By Lauren Beach
Staff Writer Apple has released the new iOS 12 updates on September 17, 2018. The Update is to add features to Apple devices. Apple has yearly updates, along with smaller updates throughout the year for fixing bugs and security. It appears in settings under general, as long as you have an Iphone SE and newer you can update your phone. Many people are excited for the new sticker feature. While texting you can send photos, now you can add stickers to your photos adding more emotion. There are also apps that you can download to your phone, adding other cool stickers. People are using it a lot already. Apple also released new Animoji features, Which are only available for the Iphone X and newer. They added 4 new characters, t. rex, ghost, tiger, and koala. They also released a brand-new feature called Memoji, this allows you to have an Animoji with your personality and mood. You can also record for up to 30 seconds. Later this fall, Apple is releasing a new feature allowing users to facetime with up to 32 people. Apple did change the layout of facetime making it more modern and fuller screen. Everyone is excited to be able to facetime with so many people. You can facetime with all of your friends in one call!! “The new facetime will be awesome when it comes out," Eliza Appleyard says. The notifications are grouped together now. Your lock screen will be more organized with the groups of each notification, you can click on it to show more and click again to only see one. This makes it easier to see what's important at a glance. One of the most helpful features is Screen Time. Parents who may want to limit the time their children spend on their phones are now able to. A local mom states “My kids spend too much time on their devices, I want them to be off and spend more time with our family.” You can see how long you have been on your phone, and you can click on your bar that shows you what you've done that day and you will see more information on what you've been on and how long. Apple also released a measuring app. The app allows you to measure anything virtually. It uses the camera and adds instructions. “I think the measuring app is useful because you can measure things without a ruler, but it is bad because you can only measure close things and it takes a long time,” Amalie Odegaard explains. By Kaylee Dunleavy
Staff Writer On september 12 Apple announced that they were taking another leap in the area of iphones. The new iphone Xs and the Xr have now been released for pre-order on the apple technology website. Since the new phones are so similar to the previous iphone X there are mixed emotions surrounding this breakthrough in technology. Apple has launched the new phones on september 12 2018. Both of the new iphones have two different sizes the Xs is 5.8 in and the Xr is 6.1 in. Apple inc operations has said “ This is the smartest, most powerful chip in a iphone”. “No oher phone is like iphone." The iphone Xs has a new neral engine and performance controller meaning that the new phone is 50% faster in graphic performance 15% faster in performance cores and 50% slower in power usage. This database is the exact same to the iphone Xr, so what's the difference the main difference is the size in the two iphones. Another big difference is the liquid retina in the Xr is and advanced LCD this allows the screen goes all the way into the corners. When did this all happen? The phones were launched on september 12th the Xr is going to be open for preorder on october 19th 2018. Doesn't it seem like the iphone X was launched just yesterday well pretty much the iphone X was launched on November 3 2017. It's been a little more than a year since the X was launchd. Apple has been keeping pretty bussy. All of apple phones including the Xr and Xs have been developed in U.S.A California. Most of the manufacturing happens in China while the rest of it takes place in Germany. The new phones are so similar to the last iphone X that some people are sceptical of why it is being manufactured. A LJHS student explains to me that “ I think that apple should wait to gets better phone and not spend money on other similar phones because its a waste of resources." Another student believes that apple “ needs to grow their business… but they have been really rapid firing phones over the past few years”. Apple seems to be making new models every few months! They launched the iphone 8 on september 2ed 2017, Iphone X on November 3 2017 and now the iphone Xs on september 12 2018 and the Xr October 19 2018. No one knows when apple will drop their next phone is it next year or next month. Image by pcmagazine.com By Kayla Krueger
