The warriors of Benghazi

Three years after the terrorist attacks that shook the foundations of faith in our world, came the Benghazi attacks; they succeeded in breaking our confidence in America’s security once again. On September 11, 2012, a group of militias attacked the US diplomatic complex in Benghazi, Libya. They killed US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and two CIA agents and wounded more […]

Hollywood movies that have used Swahili

Over the years, the Swahili language has increasingly found its place in the international film industry. While some movies simply feature short transcripts of Swahili, there are others that feature Swahili entirely as the primary language used in dialogue between the characters. Below are some of the award-winning and critically acclaimed films that have featured the use of the Swahili […]

Missing person investigations of a new era

George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was first published in 1949. I would have thought his vision would no longer be current 65 years later. The world he described was a world where Big Brother watched people, constantly searching for information on crime or any other type of offense against the glorious super state of Oceania. Edward Snowden showed us that […]

A look at the technology innovations of the future at CES 2017

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held each January in Las Vegas is a premier electronics convention held annually to showcase exceptional technological advancements in the consumer electronics industry. This year, the 4-day event that ran from January 5 to January 8, 2017, marked its 50th anniversary with 3,886 exhibitors showcasing a myriad of revolutionary technology trends and cutting-edge devices that […]

A duo of dancing stars

Small stars like our Sun die beautifully, surrounded by beautiful shrouds of multi-colored gases that were once their outer layers, leaving only their relic cores as silent testimony to the Universe that they once existed. Our Sun, like other small stars, will first become a swollen red giant It will grow in size to the frightening point that its flames […]

Online Marketing Strategies for 2017

If you want to market well, you need to plan, anticipate changes, and benefit from trends. The year before was a great year for online marketing. To stay competitive, you must use the following marketing strategies in 2017. 1. Augmented reality Who knew that Pokémon Go would make millions of dollars every day? The app gave us two lessons: Today’s […]