Sometimes three red groupers are a “tangible object”, but mostly they are just, well, uh, fish. In the summer of 2007, boat owner and Captain, John Yates was leading a fishing trip on his boat, the “Miss Katie”. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officer stopped the boat to inspect […]
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While cyberbullying continues to plague the youth population, another source of conflict is arising on social-media sites, concludes a 2014 study that tracks the computer habits of U.S. teens. Half of those surveyed said they got into an offline argument as a direct result of an online post. That number […]
The news about cyberbullying – a terrible trend involving online abuse between children, teens and young adults – just got worse. A study by McAfee, an Internet security company owned by Intel, reports cyberbullying incidents tripled in 2014. “Alarmingly…a whopping 87% have witnessed cyberbullying and 26% have been victims themselves,” […]
“Warning: The Internet advertising market is dangerous, unregulated and crawling with bots, scammers and questionable traffic. There’s a serious risk a quarter of your ads will never be seen by a real person. And even the biggest publishers aren’t safe.” So reads an effective graphic illustrating a story on Adweek […]
As U.S. consumers head into the shopping season – the weather is getting cooler, and the holidays are getting closer – it is a good idea to take extra precautions to protect bank accounts, credit cards and personal identity. Data breaches, such as the ones that affected Kmart and The […]
Two disturbing cases for different, but similar reasons. When did parties jump from collection and culling of documents to simply turning over all possible evidence blindly and relying on a claw back agreement to protect the producing party? Putting aside that works entirely in favor of the receiving party, this […]
“A Crucial Catch” Campaign Sunday’s televised sports, dominated by the National Football League, has changed its tone for October. The gridiron green remains the same, but the muscled players and their coaches now are peppered in pink. For the entire month, professionals on field, as well as the usually black-and-white-only […]
Attention pet owners: A popular brand of kibble made by the company Bravo! has undergone a national recall following tests of the product that showed signs of salmonella. The company, based in Manchester, Conn., has sounded the alarm on its Bravo! Blends All Natural Chicken Blend diet for dogs and […]
Maybe it started with WebMD, a site on which one can input his or her symptoms and identify their possible causes. Easy, fairly accurate and quick, WebMD provides instant gratification and helps users determine what might be wrong with them and how to rectify it. With information at their fingertips […]
The hip shoe and sunglasses company TOMS has set the bar for giving back to the community through its One for One movement. The Southern California-based business helps someone in need for every product it sells and, since its founding in 2006, has distributed 10 million pairs of shoes to […]
