Apple rejects game app measuring the height of phone tosses

Article Link: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-apple-rejects-throw-phone-game-20130806,0,5120775.story

Apple has rejected a game app “’Send Me To Heaven’” “that scores players on how high they can toss their smartphone in the air (Rodriguez)”. By using this app, it can hurt not only the people around you, it also can damage your phone. Although this app might sound ridiculous, many users gave a nice feedback that it was interesting app that distracts the players when boredom. However, what surprise me the most is that this app can detect how high individuals can throw using the device’s accelerometer. Therefore, even though individuals tries to toss it with using other materials, the app won’t calculate its score. Though this game is obviously unsafe and absurd, it is unbelievable that some people actually enjoy playing with this pointless app.

The author mentioned and portrayed the positive and negative aspect about this application. Also, by concluding the article by quoting the app review, it provided both affecting and disinterest feeling at the same time. However, like the reviewer mentioned, it is phone-suicide. It is unbelievable that this app was created because although it gained popularity by unusual function, sooner or later, people will get tired from using this game. Although it was atypical and refreshing idea to come up with, but it is extravagant that the only way to score is by throwing the device which is extremely risky thing to do. Overall, author’s stance was unbiased, he should have wrote more about its negative aspect about using this app because the title said “Apple rejects game app measuring the height of phone tosses”. 

Russian Meteor Might Have Siblings in Tow

Article Link: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=russian-meteor-might-have-siblings-in-tow

What would happen if another asteroid exploded on the Earth? Few month ago, an enormous rock blasted in the skies near Chelyabinsk, Russia. It had a massive impact that even with the shock waves, buildings were damaged and thousands of people died from the small practical that spread when the explosion happened. Surprisingly, NASA announced that these extremely menacing asteroid had been found, ranging in size from 5 to 200 meters across. However, it is very rare that these asteroid will hit our Earth because of the gravitational pull of the planets that will eschew into different way.

When I first read the title of the article, I was startled that Russian meteor might have siblings in tow. Author used personification in the heading to attract readers which was an agreeable idea. Indeed, I read this article because it sounded interesting and felt it was appropriate to know about the fact of rare consequences that we might face. Also, author gave an event that happened in the past few month to add the detail parts of what it will be like if another meteor exploded on the Earth. Furthermore, author mentioned the important facts that I never heard before, for example, “…NASA round about 20 asteroid.. (McKee)” and even with the shock wave, it can damage properties.

Although, I am not a science person, after reading this article it gave me a compelling thoughts about how a slight change of the asteroid can save millions of people. Therefore, I think the author did a good job on attracting the readers and conveying them with an interesting article.