Apple iPad Killing Laptops
Apple’s ongoing success with their new iPad is doing more than bringing in revenue for the technology giant.
According to Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn in a Huffington Post article, the iPad has reduced sales of laptops by a startling 50%.
The success of the device is redefining the entire demographic for portable computing and providing a mid-range option for niche technology users. In other words, people who don’t need the functions of a full computer can save money and enjoy an iPad.
There seems to be two main categories of consumers of these devices. First off are… Continue reading
A Threat to Jobs in the Gulf: The Drilling Moratorium
Even though the BP well is planned to be fully plugged sometime on Sunday, disputes over employment loss are just heating up.
Beyond the debate amongst major companies like BP and Transocean over who caused the worst oil spill in history, disputes are brewing over employment lost due to the Moratorium put on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico by the Obama Administration.
A report released Thursday by the Obama Administration states that, although predictions showed between 8,000 and 12,000 jobs lost due to the moratorium, the current evidence shows little, if any, job loss in the region.… Continue reading
At Least Tar Sands Aren’t 5,000 Feet Below the Sea
As if the BP Oil Spill wasn’t warning enough, a controversial and environmentally detrimental new technique for extracting oil from sand is going to be used in the United States for the first time.
John Baza, director of Utah’s Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, approved the technique known as “tar sands extraction” to be used in his state by Earth Energy Resource Inc. According to the Huffington Post, the technique has been used in Alberta, Canada, and caused a dangerous drop in the water level of the Athabasca River.
Problems with tar sands extraction:
1) It takes… Continue reading
Facebook Movie Threatens Facebook President
Phrases like “soon-to-be classic” and “defines a decade” have already been used in early reviews of David Fincher’s new film about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, titled “The Social Network,” and Zuck should be worried.
It’s ironic that one of the first serious threats to Facebook president Mark Zuckerberg’s quiet reputation is a film entitled “The Social Network.”
When I heard about the movie, I immediately wanted to know if Facebook, or Zuckerberg, were involved in the production of the film in any way. At this point, we can safely say they are not.
In fact, Facebook and its 26-year-old… Continue reading
