Thursday, December 4, 2014
TWIF Flattener #9 - In-Forming
Use one of the current events sources linked at http://svhs-hwc-spring2015.blogspot.com/2014/12/approved-sources-for-twif-current.html to find a recent news article that relates to, supports, or refutes Friedman's assertion that in-forming was a "flattener." Your comment should include the title of the news article, a link to the article, and a summary of the article including an explanation of how the article relates to this point. Don't forget to check your rubric for evaluation criteria!
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"Language Translation Tech Starts to Deliver on Its Promise"
ReplyDeletehttp://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/language-translation-tech-starting-to-deliver-on-its-promise/
This article explains how Google is promising to update its translation app for phones, allowing it to translate 90 different languages and it will be able to analyze which language someone is speaking and translate it into another. The writer of the article mentions how he was using this technology while talking to a Colombian man on Skype, comparing it to some kind of miracle. He writes that "the single biggest thing that separates us — our language — had started to disappear." This article is saying that the world is becoming so flat with the use of in-forming technology, such as Google, that people speaking completely different languages can understand each other and respond to each other as if they are both speaking the same language. The main barrier that separates individuals from each other is slowly dissolving.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/30504264
ReplyDeleteSkype users to get real-time language translating tool
A new version of Skype was recently launched in which people speaking different languages can talk to one another and have their conversation translated. The translation is almost instant, which makes it very efficient. Microsoft has been working on this project for about ten years. In December, they were able to test it by taking a classroom of kids from Washington and a classroom of kids from Colombia and having them ask one another questions. Currently, the program is only able to translate between Spanish and English, but it will eventually offer a wider variety of languages. This relates to the ninth flattener because it involves how the internet removes boundaries, allowing people to communicate and work with each other despite geographical issues.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/01/12/376086934/your-online-avatar-may-reveal-more-about-you-than-you-think
ReplyDeleteYour Online Avatar May Reveal More About You Than You Think
Friedman's 9th flattener discusses in-forming. Through In-forming, anyone can type in a name and find out crucial information about a person. In this article, a student from York University began a study that involved avatars from the popular gaming console, the Nintendo Wii. For the Wii, the player creates an avatar to display what they want to look like. By the portrayal of the avatar, the creator reveals a high amount of information involving mostly their openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
"You are what you Google searched" http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/12/16/you-are-what-you-google-search/
ReplyDeleteIn flattener number nine, Friedman talks about in-forming. In-forming is about self collaboration and allows people to search what ever they want to learn about. In this article I researched I learned that Google learns not just who you are but what are your fears. People search things in Google that they would never ask a person themselves. From things such as, medicos advice, what to wear on a first date, midlife crisis, and how to travel alone. Google knows our secrets no matter how hard you try to keep them secrets. Future generations will be able to trace our interests just by looking at what we look up.
“Google and Fidelity put $1 Billion into SpaceX”
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/technology/google-makes-1-billion-investment-in-spacex.html?ref=technology
The ninth flattener mainly discusses the use of search engines and how it expands the usage of all of the Internet. Friedman discusses how people can now entertain themselves with just the press of button. Movies became more often pirated than enjoyed in the theater. Search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN Web Search are continuously trying to expand the accessibility of the Internet, which “flattens” and connects the world together. The article from the New York Times is discussing how Google plans on expanding their company, and making the Internet more accessible to people all over the world. Their plans consist of establishing new satellites that will put themselves into space, and provide internet connection, along with many other things, to people everywhere. This plan began a “bandwagon”, and many other companies have been interested of doing something to this extent. Google’s plan relates to how search engines can expand internet exposure and create connections for the world.
"Google Hopes to Take the Web Directly to Billions Lacking Access"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/business/google-hopes-to-take-the-web-directly-to-billions-lacking-access.html
Friedman's ninth flattener is in-forming. Friedman talks about how anyone with internet connection can look up whatever they want whenever they want to. One major website that allows people to do this is Google. Millions of people use Google to search the internet and now Google is trying to expand even more, so that more people will use it. According to the article, Google is investing $ 1 billion into Space Exploration Technologies. This could give Google an opportunity to put its devices in space. Google believes it can spread its services to "underserved" parts of the world to ultimately expand their business and give more people the opportunity to use their search engine.
