Tech Article 5/13

Google Tilt Brush: New way of painting!

• New app to revolutionize the way of art
• With the swipe of a digital brush users wearing a HTC Vive headset, 3D strokes of anything can be made
• This has the ability to drive change in the fashion industry, as people can paint with textured fabrics, like denim, silk, cotton, or even leather
• The app has become a plaything for a select group of artists in Paris earlier this year
• Designers can flesh out their own creations, to make it a reality
• You can share your work with others across the world. 

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Tech Article 5/6

Brazil overturns the block on WhatsApp!

• A judge has ordered WhatsApp to be reinstated across Brazil
• The app will be blocked for only 72 hours
• A regional judge on Monday ordered all telephone operators in Brazil to block WhatsApp
• It was blocked for failing to turn over data as an ongoing drug trafficking investigation 
• The app ceased to function that afternoon, frustrating Brazilians who use its Free-calling service regularly
• It will be reinstated once operators are notified by the judge's decision

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Gandhi 5/5

Mahatma Gandhi always spoke spoke about how much better the world can be without the act of violence throughout the face of the globe. The world would be brought into a light, the light of justice and harmony, where no horrific acts will be committed, but peaceful doings would better all generations throughout time. My desire is what Gandhi had desired his entire life, peace, and nothing but peace. Our world would be an astonishing place without the tremendous amounts of violence. The way of violence corrupts out life, and I hope one day that this corruption will ceased to exist in the not so distant future.

My life goals is end up in the big league, the dream to make it one of the largest stage in some people's careers, the NBA. If I manage to find myself in the NBA, I would do whatever it takes to better both my society, and all other communities throughout the world. I want to be able to produce an organization to help the issues in thew world, I want to end world hunger, I want to stop violence, I want to bring peace to all nations. This dream is a mile away, I know, but if I work hard day in and day out and take it one step at a time to make this dream a reality.

Tech Article 4/22

Comcast will let you replace your cable box with an app!

• Let you bypass the cable box and get Xfinity service directly on their television sets or streaming devices
• Will serve up live TV and on-demand video
• Just as Comcasts X1 cable boxes do
• Customers who use this app save up to $10 a month equipment fee they would otherwise have to pay to rent their set box
• This app is similar to the apps currently available on smartphones and tablets, which Comcast says have been downloaded 23 million times.
• The new app more closely mirrors the experience you get from your cable box 
• They're expanding the availability of its services to mobile gadgets and smart TVs as customers increasingly use those devices for media.  

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Tech article 4/15

Verizon workers go on strike

• 36,000 Verizon workers had walked out of verizon on Wednesday
• Largest strike in the US since 2011
• Verizon has outsourced 5,000 jobs to workers in Mexico, Philippines, and the Dominican Republic
• They're now hiring low-wage, non union contractors for Verizon
• Verizon continues to make record profit, but only from wireless business
• The company says it saved $300 million in employee costs in 2015
• Over time, there profits have increased up to 9% ever since from last year
• Verizon has thousands of non union workers that are trained to cover the spots of the workers on strike for emergency reasons. 

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W-R Wikipedia Page Findings 4/11

1. Principal is not Dr. Sue DeNobile, it is Mr. Petrucelli

2. Different amount of students currently enrolled in Wood-Ridge Highschool

3. Different amount of people from Moonachie attending Wood-Ridge Highschool today

4. Different amount of students eligible for free lunch

5. School has a different ranking since 2012, when ranked 176th in the state of 328

6. Ranked the school 101st in the state in 2008, which is different from today's current state wide ranking

7.The school was ranked 143rd in a magazine in 2006 out of only 316 schools in the state

8. Grades go from 7-12th grade

9. Different number of student to faculty ratio

10. No longer the lone secondary school, there is an intermediate school as well

Tech article 4/8

Amazon's Echo Dot packs the soul of the Echo in a smaller way!

• Amazon has made a voice controlled Echo speaker, and decapitated it
• The Dot includes a small speaker for the usual communication, which isn't really meant for music
• If you have a Sonos speaker with an AUX connection, you can turn it into an Alexa speaker
• If the Echo and Echo Dot can hear both people, you'll be treated to cacophony of weather reports
• The soul of the Echo remains in the Echo Dot, but only comes in a small size
• Music is capable of being played like from Spotify, Pandora, etc.
• You can call an Uber or set an alarm with the Echo Dot, without even touching it. 

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