On April 16, 2010 Dr. Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad (also known as C K Prahalad) passed away. Prahalad was one out of nine children and his father was a Sanskrit language scholar and judge in Chennai, India. Prahalad worked at the Union Carbide battery plant after completing a B.Sc degree in Physics from Loyola College in Chennai, India. Loyola College is a part of the University of Madras.
Knewton is an online test preparation startup company that has received $12.5 million in funding from FirstMark Capital. The company was founded by Jose Ferreira. Knewton’s business strategy is to apply web techniques for preparing people that have to take tests such as the MCAT, LSAT, and GMAT. They are offering ways for people to prepare for exams in a way that could be faster than traditional companies such as The Princeton Review or Kaplan.
Below is an infographic put together by OnlineMBA.com. The infographic contains several interesting facts about Nintendo such as how the company was founded in 1889 as a playing card company, but made their first video game in 1978. In 1977 Nintendo hired staff artist Shigeru Miyamoto–who would eventually become the creator of Donkey Kong, Mario, Zelda, and the Wii. Check out some other interesting facts below: Via: Online MBA
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is my favorite game for the Sega Dreamcast. That fast game 6 character on the screen at once game helped me get my adrenaline going back when I was a college freshman. Now Marvel vs Capcom 3 will be coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 around Q4 2010-Q1 2011 and it will be powered by the MT Framework engine. Check out the video here:
Blog platform company Tumblr has raised $5 million from Spark Capital and Union Square. Tumblr currently has 4.5 million users and hits about 1 billion page views per month. Tumblr founder David Karp is not a fan of advertising so he is trying to find ways to make money through other forms, such as virtual stickers and premium themes. Tumblr is based in New York and was founded in 2007. The company raised a total of $10 million in funding.
Nicole Polizzi (Snooki) of the Jersey Shore has broke up with her boyfriend using Facebook. The reason why they broke up is rumored to be because he auditioned for MTV show The Real World. When TMZ asked Snooki’s boyfriend Emilio about what happened, he replied “All i kno is she was upset i tried out fornreal world nd left me a message sayin im single. Next i kno i wake up [Monday] morning and facebook says im single.” Emilio probably avoided fist pumping that night. [TMZ]
Zooey Deschanel has been cast to play Ada Lovelace in a movie called Enchantress of Numbers. Lovelace was an English woman, who passed away in 1852, and was known to have wrote the first algorithm processed by a machine. Every year on March 24th, Lovelace’s contributions are celebrated by women working in science and technology. Lovelace translated an Italian mathematician’s memoir about Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine. She translated the memoir and included her own notes, which contained a computer program that could have been processed by the Analytical Engine if it was ever built. Bruce Beresford plans to direct the story this fall. [Production Weekly via Gizmodo]
Wakey Wakey is an iPhone application that is endorsed by Pamela Anderson. The iPhone application is basically an alarm clock and when it is time to wake up, a video of Pamela Anderson plays. Every morning, Pamela Anderson’s voice would wake you up. “Honey, wake up – good morning sweetie – come on baby, wake up sexy.” I think they should make a David Hasselhoff version for women too. The video for the app was filmed on location in Tufnell Park, London. The app costs $1.99. [iTunes link]
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