Text 911

1. You can text 911

2. 911 text messaging service coming in 2014

3. CNN

4. The following article is about a very interesting invention that is being created. This creation will allow people to text 911, in case of an emergency! This invention shall be up by 2014.

5. I honestly think that this is rather interesting! Most Likely this will be a very beneficial invention, though, I also believe that upon it’s release it will backfire. Let’s just hope Microsoft, and apple are not responsible for the distribution... or else this invention’s meaning will become useless. Now, this event affects me, because if some killer were to come into my house, I would just text 911, and not have to call. That.. would be amazing.

6. This event impacts the world, because people everywhere will not have to take a risky call with 911.  People would usually have to call 911, and that would reveal their location to killers, or burglars. Think about it! With this invention, lives could be saved and criminals easily captured. So, therefore that is how this invention impacts the world.

Samsung Galaxy top phone

1.IPhone sales drop

2. Samsung Galaxy S III dethrones iPhone as world's top seller

3.CNN

4. This article is about the new 'IPhone killer' This phone the Samsung Galaxy, has topped the sales of the IPhone. Also in this article, they speak of how this phone will continue to grow. Android will over power apple.

5. I find this article interesting, because I myself have an IPhone 4. Now, that Android has come out with such a phone, that it tops the selling of the IPhone. It means that apple will most likely have to decrease their prices. Lower prices on the new phones, mean myself can get a newer model since Apple will worry that the IPhone may become so unpopular. That's why I believe that this could be beneficial to those who would like and  IPhone but cannot afford it.

6. This event impacts the world for one main, and huge reason. Apple is one of the top electronic companies in the world. Their phone, the IPhone is one of their most popular products, now that it has been outdone all people who invest in the Apple stock share, as well as work for the companies will most likely have to get a pay reduction to makeup for lost sales. So, that proves that unless Apple can come up with an amazing new product, which is highly unlikely since the IPhone5 recently came out, the sales will continue to plummet... and Android will take over. Making new phones that are similar to the Galaxy. Which means, Apple will soon become bankrupt or something of that nature.

Scemes and Scams

This week in introduction to publication, we went farther into a familiar aspect. Scamming. Yes, we have already gone over this once, but we learned a lot of new things. Some of these are terms.
The words are as follow.

Scam- An attempt to trick someone, usually with the intention of stealing money or private information.
Scam, it's quite a simple concept. So, it's Swindling, or tricking. These happen all the time.

Photo of car whose license plate was stolen, taken by myself. I own all rights to the photo. Photo was taken using an IPhone4.

Identity theft- A type of crime in which your private information is stolen and used for criminal activity.
Examples of this would be the stealing of Social Security numbers, bank account information, your license, your license plate on the car.

Vulnerable- in a position that makes it easier for you to be harmed or attacked.
So, this means that you're an easy target.

Phishing- When people send you 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.
Those who phish, are the telemarketers of the internet. Evil little trolls they are.

Some things to look out for when sorting through your email inbox, which I can guess that you don't do often.

Those little trolls that phish, will look for the following information.

• Social Security number
• Bank Account Information
• Your Email
• Mother's Maiden name
• Credit Card information
• Your full name
• Date of Birth
• Place of Birth
• License 
• Passport number
• Account numbers

If you end up falling for one of these tricks, you may end up in jail. Which, I'm sure is not a fun place to be, Just saying.

Some amazing tips to help prevent you from opening these scam mails. Just opening them can result in you contracting a virus :O !!!!!

• Avoid opening the message or mail in the first place.

C'mon people, this here is just plain ol' common sense.

•  Don't click on any links or download any attachments; They might contain viruses, or spy ware.

You're all to blame if you're dumb enough to do this, I mean seriously! When someone sends you a picture on a website or on social media. What is the thing that they always say? 'Don't open files or download media from people you don't know.' They don't say that just to say it. 

• Don't reply

Now, some of you might not have known this. If you reply to the message or mail. It proves to them that you are an active users.

