CIS2 - Computers and Society SUMMER 2012 Final Project Group E
CIS2 - Computers and Society SUMMER 2012 Final Project Group E
Contents
- 1 Group E - Best Resources by Veronica Costa, Franco Miranda, and Lucas Chung
- 1.1 Week 1: Introductions
- 1.2 Week 2: Privacy and Freedom of Speech
- 1.3 Week 3: Intellectual Property
- 1.4 Week 4: Crime
- 1.5 Week 5: Employment, Education, and Entertainment
- 1.6 Week 6: Millennium Development Goals
- 1.7 Week 7: Evaluating and Controlling Technology
- 1.8 Week 8: Risks, Failures, and Responsibilities
- 1.9 Week 9: Anytime, Anywhere
- 1.10 Week 10: Technology Advances, Social Trends
- 2 Group E - Individual Resources: Veronica Costa
- 2.1 Week 1: Introductions to Computers in Society
- 2.2 Week 2: Privacy and Freedom of Speech
- 2.3 Week 3: Intellectual Property
- 2.4 Week 4: Crime
- 2.5 Week 5: Employment, Education and Entertainment
- 2.6 Week 6: Millennium Development Goals
- 2.7 Week 7: Evaluating and Controlling Technology
- 2.8 Week 8: Risks, Failures and Responsibilities
- 2.9 Week 9: Anytime, Anywhere
- 2.10 Week 10: Technology Advances, Social Trends
- 3 Group E - Individual Resources: Franco Miranda
- 3.1 Week 1: Introductions
- 3.2 Week 2: Privacy and Freedom of Speech
- 3.3 Week 3: Intellectual Property
- 3.4 Week 4: Crime
- 3.5 Week 5: Employment, Education, and Entertainment
- 3.6 Week 6: Millennium Development Goals
- 3.7 Week 7: Evaluating and Controlling Technology
- 3.8 Week 8: Risks, Failures, and Responsibilities
- 3.9 Week 9: Anytime, Anywhere
- 3.10 Week 10: Technology Advances and Social Trends
- 4 Group E - Individual Resources: Lucas Chung
- 4.1 Week 1: Introductions
- 4.2 Week 2: Privacy and Freedom of Speech
- 4.3 Week 3: Intellectual Property
- 4.4 Week 4: Crime
- 4.5 Week 5: Employment, Education and Entertainment
- 4.6 Week 6: Millennium Development Goals
- 4.7 Week 7: Evaluating and Controlling Technology
- 4.8 Week 8: Risks, Failures and Responsibilities
- 4.9 Week 9: Anytime, Anywhere
- 4.10 Week 10: Technology Advances, Social Trends
Group E - Best Resources by Veronica Costa, Franco Miranda, and Lucas Chung
Week 1: Introductions
1. How computers benefit society
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Computers-Benefit-Society&id=1095684
This article was chosen because it talks about how computers are everywhere and society depends on them to manage our world.
2. Heavy Technology Use Linked to Fatigue, Stress and Depression in Young Adults
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-volpi-md-pc-facs/technology-depression_b_1723625.html
An interesting article about technology affecting our society in a negative fashion. Scientists have proven that heavy technology use may lead to depression, stress, and fatigue in young adults. For example, heavy cell phone use may increase in sleep disorders (men) and an increase in depressive symptoms (men and women). This is highly recommended to look at if you are someone who uses too much technology.
Week 2: Privacy and Freedom of Speech
1. Obama Pushes for New Internet-Privacy Law to Protect Consumers
This article was chosen because our president proposed a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights to in order to regulate new laws on tech companies invading the privacy of its users.
2. Facebook to stop following you after log off
http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/facebook-stop-following-you-after-log-120307
Internet cookies helps store information of what you entered in order to cater the site experience towards you. The article talks about how Facebook "follows" you after you log in or log off. They supposedly used the gathered to personalized content for you, but it seems not everyone like this idea.
Week 3: Intellectual Property
1. Intellectual Property Law | Patents & Trademarks
This article was chose because it talks about how theLos Angeles Patent and Trademark Attorney discuss Intellectual Property Law and the basics of Patent Law and Trademark Law.
2. Protecting Intellectual Property in the Digital Age
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/aug/05/protecting-intellectual-property-digital-age/
This article talks about how we must protect intellectual property and the various methods for doing so.
Week 4: Crime
1. Cyber Crimes: Criminals Target Women with Hi-Tech Devices
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/cyber-crimes-criminals-target-women-with-hitech-devices/981431/
This article was chose because it talks about how this story comes from India and it mentions how there have been eighty thousand cyber crimes, fifty thousand of them targeted at women for some reason.
2. Crime on the Internet: FBI cracking down on malicious software creators
This morning, people whose computers were infected more than a year ago by malicious software will not be able to access the Internet, according to the FBI.
Week 5: Employment, Education, and Entertainment
1. The Best Cities for Technology Jobs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2011/11/18/the-best-cities-for-technology-jobs/
This article was chosen because during tough economic times, technology is often seen as the one bright spot.
2. Tough Calculus as Technical Schools Face Deep Cuts
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/business/vocational-schools-face-deep-cuts-in-federal-funding.html
Vocational training for jobs that operates computerized machinery that solves problems on the fly or create metals parts for aerospace, automotive, defense and medical industries are becoming endangered. For community colleges that provide degrees, certificates, vocational training are facing budget cuts which means students who are interested in vocational work probably won't be able to get the classes.
Week 6: Millennium Development Goals
1. The Hunger Project
http://www.thp.org/home?gclid=COnfrN7nrrECFaQaQgodqkMAmQ
This article talks about The Hunger Project provides reports, speeches, publications, videos, and facts relating to hunger and poverty, giving an insight to the user on what they and THP are all about.
2. Life for Mothers
http://www.lifeformothers.org/?gclid=CJu1jYa-0bECFaQaQgodERMAHQ
Our holistic strategy addresses the full spectrum of health and social issues that limit women’s access to healthcare and that lead to maternal and neonatal deaths: from non-functioning health systems and impeded transport to lacking community awareness about health and family planning.
Week 7: Evaluating and Controlling Technology
1. Evaluating Technology Use in the Classroom
http://www.thethinkingstick.com/evaluating-technology-use-in-the-classroom/
This article was chose because it talks about how Evaluating the use of technology in a classroom environment is not something most administrators are trained to do.
