartwatch that wasn't ready

December 22, 2015

BAGHDAD, IRAQ – For the first time in more than 40 years, Iraq has crowned a Miss Iraq beauty pageant winner.

Newly crowned Miss Iraq Shaima Qassim, 20, left, as she celebrates after being crowned the end of the 2015 Miss Iraq Final, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

December 22, 2015

U.S. home resales posted their sharpest drop in five years in November, a potential warning sign for the health of the U.S. economy, although new regulations on paperwork for home purchases may have driven the decline.

December 22, 2015

The Internal Revenue Service has announced the 2016 filing season start date. And surprise! There’s no delay. Tax season for paper and electronically filed returns will open on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. That’s one day earlier than last season’s start date (January 20, 2015).

December 21, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC: President Obama says Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is “exploiting” the fears of working-class Americans amid a stagnant and rapidly changing economy.

December 20, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday hit back on Hillary Clinton's claim that Islamic jihadists are using his anti-Muslim rhetoric as a recruiting tool, calling the Democrat a "liar" and a string of other insults.

December 20, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which you know as Obamacare, is currently in the midst of its third enrollment period since becoming the health law of the land, and early enrollment figures have been encouraging.

Obamacare's early success

December 20, 2015

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Chris Gayle on Saturday achieved a rare feat of becoming the first player to hit 600 sixes and 600 fours in Twenty20 cricket.

Playing for Melbourne Renegades, Gayle hit two humongous in a Big Bash League Twenty20 match against Brisbane Heat to achieve the landmark.

December 20, 2015

Badaun: Even as the juvenile convict in the December 16, 2012 gangrape case is set to walk free today after serving three years in a correction home, some residents of his native village here are not happy with the prospect of his return.

December 19, 2015

NEW HAMPSHIRE: The three Democrats running for president gathered in New Hampshire Saturday night for their third and final debate of 2015. It was a feisty affair with Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley aggressively attacking each other at almost every turn.