Help Desk Blog 12/15

Agenda for The Day:
- Blog
- Running
- Genius Hour Presentations (work on them)
- Capstone Presentations
- GH Checklist (in Learn)

Also, good luck on the presentations later today!

Blog Post Title: 12/15 Trump and Tech Execs try to Reconcile

What did Donald Trump call for people to do to Apple?
Whose Jeff Bezos?
Who else attended the summit?
What are the big issues at stake between the parties?
What is repatriation?
What company was excluded?

Help Desk Blog 12/14

Agenda for The Day:
- Blog
- Running
- Genius Hour Presentations (work on them)
- Capstone Presentations
- GH Checklist (in Learn)

Blog Post Title: 12/14 Mac Battery Removes Time Remaining

How long is the battery supposed to last on the new Macbook?
What has the company done to fix this issue?
Why did they remove it?
How long has the feature been on the machine?
What's the issue with "battery life" on machines?

Blog Post 12/13

Blog Post Title: 12/13 Google Moving Away from Bubble Cars

What has Google decided to scrap?

What is Google doing instead?

Who did Google Hire to help?

When will Google be able to launch an autonomous vehicle?

Do you think this strategy will pay off?

Blog Post 12/12

Blog Post Title: 12/12 Wearables are Dead

What do you think about wearables?
What happened to Pebble?
What is the name of Google's wearable OS?
What two companies are around in this market?
What happened to Pebble's business?

Blog Post 12/8

Blog Post Title: 12/8 AT&T is Full of It

What did AT&T say about it's merger?
What do federal lawmakers think about this deal?
What did the CEO say to these lawmakers?
What is AT&T entangled in at the moment?
What does AT&Ts policy conflict with?
What do you think about this policy?

BTW, here's a quick video on net neutrality if you are interested in knowing what it is: https://www.commoncraft.com/video/net-neutrality

Blog Post 12/7

Blog Post Title: 12/7 Amazon Open Convenience Store w/ No Lines

How will people be billed for items purchased?
What did they use to make the technology?
What do they call the technology?
How large will the stores be?
What are people saying about this program?
What other stores does Amazon have?
What do you think about this concept?

Blog Post 12/6

Blog Post Title: 12/6 A New Cash for Clunkers

What is Cash for Clunkers?
What did the program do?
What would be the reason for reintroducing this program?
How much would this technology cost?
What would the new program be designed to do?
What's the critical problem in the car space?
What do you think about a program like this?  Should the government incentivize safer cars?  Why or Why not?

Blog Post 12/5

Blog Post Title: 12/5 Facebook, Twitter, Google Fail to Curb Hate Speech

What have these companies failed to do?
Do you think that social media should curb hate speech?
What company was the fastest to respond to complaints?
Which was the slowest?
Do you think the US should pass laws similar to what the EU does?

Blog Post 12/2

Hey guys!

I'm not there today obviously, I'm currently at a PD thing where I get to learn things, I'm stoked........

Anywho, we're gonna pump the brakes on the laptop checks today.  We will continue them on Monday when I return.

Though, you have plenty of work to do today.  You have several things due today, and some due next Friday.

To Recap:

1) Help Desk Handbook -- to be completed by 2:30 today
2) Annotated Bibliography -- to be completed by 2:30 today
3) The Website Building -- Directions are located here
4) Genius Hour Blog for the Day

Long story short, there a bunch of things you should probably be getting done today.

Email me if you have any questions.

Blog Post 12/1

Blog Post Link: 12/1 Netflix Lets You Download Videos

What will Netflix now allow users to do?
What shows does this service mostly favor?
What is the major competition of this new service?
Which devices are comparable with offline viewing?
What was Netflix’s initial opinion on offline viewing and how has that changed?