2. Is Internet Addiction Real?
http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr00/addiction.aspx/
Most consider this a myth, but many psychologists are now diving in the research on internet addiction. They mention how the internet " is a socially connecting device that's socially isolating at the same time". Meaning someone will gain new technological skills but at the cost of exercising interpersonal skills.
Week 8: Risks, Failures, and Responsibilities
1. The 10 Biggest Tech Failures of the Last Decade
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1898610_1898625_1898622,00.html
This interesting find of article discusses the ten biggest technology failures of the last decade.
2. The ethical responsibilities of internet service providers
Nobody has any doubt that the internet has brought enormous benefits and opportunities to an increasing number of people. However, many feel that we have not kept up with the fast-paced developments in our technologies.
Week 9: Anytime, Anywhere
1. Face-To-Face Via iPhone Face Time
http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Face-To-Face-Via-iPhone-FaceTime/1498400
This article was chosen because it talks about how for long mobile users dreamt of practical video calling.
2. UC Berkeley Joins Online Education Platform of Harvard and MIT
UC Berkeley is now oping to take part in the online education concept started by Harvard and MIT. Joining with edX, the university will offer two courses on the edX website in the upcoming Fall semester. The courses are free but cannot be obtainable for credit. edX, however, is expected to give certificates to those who complete those courses whilst charging them.
Week 10: Technology Advances, Social Trends
1. New Technologies to Save Firefighter Lives
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/08/02/3-new-technologies-to-save-firefighter-lives/
This article talks about three brand new technologies that will help the safety of firefighters.
2. Skype makes chats and user data more available to police
Skype, the online phone service long favored by political dissidents, criminals and others eager to communicate beyond the reach of governments, has expanded its cooperation with law enforcement authorities to make online chats and other user information available to police.
Group E - Individual Resources: Veronica Costa
Week 1: Introductions to Computers in Society
The Impact of Computers on Society Today
http://www.articleclick.com/Article/Title--The-Impact-of-Computers-on-Society-Today/991514
Computers have made such an enormous impact on our society today. There isn’t a place where you can turn where there isn't a computer involved. In the present time, most businesses rely on computers and its similar technology. This field of technology has been so advanced within the past few years that it has been the primary tool in successful businesses.
Is society dependent on computers?
http://www.liutilities.com/articles/is-society-dependent-on-computers/
Computers are convenient devices that many of us use daily. They have become an integral part of our lives, allowing us to work from home, stay in contact with friends and family, for entertainment purposes and to keep track of important issues such as finances, stocks and shares, and international news. People can now search for pretty much anything and everything: there is literally a whole world of knowledge at our fingertips as soon as we log on to the World Wide Web.
How computers benefit society
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Computers-Benefit-Society&id=1095684
Computers are wonderful machines. They are everywhere and society depends on them to manage our world. It is no wonder that computers have almost unlimited applications, and that they are multiplying at a steady rate. Many of these applications are benefiting society directly or indirectly. The three most important ways computers are benefiting society, is by, creating more information technology professions, creating new automobile safety features, and opening ground-breaking communication methods.
The uses of computers in society
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/uses-of-computers-in-society.html
Computers are, perhaps, the best invention by man so far. To understand their impact on society, we will first have to understand the meaning of 'computer'. A computer does not necessarily mean a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and a CPU. It is any machine or device that can compute and execute instructions given to it in the form of programs.
Children growing weaker as computers replace outdoor activity
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/21/children-weaker-computers-replace-activity
Children are becoming weaker, less muscular and unable to do physical tasks that previous generations found simple, research has revealed. As a generation dedicated to online pursuits grows up, 10-year-olds can do fewer sit-ups and are less able to hang from wall bars in a gym. Arm strength has declined in that age group, as has their ability to grip an object firmly.
Week 2: Privacy and Freedom of Speech
Who will draw the line between freedom of speech and privacy?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/10/freedom-of-speech-privacy
This talks about how we need to have a balance between our privacy but also our freedom of speech. However, drawing the line between freedom of speech and the right to personal secrecy has proven to be difficult.
Internet Freedom and Privacy
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/our-work/business-and-human-rights/internet-freedom-and-privacy/
The Internet and other communication technologies have created unprecedented opportunities to share information, opening up paths for pro-democracy groups, activists, journalists and individuals around the world to organize, and hold their governments accountable.
Freedom of expression vs. the right to privacy
Freedom of speech vs. freedom of press, the press wants to be free to say whatever it wants to say.
Freedom of speech and privacy
http://freespeechdebate.com/en/discuss/freedom-of-speech-and-privacy/
Both freedom of speech and privacy are fundamental rights, which are equally recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, by international conventions such as the European Convention on Human Rights, and in many national constitutions.
Facebook, privacy and you
In this Free Speech Debate event, Lord (Richard) Allan of Facebook goes head to head with Viktor Mayer Schonberger, the author of Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age. The pair discusses privacy, anonymity on the internet, data protection and the right to forget.
Week 3: Intellectual Property
What is Intellectual Property?
http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/
Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.
Intellectual Property Law | Patents & Trademarks
Los Angeles Patent and Trademark Attorney discuss Intellectual Property Law and the basics of Patent Law and Trademark Law.
Intellectual Property
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/intellectual-property/
Intellectual property is generally characterized as non-physical property that is the product of original thought. It protects rights to ideas by protecting rights to produce and control physical instantiations of those ideas.
Understanding Intellectual Property
A short animation about understanding intellectual property
Internet Intellectual Property
http://www.internetsociety.org/intellectual-property
The emergence of the Internet has caused policymakers, legislators, rights holders, content creators, businesses, content users and others to rethink the way intellectual property should operate in a modern inter-connected society.
Week 4: Crime
Crime: The Real Internet Security Problem
The dotCrime Manifesto which sets out a comprehensive strategy for defeating Internet crime.
Crime on the Net
http://www.rogerdarlington.me.uk/crimeonthenet.html
The Internet is overwhelmingly a power for good. It provides cheap and easy access every moment of every day to a vast reservoir of information and entertainment and it is transforming the nature of commerce and Government. However, with approximately one billion users worldwide accessing almost 75 million Web sites, there is bound to be some offensive, and even illegal, use of the Net.
Internet crime jumps by a third last year
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-03-30/tech/internet.crime_1_identity-fraud-mails-e-mails?_s=PM:TECH
Internet-based rip-offs jumped 33 percent last year over the previous year, according to a report from a complaint center set up to monitor such crimes.
