Teachers Mobile Technology

GoGo Games Ipad Game for Young Learners

2013-01-04T00:02:00.002-08:00

Go Go Games is a great iPad app for young learners. It is basically a set of games designed to help kids suffering from Autism Spectrum Disorders ( ASD ) in learning to quickly notice multiple features of the objects in the world around them.

Although GO GO Games was designed for ASD kids , it can also provide valuable learning play for all other children especially toddlers, pre-schoolers, and kindergartners working on visual discrimination, matching, and pattern recognition.

Here are some features of Go Go Games :

3 different matching games to support a broad range of children on the autism spectrum
6 levels of difficulty to help a child to observe, scan, focus, and categorize
Touch-sensitivity and responsiveness for players with fine motor challenges
Positive rewards with verbal praise and delightful sounds to boost confidence; stress-free gaming experience with no penalties
Original artwork, music, real voice files, and colorful animations

Watch the video below to learn more about Go Go Games

3 Awesome Book Creating Apps for iPad

2013-01-02T21:29:00.002-08:00

There are several productivity apps out there in iTunes market that allow you to create story books on iPad but not all of them are the same. It might , in fact, take you awhile till you would find some good ones like the apps I have featured below. Teachers Mobile Technology has , however, done some digging and came up with the ones listed below. Using these apps you or your students will be able to create story books or any other kinds of books using simple tools and materials including, text, audio, images, graphics and more. Go through the list and let us know what you think about them.

1- Book Creator for iPad

" The simple way to create your own beautiful iBooks, right on the iPad.
Read them in iBooks, send them to your friends, or submit them to the iBookstore.
Ideal for children’s picture books, photo books, art books, cook books, manuals, textbooks, and the list goes on."

2- Littel Story Maker

"Little Story Maker offers a magical way to enjoy your personal pictures and stories with your child. The little ones will love to hear stories with pictures of people and places they are familiar with. Older kids, will love the stories and the ability to easily create stories all on their own. "

3- Picview

"The ultimate voice tagging experience. PicView is the first application that allows you to comment and annotate your images simultaneously. And besides, you can apply filters and frames .It's just pure emotion and it's free in your AppStore."

Livescribe A great Smart Pen for Teachers

2013-01-01T22:24:00.001-08:00

You might probably have already heard about it, Livescribe is a smart pen that has been around for sometime now. This pen allows you to take notes on a piece of paper and directly sync them with your Evernote account creating , thus, a digitized version of them that can be accessible from any device with internet connection.

Here are some of the things Livescribe offers to its users :

It lets you record everything you write and hear
Automatically, your recorded notes and audio are wirelessly sent and securely stored in your Evernite account
It provides up to 500MB of additional upload capacity for smart pen notes and audio
You can access your notes anytime you want and anywhere you choose
Depending on the GB you want in it, Livescribe price ranges between $169 to $249

Watch this video to see Livescribe in action

11 Useful Android Apps for Special Education

2012-12-30T19:36:00.003-08:00

Unlike iPad apps market that includes a special section devoted to special education apps, Android has a bunch of such apps but they are scattered all over Google Play. You need to dig real hard to find them. Fortunately we have compiled a list of some of the best apps for special education so you don't have to bother looking for them.
This list is curated mainly for teachers and students but anyone with a shared interest can access it. The purpose is to help those Android users who feel that their learning is awkward to redress it and perform better. Enjoy.

1- First Then Visual Schedule

"First-Then visual schedule is an affordable user-friendly mobile application designed for caregivers to provide positive behavior support through the use of "visual schedules". First-Then was designed for individuals with Autism, communication needs, developmental delays, Down's Syndrome, Alzheimer's, or anyone who would benefit from a structured environment "

2- Tap to Talk

"TapToTalk turns an Android device into an affordable augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device. Tap a picture - TapToTalk speaks. Kids think it's fun."

3- AAC Speech Buddy

"The AAC Speech Buddy was created to quickly & easily create custom Speech Sets Online (aacspeech.com) which could be loaded on one or many AAC Speech Buddy Apps. The AAC Speech Buddy comes complete with several demo speech sets - and access to our Default Profile menus."

4- Voice 4U

"Voice4u is an simple application that consists numerous of fun and memorable images that can help assist and improve language."

