Tag: government

How To Get A Government Contract For Your Business

How To Get A Government Contract For Your Business

The United States government is an active participant in the economy, buying up an astonishing amount of goods and services from the marketplace every year. As per regulations, 23% of the $500 billion in contracts are earmarked for small businesses across the country. This ultimately means you too h ...
The Water Market In The UK Is Changing [Infographic]

The Water Market In The UK Is Changing [Infographic]

It's true, the water market is going through some heavy changes and if you're a business owner in England you can get ready for lower prices and better customer service. In this article, we will tell you everything you need to know about business water deregulation (and what it means for your busine ...
China Completes The World’s Largest Alien-Hunting Radio Telescope

China Completes The World’s Largest Alien-Hunting Radio Telescope

Most of us have glanced upon the night sky and wondered if there are any other lifeforms out there. Science has shown us that it is highly likely that is the case. However, we don't have the proof yet. Well, China came one step closer to solve the mystery. They just completed the world's largest ali ...
Instant Translation Device Translates 180 Different Spoken Languages

Instant Translation Device Translates 180 Different Spoken Languages

The increase in people migrating all over the world has created a problem that most innovators have so far not been able to crack. It is the language barrier that is becoming ever more evident when people are in distress or in trouble with the law. For the police, this is a huge problem which they h ...
Find Out Who Runs The Internet & How It All Works [Chart]

Find Out Who Runs The Internet & How It All Works [Chart]

Have you ever wondered who runs the Internet? Somebody has to run it, right? Tim Berners Lee, the guy who invented the World Wide Web doesn't run it. Doesn't it seem like there must be a magical entity floating above the clouds monitoring all the Internet traffic that zips around the planet every mo ...
Life In 2030: A Prediction Of The Future Only 17 Years Away [Video]

Life In 2030: A Prediction Of The Future Only 17 Years Away [Video]

There have been countless concept designs and illustrations that have given us a preview into what our future lives may hold. It seems everyone has a prediction of the future, but which ones are correct and which ones are far-fetched? That is the challenge to discover, which is one reason why imagin ...
Google Censorship: The Google Transparency Report Visualized

Google Censorship: The Google Transparency Report Visualized

I'm sure we'd all like to think Google is the wild, wild west of information that runs free without censorship. It surely seems that way since doing any simple search will almost certainly yield a wide range of opinions on the topic. We all know how important it is to do our due diligence to find th ...
How To Create A Faraday Cage To Avoid Government Surveillance

How To Create A Faraday Cage To Avoid Government Surveillance

Edward Snowden has been all over the news lately, and it's raised all kinds of new concerns about government surveillance and privacy. If you thought the government was invading your privacy without your knowledge, would you go so far as to make a Faraday cage? According to Wikipedia, a Faraday cage ...
SXSW 2013: Government In Action Game Teaches Students About Government

SXSW 2013: Government In Action Game Teaches Students About Government

If you live here in the United States, you know that government is a subject that students (and some adults) are not as knowledgeable about as they probably could be. Over the past few years there have been articles on Huffington Post, Gawker, Newsweek and more which have reported that overall, we d ...
Around The World: Government Officials & Their Desks

Around The World: Government Officials & Their Desks

When I think of bureaucracy, I think of outdated rigid rules, tons of paperwork, and tight budgets. I have compassion for people who can work as civil servants and remain inspired enough to make it all happen in their respective cities. Every time I go into a government office here in Atlanta, I'm i ...
Photography: Rare Photos Of The Great Depression

Photography: Rare Photos Of The Great Depression

In keeping with my plan to present one post with extraordinary photography to you each day, today I bring you some very rare photographs taken during The Great Depression. The reason these are rare is because, as you probably know, most of the photos taken during that time were in black and white. T ...
New Study Shows Most Americans Are Unhappy [Infographic]

New Study Shows Most Americans Are Unhappy [Infographic]

This is sad to me. Actually, I think it's the definition of sad. I live in America, and I'm happy. Do you live here? Are you happy? I guess when I ponder this question more, I realize that most people I know dislike their job, they have an unbalanced life, some of their relationships are in disarray ...
Egypt: A Nation Forced Offline

Egypt: A Nation Forced Offline

Since this is not a political blog, we don't usually write about what happens in the governments around the world. However, we do write about social media, and when the government in a country completely shuts off access to not only Twitter and Facebook, but all the Internet, it becomes almost our ...
Panoramic View of Hong Kong – A Unique Photography Experience

Panoramic View of Hong Kong – A Unique Photography Experience

It seems like everyday I write at least one article about photography. I love it. I've always been fascinated with panoramic photography because it's like looking at a bunch of photographs in one. Whether the photographer uses a special lens and software or stitches together multiple shots, a ...
Is This How We’ll Order Pizza In The Future?

Is This How We’ll Order Pizza In The Future?

I order pizza delivery often, at least once a week. I don’t eat pizza, but my son, @toad_mario, loves it. I always order his cheese, black olive and mushroom pizzas online, I don’t call on the phone. However, since the way we do things is constantly changing and evolving, I’m sure that will chang ...
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