Social Media Trends Here is some interesting analysis given by NetProspex. The initial report was published in 2010, but it is probably still very relevant. Some cities are more social media savvy than others. The west coast is more social media savvy than the east coast. The midwest is the least social media savvy. California [...]
The Digital Vector Osama bin Laden. A household name that has been etched in our minds permanently. The breaking headline of the day. The omnipresent arm of the news has gripped our quintessence. Clenched in a frozen moment in time, a universal rush of momentum impels masses to quench the mind’s thirst for knowledge. The melee mobilizes the news [...]
House Oversight Committee – The Future Of The Osprey V-22 [June 23, 2009] On 18 February 2011, Marine Commandant General Jim Amos indicated Marine MV-22s deployed to Afghanistan surpassed 100,000 flight hours and were noted as having become “the safest airplane, or close to the safest airplane” in the Marine Corps inventory (Source: Wikipedia). This [...]
The Ink Pen That Truly Writes Out Of This World Believe it or not, it is alleged that NASA spent more than a million dollars to develop a device that would write in space. The device is similar to a standard ballpoint ink pen. Simultaneously, Russians were allegedly using a pencil which cost about a [...]
Gene Simmons To Host Chat On May 20, 2011 @ 7:30 Pacific Time
T minus zero $$$$$ The Endeavour successfully launched on 5/16/2011. The liftoff of the Endeavour was witnessed by thousands of people at Cape Canaveral and some said they had goosebumps during the process. The excitement that a launch creates is unquestionable. But can America really afford a space program anymore? Has the program served its [...]
Can You Really Afford Cable TV? The age of analog television is most likely over with. Since the mandate by the government to broadcast digital signals, viewers are faced with limited options. Satellite dish, cable, or a broadcasted digital signal are the choices. A great deal of consumers will either have a cable subscription or [...]
Project Tor Beneficial To Egyptians Just recently Egypt officials ordered major internet companies to cease connection to the public. Prior to that, the internet had assisted crowds to express, congregate, and mobilize while protesting. Subsequently, several factors had allowed some users to access the internet on a limited basis. Google recently aquired SayNow and is teaming [...]
Watch Out Google, Here Comes DuckDuckGo Alta Vista, Yahoo, Bing, and Google. Google has enjoyed hegemony in the tech world for some time now. The word Google has become synonymous with search in the search engine world. Can this reign last forever? The fledgling newcomer is called DuckDuckGo. Their logo – “Google tracks you. We don’t.” If [...]
2009 PISA Reading Literacy Highlights PISA measures 15-year-old students every 3 years. The students were tested in 2009, and the next assessment will be in 2012. In 2009, out of the three categories (reading, mathematics, and science), reading was the main focus this time. PISA tests were administered between September and October of 2009. There were [...]