Staff Writer On April 1st, 2016 at the Keynote event, Apple introduced new steps that are being taken for the iPad. Apple eagerly introduced the iPad pro, coming in two different sizes. One being 9.7 inches, and the other being the biggest iPad created, at 12.9 inches. All of these iPads will be available in four colors, black, silver, gold, and rose gold. “We believe that iPad is the perfect expression of the future of personal computing,” explains Tim Cook on the new iPads. The two new iPads have many new added features based off of some of the suggestions made by previous iPad users. According to Apple, the 12.9 inch model of the iPad Pro has the best resolution out of all of the IOS products. Apple is also introducing “True Tone Display” which adds 25% more color saturation, and allowing the iPad’s brightness to adjust to the room’s brightness, and the temperature of the screen display to adjust as well. These models of the iPad Pro are also 40% less reflective than previous models of the iPad. Also introduced at the keynote, the iPad pro features four speakers on each of the corners of the iPad. Finally, the iPads are equipped Apple’s A9X chip, a M9 coprocessor, and up to 10 hours worth of battery on one charge. Apple claims that the two new iPad pro models are even faster than a laptop. “Customers have really fallen in love with the new iPad pro, in the six months that it’s been on the market,” explains Phil Schiller. Apple has also engineered many new add-ons to the new iPads, like the new keyboard, and introducing the Apple Pencil. This allows the user of the iPad to draw, shade, and discover many new art mediums with the iPad. “Let me be completely clear: this has been the best digital drawing tool there has ever been,” explains Christopher Phin. The Apple Pencil also has remarkable battery life. For instance, the user can get up to 30 minutes of use on the pencil within just 15 seconds of charging the pencil. Apple surely has raised the bar with the new iPad Pros, and all of the new add-ons to enhance the use of the iPad. For more information on the iPad, please visit http://www.apple.com/ipad/ Image by wikipedia.org By Christian Hopchas
Staff Writer Anonymous may want to start a civil war with the USA. Anonymous members claim that the United States is violating the constitution. Anonymous was created by “hacktivists”. Anonymous was founded on the belief that any person could be a part of anonymous, as on 4Chans website there is no registration needed nor do members need to be a certain age, and anyone of any religion or belief system can show what they want publicly or secretly, just like Anonymous! Even though Anonymous may not succeed, a revolution may bring good change. Shay’s Rebellion did not succeed in overpowering the government, but without it we may now have harsh taxes, as the citizens involved in Shay’s rebellion had to pay a 60% tax. It is up to citizens to decide whether this is something worth cheering for or condemning. Image by gettyimages.com By Thomas Burg
Staff Writer Everyone has heard of virtual reality, whether in the news, a movie or using the product itself, everyone has heard of it. With all this talk of how it is a “Big new leap in technology,” but how does this affect the average consumer? One major industry in the world is movies, and soon the average moviegoer may be standing in the movie themselves. "I couldn't jump," CNN interviewee says after being put in a virtual reality and asked to step off a cliff, and this shows a lot, like the fear and emotion this new level of tech could provide to movies, and even to touring the world. Tour France or the Moon from your bedroom as you wobble around like a duck as your senses are confused. Even roller coasters can use virtual reality, strap a headset on and go screaming through the air in a plane with no control, and this is already being done. The Six Flags Magic Mountain outside Los Angeles, you go flying through a city fighting aliens as the coaster does loops and turns. "It's crucial to have the virtual reality ride precisely synced to the real ride," Thomas Wagner said, CEO of VR Coaster, the company who made the VR system for six flags, "And to combine it with a coaster that delivers motion, G-forces, zero-gravity moments, it's a totally new kind of attraction." For how complex and fun this sounds, it is actually cheap, the HTC Vive going for $799 a pop, a Google Cardboard can use a phone for virtual reality at as cheap as $10, so there is no reason not to try. Photo by engadget.com By Imani Royster