Crime on the Internet: FBI cracking down on malicious software creators
This morning, people whose computers were infected more than a year ago by malicious software will not be able to access the Internet, according to the FBI.
Poor Internet Security Leads to Cyber Crime
Norton's Marian Merritt describes some current cybercrime schemes including spam email for charities, phishing, viruses and more. How can you avoid cybercrime with the right internet security?
Week 5: Employment, Education and Entertainment
Employment Technologies
Employment Technologies Corporation is the leader in simulation technology for pre-employment testing.
The Best Cities for Technology Jobs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2011/11/18/the-best-cities-for-technology-jobs/
During tough economic times, technology is often seen as the one bright spot. In the U.S. this past year technology jobs outpaced the overall rate of new employment nearly four times. But if you’re looking for a tech job, you may want to consider searching outside of Silicon Valley.
Continuing Education Online
Courses available for most healthcare professions, including Nurses, Physicians, Dental Professionals, Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists and many more.
Net Entertainment - Better Games
Net Entertainment is a premium supplier of digitally distributed gaming systems used by some of the world’s most successful and prominent online gaming operators.
Watch TV Episodes Online With Free Entertainment
With the rapid advancements of technology making life easier and more convenient by the day, a solution has been found for this problem! Now one can watch TV episodes online at the time and place one chooses.
Week 6: Millennium Development Goals
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/mdgoverview/mdg_goals/mdg1.html
For the first time both the number of people living in extreme poverty and the poverty rates fell in every developing region—including in sub-Saharan Africa, where rates are highest.
Reduce child mortality
http://www.sos-usa.org/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/Prospects-for-Reaching-Child-Mortality-
Reduction-Goals-Look-Shaky.aspx?gclid=CMXGkaS70bECFWYbQgodEToAJA Between 2000 and 2010, mortality among the world’s children less than five years old fell by a quarter, translating into two million children saved.
Goal: Reduce child mortality
http://www.unicef.org/mdg/childmortality.html
Targets by 2015: To reduce child mortality by two-thirds, from 93 children of every 1,000 dying before age five in 1990 to 31 of every 1,000 in 2015. Child survival lies at the heart of everything UNICEF does.
Life for Mothers
http://www.lifeformothers.org/?gclid=CJu1jYa-0bECFaQaQgodERMAHQ
Our holistic strategy addresses the full spectrum of health and social issues that limit women’s access to healthcare and that lead to maternal and neonatal deaths: from non-functioning health systems and impeded transport to lacking community awareness about health and family planning.
Ensure environmental sustainability
http://www.endpoverty2015.org/goals/environmental-sustainability
Reducing poverty and achieving sustained development must be done in conjunction with a healthy planet.
Week 7: Evaluating and Controlling Technology
Controlling technology: Censorship, privacy and safety issues
The story here is the growing use of technology — by government and against it — in an environment when the technology available often outruns the ability to control it and to measure its proper use.
Controlling Power Plant Emissions: Control Technology
http://www.epa.gov/hg/control_emissions/technology.htm
There are a number of currently available control technologies that coal-fired power plants can use to reduce their emissions of mercury to the atmosphere.
Parental Control Technology
http://kidstvmovies.about.com/od/parentalcontroltools/a/parentcontrol.htm
With all of the products that are available to help parents control children’s media consumption, deciding what to use can be confusing.
Evaluating Technology Use in the Classroom
http://www.thethinkingstick.com/evaluating-technology-use-in-the-classroom/
Evaluating the use of technology in a classroom environment is not something most administrators are trained to do. It is easy to walk into a classroom and see that every student is using a computer, but how do you really assess if and what type of learning is taking place?
Evaluating Technology Companies
http://www.luxresearchinc.com/solutions/evaluating-technology-companies.html
Emerging technology markets represent, by their very nature, a complex, over-crowded landscape of technology developers all claiming to have a best-in-class solution.
Week 8: Risks, Failures and Responsibilities
Top 10 Security Risks on the Internet
This slide show provides information on the top 10 risks on the net
Risks on the internet, Cyber crime in India
http://www.indianchild.com/risks_on_the_internet.htm
Internet Crime in India has begun, although still at a nascent stage. It is wise to be aware of the dangers which Indian children may encounter & what precautions you can take.
10 Epic Website Failures
http://www.goodwebpractices.com/website-design/10-epic-website-failures.html
These outstanding web failures did not require a $700 billion government bail out but they did manage to burn a hole in someone's pocket!
Surviving Large Scale Internet Failures
http://www.kkant.net/Tutorials/Large-Failures/
Although Internet has so far resisted large scale failures, such outages can happen.
The ethical responsibilities of internet service providers
Nobody has any doubt that the internet has brought enormous benefits and opportunities to an increasing number of people. However, many feel that we have not kept up with the fast-paced developments in our technologies.
Week 9: Anytime, Anywhere
New architecture underlies OMB's 'anytime, anywhere, any device' strategy
http://gcn.com/articles/2012/05/23/white-house-digital-strategy-anytime-any-device-archtiecture.aspx
The administration released its digital strategy for government May 23, outlining a concept for a government wide architecture that can leverage innovative technology to make more government information and services available to citizens.
AT&T Transforms Telepresence into Anytime, Anywhere Video Collaboration
http://www.bloomberg.com/article/2012-07-31/a5uzmic98YDk.html
As more video applications and hardware become embedded in personal devices such as laptops and tablets, AT&T is taking the next step toward making video conferencing as easy and as seamless.
Mobile Government: Anytime, anywhere
http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2011/dec/08/mobile-government-anytime-anywhere/
As mobile penetration in developed countries nears ubiquity and registers exponential growth in developing countries; government services can now be extended directly to citizens wherever they may be.
Face-To-Face Via iPhone Face Time
http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Face-To-Face-Via-iPhone-FaceTime/1498400
For long mobile users dreamt of practical video calling. Now, iPhone 4 or later has brought that to reality through Face time marking a milestone in iPhone development.
Texting May Be Taking a Toll
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/health/26teen.html?_r=1&ref=textmessaging
Spurred by the unlimited texting plans offered by carriers like AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless, American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to the Nielsen Company , almost 80 messages a day, more than double the average of a year earlier.
