Google Facial Recognition

On the surface, it operates pretty much identically to Facebook's facial recognition technology, Photo Tag Suggest. Find My Face scans users' and their friends' photos for recognizable faces, and suggests nametags for the faces by matching them with users' profile photos and other tagged photos on the social network. I think this is a neat idea, but it could be bad for people who do not wish to be pointed out.

The Powerbag

The powerbag is a bag designed for a person to carry and be able to charge their electronics in on the go. The bag can go for more than a week at a time retaining most of its charge. On a single charge, it can completely fill about two small gadgets -- a phone and iPod, for example. The bag includes three standard-size cords, including one that works with iPhones and iPods, and another that charges BlackBerrys, Mi-Fis and many Android phones. An iPod can be tucked into one zippered pocket while a BlackBerry can go into another, each filling with juice simultaneously.There's a conspicuous button on the front of the bag for checking the battery's charge status. The Messenger Powerbag costs about $140, same as the backpack, and is sold at some big electronics and office supply stores, including Best Buy and Office Max. RFA also produces bags with bigger batteries for about $40 more. I think this is a really neat thing for when you do not have your chrager on you or time to sit at one place while your waiting for your phone or gadget to charge.

Thanksgiving Apps for Your Phone

Here is a list of the apps and a brief description of what they do.
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: It provides a complete list of participants in the parade, along with their marching order, a history of the event and traffic camera video that shows more views than just those available on TV. If you happen to be in the crowd, it offers info like a detailed map, nearby dining spots and, perhaps most importantly, the location of public restrooms.
The Proffesional Chef:From the Culinary Institute of America, Professional Chef is designed to maximize what the tablet computer can do. There are tons of recipes and there are also instructional videos with Culinary Institute chefs, discussion boards, nearly 750 photos and the ability to highlight and make notes on your favorites.
Thanksgiving Coloring Book: Kids will be able to do virtual finger-painting that won't leave a mess all over the dinner table. There are 60 colors to choose from to paint turkeys, pumpkins, pilgrims and the like. You can shake your device Etch-A-Sketch style to start over and, when you're done, save your child's master work to a gallery or share it via e-mail, Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr.
Turkey Plucker: Promising "realistic feather-falling action," this free, touch-based game makes "Angry Birds" look like "Civilization V" in terms of complexity.
T.G.I. Black Friday: T.G.I. Black Friday helps you find more than 10,000 advertised Black-Friday deals from major retailers like Best Buy, Target and Sears -- in some cases before those ads appear elsewhere.The app lets you create a personal shopping list, receive notifications when new deals you may like appear and even share deals with friends on Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
It's also set up to let you find online deals -- a plus for those of us reluctant to leave the house.
 * I think these apps will be fun for those people that they are available to. Its a nice new twist on a holiday for people with smartphones!

Dangerous Batteries

Apple said the batteries in Nanos sold between September 2005 and December 2006 could "overheat and pose a safety risk." This particular problem has been known about for several years now, and was the target of an investigation by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry in 2008 after claims were made that sparking units were causing fires and leading to minor burns. Apple later began a replacement program in Japan, and on a case-by-case basis elsewhere. It is ridiculous that it has not been fixed by now. This could be a potential civil suit. People should have been receiving burns from a battery. Apple should apologize.

Glad Im Too Poor For An Iphone

 According to a notable computer security researcher, a bug in Apple's mobile operating system allows hackers to take control of iPhone and iPad apps, using them to steal people's photos, contacts and even send text messages without the device's user knowing about it. Charlie Miller, a researcher at Accuvant and one of the world's best-known Apple hackers, discovered how to do this and is letting Apple know so hackers with bad intentions are not able to do it. Apple was alerted 3 weeks ago to th problem and stated they are working on a way to fix the problem. To me, this is scary to know that someone could be hacking my private pictures and texts and calls in my phone. Nobody has a right into my things like that. Hopefully Apple gets this problem fixed and fast.

How old is old enough for Facebook?

According to a study, a vast majority (95%) of the parents of 10-year-olds on Facebook were aware when their child signed up for the site, and 78% of those parents helped create the child's account. I feel like there is too much drama and too much room for bullying on Facebook that children that young should be allowed to have an account. Facebook is set up so that you have to be thirteen to have an account and I believe you should be atleast that old before you are allowed to sugn up. I do not agree with these parents decisions.

