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FDA Regulations May Derail Health Apps

5/29/12 12:35pm by Virginia DeBolt
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The IT geniuses who create health apps and turn them out in record time have run into a snag in the form of potential FDA regulations, according to FDA tangles with wireless medical-app makers at Politico. RunKeeper Health and Fitness app screenshots via iTunes  Read more >

Cool Tools for Updos!

5/29/12 12:19pm by marykathleen
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Summer is basically upon us, and for a lot of us ladies that means we will be rockin' ponytails for the majority of the next three months or so. Personally, I like to wear my hair down most of the time and I usually curl the ends with a curling iron. My hair is crazy thick, so this looks usually tends to have a decent amount of volume and I like it a bunch.  Read more >

Toys 'R Us Finds a Great Use for QR Codes

5/26/12 12:02pm by Virginia DeBolt
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Most QR codes are rather pointless, but once in a while someone comes up with a really helpful idea for QR codes. One such company is Toys 'R Us. Cool Mom Tech has the details for you.  Read more

Publishing Your Blog to Kindle

5/23/12 6:00am by Dishwater Dreams
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Some people like reading blogs via Google Reader or jumping straight to the site, but others like to subscribe to blogs via their Kindle not only for the ease of reading (blogs become then like online magazines) but because they want to support the writer.  Think of it as 99 cents in the tip jar.  Dishwater Dreams walks blog writers through the basic steps of publishing their blog to Kindle via Amazon.  Read more

Has Facebook Become an American Icon?

5/22/12 12:02pm by Virginia DeBolt
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Think about cultural icons. You know, things like The Statue of Liberty or movie lines like "Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine." Think about Apple products. Think about Facebook.  Read more >

Tips for Making the Internet Easier to Use

5/21/12 12:02pm by Shannon Wellington
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[Editor's Note: Shannon from Shannanigans has some great tips for you. She can tell you where to find great free image editors, beautiful free fonts, and which tools can help you convert files from one format to another. And she includes helpful screenshots of everything! -Virginia]  Read more

Apps I Love: Gube and TeleTweet by Shacked Apps

5/14/12 12:02pm by Maggie Hames
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Every once in a while a product comes along that’s a game changer. I can’t imagine life without my cellphone, the gps for my car, my laptop, or my iPad. And now, I can’t imagine life without Gube  Read more >

Tech babies

5/12/12 5:59am by outlawserenade
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No, I haven't a child of my own. Yes, I'm a tech-geek. I know just about anything and everything that is needed to know about technology. I can build, dismantle, and rebuild a desktop computer. And I know the common prices of all the thingymajig in, on, or at one's computer/iPad/laptop/cellphone/smartphone. I can actually make programs to run in those computer/ipad/laptop/smartphone. Sounds presumptuous?   Read more >

New Websites and Apps for Kids

5/11/12 12:02pm by Virginia DeBolt
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Lori from The Well Connected Mom attended The Digital Kids Conference and came home with an armload of ideas for new sites and apps your kids will love. She explains,  Read more

Etch-a-Sketch for iPAD

5/10/12 7:44pm by SunbonnetSmart.com
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Oh my GOODNESS!Will you look at this video!?!?I can't believe how well this works. And you can save your drawings, put them on FaceBook, or e-mail them!It's a case for the iPAD which is fully functional, with all of its ports and jacksShake the "Etch-aSketch" to erase the drawing and start again!  Read more >