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It has been confirmed that Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft has agreed to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers for a reported $2 billion. This is the highest sale…

GrabTaxi, the taxi-hailing app for Southeast Asia, has just raised a $15 million round of investment to fuel their growth. With demand in Singapore and Bangkok Thailand growing, GrabTaxi has…

Apple has confirmed plans to acquire Dr. Dre’s Beats Electronics and Beats Music service for $3 billion. Both Dr. Dre and co-founder Jimmy Iovine will be joining Apple, and the…

In another positive sign for the U.S. economy, new home sales hit a 3 1/2 year high with a 6.4% increase in sales from last month. New home sales also…

Google is now the world’s most valuable brand, pushing ahead of Apple this year in the 2014 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Brand ranking. Google’s value rose 40% last year…

AT&T has announced the installation of 45 additional solar powered mobile device charging stations around New York City for use free of charge! Very legit Ma Bell, very legit. http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/20/att-street-charge-solar-new-york/

It’s time for the annual Skyscraper Award from Emporis, and this year’s winner was The Shard in London, England! Congrats to them, and to facinating buildings around the world. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/19/travel/skyscraper-award/

First it was Apple with Beats by Dre, then AT&T buying DirecTV. Now, Google has joined the acquisition itch by preparing to acquire video game streaming startup Twitch.tv for $1…

AT&T announced plans to acquire DirecTV, the largest satellite TV operator in the U.S. for $48 billion. The combined merger will turn AT&T into a cable and broadband internet power…

The giant classic monster from Japan did not disappoint in the box office this past weekend! The Godzilla film, starring Ken Watanabe, Bryan Cranston, and Elizabeth Olsen beat Spiderman 2’s…

In a bit of good news for Americans, unemployment rates have fallen in nearly all state in April, with 25 of those states falling to below 6%. Though the figures…

Japanese soft drink giant Otsuka is sending a 1 kg titanium canister of its popular Pokari Sweat drink to the moon. The international promotion will be transported aboard the Falcon…

New Zealand has become one of the first countries since the 2008 financial crisis to achieve a budget surplus. Its economy grew by 4% and plans to spend the surplus…

In part due to what economists coin “Abenomics”, Japan’s economy grew by 5.9%, the fastest in the last 3 years according to the Associated Press. Strong private consumption, residential investments,…

New York city is converting 10,000 of its outdated payphone stations into free Wifi hotspots in a move to both re-purpose existing equipment and create ad revenues for the city…

Gas prices in California and across the U.S. saw a continued drop in price from the last week of April, according to GasBuddy.com. The national average is expected to be…

Forrester Research projects a jump in mobile device based ecommerce to $114 billion this year, up from $76 billion in 2013. What is interesting is that over 75% of those…

We’ve recently heard of the 1 km high Kingdom Tower that’s begun construction in Saudi Arabia, but the landscape for future skyscrapers and architecture is happening today in China. Enjoy…

Renewable energy got a much needed momentum boost, when the White House announced an executive order by President Obama on a solar energy initiative. The executive order would add 50,000…

Australian-based Aerospace Concepts has announced a partnership with Lockheed Martin’s D-Wave Systems to develop the first cloud software platform that may take advantage of the quantum computers being used by…