BP 4/30

BP 4/30: The Spring/T-Mobile Merger is Huge

How many subscribers would the new company have?
How many times has the mobile industry tried to get smaller?
What are some pros of this merger?
What are some cons?
What do you think about this deal?

BP 4/27

BP 4/27: Snaps Updated Spectacles

What changes did snap make with V2?
What company is competing with Snap now?
How much do these spectacles cost?
Would you buy these?
What was the biggest success from V1?

BP 4/26

BP 4/26 Alexa for Kiddos

When will this new feature roll out?
What type of parental controls are there now?
How will they answer questions for kids?
How much does FreeTime cost?
What else is Amazon launching?
What colors?

BP 4/25

BP 4/25: Gmail Redesign

How many people use Gmail?
What is confidential mode?
How does it work?
What does 2FA do for Gmail?
How is google fixing phishing?
What is Snoozing?
What else is coming back?
What else is helpful that is coming?

BP 4/24

BP 4/24: Youtube Says Computers are Catching Problem Videos

How many videos were taken down during the 4th quarter of last year?
What is a major challenge for Youtube?
What fraction of videos have been removed?
What does Silicon Valley do with AI?
How many people is Youtube hiring in 2018?
What are these computers getting better at doing?
How many flags have been raised?

BP 4/23

BP 4/23: Thought Reading Machines and the Death of Love

What is Openwater developing?
What can these devices do?
What percentage of people don't have access to medical imaging?
How can a brain scanner be abused?
What do you think about this technology?

BP 4/20

BP 4/20: People don't want iOS and MacOS merged

What did Cook tell the Sydney Morning Herald?
What is Marzipan?
What would the move help?
What do you think? Should they combine these devices?

BP 4/19

BP 4/19: Amazon has How Many Prime Subscribers?

How many people are Amazon prime members?
What do the memberships encourage customers to do?
What are the retention rates?
Where is Amazon's biggest lead?
Who is the world's wealthiest man?

BP: 4/18

BP 4/18: Cheat Better

What has been happening in Singapore?
How old are you when you take the O-Level exams?
How did the 32 year old send her information to others?
What were students wearing?
When did it happen?
How much do these cost?

BP 4/17

BP 4/17: Google's New DIY AI Kit

What happens to technologies of the future?
What is google giving to engineers?
What is AIY?
What is the Voice Kit?
How much do these things cost?
What are your thoughts on this?

BP 4/16

BP 4/16: Play Store Improperly Tracks Kids

What percentage of apps accessed sensitive data protected by Android permissions?
Transmitted sensitive data over the iNternet?
What type of data was collected?
What are persistent identifiers?
Why are some of these apps exempt from COPPA?
What are activists pressuring the FTC to do?

BP 4/13

BP 4/13: New GOogle GO App Tackles SLwo INternet

Where is this app being released?
What network can use this app?
Where are they expanding their search area?
What device can app work on?

BP 4/12

BP 4/12: Instagram is going to let you download your data

What other service allows you to do this?
When will this tool arrive?
What's another benefit of this tool?

BP 4/11

BP 4/11: Ignore Warranty Void Stickers

What do companies argue about these stickers?
What is the result of this type of stuff?
What did the FTC say about these stickers?
What law do these stickers violate?
How long do companies have to fix te issue?

BP 4/10

Hey guys,

Not there today, but luckily for you... you know all what you have to do.

1) Blog
2) Don't burn down the Help Desk
3) Genius Hour stuff -- look at the meeting minutes from Yesterday in Classroom
4) Podcast
5) Other small items.

I hope you had a great break.  I'm at UNC Charlotte today, so I'm close to my computer today if you need me.  Here's your blog:

BP 4/10: IOT Crisis is Here

How are hackers exploiting devices?
How do hackers do this?
What does UPnP do?
What does this do to IP addresses?
Will users know if they've been hacked?
What's the point of proxying?

BP 4/8

Welcome Back Guys.

I assume today will be a busy day, so I'm going to try something new for this one.  Find an article from this page, and tell me what you've learned.  It's usually where I grab your articles.  Think of it as a choose your own adventure blog.