Year 2014 Tech News in a Quiz Print Email Category: IT World Published on Monday, 29 December 2014 05:00 Written by Professor Foluso Ladeinde foluso.ladeinde@gmail Hits: 86 Year 2014 came and will be gone in two days, taking us to 2015, which I predict is going to be a year of tech transitions. Not so fast transitioning to 2015; as we first need to recap a few of the tech news for 2014 in a quiz. The answers to most of the questions can be found in various articles that appeared in this column over the past year. (The answers are also provided at the end of this article.) The Questions 1) Toward the end of last year, this Chinese company appeared to be “sick and tired” of the U.S. government calling it an agent of the Chinese government, so it finally decided to pull out of the U.S. Which company was this? (a) Huawei, (b) Xiaomi, (c) Sina 2) Reduced revenue from smartphone business at the beginning of this year could be attributed to:(a) legal issues between Apple and Samsung, (b) The death of Steve Jobs, (c) Smartphone saturation. 3) Your life is probably an open book if you turn on the Wi-Fi in your phone or you continuously broadcast your location from your phone: (a) True, (b) False. 4) As a young entity, this company had the mantra “Don’t do evil.” Yet, in the past couple of years the company has constantly been accused of grabbing your personal data, “wardriving, and of similar privacy violation activities. Which is this company? (a) Facebook, (b) Microsoft, (c) Google. 5) What is Tizen? (a) The name of Apple’s upcoming Operating System (OS) on the Mac, (b) Samsung’s private OS derived from Android, (c) Alibaba’s social media software. 6) Though with a paltry 6% share, the airframe company Embraer is the third largest in the world, after Boeing (U.S.) and Airbus (France). From which country is Embraer? (a) China, (b) Russia, (c) Brazil. 7) This Chinese company was on a shopping spree in the U.S. for high tech companies during the first quarter of 2014: (a) Lenovo, (b) Xiaomi, (c) Alibaba. 8) This Indian-born Microsoft insider replaced Bill Gates and the CEO of Microsoft in February of this year: (a) Satya Nadella, (b) Raja Rao, (c) SundarPichai. 9) Google’s Android Chief:(a) Satya Nadella, (b) Raja Rao, (c) SundarPichai. 10) China’s financial institutions clamped down on this Internet currency, which at some point during the first quarter of 2014 was worth $1,200. Which currency was this? (a) Pound Sterling, (b) Bitcoin, (c) Nigerian Naira 11) Facebook paid $19 billion dollar to acquire this text messaging company: (a) WhatsApp, (b) Kakao Talk, (c) Line 12) At the Mobile World Congress in February this year, this company advertised its intention to offer a $25 smartphone, which may not have yet seen the light of day: (a) Microsoft, (b) Facebook, (c) Mozilla. 13) Which of these companies is (are) data brokers? (a) Acxiom, (b) Take 5 Solutions, (c) Statistics, (d) Facebook. 14) This software product enables you to get data brokers off your back: (a) MacAfee Antivirus, (b) Norton Antivirus, (c) Disconnect. 15) The inability to locate Malaysian Airline Flight 370 carrying 239 passengers which became missing on 8 March 2014, appears to depict capitalism at its worst: (a) True, (b) False. 16) True or False: You can now enjoy Microsoft Office products in iPad. 17) Apple is to Siri, as Microsoft is to what? 18) True or False: Before March 2014, computer manufacturers had to pay to install the Windows OS into their devices, but not anymore. 19) This iconic Microsoft OS was retired on 8 April 2014: (a) Windows XP, (b) Windows Vista, (c) Windows 7. 20) Net Neutrality is sometimes referred to as: (a) Open Internet, (b) Non-polar Internet, (c) Low-cost Internet. 21) With respect to smartphone security, Blackberry doesn’t count anymore because its business is in trouble, leaving Apple and Samsung as the companies with the most secured smartphones. Samsung’s most secure smartphone is a “container” to Android, and is known as: (a) Tizen, (b) Knox, (c) Samsung-Secure. 22) True or False: Apple and IBM entered into a serious partnership this year to develop simple-to-use enterprise-level software applications on Apple’s smartphones and tablets. 23) The most recent high-end version of iPhone is called: (a) iPhone 5-SX, (b) iPhone 6S, (c) iPhone 6X, where “X” stands for “Extra.” 24) Alibaba had the largest Initial Public Offering (IPO) in U.S. history. That is, it received the most money ($21.8 billion) at IPO than any other company in U.S. Security history. At IPO, the price a share was approximately equal to: (a) $68, (b) $93.7, (c) $56. 25) Xiaomi, a Chinese smartphone company is best known for: (a) Expensive but high-quality phones, (b) Cheap, high-quality phones and IP violation issues, (c) Cheap, but low-quality phones. 26) Between September and December 2014, BlackBerry launched two smartphone products: Passport (September 2014) and Classic (December 2014). Which of these is the high-end product? The Answers 1. (a)Huawei;2. (c); 3. True; 4.(c); 5. (b); 6. (c); 7. (a) Lenovo – to acquire IBM’s low-end server business, as well as Motorola Mobility from Google; 8. (a); 9. (c); 10. (b); 11. (a); 12. (c);13. (a) – (c). Facebook (and Google) collect your data, but they don’t sell it; 14. (c) Disconnect; 15. True. The technology to trace Flight 370 was available, only that it had not been deployed for business reasons; 16. True; 17. Cortana. These are smartphone personal assistants; 18. True; 19.(a); 20. (a); 21. (b)Samsung Galaxy S4 features a “business companion” called Knox, which maintains high-level security standards and complies with the U.S. Department of Defense mobile OS guide for security requirements; 22. True; 23.(b); 24. (a); 25. (b); 26. Passport.
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