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Current Event in Technology
**Instructions:** Your assignment today is to research and summarize 3 articles about issues in our nation, our state, and/or our town dealing with technology using the Internet. When you perform a search and summarize, you must be careful to write it in your own words.

For each of the current events, you need to follow these steps: For the first article, go to www.usatoday.com or some other site that posts daily world events and find an article of interest about something that is going on in the world. You may also choose to go to a network news site such as www.msnbc.com.
 * Include the name of the article.
 * List the author's name
 * Create a link with the articles URL for the chosen current event article.
 * Write a short summary (6-7 sentences minimum) of what you learned from the article.
 * Answer all of the required questions in detail.
 * Complete sentences are required for your answers.
 * Make sure that your answers are in a different (easy to read) color font than the questions.

For the second article, go to www.ksl.com or another state paper and find an article of interest about something that is going on in our state.

For the third article, you can choose to do an event from the world, state, or city. If you choose to do our city, go to www.sltrib.com or www.deseretnews.com (can search by town) and find an article of interest about something that is going on in our town.

Article #1 - World Current Event
Article Title - =Wish list for new iPhone: Big screen, wireless charging = Author - Jefferson Graham

URL (create a link) -

@http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/04/03/consumers-wishlist-for-new-iphone/2049439/ Summarize your article (6-7 complete sentences). This article talks about several interviews with ordinary people in Los Angeles. With the rumors of Apple coming out with a new iPhone in the summer, Graham asks iPhone consumers in Los Angeles what new features they want in the new version of the iPhone. One man said that he would like to see a better GPS system with better graphics in the iPhone. He believes that the iPhone is "falling behind" in technology compared to its competitors like Android. A police officer that was interviewed said that he would like a bigger screen that is "comparable to the Galaxy". Another woman interviewed had a list of new features that was wanted but one that stood out to me was wireless charging. This would definitely be a neat and amazing feature. The iPhone would almost never run out of battery power if this feature is available and installed.

What did you think was the most interesting part of the article? (2-3 sentences) The most interesting part was the imagination or creativity that these consumers had. The "wireless charging" feature fascinated me and I have never thought about it before. If this unique feature was is installed into the iPhone, the new iPhone will never run out of battery power. How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? (2-3 sentences) This current event affects my life because this new iPhone might be a phone that others and I may use in the future. This current event affects my life negatively because this article shows you how dependent we are to technology and that this technology makes who we are today. We are "glued" to this new technology and we can't live without it.

Article #2 - State Current Event
Article Title - Teen developer releases sequel to popular 'Bubble Ball'; game Author - Mary Richards URL (create a link) - @http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=24643624&nid=148&title=teen-developer-releases-sequel-to-popular-bubble-ball-game Summarize your article (6-7 complete sentences). This article talks about a Utah county teenager, who recently created a sequel to the original "Bubble Ball" game app. Robert Nay is a 16 year-old, who created the "Bubble Ball" app that reached the Number 1 spot in the App store back in 2011. Today, he just finished creating a sequel of his original game. Nay programed 30 new levels in this new sequel during after school hours for 2 months. This new game app is called "Bubble Ball: Curiosity". A cool fact is that the article mentions is that Thanksgiving Point hired Nay to create this sequel to try to raise money for the Museum of Natural Curiosity. This article also talks about some of Nay's background. Nay created his own website in 3rd-grade and he started the "Bubble Ball" app after a friend of his told him to try programming his own game app. What did you think was the most interesting part of the article? (2-3 sentences) I thought that it was cool that he was hired by Thanksgiving Point to create the app. I don't think that many people get this unique opportunity especially at the age of 16. How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? (2-3 sentences) This current affects my life in a positive and a negative way. It's positive because this app may become an app I get and enjoy. This can be negative because if I do like it, I may be addicted to it and it will distract me from things that are important.

Article #3 - Your Choice
Article Title - Monday Tech kick start: Highlights from weekend

Author - Nancy Blair URL (create a link) - @http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/04/08/monday-tech-highlights/2062173/ Summarize your article (6-7 complete sentences). This article was just a summary of new technology that was previewed during the weekend. They first talked about Xperia Z tablet from Sony. It mentioned that it can stay under water for 30 minutes. It's also rumored that it's the same price as Apple's iPad. This article also talks about wearable technology that is coming in the near future. This wearable technology would be Google's Glass and Martian G2G watch. This Google Glass is computerized eye-wear. The article says that on one of the lenses, it will look somewhat like a smartphone screen and that the lens will have smartphone capability. This G2G watch that was previewed over the weekend, uses Bluetooth and it can be used to talk to iPhones as well as Android phones. What did you think was the most interesting part of the article? (2-3 sentences) The most interesting part of this article was the new wearable technology that is going to hit the market in the near future. The technology that we have today will not only help us in our daily lives but it will also become a fashion statement. How does this current event affect your life? Is the change positive or negative? (2-3 sentences) <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This current event affects my life in both positive and negative ways. It affects my life positively because technology is even more accessible and it makes our lives a lot easier. It affects my life negatively because this article shows you that our generation might be getting too dependent on new technology.