Tech Article 11

How to See Your 2012  Highlights On Twitter

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• Everyone is able to see that Barack Obama had the top tweet on Twitter, but how will you find out yours?

• For the first time Twitter is allowing its users to look back on their activity.

• Users will be able to see: Their most shared tweet, their tweet with the most words and their "Golden Follower.

• The "Golden Follower is the person that the user interacts with the most.

• There is a tool called "My Year On Twitter".

• The feature also shows the 10 words the user posted most.

• It allows the user to scroll through a timeline of their 2012 tweets.

Social Bookmarking- A method of organizing, storing and managing bookmarks online. It is basically tagging a website. A hash tag on twitter has the same idea. It is a way of grouping things and making them easier to find. This bookmarks can be shared with with anyone, or you can make them private. For example a teacher can share their bookmarks with other teachers. This way all of these teachers can get ideas of new websites they can use. 

Tech Article 10

    Instagram kills its own pics on Twitter

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• Instagram purposely stopped allowing their pictures to look good on twitter.

• They are already rivals and this made the rivalry worse.

• The images are showing up cropped and slanted.

• According to Instagram their pictures will no longer be uploaded to Twitter.

• Instagram has improved it's settings and Platform and they now want to exist on their own without other apps and websites getting in their way.

     

RSS Feed Review

1. Why did you select the sites you subscribed to?

I selected these sites because they were sites that i often visit and I am interested in. 

       2. Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them?

Sometimes were easier than others. Some of the sites had the feeds open in the obvious, but others had it hidden and I had to look for it.

      3. Which sites were your favorites?

My favorites were the ones that were my interests. I put mostly celebrity gossip because their problems entertain me. I also put the jets because I feel bad for them.

     4. What else can you use RSS feeds for?

You can use Rss feeds to get to sites and see their information faster.

     5. How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future?

Very likely. I feel they make things easier. I can also see all of my favorite sites information much faster than I could have if I didn't use the feeds. 

Tech Article 9

Congressman Proposes 2- Year Ban on Bills About Internet

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• Congressman Darrell Issa of California has posted online a draft of his legislation, the Internet American Moratorium Act of 2012. 
• The bill would "create a two-year moratorium on any new laws, rules or regulations governing the Internet."
• It was not immediately clear whether Issa's moratorium would apply to his own Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act.
• It would seek to protect U.S. copyrights and trademarks from infringement by foreign websites. 
• The feelings about the plan was mixed. 

Social Media During Sandy

-During hurricane Sandy everyone with power was immediately connected to what was happening.
-It was good and bad.
-It was good because people knew immediately what was happening
-There were pictures
- Weather reports
-How big the storm was
-People were tweeting and putting up pictures of their experiences.
-Some of these pictures were false and untrue.
-This would lead people to believe false information.
-For the most part social media was good because it kept everyone up to date on what was happening outside of their houses.

My U.S History Voki

Tech Article 8

Google: Government Surveillance is on the Rise

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• The U.S Government has been asking people to access their personal information on gmail.

• Government surveillance is on the rise.

• Google stores huge amounts of private information from accounts.

• The Government going on people's Google accounts is a bi- annual search to let people know that they are involved.

• There are times where the Government asks for removal of certain information or videos. 

• The reason for that is defamation. 

• Outdated laws have found loopholes for the Government to be able to request your account information. 

• This allows them to conduct electronic surveillance without warrants. 

Tech Article 7

iPad Mini Vs. Kindle Fire HD

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• The iPad mini measures smaller than the Kindle Fire

• The iPad mini weighs less than the Kindle Fire

• The Fire has very good resolution

• The iPad used the same resolution from the first two iPads

• They both have sport duel core chips

• They have the same memory storage

• The Kindle's Battery life lasts one more hour than the iPad

• It questionable which one is better. It depends on what your looking for.

Wikis

What are the benefits of using a wiki?
A person can see numerous people's views on a topic. The information isn't always 100% right, but 90% of the time the information is correct. Many people can collaborate on one document. 

How can we create one in this class and utilize it?
We create an account and as a class we can all go to one and collaborate on it. We can share ideas and  change what other people say.

