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Google planning to release special contacts for diabetics.

It has recently been reported on various news stations and websites that Google Inc. is in the process of creating contacts that help people with diabetes check and track their blood sugar. This announcement has everyone stunned and curious. How …

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, an honest review.

This past week I had the pleasure of seeing the second installment of the Anchorman series, and was pleasantly surprised after reading many unfavorable reviews about it. The movie plays on many of the same plot and comedic styles of …

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Is the Convenience of Technology Making Us Dumb?

We no longer have to worry about history repeating itself, because with the invention of the Internet anything and everything can be looked up in a matter of seconds. There hasn’t been enough time to properly evaluate how the Internet …

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Technology Giveth and Technology Taketh Away

With the advancement of technology jobs that once belonged to humans are slowly being replaced by machinery. This is not a new concept, and has impacted the country since the 1950’s during the Industrial Revolution. Factories used to be operated …

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The Thin Line of Ethics in Photojournalism

Has the media and everything that society is exposed to made us almost impassive to most news unless it’s, well, shocking and dramatic? We have become so spoiled by technology that society has turned into children holding their hands out …

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Egypt’s War: Citizens Fighting for Their Rights

Since the creation of newspapers and the ideals it holds, citizens have taken advantage and used it as an amplifier for their voices. The media was always meant to serve information to people and let them have a chance to …

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Decision Making: More Options Can Actually be Less Helpful

When my computer is acting responsively slow or strange I’ll immediate delete applications and programs working in the background. With too much information running at once it makes it difficult for the computer to run smoothly.  The computer will run …

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