Facebook buys Ubuntu producation company Canonical for 3 Billion

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In other news, Yahoo announced that it is purchasing RadioShack with the intent of resurrecting the Tandy brand to launch a new line of affordable personal computing devices.

"Tandy was an iconic brand that was ahead of its time," Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer stated. "Tandy's acquisition of GRiD Systems, the maker of the first consumer tablet, the GRiDPad, might have been several decades too early, but we're a forward-thinking company and look forward to building on Tandy's legacy of innovation."

The deal must be approved by RadioShack shareholders. Under the proposed terms, shareholders of RadioShack stock would receive a vintage Broadcast.com stock certificate with photo of Mark Cuban, 2 Geocities t-shirts, and 50 premium Tumblr themes.

Yeah, exactly the kind of news I was expecting on April 1 ;)

Yeah, they just about got me, but remembered I have to take everything today with a grain of salt.

though i think Zuckerberg would be less nazi and misguided with usability than Shutleworth.

I'm also sure 3bln is way too low for such a company comparing with other FB's purchases.

...not if it was in actual money

AHH, My heart stopped I don't want to Read more.

Amazon buying Canonical, I could have believed.

It was only a matter of time. We all saw this coming.

Almost had me. Freaked out for 30 sec

you almost had me :)

GREAT title!

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