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So on April 2, 2014 Google created an entirely new class of share and issued them to shareholders as a type of stock dividend. If someone owned one share of Google they would now get two shares of Google stock, and the price of each share will be half the price of the current shares. Essentially a 2 for 1 stock split. ... |
After the stock split both stocks continued to break records and hit all time highs. Today the company is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbols GOOGL and GOOG, and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GGQ1. These ticker symbols now refer to Alphabet Inc., Google's holding compa... |
If you bought one share of Google in 2004 at its initial public offering price of $85, then it would be two shares worth over +1,500% today, taking into account Google's stock split. |
Commentary: Inspired by a new ballad about the Tesla CEO, here are some tunes other tech gurus should adopt. |
Ever wanted your own theme song that might play when you do something especially impressive -- or maybe just enter a room? Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, now has one. |
Matt Sharp, once Weezer's bassist and now frontman for the band The Rentals, has written a 1980s-themed tune about an imagined world where he and Musk grew up together. It's not exactly a triumphant march. |
But Musk isn't the only big boss who deserves his or her own theme song. Here are some suggestions for tunes that tech big shots should take to heart, or at least use as their smartphone ringtones. |
Whatever you thought of Bill Gates in his Microsoft days (thanks a lot for Control-Alt-Delete, Bill), it's hard not to appreciate what he's doing at the Gates Foundation. His battle against malaria is especially impressive. But come on, there's nobody who could slip into the starring role of Weird Al Yankovic's "White ... |
Telling lyric: "Only question I ever thought was hard/Was do I like Kirk, or do I like Picard?" |
The "Golden Girls" theme is spot-on for someone whose business involves getting you to "friend" your high-school bandmate's ex-wife's cousin. And since the show focused on the favorite senior citizens of the 1980s, it's a fitting choice for the social network where your grandma might go to play Slotomania or Farmville. |
Telling lyric: "And when we both get older/With walking canes and hair of gray/Have no fear, even though it's hard to hear/I will stand real close and say/Thank you for being a friend." |
Not only is Amazon conquering a new business and rewriting its own corporate mission seemingly every day (Grocery delivery! Talking smart speakers! Original video!), but this Elvis Costello classic gives us a nice wistful flashback to when Bezos' behemoth just sold reading material. |
Telling lyric: "Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal/I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel." |
Oh, the temptation to choose "One Bad Apple" by The Osmonds, especially if you still have painful memories of products like the Newton. ("The Simpsons" summed it up best when "Beat up Martin" was translated as "Eat up Martha.") But Apple's design, even down to the boxes its product come in, is so sleek -- do you know a... |
Telling lyric: "You got the look (you got the look)/You must'a took (you must'a took)/A whole hour just to make up your face, baby." |
Oh come on, how could this U2 song not fit the search giant perfectly? Sure, we usually find what we're looking for with the actual search engine part of Google, but the same can't be said for Chrome, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Groups -- and don't even get us started on Google Image Search. |
Telling lyric: "I have spoke with the tongue of angels/I have held the hand of a devil/It was one empty night/I was cold as a stone/But I still haven't found/What I'm looking for." |
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's former CEO, made big money while running the battered web pioneer. But if you were a telecommuting employee during her tenure, you might remember her for nothing less than declaring Yahoo employees could no longer work from home. Some were furious, others felt she was right to insist on butts-in-... |
Telling lyric: "Have to catch an early train, got to be to work by nine/And if I had an aeroplane, I still couldn't make it on time/'Cause it takes me so long, just to figure out what I'm gonna wear/Blame it on the train, but the boss is already there." |
They're not CEOs, but we have to dedicate one particular song to all the intelligent home assistants out there. When Styx's "Mr. Roboto" came out in 1983, smart speakers and personal assistants with names like Siri and Alexa were the stuff of science fiction. Now they live in our homes, piping up at unnerving times, mi... |
Telling lyric: "The problem's plain to see/Too much technology/Machines to save our lives/Machines dehumanize." |
