Tech Article October 24, 2014

America's Youngest Female Billionare

• Name: Elizabeth Holmes
• Age: 30 years old

• College Dropout
• Founded a company that can potentially change health care for Americans
• Left Standford University at age 19
• Had a plan to start a company
• Cashed out money her parents saved for her tuition to help pay
• Company's name is Theranos
• Takes blood as big as a dime
• More blood tests can be taken and will be tested for illnesses faster
• People will be less afraid of getting their blood taken out
• At the company there's calming music, magazines, and painless needles
• Goal is to have one center within every 5 miles of an American
• Teamed up with Walgreen's
• There are centers being put within Walgreens

"I think a lot of young people have incredible ideas and incredible insights, but sometimes they wait before they go give their life to something," she said. "What I did was just to start a little earlier." 

- Elizabeth Holmes

• Elizabeth Holmes was very influential to me
• She showed me that you can't wait to do something. You have to do it now while you can before you regret it in the future.   

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Tech Article October 17, 2014

False Tsunami Alert

• There was an alert test occurring
• Accidentally said that there was a tsunami heading to the coast
• Caused a lot of panic
• It was not true
• There was a tweet sent out to inform everyone that it was just a test

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Tech Article: October 10th, 2014

Stalker Caught

• App called StealthGenie
  
• Creator was caught creating this app for innapropriate uses
• App is used for spying
• Could monitor calls, texts, videos and other ways of communication
• First time anyone is being charged for marketing and selling an app of this kind

Tech Article October 3rd, 2014

"Bash" Bug

• Lets hackers attack through a lightbulb
• Allows hackers to hack all devices in the house
• There was a hospital that was attacked
• Called Heartbleed
• Stole 4.5 million patient records and social securities