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The secret is out - Yahoo! is purchasing Tumblr for $1.1 billion
Things moved super fast this weekend, as Yahoo!’s board gave the green-light and ever-so-needed approval to acquire Tumblr, for an astonishing $1.1 billion.
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Yahoo! is in talks to purchase Tumblr for estimated $1bn
Could this be the end of a good thing? It’s quite possibly so, if the news about Yahoo! being in serious talks to purchase Tumblr for an estimated $1 billion is true.
Katherine Russell, the wife of one of the Boston Bomber’s, speaks out
In recent days it was uncovered that the older brother of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who is being charged with use of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was a husband, and a father too. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a fiery shootout with cops.
U.S. district court charges Boston Bomber with use of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
The United States has officially charged the Boston Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, with the criminal offense of using a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) and also malicious destruction of property resulting in death.
MANHUNT OVER: Boston Marathon bomber that was on the loose is now in custody (Photos)
After many hours and a long intense manhunt today for the second Boston Marathon bomber, the manhunt is over and the bomber has been found and apprehended by the police, and is injured but alive. The terrorist bomber’s name is Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, and he is known as the white hat bomber.
Boston Marathon bombers: 1 shot dead, 1 still on the loose (photos/videos)
It looks like yesterday’s FBI appeal to the public for help on finding the Boston Marathon bombers had worked. Enough so either they were tipped off last night, or the bombers figured the jig was up and had to make a move. Now one is dead, and another is still on the loose as a massive manhunt ensues this morning in Boston.
These are the official suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing (Photos)
The Boston Globe was able to find images of the Boston Marathon bombers, and send them to the authorities. Now the FBI has released additional images of the suspected bombers to the public, so we can help find them and bring them to justice - so let’s make it happen!
Awesome: Digg, yes the infamous Digg, is building a Google Reader replacement
File this under very cool. Digg, a content consumption website akin to the early days of the web, that eventually fell apart and failed while similar sites like Reddit took off, is offering up a better solution to the Google Reader massive fail today.
Unbelievable! Meteor strikes Earth overnight injuring 900+ (Photos/Videos)
Overnight a meteor entered the Earth’s atmosphere and came down and struck Earth, in Central Russia, injuring over 900 people (possibly more). This sounds like a scene from a movie but it’s very real, and very scary. Imagine if this meteor were to hit a major metropolis city in the U.S., it would be devastating.
In strange news, founder of McAfee anti-virus software is wanted for murder
One word can sum this up: strange. The founder of the well known anti-virus computer software McAfee, is wanted for murder in Belize. Apparently John McAfee moved away to Belize some time ago so he could pursue his second love aside from being a programmer: drugs.
Twitter introduces cover photos to profiles
Looks like Twitter may have finally caught up to other social networks that have been doing this for a while now. Most recently, with Facebook who introduced cover photos with Timeline a year ago, and before that, something Myspace had for quite a while. Now Twitter can say they have cover photos too.
I am now officially writing for the Examiner
Starting just a few days ago, I began officially writing for the Examiner as an independent contractor. Launched in 2008, Examiner is a dynamic entertainment, news and lifestyle network that serves more than 20 million monthly readers across the U.S. and around the world.
This was not a good week for Apple
It takes a lot to knock Apple off kilter, who is one of the biggest tech companies in the world. If any time were a bad time for Apple, this week may have been it. Let’s take a look back and see just how bad it was for multi-billion dollar company.
Tumblr now offers Pinned posts for $5
Tumblr users may have noticed a somewhat annoying little red pin on their Dashboard a few minutes ago. If you click the red pin, it goes away - yay! - but wait - it returns if you leave the dash and come back, or refresh the page. It’s a Pinned post, which is a new way that Tumblr is offering users to highlight their posts to get more exposure.
Facebook social readers appear to be taking a nose dive
Back in September 2011, social readers were introduced onto the Facebook platform, and ever since then it’s pretty much been non-stop app after app, road block after road block on Facebook; and in order to read an article or watch a video, you need to install a social reader app.
