Friday, March 31, 2017

BP 3/31

BP 3/31: Pedestrian Deaths Spiked Last Year

How many people died last year being hit by cars?
Why is this behavior happening?
What do other researchers believe?
What is the solution to this?
What percentage of pedestrians were intoxicated?
Where were the highest fatalities?
Don't text and drive...

Thursday, March 30, 2017

BP 3/30

BP 3/30: 9 Podcasts to Make you Smarter in 30 minutes or less

Wanted to give you this blog in case you are looking for a new podcast to submit by tomorrow.  This is your chance.

What is Planet Money about?
What is Hard Pass about?
What is 99% invisible about?
Who is the Allusionst for?
What's the Daily?
What's Hidden Brain for?
What is the Memory Place for?
What does Code Breaker do?
What is Why oh Why?

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

BP 3/29

BP 3/29: Facebook Pivots into Stories

What does Facebook now have?
Where did they steal this from?
What does stories do to the news feed?
What can Facebook do that Snapchat can't?
What does facebook want to do with Camera and stories?
What is Stories?
What is Camera?
What's missing from Camera?
What is Facebook Direct?
What's the new news feed like?

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

BP 3/28

BP 3/28 - Net Neutrality Made Easy

What are utilities?
What types of organizations aren't neutral?
What do utilities not have?
What has the history of the internet been?
What can the new rules of the internet do?
What does net neutrality mean?
What will companies compete on?
Should the internet remain neutral?
What do you think about this video?

Monday, March 27, 2017

BP 3/27

Blog Post 3/27: Supreme Court Printer Cartidge Case

What's the name of the case?
What's the issue in front of the court?
What does Lexmark offer customers?
What does Lexmark believe?
What is patent exhaustion?
What can this case lead to?
What do you think about this argument, should manufacturers be able to restrict what you can do with a product once it's bought?  Why or Why not?

Friday, March 24, 2017

BP 3/24

BP 3/24 Senate Votes to Undo Internet Privacy Rules

What would the legislation have done?
How did Senators vote?
What would the regulations have required companies to do?
What did companies attack the rules as?
What does undoing the regulations do?
What do you think about this rule?
Can people have privacy from IPs?

Thursday, March 23, 2017

BP 3/23

BP 3/23 Does Alexa Have Free Speech Rights?

What does the Echo do?
What was Amazon's response to the court order?
What is Alexa a form of?
What does Amazon claim?
What is autonomy theory?
What has the Supreme Court given free speech protection to?
What does covering AI  and free speech teach us about?

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

BP 3/22

BP 3/22 Google is Finally Doing Something about Racist Videos on Youtube

What will google allow advertisers to do?
Where will these changes happen?
Why is Google doing this?
Why are these changes significant?
Why is Google Making these changes?
What do you think about this?

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

BP 3/21

BP 3/21 Honors System Adopted for MHS

When will the new system go into effect?
How any different recognitions are there?
Which class will this be enacted for?
How will speakers be determined?
What do you think about the change?
How many homes are being built in Mooresville?
Where will these students go to school?
Do you think Mooresville needs to build other schools? Why or Why not?

Monday, March 20, 2017

BP 3/20

BP 3/20 The End of the Perfect Banana

Hey, trust me on this article... It's interesting even though it's long.

Where did Banana's come from in the 1950s?
What did United Banana figure out?  What does this mean for bananas?
What happened to the coffee in Sri Lanka?
What happened to the banana's?
How did the new banana sell in the US?
What is happening to banana's today?
What is the new name of the United Fruit Company?
What has happened to us in grocery stores?
What has every crop in history done?

Friday, March 17, 2017

BP 3/17

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

BP 3/17: Surface Book 2 is Regular Notebook?

Full disclosure, if I had to buy a PC, I'd buy one of these guys...

What is Microsoft cutting in the new Surface?
What has Microsoft expanded its Surface line too?
What was the Surface Book?
What did it have built into the computer?
What was the problem with it?

