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After nearly 25 years at WESH-Channel 2, reporter Bob Kealing is departing to focus on other projects. His final day at the NBC affiliate will be Friday.

Twenty-five years is a line of demarcation, Kealing told me Monday night. Its scary any time you try to jump off in a new venture.

Kealing has had a long, admired career at the NBC affiliate, received five Emmys for his work and shared in two Edward R. Murrow Regional Awards. He delivered some of his most memorable reporting the morning of the Pulse nightclub shooting in June.

In announcing his resignation, WESH news director Kirsten Wolff told the staff that Kealing helped lead coverage on some of the region's biggest stories -- including the Casey Anthony and George Zimmerman trials and the Pulse nightclub shootings.

She also noted: While Bob has been a local news warrior, he also has developed a second career as an author, penning books on Tupperware, Elvis and Graham Parsons to name a few. That writing career is what Bob is focusing on now. He's got several book -- and book extension -- plans in the works and he is active in two nonprofits which are also gaining traction.

Kealing said he hopes to have news soon about those projects.

Tupperware Unsealed, his 2008 book on pioneering businesswoman Brownie Wise, became Life of the Party when it was re-released last year. A movie version remains in development.

His most recent book, Elvis Ignited, examines Floridas importance in the career of Elvis Presley.

Kealing also wrote "Calling Me Home: Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock," which came out in 2012, and "Kerouac in Florida: Where the Road Ends," which was published in 2004.

His 25th anniversary at WESH would be in July. He revealed his news via Facebook Monday night. He wrote:

Friday will be my last day at WESH-TV. After 25 years of unforgettable stories and working with a fantastic group of people, I'd like to take a step back and refocus my career. Short term, I'm excited about some opportunities tied to my work as a published author. I also plan to further my historic preservation pursuits through two nonprofits I've been close to for years: the Jack Kerouac Project of Orlando and Gram Parsons' Derry Down in Winter Haven. I'm so thankful to all my friends at WESH and I know those friendships will continue. Now, it's on to new adventures!

In her announcement, Wolff said of Kealing: We will miss his professionalism, his breaking-news drive and his presence. He's been a fantastic journalist, co-worker and friend.

In an October story about veteran reporters at WESH, Kealing talked about why he had stayed here. "It's a great news town," he told me.

He said reporting on Pulse had left a deep impression: "To witness one of the worst events in this city's history, then to see all the love and unity this soulful town has shown in response, reinforced my belief that the decision to stay in Orlando and at WESH was for all the right reasons."

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Citing the decline of country and golf clubs, which no longer attract a large youthful presence, the Verge listed the top digital equivalents of 2017.

Best of All Worlds, which is described as an invite-only Yelp-Facebook hybrid, allows users to travel the world with a consistent level of familiarity and luxury.

Think of it as a Yelp-Facebook hybrid for the elite, where a group of wealthy, famous, or successful users can meet people of similar stature, as well as find events, hotels, and restaurants that promise a familiar kind of curated luxury no matter where they are in the world, wrote the Verge in their report. Founder and CEO Erik Wachtmeister has launched similar apps before he says once, while on a wild boar hunt in Germany, the idea of an online meeting place for global nomads struck him. Wachtmeister says that unlike other social networks, Best of All Worlds delivers privacy, intimacy, and relevance to its users.

UK-based online directory The Marque, which costs 1,000 per year and is also invite-only, allows high-profile individuals to meet with one another without the risk that a social climber or networker might join.

The website is a jumping-off point for IRL connections: members usually organize events where they can talk freely among people of a similar social tier without interruption from outsiders looking to elevator pitch their way to success, The Verge explained. Like Best of All Worlds, The Marque operates under an invite-only membership process, but an invite isnt enough to get you in the door. After someone is recommended by an existing member, they must meet with Wessels or another Marque executive to determine their fit.

Its not a networking club, said the platforms founder, Andrew Wessels. Basically our members spent their lives being sold to by people who want something from them. At our events, everyone feels so relaxed because theyre surrounded by peers.

Theres also the secret celebrity dating app Raya, which reportedly has a Fight Club-style never speak about Raya rule, and has been alleged to containusers such as producer Avicii, model Cara Delevingne, and Friends star Matthew Perry.

Others market themselves to the less rich and famous, like the Instagram alternative Rich Kids, but you still have to pay over $1,000 a month to use the platform.

Anyone can become a Rich Kids user for free, but if you want to share photos of your yachting holiday to Montenegro, youve got to cough up more than $1,000 each month, declared the Verge. Its a steep fee for the honor of posting your photos where anyone can see them. Given the wide availability of photo-sharing apps, the business model doesnt make a lot of sense. But Rich Kids co-founder Juraj Ivan claims the apps exclusivity means users wont have to compete with other influencers for the chance to, well, influence.

You can read the full report at the Verge.

Charlie Nash is a reporterforBreitbart Tech. You can follow himon Twitter@MrNashingtonorlike his page at Facebook.

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According to new report by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the number of mobile internet users in India is estimated to reach around 420 million by June 2017, with the rural India growing at a much higher rate than urban India and as on December 2016, it was estimated that there were 389 million mobile internet users.

The report says that urban India, with 51 percent penetration is fast reaching saturation point while rural India with 16 percent is the future market for growth. Adding that It added that a number of internet users have registered a jump of 15 percent year on year between October 2015 to October 2016. While urban India grew at 9 percent, growth in rural India was almost three times at 26 percent.

