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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- October 30, 2013

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Social Media's Winning Educational Ways
Canadian ATM Turns Bitcoins Into Cash
How to Choose an Enterprise Server Linux Distro
iPhone and the Amazing Microfluid Dreamcoat
These Robots Can Teach Little Kids to Code

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Today's Story Highlights

Social Media's Winning Educational Ways
Social media is changing the way teachers teach and students learn. When
students from the Montclair Kimberley Academy visited Ireland a few
years ago, they blogged on Wordpress, posted photos on Flickr, uploaded
videos to YouTube, and tweeted. That social media engagement contributed
to their education in new and profound ways, said their teacher, William
Stites.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79127.html

Canadian ATM Turns Bitcoins Into Cash
In Vancouver, B.C., three entrepreneurs opened what appears to be the
world's first ATM that is able to exchange Bitcoins for official
currencies. The machine looks like a normal ATM and resides in a popular
coffee shop. It exchanges Canadian dollars for Bitcoins, the virtual
and controversial online currency. The transactions can go either way
-- cash to Bitcoin, or Bitcoin to cash.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79310.html

How to Choose an Enterprise Server Linux Distro
Discuss the merits of the many competing desktop Linux distributions out
there, and you could fill several hours with heated debate. Turn the
conversation to enterprise server distros, however, and the room can
become quiet very quickly. The fact is, those on the hunt for the best
or easiest or cheapest enterprise Linux distro have far fewer choices.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79306.html

iPhone and the Amazing Microfluid Dreamcoat
Forget the gold iPhone 5s and the tiny color palette of the iPhone 5c
because they might not matter if CODE Fluidics can produce its color-
changing case through a new Kickstarter campaign. Here's the premise:
CODE Fluidics developed a microfluid technology that lets consumers
express themselves by changing the color of their products in real time
as often as they want.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79305.html

These Robots Can Teach Little Kids to Code
Play-i has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support the development
of robots designed to teach young students the fundamentals of computer
programming through play. Play-i is working on two robots, Bo and Yana,
that can help teach kids as young as five basic computer science skills.
The robots come ready to play out of the box, and children can interact
with them using a tablet or smartphone.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79302.html

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