Week 10: Technology Advances, Social Trends
Skype makes chats and user data more available to police
Skype, the online phone service long favored by political dissidents, criminals and others eager to communicate beyond the reach of governments, has expanded its cooperation with law enforcement authorities to make online chats and other user information available to police.
Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/8930/
Social media from Facebook to Twitter have made us more densely networked than ever. Yet for all this connectivity, new research suggests that we have never been lonelier (or more narcissistic) and that this loneliness is making us mentally and physically ill. A report on what the epidemic of loneliness is doing to our souls and our society.
Toshiba ZL2 glasses free 3DTV at IFA 2011 - Which? First look
The new Toshiba ZL2 glasses free 3DTV is one of the first TVs we've seen that actually manages to pull off glasses free 3D
2012 NASA Advanced Technology Concepts Selected For Study
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/aug/HQ12-261_NIAC_Selections.html
NASA's Space Technology Program is turning science fiction into science fact. The program has selected 28 proposals for study under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program.
http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/A_complete_guide_for_brands_on_Instagram_11688.aspx
Instagram is a photo-sharing application that can be downloaded for iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. You can upload a photo from your phone or take one while using the program and then apply a filter to it to make it look weathered, faded, vintage, or enhanced in some way. Photos are confined to Instagram’s signature square shape.
Group E - Individual Resources: Franco Miranda
Week 1: Introductions
1. The Impact of Computers on Society Today
http://www.articleclick.com/Article/Title--The-Impact-of-Computers-on-Society-Today/991514
This website talks about computers and how they have impacted our society. Christoff Genviere mentions that computers are a necessity in homes, schools, and businesses everyday and the tasks of them can range from hundreds to billions of uses. Not only are they great to do homework with word processing tools, they can also hold an unimaginable amount of data onto their hard drives.
2. Juniper Networks Renews Commitment to Internet Society
http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120731006036/en
This talks about the Internet Society, a cause-driven organization that will help provide internet access around the world.
3. How Digital Culture is Rewiring Our Brains
Here is a neat little article about digital culture and how it could change our brains. A recent survey in the US showed that more than half of teenagers aged 13 to 17 spend more than 30 hours a week, outside school, using computers and other web-connected devices.
4. Implications of Computer Use - Computers & Society
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3AMZ9B4954
Here is an interesting video about the computer and the purpose they serve in our society.
5. Heavy Technology Use Linked to Fatigue, Stress and Depression in Young Adults
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-volpi-md-pc-facs/technology-depression_b_1723625.html
An interesting article about technology affecting our society in a negative fashion. Scientists have proven that heavy technology use may lead to depression, stress, and fatigue in young adults. For example, heavy cell phone use may increase in sleep disorders (men) and an increase in depressive symptoms (men and women). This is highly recommended to look at if you are someone who uses too much technology.
Week 2: Privacy and Freedom of Speech
1. Obama Pushes for New Internet-Privacy Law to Protect Consumers
Our president, back in February, proposed a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights to in order to regulate new laws on tech companies invading the privacy of its users. The reason for doing so was because several companies, Facebook and Google to name a few, have both landed in hot water over their privacy and data-collection issues.
2. Repealing Hate Speech Laws is a Dangerous Mistake
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2012/07/repealing-hate-speech-laws-dangerous-mistake
This article talks about how the Canadian government repealed Section 13 of the Federal Human Rights Act, which allowed complaints about public hate or offensive speech.
3. Spam Emails: Android Botnet or Not?
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2406778,00.asp
This article talks about a botnet that has appeared on Android devices that a spammer has taken control of. This story is very recent and has been creating a great amount of buzz on sites like Google and Yahoo!. In fact, representatives from Google claim that the spam did not come from the botnet.
4. Anonymous Picks Up Garbage to Protest Japanese Download Laws
http://www.zdnet.com/anonymous-picks-up-garbage-to-protest-japanese-download-laws-7000000512/
This story comes from Japan, where a group of people from the group Anonymous, retaliated due to the country's law enforcement of illegal downloads. Instead of their usual website attacks, they went on an hour cleaning service in a park and on concrete pavements.
5. 5 Online Privacy Intrusions You Don't Know About, and Should
A very interesting article on some online privacy intrusions we don't know about including the government and the e-Book Reader possibly spying on us.
Week 3: Intellectual Property
1. US ICE Seizes 70 More Websites for Alleged Copyright Infringement
This article is about the U.S. ICE seizing a total of 70 websites selling products that infringe copyright. These sites sold "jewelry, baby carriers, headphones, sports jerseys, language-learning software and other items".
2. Court Recognizes DMCA Safe Harbor in Universal vs. Grooveshark Lawsuit
http://torrentfreak.com/court-recognizes-dmca-safe-harbor-in-universal-v-grooveshark-lawsuit-120711/
This story is about Universal Music Group filing a lawsuit back in 2010 against Grooveshark, a music streaming site that is somewhat identical to YouTube, for supposedly having copies of the label's music in its archives.
3. Will we stop SOPA and PIPA?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRVagQPDh1w
In this video, Anthony Fantano of The Needle Drop talks about the two bills of legislation that were announced back in January, SOPA and PIPA. In connection with the two aforementioned bills, he talks about piracy and how it is affecting music among other things.
4. Intellectual Property Theft Crippling U.S. Business Says Report
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=21634
This article mentions a claim about intellectual property theft and that it is throttling America’s economic growth and the country’s ability to create jobs.
5. Protecting Intellectual Property in the Digital Age
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/aug/05/protecting-intellectual-property-digital-age/
This article talks about how we must protect intellectual property and the various methods for doing so.
Week 4: Crime
1. Computer Hackers Admit CIA and Police Attacks
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/computer-hackers-admit-cia-police-attacks-215201538.html
Two computer hackers from England have recently been charged for cyber attacks against big organizations such as the CIA and the NHS. They had many targets on their list including, but not limited to, Sony, Nintendo, and 20th Century Fox with DDoS strikes (they flood sites with large amounts of traffic). They also had plans to plot attacks with hacktivist groups such as Anonymous.
2. LinkedIn Hit with Lawsuit Over Massive Data Breach
http://www.itbusiness.ca/IT/client/en/CDN/News.asp?id=68020
Last month, a couple of hackers were able to gain access into LinkedIn's database of passwords. Shortly afterwards, they posted about 6.5 million of those passwords onto a forums site. Now, LinkedIn is in big trouble for failing "to meet 'industry standard' security practices."
