Category Archives: Economy

Running Practical Business with Converged Communications

         With socializing making the transition from physical interactions to what could be described as an artificial society. Imagine a capitalist driven status quo, where the benefits of converged communication take peoples everyday 9 to 5 and … Continue reading

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Hidden Camera Reveals Hidden Romney

This week a new video has gone viral on the internet. Although not quite as popular as ‘Gangnam Style,’ it’s equally as farfetched, and as much as you hope it’s a joke, it continues to be legitimate. This week, Mitt … Continue reading

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The Power of Blogging and Journalism In an Injustice Nation

I found Franklin’s article on the revolution in Egypt and the role of workers, journalists and bloggers  to be astonishing. We come from a world where one’s opinion is most certainly heard but rarely to the scale of provoking action … Continue reading

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Proposition of Floating Airport in London

We’ve seen futuristic airport ideas for London before, and now here’s a proposal to create a floating airport on the surface of London’s River Thames Estuary. The proposed “London Britannia Airport” would not be built on reclaimed land added to the … Continue reading

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The last bastion of hope for print journalism

There are many people see the decline in U.S. print newspaper sales and are quick to believe that the archaic ways of print journalism are soon to be extinct. It does seem to be so in many urban centers, where … Continue reading

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Where is the Balance?

Where is the balance?  Reading the latest chapter from our Principles of Convergent Journalism book, I wanted to find inspiration for this blog post, so I went to the Orlando Sentinel’s web page looking for a local story that might … Continue reading

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Gas Prices Rise as a Result of Hurricane Isaac

From last week, into the weekend and onto the beginning of this week, all eyes were on Hurricane Isaac. As far a early last week, Isaac made its way through the Caribbean Islands and Hispaniola bringing devastation to the Dominican … Continue reading

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From Game-Boys to Game-Changers

Think back to the first handheld electronic device you’ve ever powered off on an airplane. If you’re my age, it was probably one of the greatest inventions of the 90’s: a large, grey, yellow-screened, poorly-pixelated Nintendo Game-Boy. This groundbreaking device … Continue reading

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Being Tech Savvy isn’t a Common Occurrence For the Youth

Nowadays, everyone expects the other to be tech savvy. Everyone should know how to use a smart phone, the internet, an Ipad, Ipod, the list goes on and on. But to tell the truth, not everyone in this world knows … Continue reading

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Are We As Technologically Advanced As We Should Be?

In the 50’s and 60’s everyone was talking about automation that was going to flip our way of life on it’s ear. Back then you couldn’t look through a newspaper with out seeing something new from the World’s Fair that … Continue reading

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