Rage of Bahamut's developer claims it has 10 million players. That's weird, because it's a really terrible game. |
Free-to-play card game Rage of Bahamut lives among the top-grossing games on the iPhone and Android charts, right up there with Temple Run 2 and Minecraft. Tokyo-based developer Cygames recently revealed that half of its 20 million overall players are playing Bahamut. That would make it one of the most popular games in... |
That's surprising because it's also a real piece of crap. |
"Bahamut's success seems to tell today's game designers that a game with minimal interactivity, massively disorganized UI and incredibly confusing game design is the way to hook millions of players and make a fortune," said Arash Keshmirian, CEO of Limbic Software, in an e-mail. |
For one of the most profitable English-language apps of the last year, Rage of Bahamut's interface is shockingly ugly. The fantasy-themed trading card game looks like two Yahoo! Geocities went to war with each other, with text scattered everywhere and dial-up speed load times between every page. |
You can even scroll past the top and bottom of the screen, almost as if the entire game is being rendered in some sort of makeshift mobile web browser. Since the game only works if you have a network connection, this may actually be the case. |
Once you're actually playing Bahamut, the goal is to level up and get lots of digital cards, each of which features anime artwork of goblins or scantily clad witch ladies. Level up more and get more witch ladies by completing quests and "battling" other players. |
Quests consist of, as best as I can tell, little more than poking at static JPEGs of monsters that pop up on the screen. Tap them and they explode into a shower of coins. Actually, you don't even have to tap the monsters for them to explode. Just poke your phone anywhere on the screen like the fat-fingered slob you are... |
The section of Bahamut that lets you "battle" other players is unlike the quests, because it doesn't even require input. The game checks both players' stats and then, in a gigantic, glitzy pop-up, informs you whether you won or lost based on those stats. No strategy, no interaction, all automated for the mobile gamer w... |
Occasionally, Bahamut will ask you to spend money on packs of "RageMedals," which can cost up to $100. |
Rage of Bahamut is published in America by Mobage, a mobile gaming service that's also behind Marvel: War of Heroes, which is currently the third most-profitable iOS game in the US. That game is, perhaps unsurprisingly, an exact clone of Rage of Bahamut, but with Marvel-themed artwork. |
"Bahamut goes against nearly everything we know," said Keshmirian. "Still, it manages to tap into a huge pocket of gamers few others have been targeting." |
"I think card games like Bahamut still have a while to go before they really solidify themselves in the eyes of overseas gamers," Cygames director Yuito Kimura said to Famitsu magazine, as translated by Polygon. |
Hopefully it's a long, long while. |
Nothing in her evangelical upbringing prepared Laura Watkins for John Piper. |
"I was used to a very conversational preaching style," said Watkins, 21. "And having someone wave his arms and talk really loudly made me a little scared." |
Watkins shouldn't be embarrassed. Piper does scare some people. It's probably his unrelenting intensity, demanding discipline, and singular passion—for the glory of God. Those themes resound in Desiring God, Piper's signature book. The pastor for preaching and vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis has sold ... |
Not all of these youth know Piper's theological particulars. But plenty do, and Piper, more than anyone else, has contributed to a resurgence of Reformed theology among young people. You can't miss the trend at some of the leading evangelical seminaries, like Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, which reports a signifi... |
I'm much more concerned about set-up man candidate Jason Motte who walked two and gave up a hit in the eighth inning to allow the Marlins to score three runs against him, tying the game. The hit was a hard hit ball to Carpenter's right. He dove and would have had to make a perfect play to snag the ball and peg the runn... |
As well as Carpenter has hit, it's his defense that could keep him from winning a job on the major league roster. He completely whiffed on a pair of easy ground balls in the last three game as he tried to ol' ole play without success. Bad hops are bad hops, but when you have bad fundamentals and don't get in front of t... |
Cardinals Star of the Game: Albert Pujols led Cardinals hitters with a 2-for-4 day with a walk and played some pretty snazzy defense at first base, killing one rally with a diving stop and a toss to Lohse who covered first base. |
Lowlight: Motte's eighth inning meltdown. |
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A former guard at a Pennsylvania county prison is on trial for charges that he sexually assaulted a nurse two years ago. |