What experience do you have using or creating wikis?
I use Wikipedia for information to get the basics and then I back it up with fact from other websites.

Tech Article 6

Apple Loses Tablet Copyright Appeal Against Samsung 

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• Apple lost its appeal against Samsung for the copyright designs of their tablet computers.

• They are fighting over patents for smartphones and tablets.

• Britain's court appeal said that Samsung's tablet wasn't "as cool" as Apple's tablet.

• They will continue having big disputes like this.

• Samsung believes that they were the true inventors of the tablet and that Apple stole their idea.

• Apple ignored that comment.

• Advertisements are going out saying that Samsung did not copy Apple's tablet.

Tech Article 5

The Graffiti Code Breaker
Click here for the link!October 12, 2012

• To mark their territory gangster still use graffiti in the 21st Century.

• There is a new software called GARI that is helping investigators decipher who drew it.

• It also helps them monitor gang activity and helps them fight crime.

• GARI connects officers to a searchable database where they can get information from pictures of the graffiti.

• GARI distinguishes colors and shapes.

• Officers are able to ask the GARI database questions.

• The database is new and is still being fixed. It's not perfect, yet.

• Many officers have signed in and its already making a difference. 

Tech Article 4

How to Make Anything Disappear

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• A team at Duke University built the first rudimentary device for hiding objects. 
• This device was based off of the boy wizard's cloak.
• Scientists have moved beyond invisibility.
• They felt that if they could build devices of light waves they could make cloaks to hide sound and ocean waves. 
• Many copies of the cloak are now being created.
• It is made up of a synthetic structure called, meta material
• The newest designs are being made to mask all kinds of waves.
• These cloaks are sparking many ideas for military surveillance circles.    

Winglet Survey

Tech Article 3

Are Private Facebook Messages Becoming Public

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• People are saying that Private Facebook messages are showing up on other people's timelines.

• Facebook says that they are really just older wall posts.

• The people in France have discovered it and are saying their private messages are showing up as wall posts on other people's Facebook's.

• The messages that are showing up are not recent, the are from 2007 and 2008.

• The creators of Facebook have searched for a bug and claim they have not found one. 

• Facebook says if you can comment or like the wall post it is not a private message. 

• Facebook believes people new to timeline are confusing older wall posts with private messages.

Summer

My Summer

Over the summer I did many things. I had a job. I worked at the Wood-Ridge summer recreation. I loved it. I got to be with little kids all day and it was a lot of fun. I coached cheer leading. I had cheer leading every other night. I tanned everyday. Lastly the second to last week of school Ariana and I went to Ocean City with my family. We tanned, swam, walked around, and basically did nothing for an entire week. It was awesome! 

Click here for my favorite Summer poem. 

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Tech Article 

September 21,2012 

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How To Turn Wikipedia Into An E-Book

• Wikipedia created a new feature that allows people to create their own E-Books.

• The feature is called the "EPUB export feature". 

• This feature makes it easier for people to read free encyclopedias on their phones, tablets, and E-Books.

• This books can be used in an offline environment.

• They can be used just like normal files.

• You can sign up at Wikipedia's Book Creator Page.

• E-Books can be shared and distributed after you create them.

• You can also order a printed version of your book.

HELLO WORLD WELCOME TO MY BLOG! My name is Joelle Buscema. I am a sophomore and this blog is for my Web 2.0 class. I will be posting things for my teacher, for example tech articles. I love to cheer and tumble and I hate soccer. ENJOY!

Tech Article 9/15/12

The Velociraptor- Like Robot That Could Save Your Life

http://discovermagazine.com/2012/sep/25-velociraptor-robots-come-to-the-rescue

• Biologist, Robert Full, and his colleges are building robots that look like different animals.
• They made a robot of a lizard and sent it threw an earthquake zone to witness the aftershock of the disaster.
• These robots are for search-and- rescue.
• They were designed after African aqama lizard who can jump and stick the landing and stay balanced. They want the robots to have these abilities.
• They built a large robot that was able to land even lighter on the ground then the lizard.
• They realized that Velociraptor's are even swifter with their tails and decided that they would design a Velociraptor.
• They believe once they create it, it will be able to save the lives of many.