Thursday, March 16, 2017

BP 3/16

BP 3/16 Gmail Phishing Scam

Why is this scam so effective?
What is inside the email?
What have the scammers done to make it seem more legit?
What has google done to fix the problem?
How can you defend against phising scams?

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

BP 3/15

BP 3/15 Google Assistant on iPhone and Android

What is Google Assistant?
What is it designed to do?
What can Google do that Siri cannot?
What's the big promise of Assistant?
What is the downside of this?
Who gets Google Assistant?
What do you need to download on iPhone to get it?
What is Google Now?
What is Google on Tap?
Do you use Google Apps on your phone?  Which ones?


Tuesday, March 14, 2017

BP 3/14

Happy Pi Day!!!!

Akelman won't be here for 3rd and 4th block today.  We'll have a quick meeting though in 1st and 2nd.

Here's Today's Blog: 3/14 RSS

How many weblogs are there on the internet?
What does the new order do?
What's a reader?
What are the connections between sites and readers called?
What color is the icon?
Why does this video warn you?
What are the two things you need to do for an RSS?

BTW, Feedly is the best RSS out there.

Monday, March 13, 2017

BP 3/13

BP 3/13: Google CAPTCHA No Longer Proves You're not a Robot

What does CAPTCHA stand for?
What did Google invent?
WHat's the point of CAPTCHA?
What other types of security have been invented?
What is Invisible reCAPTCHA?

Friday, March 10, 2017

BP 3/10

Happy Tech Visit Day!

2nd Period, ya'll know what to do.  Look at the Bored :).

I'll be there for 3rd and 4th period today so, be on your best behavior for Frank.

Here's your blog:

BP 3/10: Gmail is adding Add-Ons

How is this service built?
What does Google Already offer Add-Ons for?
Why would it be helpful for users?
Who is Google copying with this?
Where do Add-Ins come from now?
What type of partners does Google Have?

Thursday, March 9, 2017

BP 3/9

BP 3/9: Wikileaks Exposes CIA Hacking

We'll have a meeting today too :)

What do the documents claim to reveal?
What can the hacking program tap into?
Was anyone hacked with these tools in the US?
Where can the CIA use these tools?
What is Wikileaks?
Who runs it?
How did WikiLeaks get it's source?
What did the tech companies say about the hack?

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

BP 3/8

Thank Stephen for this article, I know it's long, but it's very interesting!

BP 3/8 Underwater Data Centers

Why would someone put data centers in the Ocean?
What's the name of the project?
Where is the prototype?
Why is underwater faster than land-based centers?
Where would the pods be made?
Where are data centers built now?
What doesn't the data center have?
What was the biggest concern for the engineers?
What is the environmental impact of this?

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

BP 3/7

BP 3/7: Secure Passwords

What's the easy route for passwords?
What's your job?
What should your password not include?
Why isn't the Jack and Jill password not easy to guess?
How many words are in English?
What can you do to make your password stronger?
Who should know your password?
How can you avoid problems?
What should you do in each site you visit?

Monday, March 6, 2017

BP 3/6

BP 3/6: Facebooks Disputed News Tag Goes Live

BTW -- It's Frank's Birthday!!!!

Where does the tag appear?
How will these stories be reviewed?
Where do these journalists work?
How long will it take for a story to be tagged?
What could this stuff do for user engagement?
What do you think about this new feature?

Thursday, March 2, 2017

BP 3/2

Blog Post 3/2: The New Nintendo Switch

What's the problem with the Switch right now?
How long is the battery life?
How big is the screen?
How does it Charge?
What does the author say the controllers?
Does the author tell you to buy one?

Things to do:
1) Podcast is due today
2) Website is due next Friday, you should email the advisors
3) Diigo is due on Friday 3/17

BP 5/20

BP 5/20: Bluetooth's Complexity Has Become a Security Risk WHat is the BlueBorne flaw? How is Bluetooth developed? How can malicious...