3. Sparkle
This is a really good website where you can easily volunteer whilst sitting in front of your computer. The nonprofit site uses microvolunteering and with it, you can help the community in fields such as design, marketing, and technology without having to leave your chair.
4. Mobile Apps are New Cyber Crime Attack Vector
http://www.cso.com.au/article/432852/mobile_apps_new_cyber_crime_attack_vector/
Mobile apps are, yet again, targeted for malware and phishing. Because of this, EMC introduced the RSA FraudAction Anti Rogue App Service, which will help to stop cyber crime attacks via mobile apps.
5. Cyber Crimes: Criminals Target Women with Hi-Tech Devices
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/cyber-crimes-criminals-target-women-with-hitech-devices/981431/
This story comes from India and it mentions how there have been eighty thousand cyber crimes, fifty thousand of them targeted at women for some reason.
Week 5: Employment, Education, and Entertainment
1. Jobs: June Unemployment Likely to Be Higher
The article is about the unemployment rate in June to be possibly higher than expected. It goes on to say that this is because of people entering the workforce after leaving school. This epidemic supposedly started back in 2002 of the same month and even since then, unemployment rates have been increasing.
2. China's Premier Warns Employment `Complex and Severe,' Promises Efforts to Generate New Jobs
This story comes from China and how they are promising to generate new jobs with a warning that employment will be "complex and severe." The country's slowdown in employment is because of the government cooling down the inflation and overheated economy a year prior to the news.
3. Revolutionize Education with Project RED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8W4F5B-vZs
Project RED is a large-scale national research focusing on academic results and the financial implication of education technology. This organization will help provide and change education as we see it now.
4. Technology to Blame for High Unemployment?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzyQ8RGMxG0
This is an interesting video by Fox News. It talks about President Obama blameing technology for high unemployment rates.
5. Glu Acquires GameSpy Technology to Expand Connected, Cross-Platform Mobile Leadership
Glu Mobile Inc., a leading global developer and publisher of freemium games, acquires GameSpy, one of the leading providers of technologies and services for multiplayer gaming.
Week 6: Millennium Development Goals
1. The Hunger Project
http://www.thp.org/home?gclid=COnfrN7nrrECFaQaQgodqkMAmQ
The Hunger Project provides reports, speeches, publications, videos, and facts relating to hunger and poverty, giving an insight to the user on what they and THP are all about. Computer users can likewise donate money and when they visit the front page of the site, a chart on the right side shows what the money is spent on.
2. African Child Mortality: The Best Story in Development
http://www.economist.com/node/21555571
This is a very interesting look at Africa looking at some of the biggest falls in child mortality. It also mentions how children mortality is rapidly declining in other countries, more than twice since the early nineteen nineties and two thousands.
3. The Found Generation of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
This article gives out some new information and an update on the HIV and AIDS epidemic. It mentions about forty-four percent of people needing treatment still lack it and overall, the epidemic is not getting any better.
4. Are Electric Cars Actually Bad for the Environment?
http://theweek.com/article/index/216263/are-electric-cars-actually-bad-for-the-environment
This article brings up the long debate about electric cars being bad for the environment and the author proves it for a handful of legitimate reasons.
5. MessageSolution Expands its Global Partnership Network, Exhibiting at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2012
MessageSolution Incorporated extends its alliance with Microsoft global partners and showcases its enterprise legal discovery, information archiving and migration solutions.
Week 7: Evaluating and Controlling Technology
1. iD Tech Camps Bridges the Digital Divide, Allowing Underrepresented Youth to Learn Valuable STEM Skills
This article talks about iD Tech Camps wanting to bridge the digital divide. They are going to do this by accepting people of ages seven to eighteen in their grounds to learn valuable and fundamental STEM skills.
2. Verizon's Cable Deal Would Widen Digital Divide, Lawmakers Say
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/10/verizon-cable_n_1662113.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
This article talks about Verizon and four major cable companies setting up a proposal. This proposal could lead to limited access to high-speed internet due to consumers paying a higher amount of prices.
3. The Role of Technology in Society
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1-iiYRe5KE
This video is a presentation explaining about the role of technology in our society and how it is affecting us negatively. The woman, a female student I presume, makes her point visually by including a cartoon, a couple of pictures, and videos from CNN and an unknown source. She also provides her own voice talking about the negative impact of technology in society.
4. Body Weight Simulator
http://bwsimulator.niddk.nih.gov/
This simulator can aid you in setting a plan, which is to lose weight. All you need to do is provide your weight, gender, and height. Afterwards, you need to choose how much weight you want to lose as your goal and the number of days you want to reach that goal.
5. US Refuses to Hand Over Internet Control to UN
This article could fall under the category of controlling technology. It is about the the United States claiming Internet control and they refuse to give any of it to the United Nations.
Week 8: Risks, Failures, and Responsibilities
1. The 10 Biggest Tech Failures of the Last Decade
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1898610_1898625_1898622,00.html
This interesting find of article discusses the ten biggest technology failures of the last decade. These were brand new technologies that the inventors were sure to be successful but instead became forgettable in the blink of an eye. Technology is involved due to the article's explanations about why these inventions failed to garner critical success financially and with the public.
2. Is Dependence on Technology the Real Threat?
This little article inquires if our dependence of technology is a real threat to us. The article touches on the subject of dependency by talking about mathematics classrooms accepting calculators to do the work of fractions for students.
3. Privacy, Computers, and Consequences
This article talks about the divide between us human beings and the computer and how this could bring dire consequences to our society. As human beings, we are used to people being the primary of many kinds of consequences but if computers come up and take the position, we will fear that the most.
4. Computers May Help Patients Restore Movement After Stroke
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-patients-movement.html
The computer may be able to aid patients in moving their bodies again after experiencing a stroke. They found that after someone experiences a stroke, the signals that recognize the movement of the hands and the body comes from the undamaged half of the brain. The brain can re-route its circuits and doctors believe that technology can help people with stroke damage in the process.
5. Lawyers Have Duty to Stay Current on Technology’s Risks and Benefits, New Model Ethics Comment Says
Lawyers have a duty to keep abreast of the benefits and risks associated with technology. A different change explores lawyer's obligations when they receive receive metadata.
