A yakuza (ヤクザ/やくざ) is a member of a group of organized crime in Japan. By extension, this word refers to any Japanese thug. The yakuza are represented by four major unions, present throughout the archipelago, and also have ramifications in … Read More
Car classification is a somewhat subjective subject, as many vehicles fall between classes or even outside all of them. Not all car types are sold in all countries and names differ in some cases between British and American English. Where … Read More
Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), formerly known as Apollo, is a software engine to run software created with Adobe Flash and ActionScript without using a Web browser. Adobe Integrated Runtime runs on the operating system and not inside a browser, such … Read More
In Japan, Valentine’s Day was introduced by chocolate manufacturers in the late 1950s. It becomes a commercial festival where women (only they) offer chocolates to men on February 14 of each year. Despite the lack of interest in starting this … Read More
These days one can bet on almost anything: from whether it will snow on Christmas day, to which volcano will erupt next, to outcomes in worldwide presidential elections. While these may seem rather random and whilst you may be wondering … Read More
He is Nguyễn Hà Đông, a Vietnam-based developer from Hanoi. He created Flappy Bird in the span of two to three days, realeasing it on May 24, 2013, and removing it from both Apple’s App Store and Google Play on … Read More
Adobe Flash Player allows quick installation. The use of vectorial graphics (such as PostScript, SVG and PDF) – especially when they are combined with ActionScript code for animation – allows Flash files to be small files that use less bandwidth … Read More
1877 177,646 people living in Bucharest. In terms of religion: Predominantly Christian, of which 132,987 (75%) Orthodox, 16,991 (10%) Roman Catholics, 5,854 (3%) Protestant, 206 Christian Armenians and 796 Lipovan (Orthodox Old Rite). Among other religions, Jews were most numerous … Read More
Broadly speaking there are currently two models of national regulatory framework applied in the field of gambling in EU: one based on licensed operators providing services within a strictly regulated framework and the other on a strictly controlled monopoly (state … Read More
The day of Valentine’s Day, February 14, is regarded in many countries as the festival of love. Couples benefit of it to exchange sweet words and gifts as evidence of love and red roses are the symbol of passion. Originally … Read More
The use of social network theory in the social sciences began with studies on the urbanization of Manchester School (centering around Max Gluckman), done mainly in Zambia during the 1960s. The field of sociometry, trying to quantify the social relations, … Read More
What are the main future cybercrime threats on the horizon? And how has the European Cybercrime Center (EC3) contributed to protect European citizens and businesses since its launch in January 2013? These questions are at the core of an EC3 … Read More
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