Apple required to repay 13 billion Euros.
Month: August 2016
RIP Gene Wilder
Comedy has lost one of its great stars. Gene wilder will be remembered for his role as Willy Wonka and many other hollywood comedies.
Hmm
The ban the burkini debate has caused a lot of news worldwide. Warning strong satire and absurdity in use.
Northern Territory Election
The dumped Country Liberal Party in the Northern territory, Australia may have as little as three seats left in Parliament but they will still cast a shadow over the Territory.
Saturday saw Facebook have fifteen minute interruption to service worldwide. What was the fallout.
House of Cards
With the election in the U.S.A coming down to its final months Clinton appears to have  distinct advantage in the swinging states. What more can they dig up on each other. What dirty tactics can House of Cards bring to us in their next season.
Complaints Dept.
NSWs Fair trading releases the companies most complained about.Read about it here.
Snailway
Highways cluttered with cars with single occupants reduce us to snail speed.
Skip the Middleman
This whole Olympic debacle about robberies and lies shows what could happen if corporations did not use sport as an advertising platform that dilutes money that could go directly to charity.
Let’s congratulate those companies that directly support charity.
Olympics: Great Expectations.
To many expectations, too much pressure, too much money. Interesting to see two differing attitudes in the news. Denmark exceeds expectations while Australia fails to meet them. Maybe it can be related to social happiness indexes that show the Scandinavians topping the happiness and wellbeing categories constantly.