The Altoona Mirror reports that former Blair County Prison guard Paul Keefer, of Duncansville, is accused of inviting the woman into the room where he was working, grabbing her breasts, forcing her to touch him and refusing to let her leave. Prosecutors say the assault ended when another employee came to the room looki... |
Keefer’s attorney says the allegations are false. He says Keefer had an excellent record at the prison, where he worked for 11 years before he lost his job. |
Prosecutors say surveillance video shows the woman outside the room where Keefer worked, but there is no video of the encounter. |
BankIslami Pakistan Limited, one of the leading Islamic Banks in the country, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), one of the leading universities of the country. |
The MOU signing ceremony was held at the Head Office of BankIslami Pakistan Limited. BankIslami and NUST will collaborate in conducting Islamic Banking awareness seminars and workshops for the students and public at large to spread understanding about Islamic Banking and Finance. |
BankIslami will provide technical and training assistance to NUST for curriculum designing of Islamic Finance courses, development of case studies, training of faculty and students, etc. BankIslami and NUST will also jointly work in research initiatives in Islamic Banking and Finance. |
The MOU between BankIslami and NUST will help strengthen the partnership between the Industry and Academia and will contribute towards the growth of Islamic Banking and Finance in the country. |
CLIENT: Nabisco Biscuit, East Hanover, N.J. |
This is the sort of thing that gives mawkishness a bad name. Teenage daughter arrives home, cheerily accuses dad of waiting up for her. He denies it, saying he couldn’t sleep and felt like having an Oreo. He offers her one; she twists off the top wafer to get at the filling. Dad: ‘You know, when you were little, I had ... |
Copy makes the link to the new regime: ‘It’s a big job, Mr. President, but no matter how big the problems are, Post-it Tape Flags are a quick, easy way to tab, color code and call out all the little points that might help frame a solution.’ In case Clinton doesn’t have a laser beam handy, he could use a Tape Flag to fo... |
AGENCY: Trone Advertising, Greensboro, N.C. |
The layout works in sync with the three-part headline to get your eye moving in a roughly clockwise direction, which gives you a tour of the catchy graphic elements and then deposits you at the beginning of the body copy. Copy itself gives a lucid account of why this particular product is preferable to the alternatives... |
AGENCY: Bonsib Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind. |
CLIENT: Rinker Boat Co., Syracuse, Ind. |
In positioning the 236 Captiva against the popular (but pricier) Cigarette line of power boats, this ad uses far more smoking imagery than you’d find in an ad for actual cigarettes, given the lifestyle orientation of that category’s advertising. ‘Warning: Once you stop smoking, it’s hard to stop. Just throttle up a Rin... |
If you're looking for a new home but don't want to pay new home price look no further. This former model home in Calebs Creek is just what the doctor ordered. My sellers are broken hearted they have to move but would love to pass on this beautiful home to someone else. This home features 4 bedrooms and a loft upstairs ... |
Helen Kempski, nee Sperlak, age 77, beloved wife of the late Leonard A.; loving mother of Louise (Don) Cechowski, Raymond (Fiance Diana Esparza); fond grandmother of Jason, Donald Jr., Eric, Amanda, Melissa, Timothy and Julianna; cherished great-grandmother of Chance, Steven and Destiny; loving sister of the late Veron... |
ATLANTA — NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal will put his DJ skills on display at his own carnival-style event after a popular electronic dance music festival in Miami. |
O’Neal said that “Shaq’s Fun House” will debut March 24, immediately following day one of the three-day Ultra Music Festival. Both events are taking place during Miami Music Week. |
He said the one-night, invite-only affair will feature EDM performers, a cabaret show and “over-the-top” carnival attractions. It will be held at an unannounced warehouse venue. |
“Shaq’s Fun House” will run from 2 a.m. to sunrise. |
O’Neal will perform under his stage name DJ Diesel. The four-time NBA champion said he came up with the concept after he performed at the EDM festival TomorrowWorld, held near Atlanta, in 2015. |
“I want to do something big and develop a brand that represents this younger world,” he said. |
O’Neal won’t announce who is performing at his event because he wants to surprise the audience. Performers at the Ultra Music Festival include David Guetta, the Chainsmokers and Afrojack. |
