Columns The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017 Posted on October 28, 2017 By Team SPark Millions of players break their sweat week in and week out to sustain the beautiful game of football(soccer, not hand-egg). To honour such players, The BEST FIFA Football award had its second ceremony on October 23, 2017. These awards are held since FIFA and France Football’s Ballon D’or parted ways… Read more
Ayntka AYNTKA:The Demilitarization of Costa Rica Posted on October 27, 2017 By Team SPark The existence of a nation without an army seems too implausible. As far-fetched as it sounds, Costa Rica is one of the countries which have constitutionally abolished their military and have been thriving in peace for nearly seventy years. Article 12, Constitution of Costa Rica, 1949. The Army as a… Read more
Columns Geekonic – Flow Machines Posted on October 25, 2017 By Team SPark If you’re living in the 21st century, you’ve probably heard of AI – Artificial Intelligence. Mentored by the world’s finest – Google, IBM, Apple and Amazon, AI is a child who is slowly learning to mirror human-like behaviour. AI’s today can perform medical diagnosis, they can guide aviation systems, make… Read more
Recommends SPark Recommends: Novels Posted on October 21, 2017 By Team SPark With the vacations closing in and your favorite T.V series coming to an end, it is time you switch to reading books and to help you out, here are a few books that’ll keep you happily busy. If Tomorrow Comes by Sidney Sheldon Genre: Crime Fiction Published in the 1980’s, If… Read more
Ayntka AYNTKA: Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 2017 Posted on October 20, 2017 By Team SPark The beginning of October witnessed the announcement of the laureates of the most illustrious award that recognizes academic, cultural and scientific advances. In light of North Korea detonating its most powerful nuclear bomb yet and President Donald Trump planning to decertify the Iran nuclear deal, the Nobel Peace Prize 2017… Read more
Columns Geekonic – Internet Beaming Drones Posted on October 18, 2017 By Team SPark You’re probably reading this article via the good old internet, however at this very moment 4.3 billion people don’t have any sort of access to the World Wide Web. While Europe has a connection rate of about 75%, the connection rate in Africa is closer to just 20%. Cabling the… Read more
Ayntka AYNTKA: Indian Telecom Sector’s Debt Posted on October 13, 2017 By Team SPark India’s telecom sector is battling brutal price competition and struggling with unsustainable levels of financial stress. Its debt stands at around Rs 4.60 trillion. However, the total sectoral liability is nearly Rs 8 trillion. This has led to the erosion of the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)… Read more
Columns Toons for Teens and Above Posted on October 11, 2017 By Team SPark “Early morning cartoons” is the children equivalent of 7AM office. It was almost a criminal offence to miss those early morning toons back in the days. So what makes the scenario any different now? Alongside responsibilities and workload, the standards of animated story telling have risen from “Goofy” to… Read more
Ayntka AYNTKA: Catalonian Independence Referendum Posted on October 6, 2017 By Team SPark The 1st of October witnessed the first ever referendum to vote for the independence of the previously autonomous Catalonia region. About 2.5 million Catalans turned up for voting and the voting poll was conducted despite Spain Government’s fierce attempts to cease the same. Background: Catalonia is one of the 17… Read more
Columns Android Oreo Posted on October 4, 2017 By Team SPark The next version of Google’s sweet OS has finally landed and it brings to the table some new features and changes, for both users and developers. Let’s get into it. Up front, some of the primary features are:- 1) Up to 2x faster bootup times. Android’s latest offering makes it possible… Read more