5- Quick Talk AAC

"Quick Talk was designed with a simple mission - to change the world by giving a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves. Our goal is to make it as quick as possible for you to talk. We made this app as mobile, simple, and flexible as possible, so for one small fee you can have everything you need to communicate"

6- Autism Xpress

"StudioEmotion is happy to announce the creation of the first Autism Android Application "AutismXpress", designed to encourage people with autism to recognize and express their emotions through its fun and easy to use interface."

7-iReward Chart

"iRewardChart makes it easy to reward your children for good behavior and keep them motivated."

8- iPrompts

"iPrompts®, the original app for visual supports, is used by parents, special educators and therapists of those with autism and other developmental delays."

9- Speech Communicator

"A smart pictogram-based speech communicator for people with speech disabilities.
An Android application for people with speech disabilities, a generic and easy to learn communication method for anyone with speech disabilities that forms grammatically correct sentences from a list of pictograms clicked and reads them (text-to-speech)"

10- Gabby Tabs Lite

"Gabby Tabs Lite is a kid friendly, easy to use, augmentative communication app that helps and encourages non-verbal children to communicate "

11- Jab Talk

"JABtalk is a free speech communication application designed to help non-verbal children and adults communicate. "

iThought HD A Great Mind Mapping App for iPad

2012-12-29T18:23:00.003-08:00

iThought HD is a cool app for your iPad. It is basically a mind mapping app that allows users to easily create and share their mind maps. As a teacher you can use this app with your students to explore the power of mind mapping. The app is enhanced for both iPad and iPhone and is definitely one not to be missed.

iThought HD can also import and export mindmaps to and from many of the most popular desktop mindmap applications such as Myhoughts, Freemind, Freeplane and iMindmap. Here is a 6 minutes video tutorial to see iThought HD in action. You can also access this page to learn more about this mind mapping tool.

8 Great Reading Apps for Android

2012-12-28T22:16:00.000-08:00

So you are looking for some educational reading apps for Android. Well you don't have to go further, we have curated a list of some of the best reading apps you can find in Google Play. The apps featured below will help your kids and students improving their reading skills and render their reading experience much more enjoyable.Go through them and select the ones you want to try. If you have other suggestions, additions, or comments , share them with us below. Your feedback is highly important to us. Enjoy

1- Kids Learn to Read

" Featured at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco, Kids Learn to Read is the latest child-pleasing addition to Intellijoy's best-selling reading curriculum series, and is preceded by Kids ABC Letters and Kids ABC Phonics. "

2- Monkey Pre School

" Monkey Preschool Lunchbox: 6 exciting educational games for your preschooler.
Monkey Preschool Lunchbox is a collection of five exciting educational games for your preschooler (ages 2 to 5)."

3- Kids ABC Phonics

" Kids ABC Phonics teaches letter sounds and the basics of blending, but does not teach the next step, which is fluency in actual reading. Developing reading skills is a separate educational goal, which is covered in a separate upcoming game, called Kids Reading, which was featured at the Google I/O on May 11th."

4- Kids ABC Letters

" Knowing how the alphabet letters are pronounced is a separate educational goal, which is covered in a separate app, called Kids ABC Phonics. Including it in Kids ABC Letters would detract from the focus of this game and make it too complex to invite and delight children"

5- Learn to Read Lite

"A free interactive ebook for children who are learning to sound out words.
This free kids app prompts the reader to touch the correct word on a screen of similar sounding words. The large type allows young readers to move their fingers along the words while they sound it out, while the alliterative and rhyming verse promote phonemic awareness. This app is optimized for tablet devices."

6- Sight Words

" Sight Words – Help prepare your child for kindergarten. Designed for children who are ready to learn to read and review sight words, this shows each word on a separate card in large font. "

7- All By Myself

" In this simple, sweet, and very human picture book, Mercer Mayer's popular Little Critter shows us all the things he can do by himself. He starts by tying his shoes (almost) and continues by pouring his own juice and spilling just a little! The wry illustrations often point to the fact that Little Critter doesn't do everything perfectly, but he always makes an effort to do the best he can!"

