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AP Computer Science students’ Tesla app races into the Apple Store

AP Computer Science students’ Tesla app races into the Apple Store

December 19, 2016

Kayla Sirlin ’19 Dylan Diamond ’17 and Neil Soni ’18’s app, Tesla Toolbox, was released into the App Store in late Sept. in hopes of making the cars’ controls easier to access and the overall...

Remy Laifer 17 stresses over the Home Access Center App

Home Access Center provides too much access

Jesse Levinson, Staff Writer November 30, 2015

“Maybe if I keep refreshing it a new grade will come out,” I thought to myself as I slouched over my desk in class, discreetly holding my phone between my legs. For what had undoubtedly been the fifth...

Easily exiting NYC subways thanks to Staples teacher

Easily exiting NYC subways thanks to Staples teacher

Maialie Fitzpatrick, Staff Writer November 16, 2015

Getting off New York City subway stations is always a little confusing for everyone. But a teacher here at Staples actually created an app to help people out of their sticky subway situations.   Math...

Addicted to AA

Addicted to AA

Alexa Davis, Staff Writer March 2, 2015

The common noises that I hear as I roam around the crowded cafeteria early in the morning have changed from the silent yawns of tired seniors to the constant yelling of swear words and angry mannerisms. What...

Snapchat update snatches away best friends

Snapchat update snatches away best friends

Daniela Karpenos, Web News Editor February 2, 2015

Jan. 27 marked a day of horror for many avid Snapchatters. The app update brought about an unwelcome and unforeseen change—the disappearance of the infamous “Best Friends” list. This list, updated...

Snapchat is sending me over the edge

Snapchat is sending me over the edge

Rachel Treisman, Web Features Editor January 29, 2015

In the good old days, we kids used to snapchat each other silly selfies or embarrassing pictures of our friends from across the cafeteria. That was the golden age - we snapped and chatted without a care...

Students “Know Snow” thanks to app

Emma Berry, Opinions Editor December 7, 2014

When it comes to winter weather, Staples students often refresh Twitter and Facebook, check group chats and call hotlines at the first sign of the coveted sprinkling of white on the front lawn. Now...

A screenshot of the new app: Inklings-News

Inklings: now on the go due to new app

Andrea Frost, Breaking News Managing Editor November 20, 2014

There is now truly an app for everything as Inklings proudly launched their app for mobile devices, Inklings-News, on Nov. 17. The app, created by Dylan Diamond ’17, allows Inklings’ articles to be...

Smart phone apps’ security questioned

Talia Hendel, Web Managing Editor September 21, 2014

The messaging feature will no longer be an option on the Facebook app, but will instead only be available as a separate app called Facebook Messenger. While this stand-alone app has existed in the past,...

New anonymous app skyrockets in popularity among students

Kacey Hertan and Justine Seligson April 24, 2014

An epidemic is defined as a widespread and quickly spreading factor. Staples has a new epidemic. It’s not the usual cases of the flu or senioritis. It’s Yik Yak, an app where people can write anonymous...

Yik Yak blasts into Fairfield County

Zoe Brown, Editor-in-Chief April 24, 2014

The app Yik Yak, an open forum where students can anonymously post comments saying whatever they want, has rammed into not only Staples, but many other Fairfield County Schools as well. High schools such...

Students react to Snapchat leak

Students react to Snapchat leak

Greta Bjornson, News Editor January 16, 2014

It isn’t uncommon to walk around the halls of Staples and see students making goofy faces into the cameras of their phones. Chances are, they’re sending a photo to a friend on the popular app Snapchat,...

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Reactions to Student Programmers

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Reactions to Student Programmers

Rachel Labarre, Managing Editor April 12, 2013

When a British 17-year-old, Nick D’Aloisio, sold an app to Yahoo for $30 million this March, Staples students and teachers questioned the potential that their future may or may not hold. “I honestly...

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