Verizon buys Yahoo for US $5 billion

It's an end of a long, grueling era for dot com pioneer Yahoo. The long suffering company was purchased for $5 billion in cash by Verizon who adds the search portal as another of its growing list of media properties under the AOL brand (which also owns Huffington Post, TechCrunch and Engadget). 

Yahoo's diverse core internet business which is made up of web properties like Yahoo Mail, Fantasy Sports, the photo storage site Flickr ,Yahoo search and Tumblr as well as the company's advertising technology are now all part of Verizon.

Marissa Mayer, Yahoo CEO said that, "Yahoo is a company that has changed the world, and will continue to do so through this combination with Verizon and AOL." Meyer, who was hired from Google in 2012, says she plans on staying on for the next phase of Yahoo's assimilation into Verizon.

Source: BBC

‘Sherlock’ enters into darker territory in new trailer

SDCC gives us one big trailer after another. This time, we hear news about Sherlock and a look at the new season, which is possibly the last for the show. The trailer is ominous and possibly the darkest one yet, as Amanda Abbington said at their Comic-Con panel. Abbington was joined by Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Gatiss, and show co-creator Steven Moffat. Maybe it’s Moriarty, maybe it isn’t. We can’t say. But it’s looking like it’s going to be another great season.

Source: The Guardian

Prisma is now official on Android

Have you been seeing selfies that look like paintings on your social media feeds? Well, that’s most likely courtesy of Prisma. The app makes use of artificial intelligence and neural networks to turn your photos into works of art. It’s been popular over on Apple devices but is now officially available on Android, too. It started out in beta about five days ago on Android. The app can turn any of your photos into works of art using modern art filters or using styles of famous artists.

Source: Gizmodo

Two Canadian teens accidentally crossed the border into the U.S. while playing ‘Pokémon Go’

Guys, we know playing Pokémon Go is fun and all but please be extra aware of your surroundings as well. It was recently reported that two Canadian teens accidentally crossed the U.S. border and had to be apprehended in Montana by federal agents. According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection that two teens illegally entered the U.S. last Thursday on foot and they were “unaware of their surroundings” while playing the famous augmented reality-based game. The two teens were brothers from Alberta and were later reunited with their mother.

Source: TIME