Google Earnings Reveal Beginnings of a Facebook Problem on Search Revenue

Google beat Wall Street expectations with its fourth-quarter revenues of $ 14.42 billion, but the value of its ads continue to decline, an especially tricky problem with the company’s new search competition from Facebook. Google’s average cost-per-click decreased 6 percent from one year ago, meaning each ad it runs on its biggest business has less value than it did a year ago, continuing a fairly...

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Adam Levine Saturday Night Live Promos

Is Adam Levine being held hostage by Saturday Night Live star Bobby Moynihan?In the promos for this weekend's NBC sketch show, The Voice judge, 33, is seen tied to a chair and being forced to agree with the SNL funny guy and his sub-par singing voice.Other promos include a "The More You Know" spoof about a "sober uncle," and two other jokes about Levine's singing show. RELATED: Jennifer Lawrence's...

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New WTC security chief says it will 'take a community to protect this complex'

The new chief of security at the 16-acre World Trade Center is a veteran of the Secret Service who was responsible for internal White House safety. The Port Authority hired Long Island native Doug Farber to run the system that will soon protect the nation’s top terror target.“It’s not without its challenges for sure,” Farber, 38, said in an interview, just...

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Miami Dolphins slam Norman Braman, Marlins Park deal

The Miami Dolphins ramped up their public campaign for a tax-funded stadium renovation this week, buying full-page ads against their top critic and trying to distance the plan from the unpopular Marlins deal.The team bought an ad in Tuesday’s Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald knocking auto magnate Norman Braman’s criticism of the Sun Life Stadium deal, which would have Florida...

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Some AT&T customers experienced U-verse outages in South Florida

Some AT&T customers in South Florida and in other U.S. markets were without their U-verse service Monday night and into Tuesday morning.Sheri Felipe, who works at her Hollywood home as a graphic designer, said her Internet service went out about 9:30 p.m. Monday and did not return until about 8 a.m. Tuesday.“It’s working – for now,” she said about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday....

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Canada wants RIM organic growth, may have to review handset sale

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government wants BlackBerry maker Research in Motion to continue to be a global leader and grow organically, and Ottawa may have to review a future sale of its handset business, Industry Minister Christian Paradis said on Tuesday.“We hope to see RIM remain a global leader and player, and make sure it grows organically,” Paradis told Reuters by phone from Germany, where...

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The Wanted I Found You Music Video

After a couple of tantalizing sneak peaks, the wait is finally over -- The Wanted just premiered the official, full-length video for I Found You, off their upcoming album Third Strike.The Wanted boys -- Max George, Nathan Sykes, Tom Parker, Jay McGuiness and Siva Kaneswaran -- are in fine form in their latest offering, where they cause some serious fan pandemonium worthy of The Beatles era.Video:...

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Hasidic counselor Nechemya Weberman gets 103 years in child sex-abuse case

Gregory P. MangoNechemya Weberman.Nechemya Weberman, the prominent Hasidic counselor convicted of sexually abusing a young girl, was sentenced today to 103 years in prison for his heinous crimes.Weberman is now doomed to die behind bars for his years-long abuse of a now-18-year-old woman. She was only 12 when the abuse began.The kiddie-sex fiend was found...

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Series for Miami’s emerging art collectors begins Thursday

For art enthusiasts interested in bring their interest home, Miami’s Bakehouse Art Complex is hosting a lecture series for emerging collectors. The first panel, slated for Thursday at 6 p.m., features arists and curators who will talk about fine tuning your taste and learning to make informed decisions. The second session, Feb. 7, is oriented to the mechanics of purchasing....

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Cuban exile mother of inaugural poet Richard Blanco now in spotlight

At first, Geysa Blanco thought her son was kidding. "He said, ‘Mom, I have news for you,’ " Blanco said, recalling the telephone call from her son a few weeks ago. "Between English and Spanish, he told me that they had chosen him to write and read a poem at the presidential inauguration,” she said. But Richard Blanco, a child of exiles who was raised...

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