-What's another way we can organize your computers? What about email? Your Favorite Websites? Your Blog Posts? RSS Feeds? I think emailing can be much smoother then it is i feel it is kind of complicated to send a quick email and if it more organized i think it would be much easier to go on and faster. 

Voting closes on Facebook policy changes, only 299 million votes short

 

• Facebook's flirtation with democracy has come to an end. If it wants to, the social network can now change its policies without user approval.
• A weeklong open vote on proposed policy changes, including whether to keep public voting and how data is shared with affiliates such as Instagram, closed Monday.
• If Facebook goes ahead with its plans, this will be the last such public vote.

1. Why did you select the sites you subscribed to? They are current events that are important in the world today.
2. Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them?Not as easy as i thought it would be.
3. Which sites were your favorites? My favorite site is CNN.
4. What else can you use RSS feeds for? To keep update on whats going on in the world.
5. How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future? If i learn how to do it better i will defiantly use it in the future.

My definition of social bookmarking

Social bookmarking- Is marking a page you are interested in so you don't lose it and so you can go back to it with out typing it in on Google and looking for it on there which can be much harder. 

Netflix inks Disney deal, but no new films 'til 2016

• Netflix has inked a high-profile deal with Walt Disney Studios, but you won't see new releases for another four years.

  • Starting with Disney's 2016 feature films, Netflix customers will be able to stream a catalog of titles from Disney and four of its subsidiaries: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios and Disneynature.  

    • Netflix will become "the exclusive U.S. subscription television service" for Disney's new releases. That means pay-cable network Starz will no longer carry those films, Netflix spokesman Jonathan Friedland confirmed.

Cyber Monday slows mobile web to a crawl

 

• This week's Cyber Monday online shopping bonanza set new records.

  • the growing number of consumers who shopped on their phones and tablets often encountered brick-and-mortar-like delays on sluggish sites.  

    • On average, mobile retail sites took more than 18 seconds to load on Monday.

The use of social media really helped these past few weeks involving sandy. Facebook and Twitter helped spread the word of those who needed help and it made it easier to contact family members. The down side to this is most of us had no power or a way to get on Facebook or twitter or any other social network because of power outages and no cell phone service. I experienced not being able to get in touch with one of my friends threw Facebook during Sandy so social media didn't help me as much as i would have liked it to.

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Google: 'Government surveillance is on the rise'

• how easily the U.S. government can access citizens' private e-mails.
• According to the latest Google Transparency report, Google fielded 20,938 requests for private account data from governments around the world between January and June of this year. That's up from 18,257 such requests during the last half of 2011, the company said.
• Google stores huge amounts of data and personal information about its users. In addition to the wealth of information in e-mail and Google Drive accounts, the company also has users' IP addresses, which can be used to determine locations.

Sandy knocks out 25% of cell service in its path 

• A quarter of cell towers, broadband Internet and television services in Superstorm Sandy's path were still dark Wednesday. 

  • Wireless carriers reported to the Federal Communications Commission that 25% of cell sites in the core area affected by the storm -- 158 counties across 10 states, from Virginia all the way up to Massachusetts -- remained non-operational. 

    • Cell towers have been running on backup battery power, fueled by generators.

• It's taken Isis almost two years to get its mobile wallet this far.
• Founded in November 2010, the venture has been slowly piecing together an industry consortium and developing the technical infrastructure to realize its vision of a smartphone-based "mobile wallet" that can store payment cards, loyalty programs and merchant offers.
• The Isis Mobile Wallet holds virtual versions of many things your existing wallet does- including select payment cards.

        how a class wiki can be used in education:

• We at BRIT use wiki to stimulate the uptake of IT. This wiki is used in class to encourage sharing. We have many wikis on various topics.
• Our main application: The class is divided into groups of 3-5 people per group. Each group is assigned one page to create and another page to edit, and everyone is encouraged to help on any page. The anatowiki  is the most recent site, and probably the best.

What are the benefits of using a wiki? The benefits of using a wiki are you can share information a lot faster with friends and family without even using email! 

How can we create one in this class and utilize it? First we would have to find a website that lets you make one then we could use them in class to send things to each other.

What experience do you have using or creating wikis? I have never used or created a wiki.

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  Microsoft announced Xbox Music at this year's E3 gaming expo.
• Microsoft announced Sunday that the all-in-one service will feature streaming online radio, an ad-supported or paid subscription service and music purchasing.
• It begins rolling out Tuesday on the Xbox 360 system and will expand to the rest of the Microsoft product universe when its new operating system, Windows 8, is released October 26.
• It will eventually be available on devices running Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating systems.

Microsoft will make more gadgets like Surface

 

• Microsoft is undergoing a "significant shift" in the way it does business.

   
• moving away from software as its sole focus and toward making hardware, online services and apps work together seamlessly across multiple screens and gadgets. 
• Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) has already begun that shift by designing its first personal computer, the Surface tablet, which will go on sale Oct. 26.

• T-Mobile and Metro PCS have agreed to merge, joining together two of the nation's largest low-cost wireless carriers.

they are far behind the curve on network technology, and both are shedding customers.   The combined company will be called T-Mobile and will have 42.5 million subscribers 33.2 million from T-Mobile and 9.3 million from Metro PCS.

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Stunning undersea panoramas now on Google Street View

• Google street view is now going underwater 
• The company on Wednesday added panoramic undersea images of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the waters off the Apo Islands in the Philippines and underwater life around the Hawaiian islands
• The stunning photos capture fish, plants, turtles and other marine animals going about their business in faraway oceans.
•  Now anyone can get an amazing view of the sea without getting wet

                Leading tablets and e-readers

Tablets and e-readers have become extremely popular millions now own this device that many didn't know about a couple years ago. Amazon first released its smaller kindle fire, which cost $300 less than the cheapest iPad. Google followed with the nexus 7, while makers like Acer and Samsung have earned rave reviews for their devices. Microsoft is also planning on making one called the Microsoft surface it includes a built in keyboard and souped up processing power, promises to bridge the gap between tablets and the new, sleek ultrabooks.

My summer!

My summer!

This summer i moved from Florida to New Jersey i had to drive two days until I finally got to New Jersey.  I met up with all of my old friends that i haven't seen in almost 3 years. My brother Kyle and his friend Mitchell came to New Jersey from Florida to visit and we all took a train into New York City. Me and my family spent a few days at the shore and it  was really fun. Me and my sister spent a lot of are days at the pool in my apartment building because we didn't really no any kids in the area yet. I also got a job this summer i now babysit and dog walk. I started soccer during the summer and practiced everyday till the end of summer.
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My first post!

Hi i'm Courteney Parisi this is my blog! This is my first time ever owning a blog so i'm kind of new to this. I love soccer my favorite soccer player is Neymar Da Silva. I spend most of my time on the computer. I just moved to New Jersey from Florida i was born in New Jersey but moved to Florida for 2 years. I have an older brother who is 18 and a younger sister who is 11. New York city is one of my favorite places i love going there on the weekends with my family and i love being able to see it from my school.

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Yes, they still make 'em: Apple refreshes iPods

The iPhone 5 is the new hot item out there but the iPod's are back! Its bigger, thinner and lighter then the last one. The new iPod touch is 6.1 millimeters thick and only weighs 3.1 ounces. Siri is also included on this new iPod touch. This iPod will run apples latest operating system IOS 6. great for exercising the Nano will come with fitness features like a built-in pedometer and support for Nike. It also has a radio feature that allows users to pause and resume music.The 16GB will be available in October for $149 it comes in pink, yellow, Blue, green, purple, silver, and slate.