6:20 PM
The former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says that *all* 104 nuclear reactors in the U.S. currently have irreparable safety issues and should be shut down and replaced:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130415-former-nrc-chairman-all-104-u-s-nuclear-reactors-suffer-from-irreparable-safety-issues
NASA plans to spend $105 mil to capture a small asteroid:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/04/nasa-wants-to-spend-105-million-to.html
Analysts feel that Dish and Softbank could get into a bidding war over Sprint:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/dish-softbank-poised-bidding-war-over-sprint/2013-04-16
Android's founder said that they were trying to make a smart camera when they found that Android was a good match for the smartphone:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238412/Android_founder_We_aimed_to_make_a_camera_OS
The top 5 PC sellers in the world (HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and Acer) all together make 33% of the operating profits of the PC industry...Apple makes 45% of the operating profits despite a small piece of the overall market. This is similar to how Apple only has 15% of the world's smartphone market but they get 75% of the smartphone profits:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/macbooks/pcs-decline-its-apple-thats-making-real-money-pcs-216573
Facebook is bringing some of its Facebook Home features to iOS, but they won't be able to port the full Facebook Home to iOS because Apple's platform is closed. Android users don't seem too happy with Facebook Home right now--its average rating is 2.3 stars out of 5, with half of the reviewers giving it 1 star:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/report-facebook-has-no-immediate-plans-port-home-ios-windows-phone/2013-04-16
Feature article on how Lego became the world's most valuable toy company (Mattel was #1) at $15 bil. I didn't realize that one family in Denmark owns Lego, with the grandson of the founder owning 75% of Lego Group now:
http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/how-lego-became-most-valuable-toy-company-world-148578
Nice story and interview video about how 78-year-old Bill Iffrig completed the Boston Marathon right after being knocked off his feet by the explosion:
http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/04/16/bill-iffrig-the-78-year-old-runner-knocked-off-his-feet-by-a-bomb-at-the-boston-marathon-finished-the-race/
I need to set my DVR because my kids won't want to miss the first kids episode of Price Is Right, televised on Thursday:
http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2013/04/15/Kids-episode-of-Price-is-Right-taped/UPI-92771366049991/
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130415-former-nrc-chairman-all-104-u-s-nuclear-reactors-suffer-from-irreparable-safety-issues
NASA plans to spend $105 mil to capture a small asteroid:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/04/nasa-wants-to-spend-105-million-to.html
Analysts feel that Dish and Softbank could get into a bidding war over Sprint:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/dish-softbank-poised-bidding-war-over-sprint/2013-04-16
Android's founder said that they were trying to make a smart camera when they found that Android was a good match for the smartphone:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238412/Android_founder_We_aimed_to_make_a_camera_OS
The top 5 PC sellers in the world (HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and Acer) all together make 33% of the operating profits of the PC industry...Apple makes 45% of the operating profits despite a small piece of the overall market. This is similar to how Apple only has 15% of the world's smartphone market but they get 75% of the smartphone profits:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/macbooks/pcs-decline-its-apple-thats-making-real-money-pcs-216573
Facebook is bringing some of its Facebook Home features to iOS, but they won't be able to port the full Facebook Home to iOS because Apple's platform is closed. Android users don't seem too happy with Facebook Home right now--its average rating is 2.3 stars out of 5, with half of the reviewers giving it 1 star:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/report-facebook-has-no-immediate-plans-port-home-ios-windows-phone/2013-04-16
Feature article on how Lego became the world's most valuable toy company (Mattel was #1) at $15 bil. I didn't realize that one family in Denmark owns Lego, with the grandson of the founder owning 75% of Lego Group now:
http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/how-lego-became-most-valuable-toy-company-world-148578
Nice story and interview video about how 78-year-old Bill Iffrig completed the Boston Marathon right after being knocked off his feet by the explosion:
http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/04/16/bill-iffrig-the-78-year-old-runner-knocked-off-his-feet-by-a-bomb-at-the-boston-marathon-finished-the-race/
I need to set my DVR because my kids won't want to miss the first kids episode of Price Is Right, televised on Thursday:
http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2013/04/15/Kids-episode-of-Price-is-Right-taped/UPI-92771366049991/