Week 9: Anytime, Anywhere
1. UC Berkeley Joins Online Education Platform of Harvard and MIT
UC Berkeley is now oping to take part in the online education concept started by Harvard and MIT. Joining with edX, the university will offer two courses on the edX website in the upcoming Fall semester. The courses are free but cannot be obtainable for credit. edX, however, is expected to give certificates to those who complete those courses whilst charging them.
2. Some PayPal Users Criticize Antifraud Measures
This article talks about users of PayPal criticizing the company's exaggeration and over-ridiculousness stance against fraud. What I mean by this is that in the article, the website PreRace took in one million dollars in registrations for a huge bike race. Jorge Espinoza, the founder of the website, was pleased by this and was making good business since his site was using PayPal to process credit card transactions. However, the representatives of PayPal saw a flurry of activity on PreRace and under suspicion of fraud, they froze the company's account and told Jorge that they were going to hold the money.
3. Cards and Cash Optional as Stores Welcome PayPal
http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2012/07/cards_and_cash_optional_as_sto.html
This article talks about stores starting to accepting PayPal as a payment option along with cash and cards. This move will give shoppers another way to pay in the checkout lane. The reason why they are doing this is because the representatives of PayPal want to expand out in the offline world.
4. Chase Mobile App for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chase.sig.android&hl=en
The Chase application allows the user to easily check their bank statements and make payments. The user can also deposit a check without having to go to the bank to do so. They can just take a check and a smartphone with a camera device (plus, the application) and once they take a picture of said check, it will be sent forward to the bank directly with little to no trouble.
5. Giles Duley: When a Reporter Becomes the Story
http://www.ted.com/talks/giles_duley_when_a_reporter_becomes_the_story.html
In this lecture, Giles Duley talks about how he was a fashion photographer but he soon gave up the business because he knew he could use photography to tell and share stories. He told three stories to the audience verbally and with provided pictures. He then went on to talk about how he became a story, as the title of the video implies, since he lost his legs and left arm whilst being in Afghanistan.
Week 10: Technology Advances and Social Trends
1. Is There Any Future for the Desktop PC?
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/is-there-any-future-for-the-desktop-pc-1091087
This story talks about the future of the desktop PC being at risk due to the new technological advances that have been happening in the past few years. The internet and social networking are heavily affecting the desktop and in general, it is flatlining in today's industry.
2. 3 New Technologies to Save Firefighter Lives
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/08/02/3-new-technologies-to-save-firefighter-lives/
This article talks about three brand new technologies that will help the safety of firefighters. The technologies listed in the above link each have a respective role in their lives. These range from locating and tracking them whilst inside a burning building to monitoring the pulse, body temperatures, and vital signs of them to make sure they are alright.
3. Self-Driving Car Test: Steve Mahan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdgQpa1pUUE
This video demonstrates Google's new technological advance: a self-driving car for blinded people. A blinded man goes inside the driver's seat of the self-operating car and it runs by itself, taking him to places like Taco Bell.
4. Class-Action Lawsuit Settlement Forces Netflix Privacy Changes
I found this article after I received an email about Netflix possibly exploiting customers' personal information with their viewing histories of television series and films (I was a former customer of the company's service).
5. Internet Pirates Will Always Win
http://www.livemint.com/2012/08/05224031/Internet-pirates-will-always-w.html?atype=tp
The article goes on to state how the downloading of copyrighted material has changed over the years. Copyright holders think that new anti-piracy laws will stop the internet pirates, but others believe that these laws will just make them come up with creative ways to upload and share books, television series, and films.
Group E - Individual Resources: Lucas Chung
Week 1: Introductions
Computer Revolution: The Change in Modern Society
http://voices.yahoo.com/computer-revolution-change-modern-society-2178818.html
This article talks about how the computer revolution has change modern society. It mentions how technology has changed how business works - they need some type of technology in order to function. Teachers how found ways to incorporate technology in to the learning environment.
Internet revolution reaches India's poor
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/world/asia/10iht-jobs.3.7833365.html?pagewanted=all
Computer Savvy Elites reaches out to the poor at their doorsteps to help them find connections to jobs. A large collection of people who can refer each other or any job seeker for a job versus the newspaper or looking out for help wanted signs.
Investing in the Wearable Computing Revolution for Dummies
Wearable Computer technology will be the next biggest trend. As society becomes more mobile,powerful ultrabooks will replace desktops and laptops, eventually leading up to wearing computers. A computer as a watch or Augmented Reality glasses that Google conceptualized and heading that way.
How has Computer Technology Affected our Lives?
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/how-has-computer-technology-affected-our-lives.html
Using a computer brought dramatic change in our daily life. Snail mail is replaced with email as it becomes one of the fastest way to send documents and is cost effective.
Ben Franklin and Today's Computer Revolution
http://www.microsoft.com/issues/essays/1999/10-04change.mspx
Vigorous competition in the technology sector benefits consumers and drives companies to move America's economic growth. Technology is not going to wait for everyone, must as well try to keep up with it.
Week 2: Privacy and Freedom of Speech
Trying to Balance Privacy, Free speech on Internet
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Trying-to-balance-privacy-free-speech-on-Internet-3202437.php
The article above talks about how the definitions of free speech is challenging to apply digitally. Online privacy is not the same as privacy itself. This is a continued debate which has importance as it could affect what we do on the internet.
Facebook to stop following you after log off
http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/facebook-stop-following-you-after-log-120307
Internet cookies helps store information of what you entered in order to cater the site experience towards you. The article talks about how Facebook "follows" you after you log in or log off. They supposedly used the gathered to personalized content for you, but it seems not everyone like this idea.
FTC Calls for Laws to boost Consumer Privacy
This article addresses the motive of the FTC for laws to improve consumer privacy. The FTC is using its powers in order to protect the consumers while Congress works on getting bills into action. Online Advertising agencies are giving users a browser option to opt-out being tracked on their online presence.
F.T.C. and White House Push for Online Privacy Laws
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/business/ftc-and-white-house-push-for-online-privacy-laws.html
The FTC recently accused social media sites - Facebook, Google and MySpace on premises of breaking promises about what consumer information they would keep secret and the rest shared with advertisers. This has made users disappointed about this revelation but the users also need to know that they choose to accept the terms and conditions when using these sites.
Privacy Concerns Abound with Net Neutrality
http://www.simplysecurity.com/2011/10/30/privacy-concerns-abound-with-net-neutrality/
There has been debates and issues that ISPs (internet service providers) modify the data requested by their users to have ISPs content prioritized. Net neutrality's purpose is to remove the restrictions user access to content on the web. But if this is enforced, supposedly as a result ISPs have more freedom to monitor user activity.
