Funding Ideas Worldwide

You may have heard of Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Peoplefund.it, and RocketHub. But do you know what these sites are for? They're sites where people post ideas and prototypes for new ideas that they have so people in the public can choose to fund the projects that they feel are cool or choose not to fund if they aren't cool or useful projects. 

I Have personally funded a few different projects on Kickstarter and having these websites is a great idea. It is good for the inventors/entrepreneurs who are trying to market their new product because it lets the public see the project and if the public doesn't like the idea then it reduces the risk and the loss for the people who had the idea. It is also good because it gives consumers a chance to decide what they think is a good idea and it gives them a chance to be one of the first people to own the new project or be included in certain other incentives that the inventors/entrepreneurs decide to promote often at a reduced cost to the consumer.

Is Fantasy Too Much?

Fantasy football is a huge game played by millions worldwide every year. There are a lot of different sites and ways of playing. Some of tyne more popular sites in the US are NFL.com and ESPN.com. Most sites are full season sites where you draft a team and play with that same team all season. In those leagues you are allowed to trade players and pick up players from the free agents list. There are also some single-day or single-week leagues where you can pay a few dollars to enter a game and after you pay you draft a team from a list of players and have a chance to win some money.

The prospect of winning money leads some fantasy owners to go on rants on social media sites directed at the players themselves. Some players don't care about these rants because they understand that there are going to be people that like them and people that don't like them no matter what happens. But, on the other hand there are some players that hate the whole prospect of fantasy leagues because they're not real leagues and the players don't deserve the backlash they get for having a less-than-perfect game. I personally think that it adds to the fun of watching football. I have 3 different teams and for me it gets me more excited to watch the games that come on.

Woman Saved By Dog Rescued From Shelter

Woman Saved By Dog Rescued From Shelter

 

 

        Sara Pelchat from Lakeland, Florida was sleeping one night when suddenly she was woken up by her dog that was barking, licking her face, and pulling on her shirt trying to get her attention relentlessly. Finally Sara forced herself to get out of bed, then she realized that smoke was flowing throughout her house.

            As it turns out a plastic container was left on the stove and a burner was left on. The smoke from the burning container set off a close by fire alarm, but Sara was fast asleep and didn’t hear the alarms.

            The crazy part is that Sara hadn’t even owned the dog for two weeks, she had just adopted the dog (named Brinleigh) from SPCA Florida.

            I guess that makes adopting a dog from a shelter an even better thing to do, I mean it could save your life…

Apple and Samsung Make Final Pitches to Jury

Apple and Samsung Make Final Pitches to Jury

Apple Inc. tried to persuade U.S. jurors to keep intact a historic verdict it won against Samsung Electronics-Company last year, while the Korean company argued that Apple has overstated its injuries from patent violations.

At closing arguments on Tuesday in a San Jose, California federal court, Apple attorney Harold McElhinny told jurors that their verdict would be important for protecting American companies. However, Samsung attorney William Price said Apple grossly overstated how integral the five patents at trial actually are to the iPhone's value. 

During the retrial, which has been unfolding over the past week, Apple asked the jury to award $379.8 million, while Samsung argued it should have paid $52.7 million.  
With this huge retrial, people will be watching closely to see how it plays out and what will be the next step. Some say that if Apple wins, Samsung will have to change a lot of things and stop selling some of their phones because they infringe on the patents. Also, if Apple is awarded money in the verdict, they may also go after other businesses such as Motorola because they are also running Android which has infringed upon some of their patents.

Everyone wants Snapchat

Snapchat is a social media app popular with the young ground these days. It’s an app where you send pictures or videos to anyone of your contact list. They can usually last up to 10 seconds depends on the time limit put on it. After it’s open and viewed. Snapchat claims that the picture or video is gone forever. It’s a very fun app to use for people who are obsessed with taking selfies. Also it’s 10 times after then sending a picture through a text message.             

Snapchat Logo

  Snapchat is growing fast and a lot of companies are trying to come after it and buy it. Snapchat was created by a 23 year old that kept hearing about his friend that wanted a faster way to send out pictures. The 23 year old name is Evan Spieleg is a college dropout that currently lives at his dads. He claims snapchat is still young and hasn't reach the potential it can yet. It’s still growing like crazy. Even I’m a fan of snapchat and so are many of friends.

CEO of Snapchat Evan Spieleg

A couple weeks ago Facebook offered snapchat 1 Billion dollars but Evan turned it down. A couple of weeks after Fb offered snapchat 3 Billion dollars yet Evan still turned down the offer. It seems like FB really wants to own snapchat so it can control more things and be involve in the lives of more teenagers. Later on in the week that Fb offered 3 Billion dollars. Google got in on the action to offer up 4 Billion dollars. Yet Evan still won’t bit and give up the company. I guess Evan sees some potential no one else sees at the moment. When I heard this news I was shocked that company are offering that much money because I don’t think any snapchat users will think it was worth that much. Maybe one day he might sell the company but right now it doesn’t seem like he’s giving it up for any amount of money. 

Real Life Batman

Becoming a real life super hero is a dream sought after by children all over the nation. Usually this wish never comes true and is forgotten as one ages. However, for Miles, a five year old from California, this dream did come true. Miles was a make a wish child in San Francisco who had been suffering with leukemia for three long years. His wish was to become a real life superhero and fight crime in Gotham City. This wish touched the hearts of city councilmen and the make a wish foundation who decided to make his dream come true. On November 15th Miles with the help of an adult batman entered San Francisco in the bat mobile to the applaud of hundreds of citizens. He then went on to fight the Penguin, master the Riddler, free a damsel from distress, and at the end of the day received the key to the city from the mayor himself. According to Miles parents, this

was an amazing way to add closure to the long three years of treatment that had just ended in june. However, like all superhero's not everyone was happy with Miles. Posts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram mocked the situation and complained that the money used to do this could have been spent on children all over San Francisco who are starving everyday. Despite these haters the message that dreams can come true will be spread all over the nation.

TVs Breaking Grounds Again

After leaving the bulky TVs. It was time for the thing plasma screen TV’s. It hasn't even been that long we been in the plasma screen era. But all of the sudden companies went from big giant screen TV’s to curved TV’s. A curved TVs sounds like a sweet idea, it’s like a surround sound system but not having the need to by the separate equipment’s.  Also the curved TVs takes away from the glare of the sunlight coming through the drapes. Another thing about a having a curved TV’s that benefits humans is that we tend to have curved field of vision so having a TV’s that relates to are needs is a big factor! 

First Curved TV by LG

    

 More benefits from curved TV is that, the resolution is better. Companies in a couple of years are trying to move from the HD display to 4k display. This is a huge transition because 4k display makes HD look like SD display so it’s a big deal. Curved TV’s will use OLED technology to give a better user experience. Also with the OLED panel you can interact with your smartphone. It can stream videos, photos and makes gaming looking even better.

77in 4k OLED TV

 The downside to curved TV’s. First, it’s very expensive because of the new technology and all the benefits. A curved TV can go for at least $17,000. Also there might be some bugs and system complications. A curved TV might be the next evolution but right now do we really need it? Also curved TV are way too big. At a certain point it starts to look more like a home theater instead of the living room TV set.