Technology Current Event

Nintendo Wii U review: A tale of two screens

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Do you want your hands on a new Wii product? Wii U is a portable Wii! The Wii U has a cool interface, apps, and oh did I say portable yet? Even though it is portable the box might seem a little big. That is because their is a new curvier base station. The new Wii U can sync up to your balance boards and remotes.  It also includes a brand new HDMI Port. All you have to do now is plug up is your sensor bar and mainly important PLAY.

Date: Nov. 19, 2012
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Nintendo Wii U with Base

I am overflowing with excitement! I have one of the second oldest Wii's. I love my Wii and have not found any glitches. This new product makes me want to buy it. The new Wii U has such a unique name and tablet-like game board. A similar product of Wii is the U draw, which I might add I have. Wii products can get a little pricey but they are a great investment..

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Found Here:
Wii Product points cards

I feel that Nintendo made the right decision to make this. There are other Wii lovers other than myself. My whole family has at least one console. I just seen the first commercial, so they are fairly new in the gamer world. If there are more Wii lovers then the Wii U will be sold out everywhere! People are going to wait for Nintendo's next new, family friendly item in stores next Christmas.

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Weekly Blog

As you all know we finally got into our building last week and I do say it is awesome! I love the new and clean learning environment. This week has flown by so quickly that I forgot today was Friday!

Speaking of my new school, in Intro to Pub. we discussed as a class about scams and phishing. In one of my previous blogs I talked a little bit about phishing. Phishing is not what you do at the pier or at the beach. Below is the vocabulary we learned this week and it will tell you what phishing is with a couple more vocab. 


Accumulated Vocabulary:

1. Scam: An attempt to trick someone, usually with the intention of stealing money or private information.
2. Identity Theft: A type of crime in which your private information is stolen and used for criminal activity.
3. Vulnerable: In a position that makes it easier for you to be harmed or attacked.
4. Phishing: When you send phony emails, pop-up messages, social media messages, texts, calls, or links to fake websites in order to hook you into giving out your personal and financial information.

Now that you know what phishing, scamming, identity theft, and vulnerable means:

Think-About-This...

• Do you know someone who has been scammed? What happened?
• What is the purpose of a scam? What tricks do people use to carry out a scam?
• Can people get scammed on the internet? How?

We mainly focused on Identity Theft because it is a growing problem in the world. Do you think you could guess things that identity thieves look for? Were you thinking around the lines of your name that is on your birth certificate, your addresses, bank account, license, etc. If any of your personal information is stolen then you could possibly go to jail or even worse lose all your money in your account. Thieves are looking for people who have good credit score and if they are "clean". Clean in that context would be if they have clean social security numbers. 

It can take years to gather lost money back and to clear your history. If your history is not cleared you may not be able to buy houses or cars. With this mishap you have to have a lot of time, patience and money! 


We talked a small fraction on scamming and what it is. In an earlier blog post of mine I talked about scamming more in depth. Although here is some new information and helpful rules to follow...

1. Five rules/ways to follow to protect yourself from online scams:
1. Avoid opening the message or email in the first place.
2. Don’t click on any links or download any attachments; they might contain viruses or spyware. Viruses can   s  l  o  w   you down. 
3. Don’t reply!!!
4. Mark as “junk mail” or “spam” for your provider or report it to your social network site.
5. If you are concerned about an account you have with a company. Make sure verify the company’s contact information elsewhere online first, contact them person.

Technology Current Event

Apple Sold 3 Million iPads over the Weekend

CNN Tech

November 5, 2012

iPad Mini and the new updated iPad original broke the record of 1.5 million to the new record of 3 million. Apples fortune spiked up about a whole one percent! The CEO of Apple said that the iPad minis were "practically sold out"(Cook). The company is trying their hardest to keep up with growing demand of Apple products. The iPad mini sales start out at $329.00. They call the iPad mini a cousin of the original iPad. Although Apple has many competitors they are still striving hard to make them the top tablet salesperson.

 

Found: Apple
 Date: 11/7/12

  Apple iPad mini and iPad

Apple is a large company that has items all over the World. Consumers of the world literally bought millions of dollars worth of items. Without the consumers Apple would never work. The consumers went passed Apples records from this March. An Asian supplier that works for Apple told Brian White "it would be a while before Apple could deliver all the iPad mini tablets that customers want"(Goldman).

Date: Oct. 23,2012

Found: Engadget

    Apple mini is thinner than the original

Apple does not affect me that much. Although they do add more of a choice to the tablet world. I was not one of the many people that bought the new iPad mini. I do not have $329.00 lying around my house and if I did then I probably not buy an iPad. Sorry if I offend any Apple lovers.

Weekly Blog..

This week has literally flown by! Time is a tickin'! WE finally are in our building! Today when we toured it, it was so surreal. The room in our building are magnificent and colorful. Enough of that news.. This week in class we learned some new information. Some of the info we learned I never thought about, so here it is.

**In order to understand what I am talking about you need to know the following terms in accumulated vocabulary.
Accumulated Vocabulary:

1. Track: When companies collect information about you based on your online behavior.
2. Target: When companies tailor content about you based on the information they have tracked.
3. Demographic: Common categories of the population such as age, gender, location(s), race and much more. 
4. Cookie: Data files that are stored on your computer when you visit certain sites, which are often used by companies to identify repeated customers and personalize visitors experience. To avoid this delete history often and this will speed up your loading.

Here is some questions you can think and answer for yourself. I have listed a couple answers.

• What do you think are companies goals in tracking your information? (Money and get their name out)
• What do you think of target and tracking? (Good and Bad)
• Do you think it is okay for companies to collect information about you? (Good- narrows searches   Bad- invasion of privacy)

This weeks NEW web 2.0 tools are No Red Ink and Mixbook. First No Red Ink is about grammar and has nothing to do with tracking and targeting. No Red Ink as I have said is to help me understand grammar. Well not just grammar more like trying to figure out where to put words, when to put a certain words and other things. Mixbook on the other hand is completely about tracking and targeting. I did a Mixbook on Tips for limiting data collection. Have a look at my Mixbook it might help you in a way.

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This week in class we have discussed over a lot things dealing with tracking and targeting. I hope that when you finish reading my blog you will either tell someone about what you learned or even try it yourself. Such as trying to get rid of cookies (and not the ones you eat.. :D) on  your laptop or desktop.

On a higher note hope everyone has a great weekend with hot chocolate and warm cozy blankets. Blog you later!!