Nextdoor: Facebook for neighbors

Nextdoor is designed to help neighbors connect and communicate online about important information, services, and goings-on in their specific communities. Its like facebook for communities. I feel this is a great idea. Neighbors never really talk or communicate anymore, but I think it is nice to know the kind of people I live by and interact with them.

Blackberry Outage

An October 10 failure at a data center caused outages in Europe and elsewhere. The outage spread over the next few days to Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, Latin America and North America. Full service was restored on Thursday, according to the company. The company is offering apps, not cash, as payback for the inconvenience that customers endured. These apps include:
* SIMS 3
* Bejeweled
* N.O.V.A.
* Texas Hold'em Poker 2
* Bubble Bash 2
* Photo Editor Ultimate - Ice Cold Apps
* DriveSafe.ly Pro
* Drive Safe.ly Enterprise
* Nobex Radio™ Premium
* Shazam Encore
* Vlingo Plus: Virtual Assistant

More are supposedly being added for free later. I believe blackberry should just give people the money they owe them. What if the people are not interested in any of these apps. Then they are out of luck and that is not fair to those people. The people that do want these apps can just use the money they receive to buy them. Blackberry should be doing better than this.

Downloadable Comics

At the New York Comic Con this week, Archie Comics will reveal its next step in the digital frontier. In spring, the company will bring back its line of superhero characters in a subscription model that will offer an original six-page story and access to an archive of past adventures.
For people who love comics this great! You can now download any one you want and stay tuned into all the new comics they come out with. Some of the comics are free, which is AWESOME, and some cost, but hopefully not too much!

Cyber Bullies

So some people seem to think it is OK to bully people online. Some think that because it is not face to face it is completely fine. Well, it is not OK or fine. People who get off by being mean to others are just very insecure of themselves. That is their only way to make themselves feel better. In a recent poll from CNN, more than 50% of students say they have been bullied online. I do not see the point in putting others down. It is mean and very hurtful. And these people who do it anonymously are more cowardly than a bully with a name. If you can not say what your thinking or what your opinion is without being OK with your name attached to it, then you obviously should not be saying it. Why would anyone in their right mind want to make someone feel bad about themselves or not want to go to school or be seen or maybe make them feel bad enough to not want to be in the world anymore? There is something seriously wrong with people who think it is OK to treat someone like they are not human like them, or treat them like they are under them.

Should cops be able to go through an arrested person's phone?

In California a law may be passed to keep police officers from going through anyone's phone that they arrest. They will have to obtain a warrent to look through the phone. I think this is a good law because what is in my phone is none of an officer's business. If they can get a warrent to search my phone then I prolly have things on there i shouldn't anyway so then I would deserve it.

Bad or Good Facebook move?

      
       Facebook will automatically group your friends based on whether they live near you, went to your school or work with you. You can read posts or share updates with specific groups instead of dozens, or hundreds, of "friends" at a time. Facebook will use the colleges, workplaces and geographic locations that users share on the site to organize people into groups. Called "smart lists," the feature is optional to use, and the lists are customizable.
        I do not like this idea. I feel if you do not want certain people seeing something you did then u probably should not be doing it. or you should just start caring less about what those people think about you. Its sounds like it may be a pain to see verybodys posts and updates at one time this way and it will be very annoying having to change how easy facebook is to you.

MacBook Air as a knife!?

Apple's ultra-lightweight laptop computer has become the star of a few bizarre online cooking videos in recent years, with the latest showing the pointed edge of the contoured laptop being used to hack up carrots, apples, baby corn, mushrooms and even shrimp.
So who would ever want to try to hold a lap top and chop something up? I do not think this sounds very safe. Plus it has to be awkward manuvering it that way. If the MacBook is that sharp then count me out on getting one.

Google fired their chief executive

Good or bad move? I am not sure. They say at first she was met with high hopes and people liked her, now that they have had her in office they say she has not helped Yahoo one bit. the sales after people found out they hired her went up. So in my oipinion people just may not have made the right chioce to begin with when hiring her.