With more than 2 million Australians on the government’s welfare rolls, there’s plenty of scope for a social issue debate.And, for the most part, the answers to some of these questions are quite interesting.For instance, you might be wondering if there’s anything at all to worry about in relation to the cost of a welfare…
A few years ago, the Social Security System was one of the most financially-vulnerable programs in the United States.The program was plagued by a $5.8 trillion funding gap that led to a looming shortfall that had already cost the economy more than $1.4 trillion.As the years passed, however, the number of seniors receiving disability benefits…
There are a lot of social media icon comparisons out there, but this one might just stand out among them.Twitter users, for example, have been debating what to call their Twitter account since 2013, with a slew of different names including @Tweets.Now, a new app called SocialIcon aims to help Twitter users decide.The app has…
Australia is on the cusp of an unprecedented shift in its social and economic structures.The nation has a market economy, which relies on a system of free-market incentives and incentives to ensure that the most efficient use of resources is maximised.But a growing number of countries are embracing a market socialism, in which governments encourage…
A social network or website has been a part of our lives for decades.The first social networks, such as Facebook, existed decades before the Internet existed.The term social networking, coined by a British academic, originally meant that people would connect and share ideas, but it also encompassed online groups that could be social, educational and…
A few months ago, the world’s biggest social network, Facebook, made headlines when it announced it would be partnering with a local company to bring virtual reality (VR) content to its site.The new project, called The Social Distanced Driver, has been a long time coming.The project was announced by Facebook on October 11, 2015, and…
The Mexican government on Wednesday arrested nearly 200 people for illegally smuggling over $10 million in cash and drugs into the country from Colombia and Peru.The drug haul was the largest in Mexico since the beginning of the year, when authorities seized nearly 200 million pesos ($2.4 million) in cash, as well as 1.1 million…
It’s a case of L’Atalanta versus Real Madrid. Real Madrid will be crowned the title winners, having secured the best record in the competition. L’Atala, meanwhile, are favourites for a spot in the Champions League group stage, having only lost once all season. It’s the first time since 2005-06 that L’Andalanta have been crowned the best team in…
By Michael R. Brown, CNN correspondentThe Social Security Administration is going through a difficult time right now.Its unemployment rate stands at 7.4%, well above the unemployment rate of 5.6% that the Federal Reserve has been trying to reach for more than a year.But it has been struggling with two very different kinds of issues: the…
Social media memes are one of the hottest topics in the blockchain space.While they are not a new phenomenon, the crypto community has recently started to embrace the meme phenomenon as a viable new way to disseminate information and to make a living.The social media meme phenomenon has seen a spike in popularity due to…
