iFive: Hulu, Google, Space, Trafigura, Start-ups

While you were all tucked up in your beds, innovation was having an all-night party. And this on a Tuesday after a long weekend? And in space? Apparently so.

1. Iridium has become the largest presence in the cosmos--well, that we know of so far. It's ordered 88 spacecraft for its Iridium Next venture, to boost its telecommunications network. French firm Thales beat Lockheed-Martin for the $2.1--or $2.9 billion, depending what you read--gig. In other space news, big shout out to the Japanese...