090816WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/7/12758236/apple-iphone-7-announced-features-price-release-date

http://fortune.com/2016/09/08/apple-headphone-jack-gone/

http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/09/08/india-petition-seeks-to-ban-pokemon-go-for-insulting-hindus-with-virtual-eggs/

http://fortune.com/2016/09/08/super-mario-iphone-nintendo-shares/

http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/8/12845470/pokemon-go-plus-release-date

http://www.businessinsider.com/pokemon-go-plus-launches-september-16th-2016-9

http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/09/08/india-petition-seeks-to-ban-pokemon-go-for-insulting-hindus-with-virtual-eggs/

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090616WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/samsung-to-recall-galaxy-note-7-smartphone-1472805076

http://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/mobile-phones/samsung-tells-australians-to-turn-off-galaxy-note7-smartphones-investigates-fire-reports/news-story/a72cf15c06d057542d0e495449f3a8bf

http://fortune.com/2016/09/06/samsung-apple-galaxy-note-quality/

http://www.newsmaritime.com/2016/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-one-best-smartphone/

http://www.i4u.com/2016/09/115086/pokemon-go-tracker-fastpokemap-adds-new-features

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/duke-nukem-3d-everything-you-need-to-know-about-th/1100-6443306/

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dmac

090116WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/08/30/orders-apple-pay-billion-back-taxes/oaLN7x4oyFEXLtquYemqhO/story.html

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/08/30/why-ireland-doesn-want-take-billions-from-apple/42tVdPW2I6TLZzFq4WGCVJ/story.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/technology/apple-tax-ireland-tim-cook.html

http://www.wired.com/2016/08/apple-rest-silicon-valley-avoids-tax-man/

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dmac

083016WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2016/08/30/why-pope-francis-may-be-meeting-with-so-many-tech-ceos-2/

https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/29/niantic-is-unbanning-some-pokemon-go-gamers/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2016/08/30/samsung-galaxy-s8-leak-powerful-dual-lens-camera/#54f995c13b4e

http://www.androidheadlines.com/2016/08/frozen-samsung-galaxy-note-7-dropped-100-feet.html

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dmac

082916WarmUp

Welcome to another year of GrokIt!

GrokIt originally appeared 7 years ago. While teaching at RHS, I conceived it as the digital equivalent of the Do Now or activator you may be used to other teachers giving to you to start the class.

Interestingly enough, I believe the blog has taken up a much more important role in my classes.

I envision using GrokIt as a hi-tech portal to get you and your energies focused on the class topics of the day by hyperlinking around the net to:

•discover state-of the-art technologies

•bump into some engaging topic

•just enjoy a fun and interesting website.

My hope is to try to kindle a spark of interest in computers and technology.

After all, the World Wide Web and everything in it was created by software developers, computer programmers, web designers, all kinds of techie people of which you are the next generation.

I also want to create a class community, a public forum from which you could express your opinions and see the opinions of others about these topics.

So here's today's GrokIt.

One of my favorite sites is Wired. Check it out @

http://www.wired.com/

Pick one article, read it and leave a comment.

dmac

061616WarmUp

The last GrokIt of the year:

http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/09/technology/minecraft-microsoft/

http://bgr.com/2016/06/16/oneplus-3-vs-galaxy-s7-edge/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2016/06/16/this-leaked-feature-makes-the-samsung-galaxy-s8-sound-worth-waiting-for/#4ed569699ce8

http://bgr.com/2016/06/16/oneplus-3-vs-galaxy-s7-edge/

http://www.cnet.com/products/microsoft-xbox-one-s/

http://www.wired.com/2016/06/warcraft-and-the-future-of-blockbusters/

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dmac

061516WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

http://www.tapscape.com/microsoft-surface-phone-to-feature-high-capacity-storage-that-could-replace-your-laptop/

http://mashable.com/2016/06/15/facebook-suicide-prevention-tools-india/#.OOsD64KbPqs

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/technology/net-neutrality-fcc-appeals-court-ruling.html

http://thenextdigit.com/29393/harley-electric-motorcycles/

https://www.wired.com/2016/06/lilium-electric-personal-jet-concept/

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dmac