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Tag: technology

Staying Human in an Online World

8 December 2023
Ethan Naber
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The ProblemLast year, Americans spent an average of eight hours and eleven minutes looking at a screen every day. That is a scary number. When…

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Apple releases iOS 14

2 October 2020
Teresa Mainzer
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Apple released the iOS 14 software Sept. 16. iOS 14 marks a new shift in Apple’s interface and has been anticipated by users since its…

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Swiping left on dating apps

21 February 2020
Jenna Hultgren
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In today’s modern era of dating, using online applications tend to be par for the course. Many people have used services such as Tinder or…

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Apple’s Newest Updates: iPhone 11 and IOS 13

18 October 2019
Sydney Bass
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These past couple of weeks have been big for Apple as they just released their new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iOS 13 upgrades.…

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Apple dominates the market, but Microsoft still tries

27 September 2019
Trent Brink
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Millions of people across America downloaded the iOS13 update for their iPhones this past week, bringing multiple innovations to the world’s most popular smartphone. According…

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Apple Pencils, Virtual Reality, and Drones: New Technology comes to campus

20 September 2019
Maddie McCormick
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If you’ve paid attention to the technology here on campus, you may have noticed some changes this year.  At iPad deployment for incoming and transfer…

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Breaking up Big Tech is a start… but it’s not enough

20 September 2019
Brendan Davison
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It is difficult to deny that the enormous amount of power and influence the big four tech companies (Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook) hold over…

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To be honest…with Alexandria Acord

16 September 2016
Alexandria Acord
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To be honest, I feel like “new” doesn’t always mean “improved.” In this world of growing technology and expanding markets, it can be easy to…

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