8- iStorybooks

" FREE STORY BOOKS WITH FUN PICTURES, TEXT & AUDIO FOR YOUR LITTLE ONES.
PARENT CAN ADD OR REMOVE BOOKS FROM THE CHILD'S LIBRARY. PARENT SECTION OF THE APP IS PROTECTED."

9 Great Math Apps for Android

2012-12-27T19:18:00.003-08:00

Free Mobile Technology for Teachers has compiled for you some of the best Android Math apps. You can use them with your students and kids to get them learning Math in more enjoyable ways. The apps range from Math for beginners to Math for advanced learners. Go through them and see which ones you like. In case you have other suggestions or additions, please share with us in the comment form below.

1- Einstein Math Academy

" Playing the game is easy (finding equation that works), but mastering it is hard due to the cleverly crafted scoring system. Make strategical decisions and improve skills to plan ahead.

Each equation found adds to your score with a base score that's multiplied by a bonus:
1. Use the silver and gold pieces to increase base score
2. Use the center colored number (previous answer) to increase bonus multiplier.."

2- Math Workout

" Math/Maths Workout is a set of daily brain training exercises and math drills designed to enhance mental arithmetic......."

3- Brain Excerciser

" Fun, challenging and gives your brain a little needed exercise.
If you want to get your kid a head start in learning math, download Brain Exerciser for them. If you yourself need a quick refresher on the basics, download Brain Exerciser. This thing won’t reteach you calculus or help you on that trigonometry test, but if you haven’t crunched numbers for a while it’s a nice, refreshing way to get your brain moving again."

4- Mental Math Free

" Learn some secrets of mental math and become good with numbers!
Become good with numbers. Practice makes perfect! Let's enjoy mental math and train your brain!.."

5- Falling Math

" Simple but challenging, Falling Math is one of the BEST math games on the Android market!! DOWNLOAD IT FREE TODAY!.."

6- Arithmetic for Kids Free

" ARITHMETICS is the most recent of the Arithmo math and puzzle game apps that are quickly becoming a worldwide sensation. Arithmo ™ is the extremely popular series of math number puzzles from Zoki Games™, a leader in educational games that develop brain function and sharpen minds..."

7- Baby Learns Numbers

" aby Learns Numbers is a mathematical enlightening game for babies. It has 2 scenes to choose from. Your baby can learn and understand numbers and quantities while playing and enjoying the underwater world scene and the Panda fishing scene..."

8- Mini Train

" Arrange the blocks to help the mini train reach the tunnel. Click and drag objects to make safe path for train to reach goal. Arrange the pieces provided in each level to allow your train to reach the tunnel. Can you help the train pass through all 24 levels?.."

9- Purple Invaders

" The sequel to the popular physics game Purple Trouble. More levels, more fun, more adventure in the land of Purple....."

14 Great Learning Apps for iPad

2012-12-26T20:52:00.000-08:00

Below are some great educational iPad apps you can use use for both learning and teaching purposes. These apps are among the most popular apps in iTune store for the year 2012 and are being used by a great number of teachers and educators from all around the world. Check them out below and see if you are missing on any . Enjoy

1- Edmodo

" Teachers can post messages, keep tabs on recent assignment submissions, and grade assignments. Students can view and turn in assignments and check their latest grades. Class discussions can be conducted securely, both during and outside of school hours."

2- Pinterest

" Pinterest is where you can dream about, plan, and prepare for the
things you want to do in your life. Whether it's vacation plans, new
gadgets, favorite recipes, fashion or the latest home decor, Pinterest
is an easy way for you to make the most of it. Quickly and easily save
and organize your inspirations with your iPhone or iPad."

3- Evernote

" Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go. "

4- Dropbox

" Dropbox lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Access any file you save to your Dropbox from all your computers, iPhone, iPad and even the Dropbox website!
Features:
• Access all your photos, docs and videos from any device.
• 2 GB of space when you sign up -- free!
• Automatically save photos and videos to Dropbox and earn up to 3 GB additional free space.
• Share a link to even your biggest files— no more attachments!
• Add files to your "Favorites" for fast, offline viewing."

5- Scoop.it

" Curate on the go with the Scoop.it iPhone App:
- Select, edit and publish posts in the same engaging visual format as from the Web site
- Review your suggestion list
- Add posts from Safari mobile
- Share on all your connected Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr... accounts"

6- Google Drive

" Get started with 5GB for free to safely keep all your stuff in one place and then access it from any device, anywhere. Store documents, pictures, or other files - even the big ones - using Google Drive and easily share them with anyone. ..."

