Monthly Archives: September 2016
By Robert M. Goldman
Glimpse of the time to come....not just future technology but how our entire world will look and trust me, it's not scary!
In 1998, Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold 85% of all photo paper worldwide. Within just a few years, their business model disappeared and they went bankrupt.
What happened to Kodak will happen in a lot of...
ED recently attended the Young Makers Conclave as media, and while there, one of the speakers was Ritu Beri.
Now, I was a bit skeptical over what exactly could she say that would be important to us, but surprisingly, it was only her that spoke something that resonated with me.
She spoke of her experience at this international fashion event, and...
Living life on the edge is definitely the new cool these days, but securing a future is definitely not uncool! To all the freshers! No, not college freshers (you guys are going to have the time of your
life).
But the ones who are freshers in life. The ones stepping out of the protective cocoons of their homes, on their way...
Lion King.
Two words that might seem innocuous to one, but for many children, this was not just 2 words, but they were heartbreak, friendship, loss and learning of one's place in the circle of life.
Lion King, released in 1995, was not just another Disney movie, but it broke through almost every record set before by any animated movie, and...
Kaayum Pegu, the 20-year-old Literature student from Miranda House breathed her last this morning. She succumbed to severe injuries sustained five days ago when her Uber cab rammed into a truck in Noida.
From what looked like an everyday incident, the story narrated by friends of Kaayum who survived the accident took a turn when it was alleged that the...
Goals, tricks, determination and pure footballing spectacle - Words can't describe the game last night between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid at the Westfalenstadion.
It was a purely engaging encounter between 2 top teams in Group F of the UEFA Champions League and it was worth every penny of the hype around it.
The match started brightly for both the sides...
What indeed makes Edward Snowden, a most wanted man, also the most popular internationally well acclaimed civil right activist on the digital frontier?
The government does indeed work in the interest of the people, but it is itself made of people too, so one can never guarantee the misuse of the said information it was accessing. For example, the NSA...
By Chhavi Bajaj
Because being a girl is not an insult. Not a weakness.
I recently came across an advertisement on the television about how being #LikeAGirl is seen as an insult by 1 in every 2 girls. That powerful advertisement made me think.
And as I sat alone in my room, only one thought came into my mind. Why is being...
Researchers came across a startling fact on 20th September 2016, that the damage caused by smoking isn't limited to the lungs. It can go to the extent of scarring your DNA patterns.
Their study of 16,000 people showed that though most of the damage inducing genetic prints heal after five years if people quit, some remnants of the damage do...
Google.
One word that has become the world for many, an almost life giving thing, which if taken away could be disastrous for people all over the world.
There is literally no denying and almost laughable when one says that Google has attained almost the same place as air, food and shelter for many of us.
Many other search engines have come...
Nawaz Sharif tried really hard to take the world by storm when he ‘successfully’ laid claims to Kashmir and pointed out how India is hub of human rights violation.
What he got in return was China supporting them (no surprise there) and several other nations like USA, Russia and India of course condemning them.
India replied to Sharif when Eenam Gambhir...
By Kanika Kalra
When North Carolina got sued for a state law that forced people to use only those public bathrooms which correspond with their biological sex, it gave rise to a heated debate in the United States about gender neutral bathrooms.
Following this, the Obama administration issued a guidance in May, saying that transgender students were entitled to protection under...
The Indian Government signed a deal on Friday to purchase a fleet of 36 fighter jets from the French company Dassult. The fighter jets, dubbed Rafale, were reportedly purchased for a hefty price of $8.8 billion.
Delays
The deal was finally brokered between the two countries on Friday after nearly a decade long deliberation period. The initial talks about the purchase...
Demystifier : An ED Original where we take a complex topic but the content is written in such a way that it is knowledgeable and easy to comprehend at the same time.
Summer 2013, the world woke up to the ugly digital world reality that nobody, and virtually no-absolutely-one, was safe. Their information, their lives, everything was under surveillance. At...
Alright, from the title, you all might be expecting a very serious and technical article.
Well, it is a little serious, but basically this is just a shout out to the youngsters of today, to just not be so indifferent any more.
Taking in all that has happened in the recent year or so, I have seen this big things going...
Yes, you heard it right. Few days ago, this media house managed to make a risible goof by confusing Mohammad Kaif with Mohammad Kaif. The difference being the latter one is a wanted murderer in Bihar. Now being a national media house how ..how could one mistake Mohammad Kaif with a sharp shooter? Let's see.
But Who Is Bunty?
Mohammad Kaif...
Another day to forget for Real Madrid as the early pace-setters had to settle for a late draw against a spirited Las Palmas side whereas Barcelona marched to victory with a 5-goal rout against Sporting Gijon.
The week was dark and full of terrors for Real Madrid as they had to face a second consecutive draw this week and this time, it...
Lots of news happened this week. Some were funny and some were more than funny.
Here is a compilation of all the news piece I found funny and why I found it funny.
After the recent Uri attacks, MNS gave ultimatum to Pakistan artists working in Bollywood to return to Pakistan in 48 hours.
There's no rational behind this. Why should art...
Image Source: India Today
If only piss would be kiss with a ''K', it would be OK to do the latter one in public. India is a country full of potholes and taboos. We are well programmed not to mention anything about sex in public. In fact, while filling application forms, some people feel a slight giddiness inside when sex...
Hacking web giants is nothing now. It happens every second month, data is lost, people are suspected and if you don’t find people then you suspect North Korea, useless words and threats are thrown around and then another hacking happens and so the cycle continues.
But it looks like Yahoo tried real hard to break the cycle by doing something...
When you see people begging for alms on the streets, does your mind ever wander to the immense amount of food you can afford to waste, and yet there are people who do not even get to have two full meals a day? According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, roughly one third of the...
Just like how any parent wants their child to outperform Sharma Ji ka beta, people in Thailand wish the same for their birds at the weekly and annually held BIRD-SINGING COMPETITION! (Just how ridiculous and weird can people get?)
Why Are Such Competitions Held?
When there is money involved, any well-crafted ludicrous idea can become a major hit, and well, that's...
The Finnish government is all set to launch a new pilot study that provides basic income to a group of selected individuals. The experiment will randomly select 2000-3000 citizens that are already using unemployment assistance and will replace that amount with a guaranteed basic income equal to about $600 USD. The study is scheduled to run for 2 years...
Okay, so I'm one of the lucky few whose parents are not active on any notable social networking platform. But I've seen my friends worried sick about something being posted online which they did not want their tech-savvy parents to witness.
It gets even worse when they start posting embarrassing pictures of you. But a similar incident in Austria has...
Alright alright, I know that such listicles are as entertaining as they can be stupid.
To be honest, compiling such a list, does not take more than a couple of minutes, max to max an hour, if one wants to give a well researched and good list.
But I was compelled to write it down, as the Ae Dil Hai Mushkil...
