Apr 10
Posted by mLearnCon Staff
Categories: Social Learning , Tablet
Not just a new computer, they are serving up a new way of digital living
For the past year I've been living day and night with a tablet computer — an iPad. For the past few weeks, I've had in hand its more svelte and younger sibling, the iPad 2.
In that time I've come to understand the tablet not as a computer, but as an appliance. It's as thin as a slice of bread but as easy to use as a toaster and as versatile as a Swiss Army knife.
It has become everything I hoped it would be, and more. It's my newspaper, book, TV, movie screen, musical instrument, web browser, stereo, gazetteer, typewriter, radio, encyclopedia, videophone, camera, calendar, canvas and game console. If I had children, it would read us a bedtime story. I don't, but I still let it.
Read the full experience here from the thespec.com
Jun 30
Posted by mLearnCon Staff
Categories: Hardware , Social Learning
29 June, 2010, by James Cullimore
Motorola has announced that its Droid 2 Android-based smartphone will be released in the US on 23 August, available from Verizon Wireless. Previously, the company had announced that it would be released on 19 July.
Read more, about the Droid, 3DS, Google Me: http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/6/29/news10-motorola-droid-2-nintendo-3ds-google-me/#ixzz0sNmDTgad
Jun 11
Posted by mLearnCon Staff
Categories: Design for Mobile , Social Learning
From eSchoolNews
New smart phones pave the way for mobile video chats
IT staff, educators, and students might find iPhone's new video conferencing features useful
Apple's latest iPhone has
many implications for education.
Apple’s iPhone 4, unveiled June 7 and set for release June 24, features a mobile video conferencing application that could increase collaboration among students at different locations and make cross-district and on-the-go meetings easier for school officials.
Video conferencing is possible with the addition of a second camera on the front of the new iPhone, in addition to a five-megapixel camera and a flash on the back. For now, the video conferencing function, FaceTime, works only if both parties to the call have an iPhone 4 and are connected over a Wi-Fi network rather than a cell phone network.
May 25
Posted by mLearnCon Staff
Categories: Social Learning , Software
From Cnet
by Lance Whitney
Though Yahoo may have wanted to buy Foursquare, the company has found another way to hook into the world of location-based social networking.
Yahoo announced Tuesday that it has bought Koprol, a social network for mobile users. Based in Jakarta, Indonesia, Koprol lets people make friends, share photos, and find popular nearby locations all on the go. The news comes a day after Yahoo and Nokia extended their 5-year-old partnership with an eye toward the rising interest in geo-location offerings, pledging to bring Nokia's Navteq mapping service to Yahoo, and Yahoo's e-mail and instant-messaging technology to Nokia's Ovi service.
Read the full story HERE
May 19
Posted by mLearnCon Staff
Categories: Social Learning
From CMS Wire
By JASON HARRIS | Published May 19, 2010
Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:
- Facebook Launches Mobile Site, Free of Data Charges
- MySpace To Encourage Android and iPhone Devs to Integrate
- Twitter Changes Trending Topics Algorithm
- Google Wave Now Open To All
Read the full article HERE.
