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Social Bookmarking

1. 1.What's another way you can organize and store information on your computers?
2. I can organize and store information on my computer by using a flash drive or folders on my computer.   
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4. 2.What have you learned from researching the above topics? What do you know now about those current events that you didn't know before?
5. I have learned about different events that are happing in the world that I didn't know about. I learned about the Nigeria school kidnapping. I had no idea there was a kidnapping of two little girls until I read the articles about it. 
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7. 3.What are other social bookmarking apps/websites?
8. The other social bookmarking apps/websites you can use are Tizmos, Speedtile, and Quicklinkr. 
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10. 4.Will you continue to use social bookmarking?
11. I will continue to use social bookmarking because it really helped me keep my articles in different folders and when i needed a certain article I would type a key word in and it would pop up right away. 
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8 Overlooked Useful YouTube Tool

The web 2.0 tool I chose is Youtube tool. The subject I would use it for is web 2.0 and the teacher is Mr. Porfido. The other class I would use it for is Biology and the teacher is Ms. Sistarenik. I would this for editing videos and embedding them into my blog. If you have to do a project on putting together videos you can easily go to the tool and it shows you how to put together videos and cut some parts out that you don't want.  

Tech Article 5/9

Soon on Hulu: Ad that lets you order pizza

Just when you thought it couldn't get any easier to order  pizza. Later this year, the streaming video service Hulu will serve up a Pizza Hut advertisement that allows viewers to order a pizza right within the ad. The process is that Pizza Hut's online ordering system with Hulu's advertising system. This thing can start to become more common as companies this idea into consideration. Click here for more information.  

Do Now 5/7

After reading this article, I have to more careful when I post things online because the world can see what you are doing and where it is happening. I agree with the profanity has to stop, if your out with your family don't ruin the day by cursing. I never post or retweet profanity or my family will murder me! Anyways I would have to  take things more seriously when it comes to posting something on the internet.

Discussion Questions

1. Why did you select the sites you subscribed to? I selected the websites I subscribed to because I would like to read about them.

2. Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them? It was easy if you knew what you wanted to subscribe to, but if you didn't know what to subscribe then it was harder to find a website with a RSS feed.

3. Which sites were your favorites? One of my favorite sites were the New York Giant news, because I love the team and I would want to learn information about them. Another favorite site was hairstyles because it's a good website to learn different types of braids, hairstyles, etc.

4. What else can you use RSS feeds for? You can use RSS feeds for checking if the teacher posts something you can check it out.

5. How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future? If I found a website that I would want to keep reading I would probley find its RSS feed and save it to my personal folder.

Tech Article 5/2

If you're using Internet Explorer and click on the wrong link, a hacker could hijack your computer.




Microsoft is racing to address a weakness in its popular Web browser that security experts at FireEye revealed over the weekend. The researchers discovered that hackers have exploited the bug and created a new type of attack. This is how it works: Hackers set up a website that installs malware when you visit it. If you're duped into visiting the website while using the Internet Explorer program, malware seeps into your computer and gives a stranger total control. You might not even notice. rer bug lets hacker control your PC. "I'd say someone taking control of your computer is just the beginning of the worst case scenario," said Adrian Sanabria, a security expert." Then they steal your info, get access to your email, etc." Click here for more information!