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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Tech Article 4/8

Self-cleaning laundry may be on the way!

• Researchers in Australia say they found a way for material to alter fabric 
• This is to have the stain disappear in after a few minutes
• They dip the fabric in a unique solution that coats it with microscopic copper and silver particles.
• This is able to remove any types of stains
• The researchers discovered that the coating continued to eat away at stains, even after 15 washes
• Stain-resistant nano technology clothing has been found to stop working after one wash
• Bottling it up and selling it in the form of of one step detergent is one option

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Tech Article 3/18

Nike unveils HyperAdaptive auto-lacing sneakers!

• It's called the HyperAdapt 1.0, which has been announced in a Nike Innovation in New York in 2016
• When you step in, your heel feels a sensor, and the system will automatically tighten 
• There are two buttons where you can loosen the shoe on the side
• Will be available in 3 or more colors this holiday season
• Gives athletes the ability to quickly make adjustments to fix the shoes to the proper fit
• No prices have been officially made about the HyperAdapt 1.0

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Do Now 314

If I had an invisible cloak, the first good deed I would want to accomplish is entering every bodies home and doing all of their difficult choirs that must be completely by the end of the day. I feel that it is absolutely necessary to help others, not for publicity and fame, but for the feeling that someone else's life is somewhat better knowing that they don't have to ache themselves trying to complete their choirs. Choirs such as washing the dishes, mowing the lawn, or even folding the laundry. The ordinary tasks would be done thanks to me and my invisible cloak.

In addition, with my invisible cloak, I would wash many people's cars just so that they can be able to drive with a clean and clear view. When having these clean cars, the people will not have to worry about seeing the road because how dirty their vehicle is, now that I have aided them. I want to help them for the greater good. Without my invisible cloak, I would not be able to do any of these actions.