Diary of a Digital Detox – What did a media professional learn from his experience?https://t.co/mUE8xMq28M
— RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 22, 2019
I have my classroom media literacy students do an electronic media cleanse as their first homework each semester. And they just need to make it for a day.
A couple of stories today about both iPhones and Androids:
Apple bringing back larger-screen MacBook Pro, creating iPhone Pro models w fancy cameras, refreshing iPads.https://t.co/2vp2ybaWMJ
— RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 22, 2019
‘The scale of the problem is enormous’: Apple flexes strong anti-tracking stance https://t.co/cnxixOeZMc pic.twitter.com/fVRxO9NbeW
— Digiday (@Digiday) August 21, 2019
Google debuts new Android logo, kills off fun dessert-based software revision names, goes to boring numbers. (OK, going from ‘Oreo’ to ’10’ is probably a good idea, but it isn’t any fun…)https://t.co/1RfZRD1UGP pic.twitter.com/qXMCCLRzqC
— RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 22, 2019
#SmartSpeakersAreCreepy example number 589 – Hi, Alexa. How Do I Stop You From Listening In On Me? – The New York Times https://t.co/j5xKFwpmip
— RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 22, 2019
Smart speakers are the creepiest. Do you really trust giant corporations to be listening to every word, every sound… coming out of where you live? Not me.
When a Facebook “joke” looks like an actual threat: 'Storm Area 51' event pushes Rural Nevada county to declare emergency https://t.co/eboBQNGcZa
— RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 22, 2019
So there was a joke group set up on Facebook to have a giant crowd of folks storm the gates at secretive Air Force base Area 51. But what if some people actually show up?
And finally, your Distracted Boyfriend meme of the day:
This whole Area 51 thing was a huge deal a few weeks ago. I found it so random how people just started to become obsessed with the idea of storming the place. Everyone was talking about it all over social media, but I have not heard much about it for a while. I thought the whole idea was stupid to be honest.