Article Review: Google Glasses

Summary

Google Glasses is the next big thing in technology. It's a computer with a camera. It records everything you see and hear. The price is going to be really high because it's new technology to between $1000 to $1500. There are some interesting questions a comic focused on, such as will people feel uncomfortable if they are being recorded every time they speak to someone with Google Glasses.

Main Concept

• Technology - Google Glasses show an improvement of technology each day. In the past, computers are a room big. Now only a pair of glasses can be nearly like a computer itself.
• Human Ingenuity - Human ingenuity and creativity made creating the Google Glasses possible. The human mind is very fascinating in the way it works. Imagination is endless and limitless. It takes cleverness to actually make the Glasses.
• Facility - The Google Glasses will facilitate everyday life. Newer technology is made to help make life easier for us.

Advantages

• Once it's released, Google Glasses will become a trendy thing. Having it will make you up-to-date with today's technology and will be considered cool.
• It will make life easier and safer for you in a way. It'll record every conservation you had and people wouldn't want to mess with you.

Disadvantages

• The high prices makes it not affordable for people who aren't rich. Not everyone could afford it. So we'll have to wait for the price to drop.
• Even though it increase our security because people wouldn't want to be recorded if they bully you, but you will be more prone to robbery. Google Glasses are just expensive glasses. They are easy to take off of you. Thieves might steal them from you.

Questions

1. Are the Google Glasses really useful? What are the functions of Google Glasses that makes it a must-have thing?
2. Will Google Glasses become popular and used by many or will it just be a trend that quickly dies away?

Sources:

Haslam, Oliver. "Humor: The Truth About Google Glasses | Redmond Pie." Redmond Pie RSS. Redmond Pie, 26 Feb. 2013. Web. 25 Mar. 2013. <http://www.redmondpie.com/humor-the-truth-about-google-glasses/>.

Article Review: Stats on the Internet

Summary

In one second
- 1,633 tweets published on Twitter
- 2.8 million emails are sent
- 333 tumblr posts are made
In one minute
- 694,445 searches on Google
- 600 videos are uploaded into Youtube, which equals over 25 hours of videos
- 320 new twitter accounts are made
In one hour
- 10.5 million pictures uploaded to Facebook
-780,000 apps being downloaded on iPhone
- 4,200 new domains are resgistered
In one day
- 2.4 billion Internet users, which equals to 1/3 of the population of the world
- 98 years worth of Youtube videos uploaded
- 172 million people visit Facebook
- the world spends 133,333 years online

Main Concepts

• Time - In a short amount of time, so much changes in the Internet and is constantly changing every second.
• Value - So many people spend so much time on the Internet and time looses it's value from being constantly wasted in the Internet.
• Statistics - Statistics helps us look from a bigger point of view than just as a user.

Advantages

• Reading this article will help us learn the value of time. We would often waste our days on the Internet. By seeing the stats, we reflect on ourselves as one of the billion users posting on Facebook, or wasting time on Youtube.
• The article amuses it's readers because i is easy to read (Infographic).

Disadvantages

• This shows that people spend too much time on the Internet.

Questions

1. Do we really need to spend that much time on the Internet? Is the time we spend just for working or for playing too? If for playing, why don't we spend some time offline.
2. Does the Internet makes us value our time lesser, by spending and wasting away countless hours?

Sources: Bennett, Shea. "What Happens On The Internet Every Second, Minute, Hour And Day? [INFOGRAPHIC]." - AllTwitter. Mediabistro, 28 Feb. 2013. Web. 18 Mar. 2013.

Article Review: Tackk

Summary

There are so many tools available for creating presentation, such as PowerPoint, Prezi, Voicethread, etc. There is a new tool called Tackk. The editor on the right side allows you to customize how the section looks. You can add heading, information, and medias. When you're done, you will be given a URL that links to your presentation. You can give this URL to others and they can access your presentation right away. You can select whether to let others be able to edit it or not (view only). Trail expires in 7 days. If you create an account, it'll never expire. You have to be 13 and older to have an account.

Main Concept

• Creativity - All presentation tools are made to make presentations more creative and interesting.
• Advancement - Tackk and other tools shows the advancement in technology. New tools are being created to facilitate and make presentations fun.
• Presenting - Tackk and other tools are finding new ways to present information (not just powerpoint). They are trying to make the presentation attractive and easy to understand.

Strength

• There is no need to email it or use a thumb drive to send your powerpoint to others.
• Your group member can edit it and you can see the changes without transferring it through email or thumb drive all over again.

Weakness

• Children under the age of 13 should be able to make an account in Tackk too.
• Tackk is just like the other tools used to present; it's too similar to be that much help.

Questions

1. What are some other creative ways to present aside from making a fancy powerpoint presentation?
2. What can you suggest Tackk to include in their list of functions available?