7-Socrative

" Socrative brings smart clickers, student response and ease of use to a whole new level. Be engaged for the entire class with educational exercises and games. See all your classmates’ ideas in real time and interact with the responses."

8- Khan Academy

" Spend an afternoon brushing up on statistics. Discover how the Krebs cycle works. Learn about the fundamentals of computer science. Prepare for the upcoming SAT. Or, if you’re feeling particularly adventurous, learn how fire stick farming changed the landscape of Australia."

9- TED

": ED's official app presents talks from some of the world's most fascinating people: education radicals, tech geniuses, medical mavericks, business gurus and music legends. Find more than 1,100 TEDTalk videos (with more added each week) on the official TED app -- now for both iPad and iPhone."

10- Zite

" Your Zite is as unique as you are. Zite learns what you like and gets smarter as you use it. Zite analyzes millions of articles each day and brings you the best of your favorite magazines, newspapers, authors, blogs, and videos."

11- Flipboard

" Designed for iPad and iPhone, Flipboard is a personal news magazine filled with everything being shared across the Web, from breaking news to stories on world events, sports, travel and more. Simply pick a few topics and your Flipboard is instantly populated with the news you care about"

12- Learnist

" Learnist makes sharing what you know and learning from others fast and easy by remixing anything on the web like videos, ebooks, maps, blogs, podcasts, surveys and more into a simple and elegant learning resource on any topic that you can share with anyone. Learnist is like a collaborative, multimedia and interactive ebook from the future."

13- ClassDojo

" ClassDojo helps teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily. It also captures and generates data on behavior that teachers can share with parents and administrators."

14- Educreations

" Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. Explain a math formula... Create an animated lesson... Add commentary to your photos... Diagram a sports play..."

4 Android Bookmarking Apps

2012-11-16T22:48:00.000-08:00

This is a Guest Post from Michael Lury

There are several tools we have recourse to when trying to save web pages we are interested in reading later. Given the constraints of time and sometimes work, you just find yourself out of time for reading your favorite articles and it would do you no good to just ignore them. Anyway using the apps mentioned down you will be able to save the content you love on the go and read it at your own convenience.

Most of these apps will work with Google Reader or Instapaper.

1- Read Later for Instapaper

If you are an Instapaper user this is the app for you! You simply select a link from e-mails or websites and choose the "share"/"share link" option. The "Share via" list will now contain the "Post to Instapaper" function. Sharing can even be done through the built-in browser menu.

2- InstFetch

This app also integrates with Instapaper and has several features such as :

-save pages to Instapaper directly from your Android-powered device,
- synchronize with your Instapaper account and download full contents of web pages that you want to read later,
- have the best possible reading experience on your Android-powered device thanks to NReadability's awesome mobile transcoding engine,
- listen to your articles using Text-to-Speech technology,
- save articles to Evernote.

3- PaperSpan

PaperSpan is an easy to use, free app to save web pages for reading later. Save pages from computer or phone's browser, and open them from either.
Useful for managing web links those you find worth to read, but sometime later.

4- Power Note

This is a great notebook tool to have on your mobile phone. It has some awesome features such as:

Add text note, take picture, import text message, add bookmarks to your library
Organize text note, picture, bookmarks etc into lists
Sync data with diigo.com
Mark webpages as "read later" in desktop browsers, then read it on the phone

Comparison Between New iPad and iPad2

2012-03-26T04:18:00.000-07:00

The New iPad or iPad 3 has been now in the market for almost two weeks. It is really making a huge sale for Apple even though it does not have a major upgrade from iPad2. I think people are predisposed to buy anything new Apple releases even if it is new just in shape.
Anyway here in The Best of Mobile Technology we help our readers make better choices when it comes to buying mobile gadgets, and via covering the details and characteristics about each appliance we hope that you can be able to take the right shopping decision. Today we are going to compare iPad2 to the New iPad to see the differences in specs and performance too.

