Edtech Situation Room By @techsavvyteach & @wfryer

Welcome to episode 71 of the EdTech Situation Room from October 25, 2017, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wes Fryer (@wfryer) discussed Microsoft's play to offer its universe of applications (including the Edge web browser and the Cortana assistant) on Android phones, upgrade woes with iOS 11, and Coda's efforts to create a new document format merging word processing documents and spreadsheets. Security articles included a shout out to Nicole Perlroth's September 11th interview on cybersecurity on the World Affairs Council podcast, Facebook security issues and the Facebook privacy checkup, and new attacks including "BadRabbit ransomware" and "The Reaper Botnet." Jason Snell's recent article hoping for / predicting a forthcoming Mac Mini update, the incredible learning speed and accomplishments of AlphaGo Zero, SeeSaw's addition of "Activities" to its classroom app, and new/updated clear solar cells were also discussed. Jason finished out the week