Blurb: This articles describes how digital news sources are slowly eroding the reporting manpower of American news organizations. Digital news sources are gradually eroding the reporting power of America’s once mighty news organizations, draining their newsrooms of the manpower, talent and financial resources needed to cover emerging stories, according to a report recently issued by… Continue reading Digital News Sources are Eroding the Power of US News Organizations
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How Has Facebook Helped Us?
Social media in a wider sense is something that can get a degree of criticism for such factors as arguments and disagreements that can occur as well as how easy it can be for abuse to circulate. Speaking specifically with regard to Facebook it has become a staple part of so many people’s day-to-day lives… Continue reading How Has Facebook Helped Us?
Add A Driver License Reader To Your Bar Or Liquor Store
Do you run a bar, restaurant or liquor store wherein you are required to check IDs? Are you still doing this manually? Then you are wasting time and taking a big risk. If someone were to to trick you with a fake ID when trying to buy alcohol or tobacco, you could be fined. You… Continue reading Add A Driver License Reader To Your Bar Or Liquor Store
So, What Did We Get From Healthcare's Rising Costs?
The cost of health care in the last 50 years has risen from 5.2% of GDP in 1960 to over 16% of GDP in 2010. (Roughly, triple.) So, what did we get for this increase? First, we get eight more years. Life expectancy rose from 69.9 to 77.9 years. Quality of life has also improved.… Continue reading So, What Did We Get From Healthcare's Rising Costs?
Abandoned Mega-Machines
It’s in the nature of things that everything new will one day be old – and this is especially striking when it comes to some of the world’s largest machines and vehicles. Jumbo Jet Restaurant The second Boeing 747 ever built and the first one ever flown commercially eventually became a noodle restaurant. Known as… Continue reading Abandoned Mega-Machines
A Brief History Of Vending Machines
The vending machine has been a staple feature in popular society since the Industrial Revolution, representing principles of efficiency and independence through technology. From well-placed post-cards to self-service food, the introduction of vending machines represented just how convenient and affordable technology could be. The history of the vending machine is more than that of a… Continue reading A Brief History Of Vending Machines
The History Of Negative Political Ads
Negative political ads overtake the airwaves whenever a big election is coming up. While most viewers report negative feelings towards these ads, their survival indicates that something about them is working. While cable TV and the internet have made the attack ad nearly ubiquitous, the history of negative campaigning in US elections stretches back far… Continue reading The History Of Negative Political Ads
Broadband On Demand – How MiFi Will Give Us Broadband Everywhere
What an age we live in. The internet instantly connects us with people, places, images and ideas from around the globe, plugging us into the best (and the worst) that the world has to offer, and all from the comfort of a favorite armchair. Until–uh oh: there’s a power interruption. While just minutes before, we… Continue reading Broadband On Demand – How MiFi Will Give Us Broadband Everywhere
Social Networks Spread The Word
New words come into being all the time, just as some old ones fall into misuse. The purists among us may well frown on these lexicographic changes to our language, but for a language to thrive it must evolve; if it didn’t then we would still all be speaking like Chaucer. But how do these… Continue reading Social Networks Spread The Word
Is 4G The Real Deal?
4G has been much anticipated and long awaited, but is it all it is cracked up to be? Recent research in the US suggests that it isn’t quite living up to the hype, so anyone who is thinking of using 4G as their main way of connecting to the internet might be advised to wait… Continue reading Is 4G The Real Deal?