Here are the features that iPad2 offers to its readers

It is 241mm tall, 186 mm wide and 8.6 mm thick
It weights 680 grams ( 80 grams lighter than the first iPad )
It has a 9.7 inch and 1024x768 pixels
It runs iOS 4.3
It has both a rear and front camera
AT&T and Verizon 3G
Video capture quality is 720p
WiFi: 802,11 abg and n
Memory : 16, 32 and 64 GB
It is available both in white and black color

Here are the features that the New iPad offers to its readers

It is 60g heavier than the previous iPad
It has a 9.7 inch screen with 1536 x 2048
It has curved edges, oleophobic scracth-proof glass and aluminium chassis
It runs iOS 5.1
It delivers a stunning Retina Display and A5X chip
It supports 4G LTE
Its battery life can go up to 10 hours
It has a rear camera labeled ' isight' that features 5 megapixels and includes face detection, white balance, and an infrared filter with advanced optics.
It is also outfitted with auto-foucs, video stabilization and full 1080 HD video recording.
It has a keyboard that is fitted with a new microphone button, which records whatever you say out loud and dictates your words into text in seconds

Watch this video to see this difference between iPad2 and the New iPad in action

Review of Samsung Galaxy 2 10.1 Best Features

2012-03-24T18:48:00.000-07:00

After the successful Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung has finally unveilled its new long awaited product, Samsung Galaxy 2 10.1 . This is in fact the next in its second-generation tablet range. This new large-screened device features the likes of Android 4.0 a 1GHz dual core processor and a 3MP rear-facing camera.

Samsung is pretty insistent on not letting Apple monolpolize the tablet market. Just after the release of iPad3 or what is called the New iPad, Samsung let out the Galaxy Tab2 10.1. Both of these new gadgets developed a new look and focuses on the promotion of the desing. Anyway, let us have a look at what this new Tab 2 10.1 has to offer for its users.

Some features of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1

Here is a list of the main features that Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 offers ti uers:

It is a nice looking tablet with a bit less prmium feel
It runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
It has a touchWiz interface with messy widgets and slightly confusing menu system
It is empowered with a dual-core 1GHz processor
It is 0.38 ( 9.7mm) a bit thicker than Tab 10.1
It has a 3MP camera without flash in the back and a VGA camera in the front for video chat
It has stereo speakers on both sides of the screen
It has 1GB of RAM
The GPU is listed as PowerVR SGX540 the same one we have in the Galaxy Nexus
It has a version with a SIM card slot and 21Mbps download speeds, and also sports the usual plethora of connectivity options we've come to expect from Samsung, like Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 3.0, A-GPS, FM Radio and DLNA media streaming, which is managed by the AllShare app.

So what do you think about these features? is it worth the upgrade or it is just as Phone arena said " If you have been waiting on a breathtaking quad-core Android tablet with 1080p display from Samsung, the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) is not it. Despite that the “2” implies an upgrade, it is actually inferior to the original Galaxy Tab 10.1 in certain aspects, so its main advantage remains Android ICS. "

Watch the following video to learn more

Review of iPad3 Best Features

2012-03-22T18:01:00.001-07:00

Apple finally did it. No more expectations. iPad 3,new iPad, new iPad 3, call it whatever, is out in the market. It seems like this new Ipad is breaking sales records since its release on March the 16. People have been lining up in droves to put their hands on the tablet's gorgeous display and explore what it has to offer them and that iPad 2 does not have.

iPad 3 looks like iPad2 but with a remarkable overhaul on the innards. The obvious question that clients have is what makes it different from iPad2 ? There is a Retina Display that gives a crispy look, an updated a5x processor bringing quad-core graphics and a 5MP camera on the rear AND a VGA sensor on the front and the long awaited iOS 5.1. These are the main additions that the new iPad has brought about.

Let us have a look of its overall specs:

Here is a list of the main features that iPad3 offers to its users:

It is 60g heavier than the previous iPad
It has a 9.7 inch screen with 1536 x 2048
It has curved edges, oleophobic scracth-proof glass and aluminium chassis
It runs iOS 5.1
It delivers a stunning Retina Display and A5X chip
It supports 4G LTE
Its battery life can go up to 10 hours
It has a rear camera labeled ' isight' that features 5 megapixels and includes face detection, white balance, and an infrared filter with advanced optics.
It is also outfitted with auto-foucs, video stabilization and full 1080 HD video recording.
It has a keyboard that is fitted with a new microphone button, which records whatever you say out loud and dictates your words into text in seconds.

