All Things Tech

Using Overdrive to get ebooks and audiobooks

noreply@blogger.com (The One and Only) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:20:18 PST

Here are some great how-to videos from our friends at the Wellesley Free Library on how to use Overdrive to get e-books on your Kindle, iPad or Nook.

ebooks for Nook

ebooks for Kindle

ebooks for Kindle Fire

ebooks for iPad

audiobooks and ebooks for Kindle Fire with the Overdrive app

audiobooks for iPod or other portable audio device

Life of George

noreply@blogger.com (The One and Only) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:43:41 PST

I recently found out about a new Lego game called The Life of George and it's pretty cool! The game includes 144 Lego pieces and a board. To play the game you must also download the app onto an iDevice or smartphone with a camera. After you open the app and choose your first level, it shows you a picture of something to build and then times you as you build it. When you're finished you place the Lego on the center of the board and snap a picture of it. The app then grades it and gives you a score. Scores can be posted online or you can go head to head with friends using the same device.

New iBooks 2

noreply@blogger.com (Ssbuck) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:49:45 PST

This morning, Apple announced the new iBooks 2, aimed at textbook makers and educators as an easy way to create multimedia content for the iPad.

To learn more, check out this article at ars technica.

appMATes for the iPad

noreply@blogger.com (The One and Only) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:00:57 PST

Have you seen the new appMATes at the library?

The library now has appMATes! AppMATes are toy cars based on the Disney-Pixar film Cars 2 that interact with the iPad. Just open the appMATes app on your (or our) iPad, place the car on the screen and start driving. It's half toy and half game. Come into the library and check one out today.

Sandra Boynton Books for your Ipad, Iphone, Itouch...

noreply@blogger.com (mB3OK) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:05:15 PST

If you haven't yet tried out any of the Sandra Boynton book apps for kids, you are in for a treat!

Her stories come alive for readers in a wonderfully interactive and fun way. You and your kids will want to read them again and again...or be read to again and again. Each page is completely engaging and offers many fun surprises. As the stories are read, the words are highlighted so you can follow along. You can press individual words to have them read again to you. And perhaps the most fun, you can play with all of Sandra Boynton characters as well as their environments. Don't miss these great apps. They are pre-loaded on all of Dover's ipads and itouches for you to enjoy.