Week 3: Intellectual Property
How and Why to Protect Your Intellectual Property
http://www.alllaw.com/articles/intellectual_property/article5.asp
A brief description on how Intellectual Property such as patents, copyrights, and Trademarks are protected.
China and Intellectual Property
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/24/opinion/24fri1.html?_r=1
China has been trying to improve their intellectual property infringement issues, but it has gotten worse.
Samsung copied iPhone, lawyer for Apple says in patent trial
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple-samsung-20120801,0,6090224.story
After Apple launched iPhone in 2007, Samsung also started on smartphone idea in the market with similar design. Apple accused Samsung for copying their idea of the smartphone, which may involve patent infringement issue.
Global protection of intellectual property rights
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/ericjsinrod/2005-05-11-global-ipr_x.htm
In the article on USA today, the USTR (The Office of The United States Trade Representative ) states that there are many countries such as China and ukraine that are experiencing large amounts of media piracy and counterfeit goods and suggests countries to implement more stringent intellectual property laws.
The Real Problem With China
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/business/economy/12leonhardt.html
Intellectual Property theft has caused a serious trading barrier between the United States and China.
Week 4: Crime
Volunteer Telecommuting & Part time Jobs
http://www.flexjobs.com/jobs/volunteer-charity
Here is a site where you will have the option of doing remote volunteer work that could be helping to design a website or remote access a database or even creating graphics. You can also volunteer or do a fundraiser to donate money to your selected non-profit organization.
250K PCs still at risk from Nov. Hacking scam'
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/5-free-tools-to-remove-alureon-dnschanger-malware-241109
About 250,000 around the world was about to have their internet access blacked out or blocked as there was the malicious malware "Alureon" that changes the DNS servers that routes your internet requests. Even if you are very careful about using the internet for online purchases or checking your accounts, things like this does happen but not to this magnitude.
RSA SecurID Cracked
http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/06/securid-crypto-attack-steals-keys/
At CRYPTO 2012 security conference, there were teams of security experts and scientists that were developing stronger solutions to safeguarding of sensitive digital information and breaking securities. One team was able to crack the RSA SecurID cryptographic algorithm. Not everything is impervious.
9 Ways To Prevent Identity Theft By Computer Hackers
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-ways-prevent-identity-theft-computer-hackers-2/
In today's technological age where some people believe the internet is safe because all the websites they access advertised "strong security". The average users should not rely entirely on the websites providers, their internet service providers as they could fail as well. Here is some ways to that is at the user level that can help prevent identity theft.
Medical ID theft: Double danger for doctors
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/08/06/bisa0806.htm
Identity theft isn't just only to regular people, it happens to doctors as well. Medical identity theft and fraud seems to be on a rising scale seeping money from Medicare and other insurance companies, and every day people.
Week 5: Employment, Education and Entertainment
Cisco, School Videoconferencing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmC4PZNbOZw
Here is a Cisco youtube video that shows the benefits of utilizing video conferencing.Education applications of Video conferencing can be remote lecturing of students if they are at home or around the globe, virtual fields trips and real-time collaboration.
When droids take your job
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/28/opinion/la-ed-economy-20111128
There are always new technological advances every year, but now it happens at least three times per year or a lot more. With everyone advances, people who are in the industry need to be able to educate future workers or college students of how the technology works. Education is just not keeping up with technology advances.
The future of higher education: How technology will shape learning
http://www.nmc.org/pdf/Future-of-Higher-Ed-%28NMC%29.pdf - adobe reader required
Technology is enabling learning to more diverse and able to reach different the many different audiences - instructors to students. Technology has become one of the versatile medium that can enhance learning. Using Wiki allows student collaboration as any student can edit, add new information that can benefit everyone.
Tough Calculus as Technical Schools Face Deep Cuts
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/business/vocational-schools-face-deep-cuts-in-federal-funding.html
Vocational training for jobs that operates computerized machinery that solves problems on the fly or create metals parts for aerospace, automotive, defense and medical industries are becoming endangered. For community colleges that provide degrees, certificates, vocational training are facing budget cuts which means students who are interested in vocational work probably won't be able to get the classes.
Supersizing the College Classroom: How One Instructor Teaches 2,670 Students
http://chronicle.com/article/How-One-Instructor-Teaches/131656/
One instructor teaches 2600 students virtually, in person, in an auditorium. This instructor finds the biggest classroom that is the 3000 seat theater. He takes questions both physical and virtual.
Week 6: Millennium Development Goals
Ethiopia Set to Achieve Universal Primary Education by 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/ethiopia-set-to-achieve-universal-primary-education-by-2015-139051809/159579.html Among Africa’s poorest countries, Ethiopia is on track to achieve the goal of primary education by 2015. The Ethiopian government is taking the charge as they want to make sure the children will have the literacy skill in order to survive.
WHO – Ensure environmental sustainability
http://www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/mdg7/en/index.html
In the last decade, drinking water has improved greatly in order to meet the global water target. But sanitation is falling short of the world as more than 2.6 billion people do not have access to a hygienic toilet.
Strengthening the Global Partnership for Development in a Time of Crisis
http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/mdg_gap/mdg_gap_archive/mdg8report2009_enw.pdf
In the event of a global economic crisis, a commitment of resources that is reserve for great need (like after a natural disaster), there will be access to new technologies and affordable medicines.
Football Superstar Marta Visits Sierra Leone to Promote Women's Empowerment
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Football-Superstar-Marta-Visits-Sierra-Leone-to-2329328.php
The World’s top female soccer player Marta Silva, travels to Africa as a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador to empower women right’s and gender equality.
Millennium Development Goals on health 'will not be met'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14974145
Apparently researchers evaluated that only nine out of 137 developing countries will achieve their targets to improve the health of women and children by 2015. But even with that conclusion, the progress of other countries’ progress is accelerating up.
Week 7: Evaluating and Controlling Technology
Is Internet Addiction Real?
http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr00/addiction.aspx/
Most consider this a myth, but many psychologists are now diving in the research on internet addiction. They mention how the internet " is a socially connecting device that's socially isolating at the same time". Meaning someone will gain new technological skills but at the cost of exercising interpersonal skills.
