Author Archives: wnmcelveen

Bidding Wars for NFL’s 2014 “Thursday Night Football”: Who Will Win, and Who Would Benefit Most?

Posted on January 27, 2014 by wnmcelveen

After mixed results for NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football, the NFL is finally letting go of it’s exclusivity of Thursday night games. Although TNF has brought growth to the league’s cable network, which is now carried on nearly all major …

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Google buys Nest, Bringing the ‘Smart Home’ and ‘The Internet of Things’ One Step Closer to Reality

Posted on January 20, 2014 by wnmcelveen

Last Monday news broke that Google had acquired Nest Labs for $3.2 Billion. Creators of the Nest Learning Thermostat, and more recently the Nest Protect Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector, Nest Labs specializes in making your home smarter. These appliances  …

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Virtual Worlds and their Effects on Role-Playing

Posted on July 26, 2012 by wnmcelveen

As I am sure we have all witnessed that technology has come to great heights, especially within the last decade.  A new option for online users and gamers are virtual worlds.  In essence it’s a multiplayer online roleplaying atmosphere, in …

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Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Technology

Posted on July 19, 2012 by wnmcelveen

Technology has undoubtedly changed the lives a people all over the world. And also because of technology we have been able to grow and become more prosperous; while being linked to everyone around us.  But, have we ever considered how …

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A Wasteland Filled With Possibilities

Posted on July 12, 2012 by wnmcelveen

Media as we know it has expanded enormously over the last years.  According to an article called “ A Vaster Wasteland” written by Newton N. Minow, we can see the advances in our technology tremendously change over the past fifty …

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To Choose or Not To Choose–That is the Question

Posted on July 4, 2012 by wnmcelveen

We are all given the choice of whether or not we want to be involved in news.  According to an article I read called “Overload! Journalism’s Battle for Relevance in an Age of Too Much Information” we experience too much …

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Information Overload Equals Brain Freeze

Posted on June 28, 2012 by wnmcelveen

I am sure we have all experienced the sensation of being overwhelmed due to so much information given to us in one time.  When there is too much information our brain seems overloaded and it simply shuts down—basically experiencing a …

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