Blog Post 2/29

LEAP DAY

New Raspberry Pi 3

Link: http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/29/11122950/raspberry-pi-3-announced-price-specs-release-date


How old is the Raspberry Pi?
What does it include?
What is the Raspberry Pi?
How much does it cost?
What could you use this for?

Blog Post 2/26

Risky Driving Behavior Causes 320,000 Crashes Annually

Link: http://www.mirrordaily.com/risky-driving-behavior-crashes/27678/

What is the most common risky driving behavior?
How many people participated in risky driving?
What is Drowsy driving?
What is a new problem?
What are you guilty of doing while driving?

Blog Post 2/25

Advertisers Love Facebook's New Reactions

Link: http://www.wired.com/2016/02/advertisers-feel-facebooks-new-reactions-%F0%9F%98%8D/

Have you used the new Reactions?
What does this mean for Advertisers?
What can they now do?
Why are they a new development?
How can Facebook have a tangible impact for marketers?

Blog 2/24

Mighty is an iPod Shuffle that Runs Spotify

Link: http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/23/11102010/mighty-spotify-player-ipod-shuffle

Why has the iPod shuffle lost significance?
What is the Mighty Audio trying to do?
Where does it get the colors from?
How does it work?
How much is the Kickstarter for?
Would you buy something like this?  Why or Why not?

Blog Post 2/23

LG's New Modular Pone

Link: http://www.wired.com/2016/02/lg-g5-announce/

What's new about this phone?
What does this allow you to do?
How does the camera work on this phone?
What is it made out of?
What else can you do with this phone?

Blog Post 2/22

Why NBC is Wrong about Netflix

Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/nbc-is-wrong-about-netflix-and-binge-watching-2016-2

What does NBC say people are doing?
What do you watch more; TV or Netflix?
What did SymphonyAM say about watching habits?
What's the problem w/ NBCs reasoning?
How many series is Netflix releasing this year?

Blog Post 2/19

Facebook Putting Adds in Messenger

Link: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/134792/20160219/facebook-plans-to-put-ads-in-messenger-very-soon-report.htm

Do you use facebook messenger?
What is Facebook doing?
Why are they doing it?
What won't businesses be able to do?

Blog Post 2/18

Apple, the FBI, encryption, and why You should be worried

Link: http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/17/on-apple-the-fbi-encryption-and-why-you-should-be-worried/

What did a judge order Apple to do?
What did Apple do in response?
Why did Apple do this?
How do modern phones work?
What did the Snowden leaks lead Apple and Google to do?
What did this do to law enforcement?
How can apple help law enforcement?
Why doesn't Apple want to do this?
What's a StingRay?
Why is Apple worried about things like StingRays?
What do you think about this controversy?  Is Apple or the government right?  Why?

Blog Post 2/17

Turn your Car into a Connected Car

Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-drivemode-2016-2?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Falleyinsider%2Fsilicon_alley_insider+%28Silicon+Alley+Insider%29

What is Drivemode trying to do?
What can it do?
How is it designed?
How old is the average vehicle on the road in the US?
Who is one of Drivemodes competitors?
What do you think about this technology?
Would you buy it?

Blog Post 2/16

Social Media is killing Gap, Abercrombie, and J. Crew

Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/social-media-is-killing-traditional-retailers-2016-2?r=UK&IR=T

What is causing the downturn of these stores?
How do kids buy things today?
Do you agree with the quote "Their entire life, if it's not sharable, it didn't happen?"
Why is Zara succeeding?
What do traditional retailers need to do?
What is Banana Republic doing?
When was the last time you went to one of these stores?

Blog Post 2/12

Drug Pricing is a Mess and We're All Paying For it

I know this blog isn't about technology in the traditional sense, but I really enjoyed reading it.  Hopefully, you'll learn something as well.

Link: http://vitals.lifehacker.com/drug-pricing-is-a-mess-and-we-re-all-paying-for-it-1758338047

How do patients get drugs for free?
Why is this a no-win game?
Why isn't it in drug companies best interests to say how much a drug costs?
What do you think about the medicine superbowl ads?
What did Drug prices do to insurance premiums in 2016?
How do drug companies pick how much a drug costs?
What do you think about this problem?

Blog Post 2/11

House Bill to Prevent States from Banning Encryption

Link: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3032219/encryption/house-bill-would-prevent-patchwork-of-state-laws-banning-smartphone-encryption.html

What is the measure called?
What's it supposed to do?
What is the purpose of encryption?
Why would we want to be able to un-encrypt phones?
What do the proposals say?
What does Congress say about the state laws?
Do you think that phones should or should not be encrypted? Why?

Blog Post 2/10

India bans Facebook's Basics App to Support Net Neutrality

Link: http://www.wired.com/2016/02/facebooks-free-basics-app-is-now-banned-in-india/

What did India block?
Why did it ban it?
What is Free Basics?
Why does Facebook want to use this?
What is zero rating?
What is net neutrality?
What was Zuckerbergs argument?
What is happening with net neutrality in the US?

Blog Post 2/9

Rescue Robots Should be Built Like Cockroaches

Link: http://www.wired.com/2016/02/cockroaches-squish-their-way-into-rescue-robotics/

Why is the cockroach good for search and rescue?
What is an exoskeleton?
How fast can they move?
What's the name of the new membrane created by researchers?
What purpose would they serve?
What's the next priority for robots?

Blog Post 2/8

Apple's Next Big Thing is Virtual Reality

Link:  http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-is-getting-into-vr-in-a-big-way-2016-2

What is VR?
Have you ever used VR?
What evidence suggests that Apple is getting into the game?
Do you think that Apple will make a VR headset?
What is the rumor on the iPhone 7?
What is Microsoft doing in this space?
Do you think it's a good idea?  Would you use somethign with VR?

Blog Post 2/5

Credit for Cracked iPhone

Link: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/130897/20160205/cracked-iphone-screen-apple-upgrades-trade-in-program-will-give-credit-for-broken-iphone-6-6-plus-and-5s.htm

What is apple going to start doing?
What will it allow people to do?
Why is Apple doing this?
Who will this benefit?
What else will Apple stores be doing?

Blog Post 2-4

Google Fiber to Be Free for Some

Link: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3029639/networking/google-fiber-to-be-free-for-select-affordable-housing-residents.html

What did Google announce yesterday?

Where will it launch?

Why is Google doing this?

What else will this service provide?

Who qualifies for the service?

What do you think about this?

Blog Post 2/2

Happy Groundhog Day!

You guys know what to do now.  Honors kids, you can contact me if you need me.

Here's what you got for today.  Make sure that students are getting their things answered timely.  Everyone needs to sign-up for a tutorial on the back board.  Do that ASAP.

When you are done work on that.  Take a look at the due date board and start working.

Here's the blog for today:

Many High School Grads Leave Money on the Table

Link: http://twocents.lifehacker.com/many-high-school-grads-leave-money-on-the-table-so-fil-1756303594

What do High School students miss out on?
What was the average rate of money left per student?
How much is left on the table in North Carolina?
Why are these numbers a little skewed?
What is the message of this blog?

Blog Post 2/1

2/1 License Plate Readers Now Collect Debt

Link: http://www.wired.com/2016/01/security-this-week-license-plate-readers-in-texas-are-now-also-debt-collectors/

You only have to read the Vigilant Solutions’ License Plate Reader Database Is a Massive Threat to Privacy

What did Vigilant Solutions offer Texas?

What does Vigilant get? 

What does the technology do?

What do you think about this?