Facebook IPO is Planned to Happen Soon — Maybe in May

Huh? You don’t know about Facebook? Psych! Haha, that’d be unbelievable. The probable thing you may not have known of is an IPO. “IPO” is basically an Initial Public Offering; you know, like on the stock market. Citing several different people near to the company, a well-known tech blog said that Facebook officials picked May 17 as the D-day to fire-off their long-anticipated initial public offering. knowing that, a different person in San Jose Mercury News said that the actual date isn’t concrete and could simply swap to be a couple of days earlier or later than that. The social network giant’s IPO is the most eager awaited technology stock debut in at least ten years. Facebook, started in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg in a Harvard apartment, is seeking to raise $5 billion in this offering. The biggest IPO so far for an Internet company is $1.9 billion, that business being Google in 2004. While this appears to be quite an awesome event, there are a lot of people who are skeptical about how this whole thing will go down. Facebook will probably have a nice IPO, but from there out it’s tough to know what will happen. Some of the most anticipated and latest IPOs for large tech companies like Zynga have really gone a bit sour. It will be entertaining to see how Facebook fairs. One positive thought is that it will most-likely be a great boost for Silicon Valley. Many of the Facebook big wigs will probably take their wealth and create some powerful new startups.

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Posted on April 25, 2012 by , Reply

Tapping into Asteroids is Looking like a Believable Idea for Space Enthusiasts

What do two Google Inc executives and oceanographer James Cameron have in common? Besides the big salaries, they are bankrolling a venture to potentially mine some very expensive, rare, and valuable elements from some near-earth asteroids. It seems like the sort of thing you’d see in a sci-fi movie or magazine, but it is a actual idea that is coming to fruition.Planetary Resources, a startup located in Washington, will pinpoint its sites toward producing cheap (but still expensive) robo-spacecrafts to go on surveying projects to asteroids passing past Earth. The first of these projects will be a safe demonstration flyby around Earth; this mission is expected to be completed within the next two years, according to Diamandis and Anderson, the two co-founders of Planetary Resources.Like the Ansari X Prize competition, the goal of Planetary Resources is to facilitate deep-space exploration to the private sector. The Ansari X Prize was earned by Scaled Composites’ SpaceShipOne nearly 10 years ago for being the first flight beyond Earth’s atmosphere by a manned and privately manufactured spaceship. Commercial space flights, as many other media sites are saying, are thought to dawn this next year. The first customers of Planetary Resources are probably going to be well-known science agencies like NASA, and also private research institutes. Surprisingly, in roughly 5 to 10 years the company thinks they will position observation platforms in orbit around Earth. They seek to dig into some of the hundreds of asteroids that pass relatively close to Earth. The idea? To find precious elements. Likely this will just make the wealthy people more wealthy while everyone else will get to watch it in the news.

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Posted on April 25, 2012 by , Reply

Physical Movement of Any Sort Will Pitch in to Decrease the Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease

If you’re jogging a 10K race, riding 4 kilometers, or even washing dishes, studies have indicated that doing any type of physical activity will surely aid as you try to lessen your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. This is cool, you may say, but it has shown that it even lowers the risk in elderly over 80 years of age. A Chicago-based study published in the Neurology journal states that protective activities include washing dishes, cooking, cleaning, gardening–even playing cards. People who scored in the lower 10 percent of physical activity were over twice as probable to get Alzheimer’s. The lead author, Dr. Aron Buchman, stated, “Exercise is good, without a doubt, but this study is about more than exercise. Older people who might not be able to exercise can tailor activities that are right for them.”Sadly, there is still no cure for Alzheimer’s, but this news is good for those trying to avoid it. Alzheimer’s affects approximately five million U.S. citizens. That number, frightening as it may be, is estimated to triple as the baby boomers get older and begin to age. Aging is the primary risk factor with Alzheimer’s–the unavoidable risk factor, that is. Those of you reading this article likely, I can assume, aren’t at risk of Alzheimer’s at this stage of life. However, you most likely all know at least someone (like a grandparent) who is getting old and needs to start exercising. Checking out blogs is an activity that old people don’t do, so it is your challenge to inform them about this recent research. Let the old folks know that you want to have them around for a while more, and let them know of what you have learned.

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Posted on April 25, 2012 by , Reply