“If you could change the price of one thing to lift up the lives of the world’s poorest people, it would be the price of energy.” – Bill Gates [youtube]https://youtu.be/MzDE8rTRqY4[/youtube] As the Climate Conference gets underway in Paris, Bill Gates publishes this video to explain the rationale for the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, formed with other […]
#455597934 / gettyimages.com Shares in Amazon Inc fell 11% in after-hours trading last night after the company reported a net loss of $437 million or 95c per share for the third quarter of 2014, up from $41 million or 9c per share for the same period last year. Net sales continued to grow, increasing 20% to $20.58 billion […]
Over the past few days leaders in technology and celebrities have been pouring buckets of ice water over themselves to raise awareness for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). So Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg did it a couple of days ago: http://youtu.be/6TTpXKFBkjk and threw down the gauntlet to Bill Gates. Gates really took the challenge seriously and designed […]
Time will announce their “person of the year” later this week Earlier today they announced the ten people who made it on to the final list: Bashar Assad, President of Syria Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder Ted Cruz, Texas Senator Miley Cyrus, Singer Pope Francis, Leader of the Catholic Church Barack Obama, President of the United […]
Online giant Amazon is reporting a 22% increase in sales for the first quarter of 2013. In a report published yesterday the company reported sales increased to $16.07 billion. They also gave a breakdown of the company’s activities over the last quarter which is worth a quick read. Related articles Amazon beats earnings target as […]
Recently the victim of a burglary, Michele puts a brave face on things as he Skypes Conn this week from an aged laptop. We discuss April Fool tech gags, including Google Maps with 8-bit graphics and get nostalgic for simpler times. Nowadays we’ve got hundreds of times more computing power in our pockets. What would […]