• Mark junk mail or Spam  for email provider, or report to your social network site.

Reporting, hello. It was invented for a reason! Use it!

• If you're concerned about an account you have with a company contact them. 

This is about the whole false credit card emails, or bank emails. They tell you straight up. 'We will not ask for your personal information.'

Negative aspects for this? I have no idea, because they are tips to help you from being scammed. So, no negatives.

There are many positives though.  This helps you, yeah. I bet if you never knew about one of these things... Odds are I'm correct.

Now, this will greatly influence my actions online because these are tips. Yep, tips help not harm. Simple logic. Unless they say 'tips on how to screw up' or something like that. They help you.

I now know what to do when I encounter spam mail.

In conclusion, my week has been well. Except for a few problems with clothing myself. Yes, clothing myself. Believe it or not, I have worn a shirt upside down this week, and backwards. I can't tell you how proud I am of those facts! Well, let's just say I'm a little special.

first week in lsb

With the beginning of the week, it marked our final week following plan B at Gaston Early College High School. The week conisited of many events, those consisting of our weekly current event, a new web 2.0, and a new digital literacy component.

We also took notets, and with the new week came a new set of terms:

Track, target, demographic, and cookies.

To make things clear. Yes, we have had target as one of words before, but in this case it is different.

Track: When companies collect information about you based on your
online behavior.
Target:When companies tailor content to you based on the information they have collected about you.
Demographic: Common categories of the population, such as age, gender, and race. 
Cookies: Data files that are stored on your computer when you visit certain sites, which are often used by companies to identify repeat customers and personalize visitors’ experiences
 
Knowing these words, we as a class watched several videos about how people track our information.
After watching them, we went out and discovered a new web 2.0 tool. That tool is, to put it simply a digital scrap book.

 My Mixbook project is below.

| Start your own Photo Books | Create custom Christmas Cards

There are many great things about this tool, there is the fact that it is very interactive. You can take picture off of your social media sites, and take all of your things and incorporate them into this scrapbook. One of the best things about this though, is the fact that after you are finished with it. You can order it!

I myself believe that, that is pretty amazing.

As far as cons go, there is nothing really wrong with Mixbook in my opinion, but there could be some improvements so to speak.

With sizes and such, there are to many limitations. I think it would be a wonderful idea to make it even more personal. Other than that, there is no need for improvement.

Now, our digital literacy componant this week was not online, but we took notes for it instead.


The main focus of our component was what are the benefits and the risks of search engines limiting your opitions when you search.

The Benefits are:

ADS- less clutter, comapanies target those who are interested

SEARCH- personalized, saves time.

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Risks-
ADS- viruses, spyware, malware, hackers, and less choices.
SEARCH- multiple users, and limited.


As far as praise goes, these are very helpful tips, and they could help those who are not technology savy.

Negatives, there arn't any. These are tips, something that are designed to help you... not harm you.

Now knowing these things, I will be able to increase my chance of being safe online. I also know in what ways I can prevent my computer from recieveing viruses. Overall, my week has been great! We even moved into our new school building which I was really excited for. Now the teachers arn't going to walk us to class, and the fact that we don't have to walk outside is another plus to being in our building.

photo of man and children, http://www.flickr.com/photos/40645538@N00/179279964, photo taken: June 5th, 2006

Halo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. Halo 4

2.Web series builds anticipation for 'Halo 4'

3. CNN

4. This article is about how the new Halo game has been released.  Other aspects in this article that are covered are: What’s new, and what happens in this game. Also what differences there are.

5. I am personally very excited! I’ve been waiting for this to come out, and now that I know what changes are being made... I’m even more stoked! The fact that they are making this interactive game into a linear game, makes me wonder how it’s going to work. Now, this event affects me because I’m a hardcore gamer. Halo has always been one of my favorites. I also thought, that after reach, they were not going to make any more Halo games, so I’m going to have to get it!

