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  September 20 marked the release of the iPhone 5S and 5C, the newest generation of Apple’s flagship product. The new 5S features include increased speed, a higher quality camera, and a fingerprint sensor, making it the most technologically advanced iPhone yet and giving it huge potential for what it will be able to do. The 5C was released the same...
In an ever-evolving world of major and influential technological advancements, schools, especially Jesuit, have evolved to adapt such technologies through implementation of services like Moodle. However, many students are largely unaware of another helpful service called Dropbox, which eliminates the need to manage and maintain previously used methods like jump drives and e-mail. These methods of transferring files between two...
Is the government really banning TikTok? Last month, the Trump administration announced a new wave of executive orders seeking to limit the administration of the People’s Republic of China’s access to American data and electronic information by attacking two prominent apps, TikTok and WeChat, both of which are made by Chinese companies, ByteDance and Tencent respectively. The restrictions set by the...
Reddit has been a place where communities come together to share their opinions/expressions about various topics. It is one of the more underground social media platforms where you can find discussions from years ago about the most random, oddly specific topic. But no one has really given the platform as much credit as it truly deserves, especially with the...
Is Snapchat what it used to be? The newest update of Snapchat has triggered millions of user not only in the United States but across all social platforms around the world. Snapchat decided that it would be a good idea to completely change the new design of its software and many are wondering, "What the heck Snapchat?" Basically, the new update has...
Apple's reign as America's most popular cell phone manufacturer has gone unchallenged for too long! Two years ago, I decided I could no longer live the mainstream life. Two years ago, I made the dramatic leap from the iPhone 5C to the Android S7. As I was incompetent when it came to my new phone, there was definitely a little trauma the...
"iPhone!" some students shout. "Android!" others exclaim. "Windows Phone!" I yell. The rowdiness of the students transforms into chirping of crickets. The following article expresses my opinion on the most unfortunate phone on the market. For the past few years, society has regarded Windows Phone as "the bad guy" in the mobile device industry, and it's easy to see why. The...
This is a conversation between me and a machine learning programmer. I find machine learning fascinating, because for the longest time, humans have been the most clever creatures on the planet. It seems we've finally found a suitable partner in computers when it comes to numerical calculations, and machine learning can help humans answer questions they could spend lifetimes...

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