Save Meetings A Great Free Recording App

2012-03-20T21:24:00.000-07:00

Save Meeting is a great app for both iOS and Android . It allows its users to record the audio of their meetings. Users can also transcribe their audio and share both the recording and transcriptions with the rest of the world.

Save Meting is a great app for students especially college ones. They can use it to record lectures and lessons while on campus and then transcribe that input at home for a later revision. It can also be used for may other purposes. Just bear in mind that there are some limitations for the free version of Save Meeting it offers just 30 seconds of automatic transcription and 5 minutes of manual transcription which should be sufficient for recording quick notes during a meeting. Save Meeting uses a freemium pricing model. At the free level you can save up to 1,000 minutes of audio.
watch the video to learn more.

A List of Free Dictionaries for The iPad

2012-03-19T18:19:00.000-07:00

Tablets offer a great reading experience for its users. Its overarching features such as portability, screen size , and resolution makes it a great substitute to laptops. There are also several apps that you can download into your tablet to give your webpages a better look offering almost the same reading experience you normally get when reading a hard cover book.

As an example of the best tablets you can consider having if you dont already have one is iPad. This latter has several features that sets it apart from the rest. You can read Review of iPad's Best Features to learn more. So if you have an iPad and want some free dictionaries app to install on it then you need have a look at this list I have compiled here.

Meriam Webster for iPad

This app offers word definitions from Websters' collegiate dictionary. It also supports the voice search functionality which allows users to speak out their words and get their definitions without having to spell them.

Dictionary.com

Dictionary.com offers trusted reference content from both its official webstie and also from Thesaurus. It has so many useful features that we will review below but the most important of them all is its being able to work even when offline. You no longer need inernet connection to browse it.You can read your downloadced PDF and use it as if you are online.

WordWeb English
This app is both a dctionary and a thesaurus that has several awesome features such as : the use of examples, clear defintions,suggestions on spelling, a fast searching, synonyms, related words and no adverts. There is also an offline audio version that is provided seperately.

Dictionary!Free
This a great dictionary app that can be installed on your iPad for free. It works both online and offline. The online version has more details .

Advanced English Dictionary and Thesaurus
This is a bit different from the standard dictionary format for it offers an innovative and convennient approach. Among the features it includes are : synonyms, antonyms, hyponyms, hyperlinks and a straight word definitions.

If you can afford some paid dictionary apps then consider the followings:

Wordbook: $1.99 AU
Blends: $1.99 AU
Dictionary for iPad: $2.99 AU
Concise English Dictionary: $0.99 AU
Dictionary: $1.99 AU

Who Uses Android ?

2012-03-18T20:43:00.000-07:00

Android has been released just a couple of years ago but the turmoil it generated in the mobile operating systems industry has really surpassed the limits of imagination.. There is a mounting revolution in the OS and as the competition is heating up between the main operators who are Apple, Android, and Windows, more and more amazing gadgets are released every year to the point that we can not anticipate where this will lead humanity.

I like iOS and I know Apple is a great company whose products receive a great acclaim from clients all over the world but the only gadget from this company that I use is the Mac and as for the mobile appliances I prefer Android. I feel like Android is open source and therefore offering more services than iOS. Anyway I might be wrong but that is how I think about it.

Below is an infographic from Bluestack that I want to share with you. It talks about the ones who use Android. Read it and don't forget to share the knowledge.

iPad3 No More Anticipation

2012-03-17T20:33:00.000-07:00

Finally Apple has released what is named New iPad. Some call it iPad3 or at least that is the name everyone was expecting for the new tablet. It is true that this tablet has just been into the market for a couple of weeks now but its reputation even before its release has far exceeded all the borders.
Apple's fans were talking about it in evry forum and much hope was held for its competitivity but as a person interested and folowing new mobile gadgets I do not see any huge advancement in iPad3. You might not agree with me but that is how I see it.

Below is an infographic on iPad3, this one here has been written even before its release. Have a look and see how people were looking forward to the new updgrade.

Source: AYTM Research

Merriam Webster on The iPad for Free

2012-03-16T18:26:00.001-07:00

Merriam Webster is one of America's most useful and respected dictionaries. It has a web version that is visited by thousands of users each day. It is also included in school libraries all over the globe. Meriam Webster has now an app that is designed specifically for the iPad.

