The Khan Academy was started by an entrepreneur named Salman Khan. The Khan Academy was initially known for uploading simple math lessons through over 2,000 videos on YouTube. The Khan Academy received $2 million from Google as a donation this past September. Students can earn virtual badges as they progress with lessons. Teachers at the Khan Academy will even intervene when a student is stuck.

Sony Corporation has revealed the Xperia Play, also known as the “Playstation phone” at the Mobile World Congress conference. The phone is debuting in the early spring and is heading to Verizon. Over 20 publishers are working on games for the device. The PlayStation 1 game Ridge Racer will come with the device. Other games making its way to the phone include Assassin’s Creed, FIFA, Dead Space, Guitar Hero, and FIFA. The Xperia Play will be available in black and white, has a 5.1-megapixel camera, 400MB of in-phone memory, 8GB microSD memory card, Android 2.3 support, and 5.5 hours of battery life. [Forbes]

The Vikersundbakken is a 440-foot ski ramp that opened in southern Norway. Johan Remen Evensen set the world record for jumping 797 feet from this ramp. Check out the video above to see him in action. [Wired]

Corey Christian Adams is a 19 year old that raped a woman last June and now he is being charged with hiring a hit man… through Facebook. Adams of West Chester, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to those offenses, which could land him in jail between 11 and 22 years.

Tim Wehage has uploaded a video of him surfing on top of a car that he climbed out of and was driving at the same time. That’s right, he is “ghost riding the whip” on the roof of his Ford Bronco. The video has been watched over 100,000 times on YouTube. [Gawker]

EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ:SATS) is acquiring satellite Internet company Hughes Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:HUGH) for $1.3 billion. EchoStar is paying $60.70 per share in cash, a 1.7% discount to the Friday closing price of Hughes stock, but is 31% higher than the share price on January 19th. Private equity firm Apollo Global Management owns a majority of Hughes shares and has agreed to the deal. [NYT]

Cooliris is a multimedia browser plugin that lets you view photo and video content on the web in an appealing way. The company has raised $9.6 million in Series C financing from investors such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Venture, DAG Ventures, and The Westley Group. Cooliris has raised a total of $27.6 million in funding. Cooliris plans on using the new round of funding for strategic partnerships and product innovation. [TechCrunch]

Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:MMI) has announced that they are acquiring 3LM Inc. 3LM was founded by two former Google employees and they developed software to boost security on mobile devices powered by Android. 3LM had already signed deals to provide technology to several other device companies and those deals are expected to be announced soon. Accel Partners and several other small investors put $1.5 million in funding in 3LM. 3LM stands for “three laws of mobility.” 3LM technology is expected to enhance security features in Motorola. [WSJ]