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Pokemon Go

Pokemon battles will now take place in the real world. With the new Pokemon GO, which will release in 2016, people will be able to play the Pokemon game directly in real life. Pokemon is teaming up with Nintendo, Google, and Niantic Studios to create a game where players can interact with the landscape. Niantic Studios created a game called Ingress, a game with a similar idea, except a different theme. People run around trying to solve global mysteries or something, going to places in real life to find virtual things. In Pokemon GO, people can do everything like in the cartoons. For one, people can track down wild Pokemon. When the player finds one, they have a battle and the player can catch the Pokemon. For another, people can battle other players through bluetooth. People can also team up and try to catch Pokemon together. People can also trade Pokemon. I can't wait for this new toy to come out - I am really excited to see what it is like!

The Wena Smartwatch

The latest in smartwatch technology - a smartwatch that can fit onto any watch. This new smartwatch isn't a watch - its a watch wrist-strap. It is detachable and can fit onto any watch. It can give any watch the capability to check e-mail, talk with you through Google Now, etc. It can also pay for things, track you health, and has many other features. It comes with a watch face, but you can attach it to any other watch face, which I think is really awesome. I think this is an extremely creative idea. Now people can make any watch, even a diamond-encrusted luxury watch into a smartwatch. The watch has a 4.2 cm diameter, and is rather weighty and masculine in my opinion. Built into the clasp of the watch is a LED strip, as well as a sophisticated vibration motor, which Sony says will allow for various different types of vibration to be assigned to different notifications. I think this is a great idea, and I have never thought of it before. However, it is still in development and

How to Buy a Xiaomi in Two Short Months

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One way to buy a Xiaomi is to buy it through the flash sales. The sales that run out in seconds online. Another way to buy it is to wait a month and get it guaranteed. A person on WSJ tried it the first way. He thought he was good with a mouse and clicking. However, he failed quite a bit. He was trying, trying, trying, but he kept not getting a phone. This was because there were always people faster than him. It was funny, actually, reading the article, because he kept a log of every flash sale that he participated in. He waited 8 weeks to get his phone. Primed and registered, he set off with his mouse promptly at noon as if a starter’s pistol had gone off next to his ear. Two pages of options popped up on his browser. After clicking, Xiaomi’s mascot – a white rabbit named Mitu wearing a green Chinese army hat – popped up on his screen. It appeared to be running in place. The text explained that too many people were trying to buy phones too. “I’m lined up and currently moving fo

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school at Lakeside. The first thing that we did was meet with our new advisors. My advisor was a teacher called Ms. Reed. This year, she is my social studies teacher, and from what I remember last year, I didn't really like her that much. I got in trouble for texting on my phone after school. I was getting a bite from the cafetaria, and she called me over and told me that I shouldn't be using my phone during the school day. I was surprised, as it wasn't part of the school day. After advisory time, it was time to go to class. Since it was the first day, classes were only 25 minutes, and we didn't really have time to do anything but introductions. I liked all of my classes so far. The only classes I haven't had are band class and computers and art. I was pretty surprised that my lifeskills teacher was best friends with my 4th grade teacher. I had an interesting first day of school, with a few surprises, some fun parts, and some not-so-fun

Bangkok Bombing

Recently there was a bombing in Bangkok. It is believed that the bombing was performed by a person from the Uighur ethic minority. The police believe that there are two possible reasons for this bombing. One reason is the recent deportation of 100 Uighur people form Thailand for illegal immigration. The deportations caused a lot of negative opinions and protests to flow towards the government. This might be an extreme form of protest. For example, immediately after the deportation, even people at a Thai consulate in Turkey protested. Another reason is because the Uighur ethic minority is relatively rebellious towards its home country, the People's Republic of China. The site of the bombing is known to be popular among the Chinese in Thailand. Of the twenty killed by the bombing, seven were Chinese. Many Uighur people escape from China to Thailand and then to Turkey, according to the police. They might have been trying to seek revenge against China on the way. Either way, I think

台湾新闻

最近台湾有了一个很大的暴风雨。这个暴风雨是在8月8号发生的,在临晨五点到了台湾。这个暴风雨的风到了每个小时193公里的速度,是个在Saffir-Simpson暴风雨表上的一个三组的风。在一个地方,落了50英寸的雨。这个暴风雨叫Soudelor,是到目前为止2015年最强的暴风雨。这个暴风雨是个很大的暴风雨,从台湾都袭击到了中国然后还袭击到了日本。这个大暴风雨支持了6天才终于平静下来了。

Android Wear Now Works With the iPhone, but Just Barely

The newest Google and LG Android Wear can work with the iPhone now. There are three main things that Android Wear for iOS will do for iPhone users: display app notifications, serve as a fitness tracker and tap into Google Now, Google’s Siri rival. The app notifications that’ll show up on Android Wear watches are the same notifications that show up on an iPhone’s notifications shade, such as alerts for phone calls, text messages, emails and any other info sent from apps installed on the phone itself. There’s little interaction with the notifications, too. They can be viewed and dismissed, but you can’t, say, get an alert for a tweet and respond using the watch. Instead, you’d have to pull out your iPhone for that. None of the third-party Android Wear-compatible apps will be able to talk to the watch, since they require an Android phone or tablet. The only Android Wear apps that will appear on a watch paired with an iPhone are those that are built into the watch, like Hangou

台湾奇妙的东西

台湾的人怕雨。如果要从雨里跑10秒钟去吃饭,他们会等着,用雨伞或雨披来遮住雨,因为他们怕酸雨。奇怪的,他们也怕太阳。他们觉得白色的皮肤比在太阳晒过后的浅棕色好看,所以晒太阳的时候,都用雨伞遮住自己。 一个别的奇妙的事情是上课时,不是同学们换班,是老师们走来走去。这样,反而有几十个人在外面走来走去,没有几千个学生走来走去。这样子更快因为没有那么多人在相互碰撞。我觉得我们的学校这样子就好了。