International Space Station turns 15 years old

The International Space Station (ISS) has turned 15 years old. The ISS is a project where astronauts are able to work in space for months at a time. It opened for the first time on December 10th, 1998. Bob Cabana was the commander of the space shuttle mission that put the first modules of the International Space Station together, according to USA Today.  Cabana worked with Russian crew mate Sergi Krikalev on the project. Today the International Space Station is around half the size of a football field and weighs over one million pounds. There are 15 national partners on the ISS along with NASA.

Rumor: Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) in talks for buying out Imgur

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is reportedly talking to Imgur about buying them out. Imgur is a popular photo sharing website that is commonly used by the Reddit.com community. The rumors are based on sources with Business Insider.
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Amazon.com, Inc (AMZN) has over 16.5 million Prime account users

Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) is reporting that Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) has 16.7 million Prime subscribers. This is up from 9.7 million one year ago. Around 93% of Prime subscribers have plans to renew their account for at least another year too. This stat is based on a  survey that the CIRP received from 300 Amazon.com Prime users.

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Harvard Medical Students parody Ylvis with ‘What does the spleen do?’

A group of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine students in the class of 2016 put together this parody viral video that pokes fun at the song “The Fox” by Ylvis. The video was created for the 107th Annual Second Year Show by the two schools within the university. Their version of the song is called ‘What does the spleen do?’ If you want to sing with them, below are the lyrics.

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Report: LG Electronics Inc. (066570) has sold around 2.3 million G2 smartphones

LG Electronics Inc. (KRX:066570) has reportedly sold 2.3 million LG G2 smartphones so far. The G2 launched four months ago and has high-end hardware specifications. In Korea, LG sold around 600,000 LG G2 units.  The 2.3 million figure is smaller than the company’s goal of hitting 3 million for Q3. However, the 600,000 figure in Korea is above the 540,000 last year’s unit mark for the LG G Pro.

[Source: Asia Today/PhoneArena]

Alibaba and Haier partner in new logistics joint venture

Alibaba and Haier have partnered on a new logistics joint venture. Alibaba will invest 2.82 billion Hong Kong dollars ($364 million) in Haier Electronics as part of the deal. The logistics JV will oversee the delivery and assembly of household appliances along with other large items to buyers.
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General Motors Company (GM) opens a new customer engagement center

General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) has decided to in-source their call center operations and will manage that part of their business within the United States. The auto giant will bring hundreds of jobs to the U.S. as they have officially opened their Customer Engagement Center at the GM Technical Center campus today. Around 300 advisors and 35 managers will be working at the new facility by the end of the year.
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