Media Companies Compete for Yahoo
The Hunger Games Yahoo edition is about to take place. Yahoo has been struggling recently and looking for a bit of help. They announced a few weeks back they would be selling their news and media properties. Well, now media companies want in. Most recently British tabloid Daily Mail decided they want Yahoo. Buying Yahoo would help their U.S. presence and give them an extra revenue boost. It’s not going to be that easy though, because Verizon, CBS, and InterActive Corp also have their eyes on Yahoooooooo! Let the games begin. (Source: CNBC)
We’re Going On a Trip In Our Favorite Rocketship…
Space is cool. Physicist Stephen Hawking, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, and billionaire Yuri Milner are putting their genius minds together to start what might be the most ambitious space adventure. So for that keeping score at home, we now have Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg in a space war … it’s sort of like a nerd version of MMA fighting.
The trio is behind a $100 million program that will send tiny spacecraft to explore Alpha Centauri (our nearest star system). How are they going to do this you ask? The game plan is to send hundreds of space probes carrying cameras, photon thrusters, navigation, and communication equipment via laser beams to collect images, data, and see if there are any signs of life, and report back to Earth. The estimated flight time is 20 years. We’ll be waiting. (Source: CNN)
Need a Shiny New Toy?
You’re in luck. The new Kindle Oasis is on pre-order beginning today. The Oasis is different than previous Kindle versions. The Oasis provides readers with months of battery life, a smaller & thinner frame, a brighter reading experience and a more costly purchase price. If you don’t feel like spending $290 on an e-reader, the Kindle Fire is still only $50.
