How Facebook and the iPhone Changed the World
Gone are the need for phone booths and sealed mail that help ensure privacy. Ubiquitous cookies track our every move on our computers and iPhones. George Orwell wrote about Big Brother in 1984, but little did he realize that he would enter into our lives as a Trojan Horse within our gadgets. It is as if the T.V. set is staring back at us. … Read entire article »
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Checking Up On Charities
Charities are quite opaque and often are just businesses being run for the benefit of the directors with only peripheral regard for the cause they purport to represent. A recent article in the Economist discusses this subject in some depth. If you want to help ensure that the money that you are giving to your charity is going to the cause that you wish to support, it pays to first do some research. Here are some links that review and rate charities that you may find helpful: Charity Navigator Founded in 2001, claims to be the largest and most utilized website for evaluating, rating and reviewing charities. They provide a numerical financial health rating for 5000 of the most well known charities in America. The rating that goes from zero to four … Read entire article »
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