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ReplyDeleteLost goods found thanks to tracking programs
ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/lost-goods-found-thanks-to-tracking-programs/2011/05/16/AFnCeu7G_story.html
A major flattener of the world is the ability to receive information from virtually anywhere. One of the avenues in which you can receive information is in GPS technologies. Many apps have now been created, the one I know is Find My iPhone, which enable you to find any stolen or lost devices. Find My iPhone only works in apple products, but enables the owner to get its location and either send a message to it or delete all the data on it. Other applications like Prey are installed on laptops to prevent them from being stolen. It allows you to track your device down and see what is happening on it. GPS technologies not only help us find our way, which was how Friedman discussed the technology, but also to find our lost items.
The ninth flattener discusses in-forming and how people rely on it heavily. It mainly focuses on the use of search engines and how people self-teach on topics they wish to know about by in-forming. In the article "Network Routers: A New Proposal to put Education research into practice," this article discusses how kids do not use their brains to fully comprehend a situation anymore. Relating to in-forming, teenagers and kids, are now trained to research things right away when they do not know the answer. While this helps, and gets people to understand things, it has also trained teenagers and kids to not want to actually use their brains to think about a certain subject. Instead of taking an extra five minutes to think about the question that they are presented with, people begin to google instantly to get the answer. Therefore, they are constantly in-forming and not actually thinking about problem solving.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/06/03/network-routers-a-new-proposal-to-put-education-research-into-practice/
DeleteHow Google Works
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/books/review/how-google-works-by-eric-schmidt-and-jonathan-rosenberg.html
The ninth flattener has to do with in-forming. This is when a person goes online and can search something up to learn more about it. Search engines are how in-forming can be accomplished. One of the main search engines is Google. In the article that I found it shows a review and summary of the book "How Google Works". The review goes in depth, and adds details to Friedman's idea about how these search engines work. Both Friedman and the article talk about the business part, and how to start the search engine.
There’s no such thing as privacy on the Internet anymore
ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/07/28/theres-no-such-thing-as-privacy-on-the-internet-anymore/
Friedman's ninth flattener called in-forming is where people expand their knowledge through the use of the internet. This article shows how much information we give away when we are browsing the web. When you are using the web the browser stores cookie data which tracks trends with what websites you have been on. With this information of what websites you have been on cookie data can do things like give advertisements on other websites with products related to your search history. A lot of information could be found out about a person by just using cookie data. This article shows how in-forming can be partially invasive of your privacy, but this cookie data is good for companies because it gets people to buy their products through these personalized advertisements. Friedman's belief that the world is flattened by in-forming is both supported and refuted by this article by showing how it can be good for business but bad for privacy.
"Cut that Link"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.economist.com/news/business/21602239-european-court-justice-forces-google-remove-links-some-personal-information-cut
Friedman states that the ninth flattener is called in-forming. This is being able to use the internet to find out information. Some people use in-forming to find out personal information about people they may or may not know. The article I found is about a court case between a man with personal links on the internet, and Google. The man asked Google to take down links that led to a newspaper published years ago, that had information that may mislead some readers. In the end, the judge decided that Google had to take down these links because of the out-of-date information. This article refutes Friedman's statement about in-forming being a flattener because information on the internet may not always be accurate or up to date.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/peter-chapman-admits-usin_n_489674.html
ReplyDeleteSerial Sex Offender Admits Using Facebook To Rape And Murder Teen
In flattener 9, the author describes insourcing as a way to get any information on the internet from details of a friend to research of a project. Freedman explains how having all this information can be dangerous. There are a lot of bad people in the world, and they could use the information on social media to cause harm to people. An tragic example of this is a case where Peter Chapman, a 33 year old male, used Facebook to lure Ashleigh Hall, a 17 year old girl, and rape and kill her. He used a false identity and age to trick young girls onto his private chat room and arrange to meet them. Facebook tries to put in protections to prevent things like this from happening. However, the article states "tens of thousands of registered sex offenders have been able to slip through the cracks in security."