“First Nation chiefs to stage Site C showdown”

A new dam was designed to build on the Peace River in northeastern British Columbia to generate more electricity. In a political aspect, first nation people have been given many privileges. Therefore, their willingness is essential to the construction of the new dam. The thoughts of first nation people should be taken into account. In an environmental perspective, it is predicted “the dam would flood 83 kilometers of the Peace River Valley from near Fort St. John to Hudson’s Hope, destroying farmland and wildlife habitat”. This can be a great change on the environment. The consequences could directly affect local people, and the changes of environment might have a negative influence on ecosystem. Some analysts stated that with the growing population in that area, the federal and provincial government should give up this project. In a social perspective, building a new dam definitely costs a lot. Citizens are those who pay for the dam since they pay the taxes. The voice of society is also important. The government builds a new dam can cause heated discussion.

Works Cited

O’NEIL, PETER. “First Nation chiefs to stage Site C showdown: Group argues flooding valley would impair their rights to fish, hunt

and use the area for ceremonial purposes”. The Vancouver Sun. 18 Sep. Web. 6 Oct. 2014 <http://www.vancouversun.com/news/First+Nation+chiefs+stage+Site+showdown/10215965/story.html?__federated=1?

With the supporting of Google’s free operating system – Android, Samsung has been Apple’s most competitive competitor in smartphone market. However, Samsung also has to pay a large sum of money to Microsoft for some patents used in Android system as well. Actually, not only Samsung but also other smartphone manufacturing companies who use Android operating system have to face with this problem – paying certain amount of royalty fee to get access to using the patents.

Personally, I think Samsung is facing with a challenge in today’s technology competition. As a giant company, they cannot guarantee to devote enough time and effort to developing operating system. What they can do is to modify their phones to adjust the Android system or to make their phones work better under Android system. Since Samsung is using Android for free, they do not have to charge customers extra. If Google changed their mind and stopped offering free access to Android, the cost of producing a Samsung smartphone would definitely increase. It is hard to predict whether customers will pay for this extra charge in the future. They may turn to their second best choice.

Works Cited

Ovide, Shira. “Samsung Paid Microsoft $1 Billion Last Year for Android Royalty, Filing Says”. Wall Street Journal. Oct 3^rd. Web.

Oct 4^th.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/samsung-paid-microsoft-1-billions-last-year-for-android-phone-royalty-court-filing-says-1412382330

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With the release of new Apple products, the public is paying their attention to those fancy stuffs. Bending an iPhone 6 has been a heated topic on every social media. Some customers just put their phones in their back pocket, after a while, they can have their phones bent. Also, some people upload videos about bending their phone for fun. It seems that Apple has been involved in a new crisis.

However, Apple has rebutted this problem, and claimed that only nine customers have reported this issue. They also state that when the phones in customers’ pockets such issue would appear.

Last month, Apple launched its new products, many of which have been criticized, especially their new operating system. In my opinion, Apple has not done a good job this year. With so many technical problems occurring, Apple is suspecting going all the way down. They do have breakthrough; however, compared to what they have done a few year ago, their performance this year is relatively disappointing, which directly affects the price of their stock.

Works Cited

Wakabayashi, Daisuke. “Apple Rebuts Complaints of Bending iPhones Tech Giant Says Only Nine Customers Have Complained About Bent iPhones”. Wall Street Journal. Sep 25^th. Web. Oct 4^th

http://online.wsj.com/articles/apple-defends-against-complaints-of-bending-iphones-1411668618?KEYWORDS=apple

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Tesla has got involved into new trouble in China. Recently, Tesla has made about 4,000 cars for Chinese customers. There is no doubt that Tesla is gradually expanding its global market. However, some argue that Tesla needs to build more charging stations since most Chinese do not park their cars in garages. This will definitely increase the cost. Moreover, there might be a possibility that the customers are scattered. It would be hard for Tesla to decide where to build those charging stations. Analysts think Tesla’ s stock has been overrated, and there are potential crisis in the stock. Even the CEO of Tesla thinks the price of their stock was too high.

Nowadays, there are an increasing number of automobile companies turning to electric cars. Personally, I think the technologies of manufacturing electric cars are not advanced since under some circumstances the cars would catch on fire. Rome was not built in one night; therefore, constructing the charging network does take time. Not only the automobile companies have to spare efforts but also the government. I think government plays an important role in the popularization of electric cars since at the end of the day public charging stations will be part of the infrastructure.

Works Cited

Lewitinn, Lawrence. “This chart spells trouble for Tesla”. Yahoo Finance. Oct 1^st 2014. Web.  Oct 1^st 2014.

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