Facebook IPO is Scheduled to Occur Soon — Probably May

What? You don’t know about Facebook? Psych! Haha, that’d be nuts. The real thing you may not have heard of is an IPO. “IPO” is just Initial Public Offering; you know, like on the stock market. Referencing several different people inside to the company, a well-known tech forum said that Facebook officials chose May 17 as the date to fire-off their much-anticipated initial public offering. That being said, a different rep in San Jose Mercury News noted that the actual date isn’t set in stone and could easily switch 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 roughly a decade. Facebook, started in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg in a Harvard dorm room, is looking to raise $5 billion in this offering. The largest IPO so far for an Internet business is $1.9 billion, that business being Google in 2004. While this appears to be quite an heralded event, there are tons of people who are skeptical about how this whole thing will occur. Facebook will probably have a good IPO, but from there out it’s difficult to know what will happen. Some of the most popular and latest IPOs for big tech companies like Zynga have really gone to the dogs. It will be entertaining to see how Facebook does. One cool thought is that it will most-likely be a good jump for Silicon Valley. Lots of the Facebook employees will probably take their lumps of cash and ignite some sweet new startups.

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Posted on April 25, 2012 by , Reply

Tapping into Asteroids is Becoming a Legitimate Standard for the Rich

What do two Google Inc executives and oceanographer James Cameron have in common? Besides the big salaries, they are bankrolling a venture to go forth to mine some precious, rare, and priceless rocks from some near-earth asteroids. It seems like a scene from a sci-fi movie or magazine, but it is a real idea that is coming to reality.Planetary Resources, a company located in Washington, will center its vision to making inexpensive robo-spacecrafts to fly on surveying trips to asteroids hurling past Earth. The first of these trips will be a safe demonstration mission around Earth; this mission is thought to be done by the end of 2014, according to Peter Diamandis and Eric Anderson.Similar to the Ansari X Prize competition, the aim of Planetary Resources is to open up deep-space discoveries to the private sector. The Ansari X Prize was achieved by Scaled Composites’ SpaceShipOne eight years ago for being the first flight beyond Earth’s atmosphere by a manned and privately manufactured spacecraft. Commercial space flights, as many other blog articles are announcing, are expected to start this next year. The first customers of Planetary Resources are likely going to be top-notch science agencies like NASA, along with private research institutes. Surprisingly, within the next ten years the company believes they can position observation platforms around Earth. They are going to tap into some of the thousands of asteroids that pass relatively close to Earth. The idea? To obtain precious elements. Likely this will just make the affluent people more wealthy while we all get to see it in the news.

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Posted on April 25, 2012 by , Reply

Physical Activity of Any Sort Will Aid to Lower the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

When you’re running a 5K track, riding 20 miles, or even mowing the lawn, studies have proven that doing any sort of movement will definitely aid as you try to decrease your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Nice fact, you may say, but it has shown that it even lessens the development in seniors over 80 years of age. A Chicago-based study printed in the Neurology journal says that protective activities include washing dishes, cooking, cleaning, gardening–even playing cards. Seniors who landed in the lowest 10 percent of physical exercise were more than twice as probable to get Alzheimer’s. The lead author, Dr. Aron Buchman, wrote, “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.”Unfortunately, there is yet to be an all-around cure for Alzheimer’s, but this news is good for those trying to dodge it. Alzheimer’s affects nearly 5 million U.S. citizens. That number, sadly, is estimated to triple as the baby boomers reach a ripe old age. Aging is the biggest risk factor with Alzheimer’s–the unavoidable risk factor, might I add. Those of you reading this article probably, I can assume, aren’t at risk of Alzheimer’s at this stage of life. Conversely, you probably all know at least one person (like a grandparent) who is pushing old age and needs to start movement again. Checking out blogs is an activity that old people don’t do, so it is your task to spread the word about this study. Let grandma and grandpa know that you want to keep them around for a while more, and then maybe play a game of cards with them.

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Posted on April 25, 2012 by , Reply