Tech Article May 20, 2011

Lady Gaga is teaming up with Zynga to creat a new game called GagaVille, a spin off of FarmVille. The new game will launch on May 17, 2011. People who visit GagaVille will get to listen to unreleased songs from Gaga’s new album Born This Way before the CD hits stores on May 23, 2011. When you play Words with Gaga, a game inside GagaVille, you’re entering yourself in a contest to win tickets to see Lady Gaga in concert. To get the full abum, Born This Way as a free download, you need to purchase a Zynga giftcard at Best Buy before you play.

Organization

On my computer, I use different folders to organize my documents, music, pictures, etc. For example, for school, I have different folders for my essays, projects, and homework. I label the folders by subject and teacher. Within the main folders, I have other folders that help me organize my work. I use a hierarchical system on my computer. A tag is a keyword that helps you locate things on the internet. For example, you can search the word Bieber on Google and it brings up a list of websites. Google Docs and Gmail use tagging. Social Bookmarking is a method for Internet users to share, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web resources. Two examples of social bookmarking would be Facebook and Twitter.

Tech Article April 29, 2011

Will the Royal Wedding break the Internet?

When Kate Middleton and Prince William get married on Friday morning, the Internet is going to be filled with pictures and videos of the event. It is possible that all of this uploading could cause major websites to shut down and some networks might stall. It's not definite that this could happen, but their is a very good chance it will. Major websites might crash because of a traffic flux. The one thing that might save the major websites is the fact that the wedding is on at 4 A.M in the United States and most people won't be awake at that time.

Tech Article 4/15

When playing trivia games at restaurants and bars, you aren't allowed to use your phones to Google to search the answers. Now, there's a trivia game that lets you use Google called A Google A Day. The search engine offers a daily quiz question that will get harder as time goes on. The answers will be printed the day after in the New York Times above their crossword puzzle. The purpose of this trivia game is to get people to use the Google search engine more and see what capabilities it has.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/04/11/google.trivia.game/index.html

Podcasting

What is a podcast?
A podcast is a series of media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication.

Why do people create podcasts?
People create podcasts for entertainment, informational, and educational purposes.

What are your experiences in creating podcasts?
I have never personally made a podcast but I have listened to them for school when studying for tests.

What tools can help you create a podcast?
You can create podcasts using programs like iTunes and Audacity.

What topic specifically would you like to create a podcast for?
I'd like to create a podcast on a trip I took with my brother.

Tech Article April 7, 2011

On Wednesday, Toyota and Microsoft announced that they are teaming up to create an advanced digital information and communication system for the Japanese automaker's cars. The partnership will be deploying telematics in Toyota Vechiles. Telematics is communcations in cars such as GPS. The best known telematics services are OnStar and General Motors. One important feature Toyota and Microsoft are adding onto their approach at telematics is that plug-in electric cars can "talk" to each other which has rarely been seen in cars.

Spring Break Plans

During Spring Break this year, I have softball almost everyday. I'm hoping that the weather's nice though so I can at least get a tan. Hopefully, I'll have a day off so I can go to Six Flags with Alani.