Apple fighting off The FBI

By:Kyle Thomas
Twitter: @Kyle_T8

Tim Cook the chief executive officer of Apple Inc., wrote a letter that gained a lot of attention recently. On February 16th, the letter hit the internet. The case is centered around the main suspect of the San Bernardino shooting. The government has his iPhone and they want to open it to get additional information. They have tried and failed 10 times, so now the iPhone is locked. The FBI now wants Apple to open it for them.

Apple Campus (Photo Taken:By Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16380592)

So when I first read the headline I thought, why won't Apple help the FBI? Well hang on it's not that simple. If Apple were to give in and open this suspects iPhone, they would have to create new technology that could cause major consequences. "Now the U.S. government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create. They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone," Cook said.

FBI Logo - Photo taken by Federal Bureau of Investigation - Extracted from PDF version of a DNI 100-day plan followup report (direct PDF URL here)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8891011

"The United States government has demanded that Apple take an unprecedented step which threatens the security of our customers. We oppose this order, which has implications far beyond the legal case at hand," Cook said. 

As a iPhone user I like how Apple is standing up for the privacy of their users. This could turn into a huge risk if the program gets in the wrong hands. This isn't about the San Bernardino case, this about the Government trying to have too much control. What do you guys think? It makes me feel more secure about owning a iPhone. They probably didn't intend on this happening but this is a accidentally boost for the Apple brand.

My Radio Show

By:Kyle Thomas

Twitter: @Kyle_T8

Check out my sports radio show today on Owl Radio! I am on 2-4pm every Wednesday. Today I'll be talking about the Super Bowl, National Signing Day, and a few other things going on in the sports world! Excited to share some of my opinions and views with you!

Owl Radio Studio (Photo taken by: Kyle Thomas)

A New Challenge: Records "On the Wing"

By: Kyle Thomas
Twitter : @Kyle_T8

Hey guys so I have decided I am going to embark on a journey to collect every single Pink Floyd studio album. Which may not sound like a lot to the average person but they actually have 15 studio albums dating back to "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" from 1967...I've been thinking about trying this out but I figured some would be too hard to obtain. After Syd Barrett's departure from the band it left them very vulnerable. Syd was the identity of the band. The band signed a contract to make 3 movie soundtracks. A contract that they later ended up breaking. But the two soundtracks they did make are called "A Soundtrack From The Film More" and "Obscured By Clouds".

Pink Floyd -"A Soundtrack From The Film More" (Photo taken by: Kyle Thomas)

Well when I stumbled on a copy of "More" I knew I could accomplish this feat of collecting all 15 studio albums. Arguably this is one of the hardest records to find from Pink Floyd. If you do find you usually will have to pay an arm and a leg for it. I'll keep you guys updated along the way.

So far I have:

"A Soundtrack From The Film More" - 1969

"Dark Side of The Moon" - 1973

"Wish You Were Here" - 1975

"Animals" - 1977

"The Wall" - 1979

10 more to go!!