Apple, Google, and Microsoft: weakening encryption lets the bad guys in

    Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Twitter, Facebook, and 56 other technology companies have decided to stand together to reject calls saying that the encryption would be exploited by the bad guys. The encryption is security used to stop criminals from getting information on people and stealing their identities and getting people's bank account numbers and draining their bank accounts.  The Information Technology Industry councils chief Dean Garfield said "weakening encryption or creating backdoors to encrypted devices and data for use by the good guys would actually create vulnerabilities to be exploited by the bad guys, which would almost certainly cause serious physical financial harm across our society and our economy." Security experts have said that a man is crazy because he thinks that encrypted messaging apps should be banned.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/23/apple-google-microsoft-weakening-encryption-back-doors

Virtual Reality is a reality

Samsung has partnered up with Oculus have developed their own take on virtual reality with the Samsung Gear VR. Virtual Reality has been an idea that's been around for a while always a futuristic idea. And now their are companies making these things now but none have had too much mainstream success, maybe because of pricing or lack of features yet but now Samsung wants to try and hopefully will have a breakthrough that can bring the virtual reality world to the level that everyone has always wished for.


http://www.cnet.com/news/samsungs-new-virtual-reality-ad-makes-it-look-astonishingly-real/

Computers are learning our emotions

A student at a college in mass is trying to create a computer that can read emotions. Be able to tell when we're happy, sad, angry. He's starting off with 7 basic emotions but hopes someday it will grow more. Of course with different regions people's facial expressions when they feel one emotion might be different. We all express emotions on our face, everyday, all day, without even thinking twice of it. So many people are working on this, trying to develop it more.  Can you imagine, a computer actually knowing how you feel? The freaks me out a lot. Computers are getting more and more smart, will they outsmart us?




http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34797189

If you've ever wanted to spray paint something with your phone as a contro.... Well here's your chance. A new device has been made that you can hook up to your phone, allowing it to control the paint. So you take this pice, and put it over the nozzle of the spray paint, select the picture, and go to town.

http://gizmodo.com/computer-controlled-spray-paint-lets-you-print-graffiti-1740003049

Companion. Theresa a new app called companion that will let your friends virtually walk you home. This app is available for android and iPhone. Basically it uses your location services, and then you type in where you're going. You then send it to some people I your contacts on your phone, and even if they don't have the app they can see how far you've gotten. There's two buttons, a "I feel nervous button" which allows you to anonymously report the areas that you feel unsafe in, and the the "call 911" button. The 911 button allows you to call police when needed, but it isn't the type of button that you can accidentally hit, it'll ask you to press it again. Once you've arrived at your destination, it'll send another message out to your friends saying that you have arrived safely.

https://www.google.com/search?q=companion+app&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS605US605&hl=en-US&prmd=anvi&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAoQ_AUoBGoVChMI9MjTv--FyQIVhW4mCh3wrAg6#imgrc=w9pQX2kFBX_-_M%3A

Tech giants come together to make Lobbying Group

Tech giants Apple, Google, Amazon and others have come together to make a lobbying group. Their focus is integrating new technology in financial services as well as increasing fraud protection and increasing convenience in financial service for consumers.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/11/03/apple-amazon-google-others-join-forces-in-finance-technology-lobby-

Why drivers may not like new Gadgets in cars

Sometimes technology does more bother to us when it tries to make life more convinent. In a recent article by the huffington post (found here http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/andrew-tai-/new-car-technology_b_8437666.html) drivers outline why they do not like new technological features in modern cars. They go on to outline three main reasons, firstly because most features like surfing the web and built in apps, are just redundant when people can just do that on their phones with less hassle. Other reasons are that some safety features can actually be distracting when trying to drive and most drivers would chose to leave them off. Lastly these parts can be expensive, things like brake sensors, those things that are suppose to brake you car before you hit something, can be damages easily and can cost thousands of dollars to repair.

Blog post hendo 2.0

Hendo 2.0 is the latest model of a hover board. Yes like in the movie Back To The Future II in 2015 there are hover boards. They have a retail price of $10,000. This is just the start, being able to invent something that you can ride and not have to touch the ground and being small and convinent is amazing. Imagine what people with be able to invent next, maybe a hoverboard that works exactly like the movie and maybe even other types of things that hover and then cars and stuff could start flying like planes.