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Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp

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Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company's largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple have ever done. The world's biggest social networking company said Wednesday that it is paying $12 billion in Facebook stock and $4 billion in cash for WhatsApp. In addition, the app's founders and employees — 55 in all — will be granted restricted stock worth $3 billion that will vest over four years after the deal closes. In a filing to the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Facebook announced the acquisition. "The acquisition supports Facebook and WhatsApp's shared mission to bring more connectivity and utility to the world by delivering core internet services efficiently and affordably. The combination will help accelerate growth and user engagement across both companies," the filing stated. "WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people. The service...

आयुष्य विणायला घेउया (collection )

आज म्हटल आयुष्य विणायला घेउया जमतंय का ते बघुया वाटलं अगदी सोप्पं असेल रंगसंगती जमून आली की आयुष्यही सुंदर दिसेल प्रश्न पडला धागे कोणकोणते घ्यायचे एक दोनच की सगळेच वापरायचे मग ठरवलं फक्त छान छानच धागे घेऊ एक काय दोन काय सगळेच एकमेकांत वीणू सुरुवात केली वात्सल्याच्या धाग्याने धागा होता फार उबदार आणि मुलायम म्हटलं छान आहे हा धागा धाग्याने ह्या विण राहील कायम मग घेतला मैत्रीचा धागा म्हणता म्हणता ब-याच भरल्या जागा थोड थोड आयुष्य आकार घेऊ लागलेलं पण अजुनही बरचसं विणायच बाकी राहिलेलं एक एक धागा आशेचा, सुखाचा आणि आनंदाचा घेतला प्रत्येक धाग्यात तो आपसुकच गुंफत गेला हळू हळू विण घट्ट होत होती तरीदेखील कसली तरी कमी मात्र होती मग घेतला एक नाजुक प्रेमाचा धागा धागा होता सुंदर आणि रेशमी धाग्याने त्या आयुष्याला अर्थ आला लागुनी एक एक घेतला धागा यशाचा, कीर्तीचा आणि अस्तित्वाचा आयुष्याला त्यामुळे एक नवा उद्देश्य मिळाला सगळेच धागे छान, सुंदर आणि प्रसन्न होते तरीदेखील त्यांच्यातल्या एकसारखीपणाने मन मात्र खिन्न होते थोडेे धागे पडले होते निवांत बसून असेच म्हटल बघुया ...

Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship Two clears major hurdle to space flight(Source: Business line)

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Reverse Your Diabetes Today ! Wikipedia Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip Two (SS2) is a sub-orbital, air-launched spaceplane designed for space tourism. Wait loss ! White Skin Need White Skin! No More Dry Scalp - Dry Itchy Scalp & Dandruff Causes & Remedies No More Dry Scalp - Dry Itchy Scalp! Reverse Your Diabetes Today ! Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship Two completed a second supersonic flight on Thursday in which it also tested a new system to slow down its re-entry into earth’s atmosphere, the Company said. The flight took place on Thursday morning above the Mojave desert when the spacecraft, which is designed to take six paying passengers into sub-orbital space flight, was released from its carrier aircraft at a height of 46,000 feet (14,000 metres). Two pilots ignited the rocket motor for 20 seconds, carrying the spaceship to 69,000 feet at a maximum speed of Mach 1.43, the Company said. “It was particularly thrilling to see for the first time to...

Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek will have a chance to win their first Slam title of the season, having finished semifinalists at the Wimbledon.(Ref:NDTV Sports)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wait loss ! Need White Skin! No More Dry Scalp - Dry Itchy Scalp! Reverse Your Diabetes Today ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York:   Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek stunned top seeded and hot favourite pair of Mike and Bob Bryan, who were chasing a rare Calendar Grand Slam, in a gripping contest to storm into the US Open men's doubles final, here on Thursday. The fourth seeded Indo-Czech pair denied the Bryans a piece of history with their 3-6 6-3 6-4 win as the American twins were trying to become first doubles team since 1951 to collect all four Grand Slam titles in the same year. Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman had achieved the rare feat of winning Calendar Slam in 1951. The Bryans ran away with the first set but faced stiff challenge in the second, which Paes and Stepanek dominated to take...

Tide spectators rushed down amid typhoon

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The roaring tides of Qiantang River triggered by Typhoon Trami flush hundreds of spectators down from a dike in Haining city, East China's Zhejiang province on Aug 22, 2013. The seasonal massive tides, a well-known spectacle which attracts a large number of tourists across the nation every year, was boosted by Typhoon Trami and brought more tide lovers.

Three-fourths of its online population is under 35, says comScore report

India has bypassed Japan to become the world’s third largest Internet user after China and the United States, and its users are significantly younger than those of other emerging economies, global digital measurement and analytics firm comScore has said in a report. India now has nearly 74 million Internet users, a 31 per cent increase over March 2012, the report says. The numbers are lower than other recent estimates, possibly reflecting comScore’s methodology that only factors in PC and laptop-based Internet usage. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) pegged the number of Internet subscribers in India at 164.81 million as of March 31, 2013, with seven out of eight accessing the Internet from their mobile phones. The comScore report, on the other hand, puts mobile and tabled-based Internet traffic at just 14% of the total. “Mobile phone based Internet usage is a key component of Indian Internet usage, and I’d say the recent growth is being driven by ...