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The mobile revolution has already changed the way many of us work, play and communicate but smartphones, apps and mobile technology also have the ability to make a strong impact on all levels of education. We’re definitely just at the tip of the iceberg and there are real challenges but mobile tech can soon be…
No matter what grade you’re going in to, you’re going to have to hit the books to do well. While many may think that smartphones and tablets are just good for distracting you from your work, there are plenty of apps which can help you study and keep track of your education. Most of these…
The latest numbers from NPD are out and it shows a familiar theme: Android and iOS are growing while BlackBerry is sliding. The NPD report found that 52 percent of smartphones sold in the United States last quarter were powered by Android. That’s actually quite a staggering figure and it shows how Google’s approach of…
After HP killed webOS and put the TouchPad on a deep, deep discount, I couldn’t help but feel like a sucker. You see friends, I did pick up a TouchPad about a week and a half ago … for $400. It was definitely a bad decision in hindsight and it also made me realize that…
I went to the Outside Lands music festival this weekend in San Francisco and was a bit worn down when I woke up for work on Monday. I walked over to my kitchen to make some coffee while checking some e-mails and then I saw the news that Google wanted to buy Motorola Mobility for…
Sprint announced today the new BlackBerry Bold 9930, and BlackBerry Torch 9850, its first BlackBerry 7 devices. The two smartphones will be using RIM’s newest version of its smartphone software, which should be exciting for long-time and dedicated BlackBerry users. The Bold 9930 and Torch 9850 will also be the most powerful BlackBerry smartphones out…
The folks at Box have just made some major improvements to its mobile strategy, as the cloud-storage/collaboration company has just rolled out apps for Android Honeycomb, Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Playbook and an HTML5 mobile site which can be accessed by most modern smartphone browsers. Box is similar to Dropbox in that it provides online…
Who says BlackBerry is irrelevant? Research In Motion said it would be working with police on investigating what role, if any, the BlackBerry Messenger service had in organizing the recent riots. London has been under siege by some looting and rioters and authorities say that the BBM service is being used to help coordinate this.…
Verizon will be stepping up its game on the LTE front in the coming months, with virtually every new device supporting the blazing fast network. We’re already seeing some follow-up handsets for phones that haven’t even been out a full year at this point, as well as some new devices we’ve never heard of. The…
In an attempt to spruce up the existing mobile Gmail site, Google has added a few new features for those who don’t have a dedicated app on their handset. While the updates a rather minimal, all are welcomed, as they bring the web app a step closer to that of a native application. Google has…