December 10, 2013

Tis the season to be grumpy behind the wheel. A survey by State Farm Insurance found that one-third of drivers say they are more aggressive during the holiday season. Younger drivers are more likely to be provoked, and two out of three drivers say they’ve experienced at least a half-dozen aggressive driving episodes during the winter holidays. Source Link


Does Monday Night Football offer an advantage to some teams?  A study of 40 years of NFL night games found that West Coast teams were more likely to beat East Coast opponents when kickoff happened after 8 p.m. Eastern time. Experts say athletic performance often peaks in late afternoon time for your body’s clock. Source Link

The Federal Trade Commission is shining a light on free smartphone apps  that secretly track you and sell that information to marketers. The makers of the popular “Brightest Flashlight Free” Android app have agreed to tell users up-front that it also sends your GPS location to a network that feeds mobile ads to you. Source Link