This app is free and very easy to use. It offers word definitions from Websters' collegiate dictionary. It also supports the voice search functionality which allows users to speak out their words and get their definitions without having to spell them. Just like Dictionary.com, Merriam Webster has also an integrated version of Thesaurus that provides sentence examples to illustrate definitions.

Some features of Merriam Webster' app

Here is a set of the main features that Merriam Webster App offers to its users:

It is free
It is easy to use
It has a user friendly interface
It provides word definitions and sentence examples
It has integrated Thesaurus with Antonyms and Synonyms
It supports voice search and audio pronunciation
It offers words of the day and favourites
It has a recent history section where to track words you have previously searched for.

Head over to iTunes store and download the app.

Dictionay.co Is Now Available on iPad for Free

2012-03-16T18:22:00.001-07:00

Dictionary.com is finally availabe on the iPad. Everything you love about this app in your iPhone is now on the iPad too. Dictionary.com is one of the most trusted dictionaries online. It is personally my favourite app and I have installed on my tablet.

Dictionary.com offers trusted reference content from both its official webstie and also from Thesaurus. It has so many useful features that we will review below but the most important of them all is its being able to work even when offline. You no longer need inernet connection to browse it.You can read your downloadced PDF and use it as if you are online.

Some features of Dictionary.com

Here is a list of the main features that Dictionary.com offers to its users:

It is free
It is easy to use
It has a user friendly interface
It offers more than 2.000.000 definitions,synonyms ans and antonyms
It offers offline access
It provides daily content including Word of The Day and Hot Word
It has provides audio pronunciation and examples in sentences
It has voice search
It provides word origins and history of terms
It has popular and local trending searches
It offers words suggestion option
It also has a search history and favourite words section
It provides spelling suggestions

Head over to iTunes and download the app.

Google+ Awesome new Features for You Tube and Chrome

2012-03-15T18:10:00.000-07:00

Google has added some great features to its Google+. I am really astounded with the speed by which Google advances in its inventions. Google has made it possible for people using You Tube and Chrome to experience new navigational experience with some new awesome developments.

As for Youtube

Google+ users can from now on see a You Tube icon on the left of their screen when they open their Google+ profiles. You can just hover your mouse over that icon and a bar will stretch out asking what to play for you. You can enter the name of an artist or the title of a certain video and when you hit enter a list of related videos will be played in a pop up window. If you move the pop-up elsewhere, you can still navigate your playlist from the slider.

What I really like about this new feature of You Tube is the fact that you can even share this playing list with your circles and the people you share with can even open the related playlist right from your post.

As for Chrome

There are two new features that Google has added to the Chrome browser to make Google + experience even better. These features are :

Google+ Notifications

When you add this extension to your Chrome you will be able to get more from Google+. For instance when someone adds you to a circle, commented on one of your post or posted something new the extension button will turn red and show you how many updates are waiting for you. Once you click on that button a window will drop down showing you all the latest notifications. You can then act on your notifications directly from this extension and this way you will always stay updated about your Google+ activity. Head over to Chrome extension store and install it

Google+ button

This extension is pretty cool. Once installed on your chrome you will be able to +1 any web page you are navigating right from your extension bar. Your friends will be able to see the posts you plused in their search which is why you need it after all. I do recommend that you head over to Chrome extension page and get it installed.
Watch this video to learn more

I hope you enjoyed these two new features Google has added and wish you will get the best out of them.

Google Voice Search Works Under Water

2012-03-15T18:09:00.000-07:00

As you probably know, Google has got some of the best engineers in the world. It is, in fact, thanks to them that Google is where it is now. I am really amazed by their intelligence and their ability to create and move forward with this new technology. Some of the astounding things they recently did and received a huge applause from all around the world are the following two experiments. Both of these experiments were carried out to test Google Voice and its ability to adapt to even the hardest environments.

The first Experiment

This was done by the the engineers Mike and James. They both work for Google . They went to the middle of the south Australlian desert where the temperature is extremely high and tested the voice search service ( 50 meters away from the phone ) watch this video to see the experiment.

