Revelations have surfaced in recent days across US and British media about the surveillance tactics of the National Security Agency (NSA) and how it allegedly collects and stores vast quantities of online and phone data.  What has shocked many internet users is the secrecy that was involved in this surveillance and that apparently major U.S. tech giants such as Microsoft, Google and Facebook have been readily handing over the data to [...]

Verizon has millions of customers, and according to multiple news sources, they have been issued a court order back in April which means they must provide the call records of all of them. The court order was supposed to be top secret, but has been leaked to various news agencies and is being widely talked about on the web today. A person within Obama’s administration has stated that the court [...]

Ben and Jerry’s is one of the best-loved brands of ice cream in the world with such favorites as ‘Chocolate Fudge Brownie’, ‘Cookie Dough’  and ‘Phish Food’. These delicious flavors and many more make their brand one craved by ice cream lovers around the world. Another thing that makes the brand popular is their company values which incorporates a social, product and economic mission.   The company believes in promoting [...]

New York City is showing that technology isn’t always the right way to go, especially if that technology doesn’t work properly. The upcoming Mayoral Election in the City has announced they will be switching back to the old level based systems; regardless of the fact that around $95 million was spent on introducing the electronic system initially. The current Mayor Bloomberg has stated that this was due to voting counts taking too long to [...]

I see a lot of US programs, especially comedies (Arrested Development!), that suggest that the English people act in certain ways which are actually not entirely true. For years I have been chatting online with various people from around the world, and American’s always come out with some rather outrageous comments and suggestions about my lifestyle. In fact things are pretty similar, the same as it is around most other [...]

An amazing two million people have marched against seed giant Monsanto in over 400 cities across the world, due to their terrible monopoly and the way that they run their business. The protests are also related to food that is genetically modified, to promote the dangers that are in place and the issues that people can run into who consume the food. However, huge amounts of food and drink already [...]

Charles Ramsey shot to internet and national fame in the United States after he helped in the dramatic rescue of three women in Cleveland who had been held captive by his neighbor for more than a decade. Ramsey has rightly been described as a hero in Cleveland after he stopped his meal at McDonald’s to go and help out a woman screaming to get out of a house. What has [...]

The case between George Zimmerman and the Prosecutors of Trayvon Martin has been ongoing for over a year now and it seems that particular data has been released on the internet suggesting that Martin was not as innocent as many originally thought. George Zimmerman has always maintained that he defended himself against Trayvon Martin who attacked him first. George was charged with the crimes of his death and has been [...]

Some of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing suffered some very serious injuries. Many were quickly released from hospital, but others had to endure a long time there along with multiple surgery. This was the case for 7 year old Jane Richard, who is finally out of hospital after a massive 12 surgeries. She is the sister of Martin Richard who was the youngest death of the Boston Blasts. [...]

Abercrombie & Fitch, the parent company of self-styled California surf company Hollister has had a lot of bad press recently. This is in a large part due to comments from the A&F CEO Mike Jeffries which to many are very insulting, so much so that a campaign called #FitchtheHomeless has been started! Is Hollister unfriendly to homeless people though? It seems it is not just A&F that is being exclusionary but also [...]