Staff Writer In 2011, Samsung came out with a phone so big, it could be considered a joke, or even a silly mistake. With the Note measuring 5.3 inches vertically, many people were quick to judge. One writer called the note “the most useless phone I’ve ever had,” then stating “you’ll look stupid talking on it.” This seemed like a pretty valid argument to the author, but even I was proven wrong. Samsung made millions of money off of this huge phone. Then, even more revenue off the 2nd and 3rd generations. Even so, the 2nd and 3rd generations were the best selling phone in the last couple years. Samsung made the first huge smartphones, but now almost every popular maker has phones equivalent to the size of the note. Even well-known company Apple has caught on. But now, there's an even better note, The Samsung Note 5. At the moment, the only real competition is the apple iphone 6S. The note’s best features are: its ability to charge in a short amount of time, its superior clarity, and extremely good picture quality. Image by unbound365.com By Isabella Cantu
Staff Writer There have been many things said about Snapchat, but what's true?,There is nothing really dangerous about Snapchat, In fact, its is not very dangerous at all. Snapchat can be known as the inappropriate app, but there is no proof that that is true. It's more of a media-sharing service. ”Snapchat is fun and my parents are always over my head with it but in my opinion they don't need to worry so much; it's very safe," explained one student. Parents, it will be okay! "Parents should be careful because honestly anything can happen," said one expert. The good thing is that now there is a modified version called “snapkidz." It is available for children younger than 13. As of October 28th, 2013 Snapchat had roughly 26 million US users. 32% of teens use Snapchat and 70% are female users. With Snapchat continuing to increase in popularity, students should talk to their parents to make sure the app is appropriate for them to use. Image by gizmodo.com By Tasso Reeves
Staff Writer Some students may be asking themselves, “whats fiber?" Fiber internet is a means of transmitting data that so fast that it uses one gigabit per second! Lake Oswego wants everyone in the city to have reliable internet access, so the city will be offering it at a price of $60 with no taxes so the common resident is interested in the service, Details show that Lake Oswego will start the service and then give it to an independent company to maintain it. The process is going to cost about 2.3 million dollars to start it up. “It's little risk for money but it's worth it," explained the city manager. Image by learnbonds.com By Alison Hoevet
Staff Writer You are at the dinner table with your family. Your phone rings in the kitchen, but your mom says you can wait until after dinner to receive it. “What if it’s Mackenzie!!” you think in your head. Or it could be that...SOMEONE LIKED MY PHOTO!! As society may or may not know, phones have been slowly killing our friendships and relationships with others. Companies have progressed in making new and improved products that say they are helping the community, but are they really? Mackenzie Nelson, a former student at Lakeridge Junior High, comments “I think apps like snapchat bring my friends and I farther apart.” Not only is it the phones, it also is the apps that are contained on them. 8% of K-5 students own a smartphone, 28% of 6-8 students own a smartphone, and 51% of 9-12 students own a smartphone according to cellphonelearning.com. “Lower relationship quality and less closeness," are the result of cell phone use, claims an anonymous student. Many parents want their child to use technology in school for their education. In fact, 74% of parents want their child to try technology in their school district. So could it be true that phones are becoming our best friend? Are we becoming non social? Do we really lose track of time? Do we talk in our talking in our texting voice (lol,jk,sor,ily)? Is texting while driving getting worse? These are all questions we ask ourselves.. So are they true? Image by indosurflife.com By Karson Gjesdal
Staff Writer Lexus has made a hoverboard that uses magnetic levitation to achieve frictionless movement. This was recently made at Lexus in 2015. Chief Engineer Haruhiko Tanahashi says “There’s no such thing as impossible.” As they built the hoverboard, engineers brought in professional skater Ross McGouran to test out this new device. He said "I've spent 20 years skateboarding, but without friction it feels like I've had to learn a whole new skill, particularly in the stance and balance in order to ride the hoverboard.” This amazing invention uses Liquid nitrogen-cooled superconductors that are combined with a magnetic surface to essentially repel it, which makes it float. The batteries that the hoverboard uses only last for 10-15 minutes and takes 2 hours to charge. |
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