Posted on April 20th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
Network Your Computers and Devices,“ $18 at Amazon.com, is the latest in Microsoft’s excellent “Step by Step” series. The book covers networking computers with different operating systems, including linking Windows and Macs, and has good instruction for both business and home users.
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Posted on April 19th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
“Skype in the Classroom” is a new network allowing teachers and classrooms to connect with each other by way of video chat and text messaging all over the world.
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Posted on April 18th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
According to the American Gardening Association, 98 percent of kids who grow their own veggies will also eat them (Hallelujah!). Growums.com is a new site where kids can register their garden and follow along in a virtual garden to learn how to care for their veggies.
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Posted on April 17th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
Mobicart turns an ecommerce store on a website into a mobile application on a smart phone or tablet. Or start with the mobile app and forget the website. Free from mobicart.com.
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Posted on April 16th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
LiveProfile is a free text messaging app for iPhone or Android. Users can share photos, videos and “comprehensive” profile information without incurring text messaging charges.
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Posted on April 15th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
Sporcle.com sports trivia games. Our nephew told us about it and now we’re hooked. We took the “Food by Country” quiz and learned that “bunny chow” is a South African dish made of hollowed-out bread filled with curry.
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Posted on April 15th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
Zediva.com gives you streaming movies the same day they come out on DVD. Normally, streaming movies come out several months after the DVD rental.
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Posted on April 14th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
A goodie for Mac users is “CrossOver Games.” With it you can run popular Windows games on your Mac or Linux computer.
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Posted on April 13th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
“Bump” is an iPhone app that lets you share files, photos and music by bumping your iPhone to your friend’s iPhone in a kind of power salute. Now there’s “GogoBeans.” With it, you shake your phone instead of bumping it. But if you must, you can also bump.
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Posted on April 12th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
Kickstarter.com started out as a way to bring patrons together with struggling artists. Now they’ve branched out to technology, theater, food, fashion and comics. We just became technology patrons by spending $5 to back an unmanned, unsinkable robotic sailboat that can clean oil spills.
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