This week our top eBook recommendation comes from CNN writer Mark Milian. Here’s a breakdown: Throughout his career, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs sent a myriad of email messages to fans, developers, and Mac users — more than 100 of these emails have been compiled into an ebook, titled Letters to Steve: Inside the Inbox […]
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5 Places with Unlikely Names
1. Cape of Good Hope When the Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias discovered the southern tip of Africa in 1488, the seas were so violent he called it the Cape of Storms. The nickname was hardly likely to encourage business through this new gateway to India, so Portugal’s King John II changed it to the Cape […]
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