6. This event impacts the world in multiple ways. Just like many videogames Halo is increasingly popular. After the release of Reach, it has attracted many fans. Also, the fact that the game was shot as a movie, will probably make it even more popular. Even Feldman had things to say about the game"For the hardcore fans that have played the games, read the books, read the comics, have the consumer products, and are fully intending to dive into 'Halo 4,' this is very much an additive experience,"  (Feldmen)  This statement of his, goes to show how popular the game is. Another way to tell how the event impacts the world, is the fact that video games are an universal experience.

Need for Speed

1. Need for Speed most wanted

2.Need for Speed: Most Wanted Vita developed by Criterion, includes extra content

3. Shacknews

4. This need for speed game, is a new installment for the well known games. Unlike the other games that this game was played on, this one is for the Playstation Vita, and Playstation 3. One thing that makes this game different opposed to its handheld counterparts. Is the fact that in this version of the game, there are additional features that were not in the original games. This game released yesterday October 30th 2012.
                      
5.With this, I am excited that this game is coming out! I own a lot of the need for speed games, and this just is amazing to put it lightly. The release of this game affects me, because I’ve played these games since Need for speed:Underground came out back in 2004. Also, now that today is halloween all of the gamers will be either A:Taking children trick-or-treating, B: Handing out candy. The odds that they will be in line, are less than what might have happened. The line, will also be shorter since the game is not as popular as Madden, Legend of Zelda, or Pokemon. So, now knowing this, I will be able to quickly get the game.

6.This event impacts the world, because Need for speed is a very popular game. The fact that it just came out, will cause stores worldwide to sell out and gain a major profit. Also, gamers since the game came out the day before halloween. October 30th, Gamers would know to go ahead and either A: Preorder the game, B: Go get the game, regardless of it being halloween. With them now knowing this, those who are unaware will not be in line waiting for the game, and those who are aware will be able to get the game in half the time it would’ve taken. Therefore, this is how the event impacts the world.

Week before halloween

With the beginning of the week in Introduction to Publication we have done a variety of things.
Starting with a change in schedule.

The change being, we completed yet another section of the infamous Digital Drivers License. Unlike the others, this one was stressing online safety and who a person is online.

 Over all, this week's digital literacy component was alright, though there is the fact that I believe a large portion of the questions were opinionated.

Which confused me greatly, other than that minor problem. I had no difficulties what-so-ever.

 With the videos this section had, I was able to learn things about safety and who I am online.

 Since I my self play MMORPGs, and RPGS.

On there, as a normal safety precaution I never have my avatar share characteristics with myself.
For example, My avatar on DeviantArt is the same as my Google avatar.
The differences between my true appearance will be listed:

Photo belongs to myself. created at: Faceyourmanga

• I do not have elven features, such as the ears.
• My hair is not cropped, it is almost waist-length 
• My eyes are not blue
• I do not have a tattoo on my face, nor anywhere on my body.

As the week continued on, we had watched a film and discussed more about avatars.

To help us learn about them, we copied down some definitions:

• Avatar- Image or graphic that represents you online.
• Persona- Image  or personality that you portray to others.
• Anonymous- Hidden identity.
• Inhibited- Being careful or restrained about your actions or impulse.
• Represent- How you present yourself to others.

Knowing these terms, we viewed multiple photos of people and their avatars.
We listed multiple differences and why we think they changed their appearance, and made themselves look differently online.

We then, took the new knowledge and applied it in our web2.0 tool this week. Which was Glogster!
My glog is below.

On the glog, we were told to give 5 tips to staying real online, and keeping yourself out of trouble.

With Glogster, it is a fabulous tool! I absolutely love it!!!!!
I've used it since seventh grade, and I was shocked at how much it had improved! It is great for projects, and presentations.

There are really no flaws with this program from my point of view, it is super simple and fun to use!

Now, by knowing these things. I now will watch what I say online, because it could really screw my future up. For many reasons, but with knowing this I might still make my avatar look different from my true appearance, for safety reasons.

Overall, My week was wonderful and I enjoyed learning about these things, since they were quite interesting!