Friday, September 29, 2017

BP 9/29

BP 9/29: Apple doesn't have an FM Radio

What did Pai suggest to apple?
Why can't Apple do this?
How long have iPhones not had radios?
What does Apple work w/ manufacturers for?
What has the FCC said about this?

Thursday, September 28, 2017

BP 9/28

BP 9/28: Amazon's New Products

What is new with the Echo?
What is multiroom audio?
What is the Echo Plus?
What is the Echo show?
What device has a 2.5 inch display?
What did they unveil on with TV stuff?

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

BP 9/27

BP 9/27: Twitter is Doubling Tweets

What languages are excluded?
Does everyone have access to the double tweet?
Who is the CEO of Twitter?
What do some people worry about?
What has Twitter done recently to move toward this?
What will the 280 limit do?
What do you think about the new limit?

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

BP 9/26

BP 9/26: iPhone now using Google

When was Bing integrated?
Why did Apple switch?
What will Bing be used for?
What percentage of searches were performed in Bing?

Monday, September 25, 2017

BP 9/25

Hey,

I'm not there.  I'm at home... sick.  Like pretty sick.  But email me if you need me.  That being said I'm posting up the assignment that we will be working on during the next few weeks.  We will watch Zeitgeists tomorrow, hopefully. 

Sorry!

BP 9/25: A guide to Two-Factor Authentication

What does 2FA do?
HOw many types of 2FA are in use?
What's the downside of texting 2FA?
Why does Authenticating apps work better than texting?
What do security keys do?
What's the downside of U2F?
What's the bonus?
Do you use any of these?

Friday, September 22, 2017

BP 9/22

BP 9/22 Piracy Doesn't Harm Sales

Why did the EU never share it's report?
What did the report conclude?
What can illegal downloads actually do?
Why does the EDR suggest that the report was suppressed?
What do you think about this?  Do you believe it to be true?

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

BP 9/21

BP 9/21: What will the Internet Look like w/o Net Neutrality

Full disclosure -- I'll be in meetings the 2nd half of the period today :)
- Zeitgeist due tomorrow
- Podcast #2 due tomorrow
- RSS Due tomorrow
- Blogs Due tomorrow

What does Freeway allow you to do?
What does the app do in practice?
What is Freeway essentially?
What is bundling really?
What's the downside of this?
What is net neutrality designed to stop?



BP 9/20

BP 9/20: Apple's new OS

What is the most significant change to iOS 11?
How is control center grouped?
What does a firm press do it in it?
What is grouped together now?
How did Apple update Siri?

Go to next page :)

What is ARKit?
What is Files?
What is Do Not Disturb While Driving?
What does the iPad have now?

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

BP 9/19

BP 9/19: Hackers Hid Backdoor in CCleaner 

What does the tainted application allow for?
How many people are infected?
How many people have downloaded it?
What would the malware do?
What is DGA and what does it do?
What has Avast done to fix this?
Who was behind this attack?

Sunday, September 17, 2017

BP 9/18

BP 9/18: Verizon is Booting 8,500 Rural Customer Over Data

Why is Verizon cutting data?
How does Verizon notify people?
What is the LTEiRA program?
How much data does Verizon say people are using?
What can these families do?
What is the FCC doing to acceptable access to broadband?

Friday, September 15, 2017

BP 9/15

BP 9/15: Facebook's Advertising Categories... kind of racist?

How does facebook create targets for advertising?
What is the controversy here?
How did propublica confirm this?
What did Facebook do?
Where else can you do this?
What do you think about this type of thing?

Thursday, September 14, 2017

BP 9/14

BP 9/14: How Secure is FaceID?

What is virtually impossible for a thief to crack?
What type of larger issues will FaceID have?
Why won't FaceID be easy to hack?
Why won't spoofing work on FaceID?
Will FaceID use color?
How does FaceID deal with the 5th amendment?
What limitations does FaceID have?

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

BP 9/13

BP 9/13: Everything Apple Announced Yesterday

What's the big headliner from Apple?
What type of screen does it have?
What is replacing TouchID?
How does it charge?
HOw much does it cost?
What is the iPhone 8 made out of?
What is new about the Apple Watch Series 3?
How much will 4K content cost on the AppleTV?
What is the Airpower?

Do you want to buy anything?  What would you get?

Monday, September 11, 2017

BP 9/12

BP 9/12: You need to read your Textbooks

Why should you not use textbooks like they are a scavenger hunt?
Why should you not just highlight things?
What are textbooks according to the article?
What should you do when you read a textbook?

BP 9/11

BP 9/11 Spotify Stops Working in Safari

What has Spotify done?
Why did Spotify block Safari?
What Browsers are now supported on Spotify's web player?
What is the share of Safari on browsers?

Thursday, September 7, 2017

BP 9/8

BP 9/8: Spotify and Hulu Team Up

How much will the new feature cost?
What's the name of the deal?
What will Spotify begin doing soon?
What did T-Mobile announce on Wednesday?
What comes with Amazon Prime?

BP 9/7

BP 9/7 - Congress Unites for Self-Driving Cars

What's the name of the bill?
When did self-driving cars start testing?
What percentage of crashes can be attributed to human error?
What does law do to state laws?
What does it do for driver privacy?
What may not be in the next self-driving car?
What has to happen next?

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

BP 9/6

BP 9/6: What's the difference between a Hydrogen Bomb and an Atomic Bomb?

What happened on Sunday?
What do typical nuclear bombs use?
Why are hydrogen bombs scarier?
How much more powerful are hydrogen bombs?
When did NK claim to have a bomb before?

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

BP 9/5

Hope you had a good long weekend!

BP 9/5: Youtube-mp3 Shuts Down

What has Youtube-mp3 done?
How did the site work?
What is the fastest form of music piracy?
What is the argument that music companies say about music today?
Do you use the site?  Have you?  I assume you know others.

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...