Art Commenting on Smartphone Life
BY RAIN NOE From Core77 The drawbacks of the little glass rectangle in our pockets When it comes to the unintended consequences of technology, no one could have foreseen the social side effects of smartphone usage. Marrying a small screen…
1MDB: The case that’s riveting Malaysia
By Jennifer Pak, Kuala Lumpur From BBC News Malaysians are no strangers to money politics but the high-profile players and the amount of funds allegedly involved in the so-called “1MDB scandal” have gripped the nation. What is the controversy about?…
Canada’s Supreme Court says Ecuadoreans can sue Chevron
By Scott Flaherty, from The Am Law Daily Canada’s highest court pushed a reset button Friday on a group of Ecuadorean villagers’ quest to enforce a $9.5 billion environmental judgment based on accusations that Chevron ravished the Amazon rainforest in…
6 ways pets change your life for the better
By Dana Poblete for Thrive Market From Mashable Consider the case of the shark and the remora. Anyone who’s ever watched Shark Week has seen their mutually beneficial relationship play out: The remora fish attaches itself to its host and…
The future is African
By Barrett Nash From Techcrunch Barrett Nash is the co-founder of Rwanda-based SafeMotos. This is a call to action for the dreamers of the world. Imagine being in a market where more people live in a high-speed mobile Internet zone…
Safeway to refund customers $30.9M for online ordering overcharges
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist Nearly nine months ago, a federal court in California ruled that Safeway must refund customers the amount of money they were overcharged when the company broke its own terms and conditions by marking up prices…
Update on Human Rights violation in the Cayman Islands
From Dr Leo Raznovich Visitor visa: the Immigration Authority has agreed on Monday 7th September to grant me a visitor status for two weeks. This regularises my situation until my next planned departure to the U.S. and Europe. Upon my…
Isle of Man becoming a hub for cryptocurrency start-ups
From Econo Times The Isle of Man, located in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, is a self-governing country with population a little over 85000. The island has seen three decades of continuous economic growth and has embraced emerging…
Navigating ‘Island’ Parenting: Enjoy your children
By Mutryce A Williams From Caribbean News Now Navigating “Island” Parenting is a submission of reflections, insights, quotes, tips and parenting advice that I have gathered over the years as a source of inspiration and as tools to deal with…
iPad-friendly drones invade Apple’s online store
By Ronald Chavez From Mashable Apple’s vision of a ritzy, high-end retail presence apparently also has room for drones. The DJI Phantom 3 Advanced and Phantom 3 Professional appeared on the company’s online store today — the first set of…