Bring Your Own Device to Work- The IT Dilemma
http://blog.intermedia.net/2012/05/29/bring-your-own-device-to-work-the-it-dilemma/
One of the biggest problems IT Administrators faces or fears is the "Bring-Your-Own-Device" to work. There are significant drawbacks if - the employees uses different operating systems or different phones. Do any of these electronics will have the option or ability for the IT to remote wipe if stolen? Companies that heads this route are looking for ways to save cost on their equipments.
The Influence of Shyness on the Use Facebook
http://peterhbrown.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/shyness-facebook.pdf
A study was done on students from a university in Ontario. The conclusion was with less friends, more time is spent on facebook and most shy individuals preferred avoiding physical social interactions. However, individuals who are not shy still spends the same amount of time on facebook.
Are Free Email services worth it
http://ask-leo.com/are_free_email_services_worth_it.html
Everyone has several different email accounts whether it is Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Mail, MobilMail, AIM Mail and the list goes on. There are good points and bad points of free email. Everyone uses it, it is free and comes with no customer service rep that can help restore your inbox if you trash something.
Evaluating Technology Use in the Classroom
http://www.thethinkingstick.com/evaluating-technology-use-in-the-classroom/
Teachers should start looking into technology as trends has change and the old way of teaching might not be strong enough or to keep students attentive. Including technology can open news doors for students to understand and apply what they learn. Some times lecturing and asking question do not always work. That's when utilizing technology could change the scope of learning in general.
Week 8: Risks, Failures and Responsibilities
GPS satellite system 'close to breakdown' and could fail by 2010 - leading motorists straight into trouble
The GPS systems are old and deteriorating so accuracy gets lowered. There were reports that they needed to send up another GPS satellite or several more to ensure the GPS does not collapse. A lot of technology today, relies on GPS to provide pinpoint accuracy whether it is for a military pinpoint strike or directions to a restaurant.
Bay Area Drivers Could Be Tracked By GPS, Taxed Per Mile Driven
Bay Area drivers may need to watch out somewhere down the road where it might be mandated to attach a GPS-like module to their cars and be taxed per miles driven. So it is a privilege to be licensed to drive but the repercussions of getting license in order to drive a car seems to now be catered to the wealthiest.
When Technology addiction takes over your life
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/when-technology-addiction-takes-over-your-life
In today’s society, we are wired into the computer or technology than only a few years ago. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest and many more sites we frequently go to. But all this sitting at the computer, or the laptop or tablet in front us, has a negative effect on our health.
Technology Industry stresses professionalism and the ‘Cloud’
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20120415-BIZ-204150317
Technology industries have their own bar exams or certifications that technical professionals aimed to pass in order do their job more competent or bringing something new to their job.
Reliability and Service Technologies most and least reliable brands
There are many different technology magazines that always compile a list of brands who excels at reliability, customer service and others who does poorly. Always choose a Japanese car over an American car as history shows how Japanese cars are of great value to drive, own and maintain. However, American car makers have been catching up in the last few years.
Week 9: Anytime, Anywhere
Paypal Here Takes Aim at Square
http://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/mobile-payment-platforms-paypal-vs-square.html
The trend now is moving toward is mobile payments as many consumers are now owning smartphones and shopping. By taking out the merchant that most retailers partnered with, the transaction fee per swipe is on the customer, not the business. Extremely useful at dinners when people are attempting to split the bill with multiple cards. Just have them all pay you, and you pay the restaurant.
Big Data goes Green
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/07/big-data-goes-green?page=all
Cloud computing is currently the big trend companies are moving towards too. Many companies’ utilities or carbon footprint is high because there is too much equipment that has that is not fully utilized. Cloud comes where servers units can be cut back and everything can be run in virtual machines (within a server can run x amount of virtuals PCs depending on RAM).
Remote Workers: Here’s how companies manage them
Working Remotely from home is or has been a trend for IT jobs and expanding further more just technology companies. Most of the time, employees can work from home as long as they get their work done and stay accountable. The benefits of remote working are very appealing to people as it helps save cost on gas and maintenance.
16 Predictions for mobile (technology) in 2012
http://gigaom.com/mobile/16-predictions-for-mobile-in-2012/
There are always predictions of upcoming trends that will attempt to change society for the best or worst. The latest advancement of technology will push the competition to one up each other to take the market. Windows and Android tablets will be out to dethrone the apple iPad from its seat in the market.
How AT&T can create a fat nationwide 4G pipe to match Verizon’s
http://gigaom.com/2012/08/03/how-att-can-create-a-fat-nationwide-4g-pipe-to-match-verizons/
If AT&T can complete their 4G LTE pipeline, they would have to buy the entire Wireless Communications Service spectrum in order to supply a nationwide 20 MHz LTE network. Verizon is already ahead of AT&T with their netowrk and if things go as plan, Verizon will have a second network. With these new networks, consumers will able to get the coverage that they needed as well the data in this current age.
Week 10: Technology Advances, Social Trends
New life in Africa for old PCs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/4685645.stm
Old computers are giving new life in Africa where they are first professionally cleaned and refurbished before going out into the Wilderness. The Computer Aid International deploys computers into developing nations where owning a computer cost a year’s wage.
Researchers use Nanotech to make Cancer 3 Million times more detectable
Scientists at Prince University have come up with a breakthrough in nanotechnology and medicine that will allow doctors early detection of illness at treatable stages. This will greatly help in detecting early stages of cancer of different forms.
The future of computing power – from DNA hard drives to quantum chips
Computer memory has grown exponentially in capacity but it is coming close to its physical limits. As chips reduces in size, how it stores data becomes in capacity diminishes. Smaller size means there will be drawbacks and large amount of heat emanating from the chips. DNA computing or storage seems to be a feasible attempt with nanotechnology as more research goes in.
Smart Materials – Design & Technology
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/electronics/materialsrev5.shtml
Smart materials are a possible upcoming advancement in material technology or engineering where the properties of materials can be changed by an external condition. Conditions could be the temperature, light, pressure or electricity. Transition Lenses in eyeglasses are a form of smart material as the lenses darken depending on the amount of UV rays that hits it.
Why Smartphones are the future of social networking
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jondube/2012/05/08/why-smartphones-are-the-future-of-social-networking/
Social networking is popular activity with smartphones users as they access Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, Foursquare, Tumblr and much more. With social media on the smartphones, users can get off the chairs of their computers and see the world while checking in in Foursquare while at the same time keeping their bodies actives.
