Year: 2016

The digital age continues to take strides toward new frontiers with the release of new apps every day. One app in particular is grabbing the attention of the masses: Bellhops. Similar to Uber and Lyft, this app allows users to arrange for other users to help them with a variety of one-time tasks in exchange for money. Many subscribers are finding it especially helpful during the moving process. The Washington Times described the app as a great solution for moves that aren't quite big enough to require a moving company but are too big for one person to handle. For those moving to a new city where they don't know anyone, or for those who just want to avoid burdening friends with the moving process, using Bellhops to enlist the help of locals is a perfect solution. Based in Chattano...

As digital marketing continues on its track to eclipse television ads as the largest single sector of the advertising world, search engines are well placed to deliver those ads. Because up to 75% of search users never scroll past that first page of search results, pay-per-click ads on Google and Bing search results pages occupy very valuable real estate. Unfortunately for Bing, Google continues to reign supreme over the world of search. Not only that, but Google has recently increased its share of the fast-growing mobile paid search market, which already accounts for up to 52% of PPC clicks on search engines. Of those mobile PPC clicks on search engines, Google accounts for as much as 83% of them, as of 2015. So what's a search engine that's not Google to do? This January, Microsoft ...

This week in Detroit, the North American International Auto Show has attracted the biggest automakers in the world to the Motor City, where they're competing for the future of the automotive market. And this year, unusual new hybrid models are generating some of the biggest headlines so far. Plug-in hybrids are quickly going mainstream, with Chrysler, Ford, Volvo, and others rolling out new models. Already, the unofficial Best in Show award is going to a particularly unlikely hybrid, the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, the first plug-in minivan. The 2017 Pacifica boasts a 30-mile all-electric range, and can achieve up to 80 MPGe. While most traditional hybrid batteries charge from the vehicle's gas-powered engine, these new plug-in hybrids also come with an additional charging cord, w...

For most parts of the country, especially the Northeast, this winter has been incredibly mild, and one might even dare to say quite pleasant. While more typical weather for the time of year has now begun to take hold in most of these regions, people living out west might experience the same sort of atypical phenomenon, but in reverse effect. Rain and snow have already started to fall in San Francisco and parts of Northern California in what many are predicting as early signs of El Nino. According to CBS Sacramento and other reports, light rain started in the area on Sunday, and by early Tuesday morning, downtown Sacramento had accumulated 1.1 inches of rainfall. While this amount is hardly significant, the predictions of harsh rain and snow -- in a region without heavy duty snow plows -...

Rarely does a situation turn out well when it involves a blonde wig, a fake mustache, and a Planet Hollywood casino in Las Vegas. For Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, however, it was just another night on the town -- specifically, it was a night when his teammates were preparing for the regular season finale on the following Sunday without a clue as to Manziel's location. A statement from ESPN Las Vegas reads: We all know Vegas stories can get extremely crazy involving celebrities. This is going to sound wild, and maybe hard to believe, but this is what we’re hearing regarding Johnny Manziel. Our sources tell us Manziel was at a popular night club on the strip Saturday night. The QB entered wearing a blonde wig, a fake mustache, glasses, and a hoodie. Manziel int...

After an onslaught of heavy rainfall throughout the holiday season, residents in Leeds are facing serious flooding, with entire homes and businesses devastated from the rising water levels. On December 27, officials from the the Environmental issued a red warning for several parts of the city, including the city center, warning that entering these areas poses a major "risk to life." Despite these high alerts, Leeds students ignored the Environmental Agency's warnings, and on Boxing Day, were spotted gliding down Kirkstall Road on a whitewater raft. But after the River Aire burst its banks, the water flooded into neighboring streets and neighborhoods, where the university students were found careening through a scene that was described by many as "apocalyptic." In the United States...