BP 12/18

BP 12/12: MGSD Eyes a 2nd Middle School

Who does the task force represent?
Where is the most growth in the district expected?
What would happen in the reconfiguration?
How many people would the new middle school hold?
Where would it be?
What other schools would be renovated?
When will the funding happen?

BP 12/13

BP: 12/13 Twitter Introduces Threads

What did threads use to be called?
How do you create a thread?
Why have threads become popular?
What made twitter work in the first place?

BP 12/12

BP 12/12: Facebook is Ripping Apart Society

Who is Chamath Palihapitiya?
What does he say is the problem with social media?
What example did he give?
What does he believe about Facebook?
What is Chaos Monkeys?
What does Palihapitaya say about the venture capital funding system?
What do you think about social media?  Is it a good thing, or bad thing?  I'd like to have a conversation about this btw...

BP 12/11

BP 12/11: Are You Sidebarring?

What percentage of people are guilty of this?
What is sidebarring?
What is inattentional deafness?
How did Facebook spin tihis?
Are you guilty of this?

BP 12/8

BP 12/8: The Top 20 Apps of the Year

How are these apps chosen?

How many of these apps are on your phone?

Which ones?

BP 12/7

BP 12/7: Why Amazon and Google Can't Get Along

What did Google do on Tuesday?
Why did they do this?
What are Amazon's devices to apple?
How is Google Express hurting Amazon?
Where do they compete for livestreaming?
What is the alternative?
What device can work with all of these services?

BP 12/6

BP 12/6: Mecklenburg Gov't Paralyzed for Ransom

How did the government become paralyzed?
How much does the hacker want?
When's the deadline?
How is the ransom paid?
What is protected?
How many countries have been effected by this?

BP 12/5

BP 12/5: Facebook Messenger Kids App

Who is this app aimed at?
How does the app work?
What type of safety filters are in place?
What benefit does Facebook get out of this app?
How does the app protect the kids privacy?
Can parents spy on their kids conversations?
What do you think about this app?

BP 12/4

BP 12/4: Happy Birthday SMS

When was the first Text message sent?
Where was the first commercial SMS service?
How many texts were sent last June?
How did SMS play a role in Twitter?
Do you still use SMS?
What are SMS good for today?

BP 12/1

BP 12/1: Apple Launches Study to Identify Irregular Heartbeats

What's the name of the app?
What will it detect?
Who is Apple partnering with?
How will users be notified?
What is the AliveCor?
How accurate is the Apple Watch for detecting heart irregularities?