Category Archives: Economy

How Amazon’s Still Revolutionizing Retail, 20 Years Later

Founded as an online book retailer in 1994, Amazon.com has grown to become one of the largest marketplaces in the world.  In the last two decades, it’s expanded into just about every retail space imaginable.  Aside from selling books, Amazon …

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Netherlands Adopts Glow-in-the-Dark Roads

The Netherlands being the forward thinking and boundary pushing country they are have replaced streetlights on a small stretch of highway lasting about 500 meters long with glow in the dark road markings. These road marks, created by Studio Roosegaarde, …

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Are Internet Security Days Over Now That Heartbleed Bug is Out?

Turns out that for over two years now the Heartbleed bug has been able to get onto our secured encrypted webpages while we are accessing them.  The Heartbleed bug uses the feature computers use to show they are online with …

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Pro-Russian protesters take over a police building in Ukrainian city!!!

This morning Pro-Russian protesters took over a police building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Horlivka. Protesters confronted police and walked through the building, which had small fires burning and broken windows. Onlookers shouted at a severely beaten man in …

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Disabled Family Sues Disney Parks Over Policies

This week a law suit was released from a Tampa Law firm against The Walt Disney Company. The suit was filed by several families with children suffering from disabilities. According to the suit, the families believe that Disney is picking …

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Is Your Relative’s Debt Your Burden? The Gov. is to Take Your Tax Returns to Settle Age-Old Debts

Majority of American families have come into contact with debt, whether its their own, or surrounding members of their family or community. With that realized, what if the burden of a family members debt was pushed on to younger relatives, …

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University of Central Florida Knight-Thon Raises $392,831 For Children’s Miracle Network

Many UCF students wish that they can be a part of something big but do not know where exactly to start. Many of these want to help children and make a difference in their worlds.

Knighton is UCF’s annual dance …

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Tennessee to Approve Free Community College for All High School Grads

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has a signature proposal for this year. His program would cover a complete full ride at two year colleges for any student who graduates from high school. The plan is a cornerstone to his “Drive to …

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Four times more sex and blood. Game of Thrones is back. (No spoilers)

The fourth chapter of HBO’s medieval extravaganza premiered last Sunday night and it was awesome.

6.6 Million stoked fans tuned in last night to watch the season premiere of Game of Thrones, becoming the show’s episode with the most …

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iPhone 6: What does Apple Have Planned Next

It has come to that time of the year again when we all gather around our computers and search the vast internet for clues on what Apple has up their sleeve for the new year installment of their products. Fans …

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