Educational Technology and Copyright Law

• Copyright: U.S law that protects other people's works
• literary
• artistic 
• musical
• Copyrighting does not require paper work
• it's done automatically 
• the minute you write/draw anything it is yours and copyrighted
• Using images or writing for research or presentations is not not a form of copyright
• to use an image it should be licensed not copyrighted

Tech Article 2/28

Samsung has dropped 2 new smart watches; the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. The watches have a 2-3 day battery life as opposed to the older version Galaxy Gear which only has a one day battery life. The watches will have notifications from your smartphone (emails, text messages, etc.) pop up on the screen. The watches are part of a new category of electronics called wearable computers. The main reason why Samsung is experimenting with the watches is so they can beat Apple which is their biggest competition.


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Tech Article 2/14

How to solve common smartphone problems

1) Battery Life

• Android- enable location services to "battery saving" in settings
• anytime you take a picture on your phone, it tries to track your exact location, this makes your battery die quicker
• Iphone- disable automatic updates and uncheck anything you would not search in "spotlight Search"

2) Breaking the phone/ screen

• phone case
• this option is not for everybody because everyone does not like the heavy case on their phone
• place a glass shield over the screen
• this will absorb any oncoming impact
• amazon or ebay

3) Blurry Photos

• Don't use flash
• It's just an LED light that washes out colors
• Try not to zoom in on your photos
• get as close as you can.

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Tech 2/6/14

Phones have come a long way in the past few years alone. One thing that many smart phone users are still continuing to complain about is the poor front camera quality. Things that involve the poor quality include the picture being pixilated, grainy, unfocused, dark, and some may even be distorted. Another problem may not even involve the front camera at all. The size of the smart phone can be a factor of the poor quality as well. People complain that the phone is bulky and it is hard to keep the phone steady. The iphone 5s has one of the best front camera but still has poor quality compared to ones that may be sold in India. The reason the process for coming out with a better front camera and "Selfie Friendly" phone is because it might be costly. Hopefully by a new line of phones will be introduced by as soon as the end of this month.

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