Will Microsoft Buy Netflix?
When Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) introduced streaming just over a decade ago, it would have been difficult to predict the resulting changes in the media landscape. The company still dominates the industry it pioneered, but a number of well-heeled competitors have made moves to stake a claim in this new paradigm. Amazon is the company’s largest […]
Peak Amazon: Is It Closer Than We Think?
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been the greatest growth story of this century. In 2000, it was a small, unprofitable online retailer that generated the vast majority of its revenue from selling books, music, and movies. Total revenue was $2.76 billion that year. Since then, Amazon has achieved strong — and amazingly consistent — growth, reaching […]
3 Stocks to Buy and Hold for 50 Years
Let’s get this out of the way right up front: I don’t think there is any stock that you can buy and simply ignore for decades. The pace of technological innovation, changing consumer habits, and demographic shifts all make this virtually impossible. That said, there are companies with advantages making them likely not only to […]
3 Top Dividend Stocks With Yields Over 2%
Dividends are wonderful things. You invest in a high-quality company, do nothing else, and get paid. Yes, dividend stocks are far riskier in the short-term than bonds, but they can also give you something bonds can’t match: The opportunity for significant capital appreciation over the long term. Three that look particularly appealing today include Best […]
Meet the Australian ‘techno-artist’ growing a web-connected ear on his arm
There’s a body in Perth, Australia, one of the most remote cities on Earth, transmitting signals about how other bodies will behave in the future. It’s an unassuming body, bald-headed and fit, complete with organs and limbs in all their preordained places. Plus one. On the fleshy side of the left forearm there’s an impression […]
Astronauts prepare to leave International Space Station after 2,600 orbits
Three astronauts are preparing for a fiery re-entry through the Earth’s atmosphere at more than 500mph, after five months in space and 2,688 orbits of their planet. NASA’s Scott Tingle, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), closed the hatch for their journey back from the International Space […]
Fiat Chrysler will launch over 30 EVs and hybrids by 2022
Fiat Chrysler isn’t exactly the first name that comes to mind when you think of electric cars. Where Ford, Volkswagen and other brands are basing their long-term roadmaps around EVs, Fiat Chrysler has been hesitant to make more than the occasional hybrid. Now, though, it’s ready to make up for lost time… if only just. […]
Automate your life with Apple Workflow, the most powerful app you’re not using
Few things in life are as convenient as automation — IFTTT, anyone? — which allows us to blaze through life’s more monotonous tasks with the utmost ease. Apple knows this, which is why the Cupertino-based company has developed Workflow, a powerful automation tool that’s designed to expedite your everyday tasks. The concept is clever: The […]
Inspiring sick children with Paralympic gold
Canadian flag-bearer makes a trip home to the Maritimes to visit the children’s hospital When Paralympian Mark Arendz approaches, four-year-old Elliot Little is immediately enamoured with the athlete’s medals, his tiny fingers wrapping around them as Arendz explains he won them in biathlon and cross-country skiing in Pyeongchang. “I made medals, too!” the child exclaimed. […]
Need farming tools? Vancouver Island lending library aims to help local growers
North Cowichan council has agreed to grant $15,000 to project A new lending library is coming to Vancouver Island but instead of offering books or other typical rental items, it’ll be handing out farming equipment. North Cowichan council has promised a grant of $15,000 to help establish the agricultural equipment lending library to help with […]