Richter7 Weekly Retro

The King’s Big Announcement:

While we were all enthralled in the media frenzy, LeBron James made NBA history last night, announcing his decision to play with the Miami Heat. Before the big announcement, “King” James decided to take a stab at Twitter for the special occasion, even creating his own hashtag to answer questions of his 250,000 followers.

So why has the media had such a hay-day with LeBron’s free agency? Some may say it is a relatively slow time in the news for the NBA, while others claim it is the price tag.

Check out this article of our own Tal Harry discussing the controversy with Utah’s ABC4 News and let us know your thoughts on the situation.

http://www.abc4.com/news/local/story/The-kings-image-The-hype-surrounding-LeBron-James/GLGS–NLRkiLAvuubG9DBw.cspx

Closing Shop:

This may come to you as a big surprise, but Facebook announced this week that it will be shutting down its virtual gift store this August. The application has provided gifts to millions of Facebook users over its three-year period. You may be wondering why they would shut down such a successful app. According to Facebook, it is now focusing on “improving and enhancing products and features that people use every day, such as Photos, News Feed, Inbox, Games, Comments, the ‘Like’ button and the Wall.”

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366260,00.asp