Kelsey Burns

Assignment 1:
1. Techcrunch.com:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/04/google-to-pay-out-at-least-19m-to-settle-
ftc-complaint-on-i!s-in-app-charges/
2. The article title!" #$oogle To %ay &ut At 'east (19) To *ettle +T, ,omplaint
&n Ki!s -n-App ,harges". !iscusses ho/ google /ill ha0e to pay out (19 million to
parents 1ecause of apps that their chil!ren ha! purchase! on their phones that they
/eren2t ma!e a/are of. -t states that there /ere loopholes in the system such as" if
the parents ha! a pass/or! that they ha! to enter in or!er to purchase anything
from their phone" that pass/or! /oul! remain useful for 30 minutes allo/ing the
chil! to mae as many purchases as they /ante! in that /in!o/ of time. Also there
/ere issues /here it might not ha0e 1een completely clear /hether someone /as
actually maing a purchase /ith real money or /hether it /as a fae payment
/ithin the game to help you to a!0ance to other le0els an! such. ,hil!ren coul!
also mae in app purchases 1y simply clicing on a pop up that appeare! !uring the
game /ithout getting any consent from the parent /ho o/ns the phone. They /ere
sen!ing people /ho ase! for refun!s to the app maers themsel0es originally" 1ut
no/ they might 1e force! to pay 1ac the consumers for their mistaes.
3. $oogle search engine:
http://///.cn1c.com/i!/1019456447.
Bing search engine:
http://///.1loom1erg.com/ne/s/2014-09-04/google-to-pay-19-million-to-
settle-ftc-app-1illing-case.html
4. 1. -t /as /ritten *eptem1er 4" 2014" an! no it has not 1een up!ate!.
2. 8es it !oes relate to my topic 1ecause it is an! article on the same topic"
/ritten 1y a !i9erent person.
3. The author is :a0i! )c'aughlin. ;e is a reporter for Bloom1erg <e/s" so yes -
1elie0e he is =uali>e! to /rite a1out this su1?ect 1ase! o9 of the facts he has
collecte!.
4. - 1elie0e the article is accurate. - !on2t no/ ho/ to tell if it has 1een teste!
for accuracy" 1ut - 1elie0e that is is accurate 1ecause it e@plains the things as
the other articles a1out this topic !i!. Also the article is from a ne/s /e1site
so they pro1a1ly !i! chec for facts.
4. - 1elie0e that this article /as /ritten to inform consumers a1out google an!
their app 1uying process. -t is not trying to persua!e anyone to 1uy anything"
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1ut it is /arning people a1out ho/ easy it might 1e to rac up un/ante!
charges through the google app store.
4.http://e!s.a.e1scohost.com/e!s/!etail/!etailA0i!B13Csi!B0e31D944-fD1a-4e69-
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http://e!s.a.e1scohost.com/e!s/!etail/!etailA0i!B14Csi!B0e31D944-fD1a-4e69-
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The ey/or!s that - searche! /ere #google la/suit.. - searche! the /hole ,,B,
online li1rary an! narro/e! the search !o/n to scholarly peer-re0ie/e! ?ournals an!
aca!emic ?ournals. - 1elie0e that >t the criteria for the assignment.
6. The -nternet ne/spaper articles /ere much easier to access ten the online
!ata1ase articles. Iithout 1eing a stu!ent at ,,B, you /oul! not 1e a1le to access
that speci>c !ata1ase at all. The !ata1ase articles also too a lot longer to rea!
1ecause the articles /ere much longer. As for authority" the articles from the
!ata1ase /ere peer re0ie/e! an! the e!itor of the paper pro1a1ly re0ie/e! the
ne/spaper articles. - 1elie0e each article is a trust/orthy source
D. Works Cited:
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#ettle$ent." Http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/. %e&aul "usiness and Co$$ercial 'aw (ournal, ) #ept.
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.http:>>techcrunch.co$>*+)->+3>+->!oo!le4to4pa@4out4at4least4)3$4to4settle4ftc4co$plaint4on4
kids4in4app4char!es>=.
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Cc'au!hlin, %avid. "oo!le to Refund &arents After KidsE App4#pendin! #pree." Bloomberg.com.
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