Microsoft Takes Steps to Close Its App Gap on Mobile Devices 

• Microsoft has lost influence in the technology industry as software developers gravitated to mobile technologies like Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS 

• Microsoft has a plan to win software developers back, partly by making it easier for them to run their existing Android and iOS apps on Microsoft Windows 

• Microsoft stated that it has created new tools that will allow developers to convert apps written in the programming languages used by Android and iOS developers to software that can run on Windows 10 

• Windows 10 is a new version of the Microsoft operating system that is coming out in the summer

Tech Article 4/24

Twitter Broadens Ban on Violent Threats

• Twitter changed its rule, which previously stated that it would only seek to ban direct, specific threats made against others, after complaints about it 
• Last week, The Washington Post claimed that Twitter needed to “do a better job combating abuse without chilling or silencing speech.”
• Now, Twitter has decided that users can get suspended if they promote violence in any way against others 
• The company also said that it would begin to use other enforcement tools, such as temporarily suspending accounts that promote violence or abuse
• The company will also begin testing the automatic blocking of tweets that match previous patterns of harassment 

Wiki Opinion 4/15

My opinion about Wikipedia is that it is a good starting point to discover information, but it is not always reliable. I agree with what was said in the video that it should not be a source to cite in a research paper because the information may not be coming from actual experts. However, I also agree with the video that it is a good way to share information you know with others across the world.

4/13 Spring Break Post

      Over spring break, I went on vacation to Florida with my friend Ariana and her family. We stayed in Orlando at the Grande Villas Resort for five nights. At the resort, we hung out by the pool there to tan and swim. Just a few minutes away from the resort, however, is Downtown Disney and Walt Disney World in which we visited almost every day. Aside from that, we also went to Universal Studios for a day and rode many of the roller coasters there.

      Ariana and I visited every one of the four parks at Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios. On the first day, we went to Magic Kingdom, which is the park that is shown in the video. Two days after that, we went to Epcot, where we ate at a Mexican restaurant and watched the fireworks at night. Then, the following day, we went to Hollywood Studios where we rode the Tower of Terror and the Rock n' Roller Coaster. Lastly, we ended our vacation with going to Animal Kingdom and getting on the safari and Expedition Everest.