HOW APPLE HELPED CREATE IRELAND’S ECONOMIES, REAL AND FANTASTICAL
http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/how-apple-helped-create-irelands-economies-real-and-fantastical?intcid=mod-latest This articles talks about Apple’s tax avoiding scheme, which, by setting their base at Irish, they somehow manage to pay taxes to neither Ireland nor the United States. The author eventually argues that Ireland’s relationship with Apples is an unnatural one, and claims that Irish economy would benefit further if they decide to develop […]
Pokémon Go: Good Game, Better Social Network
Pokémon Go tops Twitter’s daily users, sees more engagement than Facebook A few months ago, the highly anticipated mobile game, Pokémon Go, was released on the app store. To say that it took the world by storm would be an understatement; the app has now been crowned as the “biggest mobile game in U.S. history.” The article above […]
Stop focusing on a cars-first approach for easing traffic congestion
Across the nation, transportation officials approach traffic with a cars-first approach. This can result in many negative impacts on quality of life throughout many urban and suburban regions in the country. In Washington, DC, the average commuter spends eighty-two hours in traffic annually, and in a recent study, there was little hope that this […]