I have always believed one of the main problems with the presidential elections in Colombia, held every four years, is the timing: they always coincide with the Football World Cup! Football is an extremely popular sport in the country, and when the national squad qualifies for the tournament, the country turns its attention away from everything except this event.

The graph above, generated with Google Trends data, supports this point, at least in the online sphere: Colombians are more interested in searching for information about World Cup topics than about the presidential race.

The first round of this election will take place on May 27th and the second round on June 17th (the World Cup starts on the 14th). Just saying...

Unfortunately, another day and another mass shooting in the US (in Florida this time). The massshootingtracker.org website compiles all the public data available on these types of incidents in the news, and the numbers are staggering. This year alone, 86 people have been killed and 142 wounded in these types of incidents. The charts above show how this affects every single state in that country.

Is it time now to discuss sensible gun control laws, or how many more are needed?

According to its website, the Good Country Index attempts to measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size. The index takes into account several data points in different areas, such as Science & Technology, Culture, International Peace & Security, World Order, Planet & Climate, Prosperity & Equality, and Health & Wellbeing. The concept is quite interesting because we truly live on a single planet, so the policies adopted by any single country have effects on the rest of the world. The results for 2017 are:

1 Netherlands 2 Switzerland 3 Denmark 4 Finland 5 Germany 6 Sweden 7 Ireland 8 United Kingdom 9 Austria 10 Norway

11 France 12 Hungary 13 Belgium 14 Canada 15 Singapore 16 Italy 17 New Zealand 18 Spain 19 Luxembourg 20 Cyprus

This picture was taken in Łańcut, a city in southeastern Poland. Łańcut Castle, in the picture, was completed in 1641. The idea was to build a fortified residence to repel attacks from the Swedes.

A couple of weeks ago an article in Business Insider stated that Apple’s iOS was losing market share in Europe's four largest markets (Great Britain, France, Italy, and Spain) as well as Japan. I hadn't checked the global mobile market in a while, and checking the StatCounter stats today shows that Android is clearly dominant on a global scale. It's true Android has some issues, including its well-known fragmentation, but I still prefer the flexibility of this OS over iOS.

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