It also notes that average monthly Bill estimates for Urban India reveal that the usage of mobile data as proportion of total monthly mobile bill has increased considerably to surpass component of voice services. In just over 5 years, data component has risen from being 45 percent of the total bill to being 65 percent of total bill.

It must also be noted that total monthly average mobile bill has decreased over time, which is a reflection of the greater affordability of mobile services in India. This augurs well for mobile penetration in the coming days and can pave the path for greater penetration in rural India as long as affordable handsets are available for the lower income section of the population.

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In Urban India, Communication, Social Networking and Entertainment (videos, songs etc) are the top usages of mobile Internet, while in Rural India, Entertainment rules the roost with Social Networking and Communication being the other services in order of preference.

The report further added that the average monthly bill is highest for the age group of 45 years and above, and interestingly, both mobile data and voice expenditures for this age group are highest for this age group. Thus, while in terms of uptake, the younger generation is driving the growth of telecom services in Urban India, more senior generations provide higher ARPU for telcos.

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Pretend you are taking the SAT exam. Here is a fill-in-blank question from the verbal section:

A man is walking alone on a sidewalk in a high-crime neighborhood. Two police officers are in a car approaching from the opposite direction. The car stops. One officer rolls down the window and begins to speak to the man: Come here, the officer _______.

Which word best completes the sentence?

A. commands

B. orders

C. asks

If you answered either A or B, you are still in the running for that college scholarship you are after.

If you answered C, you have probably just blown your chance for a perfect score on the verbal section. But you may have just secured yourself a seat on the Illinois Appellate Court. To understand why, take a look at People v. Ramsey Qurash, 2017 IL App (1st) 143412 (decided March 16, 2017).

The facts of the case match our SAT question above. Chicago police officer Stephen Gregory testified that after he said Come here, Qurash dropped a large white bottle into the snow. Gregory got out of the car, picked up the bottle and saw it contained a leafy substance that appeared to be marijuana. He arrested Qurash and found more contraband on his person. Qurash was charged with several drug offenses.

The majority opinion characterizes the issue in the case as [D]eceptively simple: [A]s a matter of law, do the words come here, uttered by a police officer to a citizen, result in a seizure. If it does result in a seizure, then the drugs must all be suppressed since Officer Gregory lacked either probable cause or reasonable suspicion at the moment he said those two words. The [1]st District decided the issue by characterizing Come here as a mere request that did not result in a seizure, and thus affirmed the conviction.

However, Justice David Ellis filed a dissent contending that no reasonable person would have interpreted Come here as a mere offer he could refuse. Qurash did not consent to an officers request; rather, he acquiesced to the officers command. And because the officer lacked any suspicion whatsoever when he issued that command, the seizure violated the Fourth Amendment and the conviction must be reversed.

Preliminarily, both the majority and the dissent agree that the trial courts holding that the officers words did not constitute a seizure was a question of fact deserving deferential review.

I am not so sure. True, the trial courts finding that the officer said Come here is a question of historical fact that deserves deferential review. And whether or not a defendant has voluntarily consented to an officers request for a search or seizure is an issue reviewed deferentially in Illinois. People v. West, 2017 ILL. App. (3d) 130802.

But the issue of whether a seizure has occurred is a question of law that merits de novo review. In fact, as noted above, the majority even began its analysis by describing the issue in the case as a matter of law. (Slip, 5) A seizure occurs when a reasonable person would believe he is not free to leave. U.S. v Mendenhall, 446 U.S. 544 (1980) (opinion of Stewart, J.).

Deciding how a reasonable person would react to Come here is an objective test resulting in a finding of law that merits de novo review.

Yet even under a deferential standard, I believe the dissent is correct that a seizure occurred when the officer said Come here and that the trial court was clearly erroneous in holding otherwise.

It is worth quoting Ellis at length: Those two words, alone, are not a request. Nor could they plausibly be construed as a question (Come here?) To a man walking down the street, alone at night, in a high-crime neighborhood, when two officers stopped their car in the middle of the street and one of them said, Come here, any reasonable person would believe that he was required to comply with that directive that he was not free to leave.

The dissent does something else worth noting. It exhibits an awareness that an appellate court decision is not a one-off; it does not exist in a vacuum. An appellate decision in a common-law system must of necessity be Janus-faced: It must decide the case that has already occurred in the past with the realization that its decision will have impact on people in the future.

This leads Ellis to say I fear that the majoritys holding will have the unintended effect of encouraging individuals not to comply with a police officers request, or order, to come here. Under the majoritys reasoning, the best way for citizens to protect their [F]ourth [A]mendment rights is to ignore the police in that context because if they complied even though not required to do so, they would be consenting to police questioning without any [F]ourth [A]mendment protections at all.

And Ellis goes on to note the dilemma the court has created for a pedestrian in the future. For if she refuses to comply and simply continues walking and if the officer continues to say Come here a person could find herself accused of resisting or obstructing a lawful order of the police. Ellis cites People v Synnott for the proposition that merely refusing a police officers lawful order to move can constitute interference with the officer in the discharge of his or her duty. 349 Ill. App. 3d 223, 229 (2004).

Elliss dissent makes this case worth a second look. For, as he notes, Come here is not a question. Come here is not a request. Come here is an order.

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