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Facebook + Yahoo! = $1 billion?
Yahoo! and Facebook are back talking, and it looks like the deal is approaching the $1 billion mark. Facebook recently held discussions with Microsoft and Viacom about possible takeovers, and they both bombed out. The 22 year old founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has shied away from selling because he is focused on building the company for the long term. Viacom had offered $750 million earlier this year, which was shut down with a $2 billion counter offer. Mark is now apparently undecided about the Yahoo $900 million offer. He keeps tight control of the company backed by Greylock Partners, and models the simplicity and management style he has after Google, and Apples founders.
If this deal goes through, it could major pump up for Yahoo's declining younger market.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