O’Neal, 46, has been performing at small and big venues since the age of 14, even DJ’ing at parties during his college days at Louisiana State University. He released multiple rap albums in the 1990s, and in recent years he’s performed at music festivals around the world. |
At “Shaq’s Fun House,” O’Neal said he’ll play a mixture of EDM, hip-hop and classic songs. |
“I like to read the crowd and see what they like, but I want to hit them with that base, edgy trap. I like all types of music. I’m mixture of AoB and Skrillex,” he said, referring to the electronic soul duo and Grammy-winning dub-step DJ-producer. |
When she saw a gaping need in her community, Leah Bradford took it upon herself to fix it. |
Her determination to establish a library in Glencoe not only brought a community asset to the city, but helped Bradford earn her Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouting. |
The library now is coming up on its one-year mark. The fruits of her efforts opened inside Lang’s Tropical Fish store last summer. |
Her project began when she decided the city needed a library. |
“First of all, I noticed our community was the community without a public library or access to a public library, so I decided to take it upon myself to set one up,” Bradford said. |
The then-high school senior set to work. |
Bradford said people of Glencoe were supportive of her efforts to get project off the ground. There were some setbacks, but those proved to only make Bradford work harder toward her goal. |
Bradford worked to raise money for the library at Glencoe’s Celebration in the Park and used the funds to buy some shelves. She said a local store also donated funds for shelves, which she said she and her father built. |
The library also has about 3,000 books, all donated by people in the area. Bradford said more donated books are in storage; the library doesn’t yet have room for them. |
Bradford said all the adults involved in the project helped, but let her do the work, including her project manager, Amanda Jackson, and Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama Gadsden Program Manager Beth Gable, whom Bradford said was there for her with emotional support. |
“You have such a support system behind you when you try to do something like this,” Bradford said of the Girl Scouts. |
Bradford, who has been involved with the Girl Scouts since she was 7 years old, said she was excited and relieved to hear she’d been approved for the Gold Award. |
“I had put in so much work,” she said. |
The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award in Girl Scouting, symbolizing achievements in leadership, community service, career planning and personal development. |
Bradford said she put over 200 hours — more than double the required 65 hours for the Gold Award — of her time into creating the library. |
She and fellow Gold Award recipient Shelley Boyers were recognized during an Women of Distinction luncheon. |
Bradford, a 2010 Glencoe High graduate and freshman at the University of Alabama, is studying telecommunications and broadcasting. Her dream job, she said, is becoming a broadcast journalist at CNN. |
The Sullivan County Sheriff is warning the public that deputies have found marijuana laced with fentanyl in the county. |
A deputy was patrolling the Walmart parking lot in the Town of Thompson Monday night when he spotted a car parked facing the wrong way in the crosswalk at the front entrance, according to a news release from Undersheriff Eric Chaboty. |
When the deputy approached, the car, the driver became belligerent and tried to run inside the store, the news release says. |
The 22-year-old Bloomingburg man was taken into custody and found in possession of seven grams of marijuana, police said. |
Deputies tested the marijuana and found that it contained fentanyl, the powerful drug that has played a part in many overdose deaths. |
“We have been on the lookout for about a year,” Sullivan County Sheriff Michael Schiff said in the news release. “We can now confirm that it is here.” Detectives learned from the Bloomingburg man who relayed that the drug dealer he bought the marijuana from warned him that it was "very potent," according to the news re... |
IT WAS Renato Sanches' personal choice to sign for Bayern Munich, according to reports in Portugal. |
The Bundesliga champions today confirmed the signing of the midfielder from Benfica for an initial fee of £28m, although it could eventually reach £63m. |
The 18-year-old had been tracked by a number of Premier League clubs, including Arsenal and Liverpool, but Manchester United had thought they were close to securing a deal. |
The Red Devils had scouted Sanches on several occasions since the winter and had met with Benfica officials to try and thrash out a deal. |
But Portuguese newspaper Record claim Sanches decided a move to the Allianz Arena was best for his future. |
They say that Sanches had received similar offers from those clubs chasing him and that he had the final say on his next club. |
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