Amazon To Open Android App Store!
According to Adrian Kingsley-Hughes’s ZDNet article, Amazon will open an Android App store and it could be a game changer! The biggest complaints I hear about Droids are about the confusion of apps and uneven quality. Granted, designing apps for so many different pieces of hardware must not [...]

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Get The Most Out Of Technology!
Sam Grobart writes in his New York Times article about 10 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Technology. There are some good ways to make your life easier and more productive (or just give you extra time to relax!).  I have moved to using a smartphone and do [...]

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It’s that time of the year! I don’t know how it happened so quickly but it’s time to do the holiday shopping. This New York Times article by Bob Tedeschi gives some good information about smartphone apps that will save you money and time. Happy Holidays to All!
~mary anne
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Flying today (Wednesday, November 24)?  If so, I’m sure you already know that it’s the busiest travel day of the year.  I heard on Today in New York that there’s an iPhone app for this–My TSA.  I just downloaded it and it has lots of helpful information.  At 6 am, LaGuardia Airport is showing a [...]

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I’ve already downloaded the Pulse News Reader to my iPad and I really like it!  I saw Claire Cain Miller’s article in The New York Times and decided to give it a look.  The app is now free and you may select up to 60 sources across 5 pages of a colorful and interactive mosaic.  [...]

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Would you like to test drive an iPad before committing to a major purchase? And/or test drive a Kindle? We have two iPads and two Kindles that you may reserve and use for a week! Click here to reserve an iPad or here to reserve a Kindle. If you have any [...]

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People are beginning to ask how to organize their photos on their iPad.  Here’s a great how-to article from J. Biersdorfer in the Gadgetwise column in The New York Times.
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According to an article by Ashlee Vance in The New York Times, Microsoft may have come up with a real game changer–Kinect.  Kinect is a $150 add on for its Xbox 360 console that will be in stores next month.  What’s so special about it?  It has eliminated game controllers!  No more wires!  It is [...]

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According to a story from Erica Swallow at Mashable, 49% of small business owners are using smartphones.  So, why not use a handy app to manage employee time?  Sarah Kessler of Mashable lists 7 handy apps to help you with this task.  What will you do with your additional free time?
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In case you missed Apple’s announcement yesterday, here’s a link to an article by Philip Michaels that appeared in PCWorld.  Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, announced the next major version of OS X (”Lion”) and also announced an updated version of iLife, a desktop version of FaceTime video-conferencing and a revamped MacBook Air lineup.  A Mac [...]

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