The firing of machine guns and bombardment on the borders are normally expected scenes on the borders. Thus the border wars are historic form of wars with some ethics. But in the current position, we all are witnessing a war of inhumanity internally occurring in the cities around the globe. One such catastrophic bomb explosion […]
White House Press Secretary: Obama Will Continue His Presidency Till January 20, 2017
Josh Earnest, the White House Press Secretary, highlighted on Wednesday the need to ensure smooth presidential changeover and further added that Barack Obama, present US President, will continue his position till January 20, 2017. Earnest notified in his White House speech that Obama will hold his Presidential position till January 20, 2017. The reason behind […]
Average Social Security Benefits Will Increase by Less Than $4 Next Year
Retired folks have something to celebrate a little, today, as social security benefits are increasing. But don’t plan to throw a weekend bash: the increase is only about $3.92, or 0.3 percent. Currently, the average monthly social security benefit for a retiree is $1,305.30. This might be up from last year (when inflation kept social […]
How Close Are we to Self-Driving Cars ?
The race to develop autonomous vehicles has been a rocky one. While many car manufacturers and tech companies work furiously to lead the way, testing continues to expose how far we still have to go before these machines could become commonplace. In some ways, the public is confused over what “self-driving” cars can do; and […]
Is Twitter For Sale, and Will Google Buy It?
Shares of mobile app Twitter surged on Friday after sources close to the issue noted that the ailing social media said the ailing social media company is moving closer to being sold. These sources indicated that the company has, in fact, received expressions of interest from a handful of technology and/or media companies—some of which […]
World Trade Organization Reports Massive Global Trade Rate Slowdown
This week, the Geneva-based World Trade Organization drastically cut its forecast over trade growth this year by roughly one third to mark the lowest growth rate since 2009. This was a time when the global economy was riddled with a recession and a near financial crisis. Updating its most recent forecast, on Tuesday, the world’s […]
Pandora Reimagines Business with new Pandora Plus Service to Compete with Spotify, Apple Music
When internet radio application Pandora first hit the scene, it was revolutionary. In a time when the music industry was in a major state of flux—and neither consumers nor executives knew what to expect from the future—a change was, in fact, in order. Pandora was one answer to the file-sharing debacle that crippled the industry […]
Tech Data Corp Announces $2.6 Billion Purchase of Avnet Inc IT Solutions Group
This week, Tech Data Corp has made it known its plans to buy Avnet Inc’s technology solutions unit. The reported $2.6 billion dollar deal should help the company gain a foothold in the growing Asia market in addition to creating a “premier global IT distributor,” according to Tech Data Chief Executive Bob Dutkowsky. The deal […]
Arthritis Drug Could Eventually Be Marketed to Treat Hair Loss
A large part of the medical industry is drug research. Sure, doctors have to know how to diagnose and effectively treat disease, but much of the money that exchanges hands in this business has to do with pharmaceutical sales. With that, though, those who research and develop treatments are constantly searching not only for the […]