The Second Experiment

This experiemnt was carried put by engineers Noel and Alice who work for Google as well. They both went to Australlia and in a place called Barria Reef they tested Google voice search underwater. The results were amazing and here is the video to watch .

If you have an Android phone and you want to use Google Voice search then all you need to do is to press the microphone button on the homescreen or dowload the app from Android's market.The iPhone app is allso available here.

Discover Great Business Deals for Free Using Google Offers Mobile App

2012-03-14T18:55:00.001-07:00

Google has recently released its Google Offers Mobile App. This mobile app will allow its users to discover,buy and redeem their favourite deals on the go. Flyers will no longer be needed for shopping. Some have their kitchen tables full of flyer papers looking for what is on sale , now with Google Offers Mobile App you can have all these offers and many more just a click away. Unfortunately the app works only in the United States but I am quite sure it is just a matter of time before it becomes available to the rest of the world.

Some features of Google Offers Mobile App

Here is a list of the main features that Google Offers Mobile App provides to its users:

It is free

It is easy to use

It is compatible just with Android

It allows you to discover, buy and redeem great offers from food to fun

It keeps you updated about the latest deals in your city

You can have all your purchased and saved offers on your phone

So if you have an android and you are living in the States then head over to Android Market and download Google Offers Mobile App.

Check out Live Events Using Google Maps for Android

2012-03-14T18:51:00.000-07:00

Google Maps for Android has been recently updated.They have added a new feature called " live events" This is a service that will allow Android users to find about the real events that are taking place or will take place in their cities. Events can be anything like concerts, plays, sport events..etc. It is smartly enough from Google Maps to come up with this idea and I expect an overwhelming success for Android.

Google ,as usual, when It first launches a new service or an update, it always makes it location specific and does not give any time line for the complete roll out. The locations that Google Maps Live Events feature includes are : New York, Sans Fransisko, Paris, Zurich, and London. Of course we will watch for any update the future cities to be covered and we will make sure to publish them here instantaneously as they are released.

Users have already been able to download the update since11/11. Just remember that you need Android 2.1 to be able to run the app appropriately. The application is availabe at Android Market.

Khan Academy App is now Available for Free

2012-03-13T18:33:00.000-07:00

Khan Academy has finally released their iPad app. This is the best piece of news ever for the Kham fans. Khan Academy, for those who still do not know it, is a great library of over 2.700 videos covering different topics including: k-12 Math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even the humanities with playlists on finance and history.

Some features of Khan Academy App

Here is a list of the main features that Khan Academy App offers to its users:

It is free
It is easy to use
It has a user friendly Interface
It is compatible with iPad
It requires iOS 4.0 or later
It gives you access to hundreds of videos covering different topics
It lets you download videos to watch offline
It provides subtitles to videos
It lets singed in users track their progress and get credit for watching videos
Exercises section is to be expected soon.

Head over to iTunes store and download the app

Watch this video to learn more about Khan Academy App

Remarkable Offers Three Free Educational Apps for Kids

2012-03-12T19:31:00.000-07:00

Remarkable is a publisher of educational apps for yourng learners between 3 and six years old. This is another platform where you can get free trusted educational apps. I know it would take you forever to go about looking for apps to give to your kid because Android market is an open source and everybody can contribute with their apps.Anyway Remarkable together with Teachers Paradise are two places you need to consider when looking for educational and Learning Apps.

Here are three apps from Remarkable That I want to introduce to you:

Tracing ABC

This is a mobile app that helps its users learn how to write in such a fun way that preschoolers would like so much.The app offes guidance for tracing through simple star system. When the kids is tracing correctly then stars are checked off and if they trace in the wrong direction stars are unchecked. After correctly tracing each letter a word starting with that letter appears and is read to the child.

What's Different

This is a fun educational game for children between 3 years old and up. It is all about identifying patterns and picking out the ones that do not fit in. Kids are shown 4 objects and are asked to pick out the one that does not fit the pattern.

Mix and Match

this is an awesone puzzel game that allows learners to put together simple images by swiping through parts of an image unti they find the one that matches the other parts of the image.

Teacher Paradise A Great Resource of EducationaL Apps

2012-03-12T19:19:00.000-07:00

Teachers Paradise is a great platform that offers some awesome apps for students and young learners. It has a mixture of flashcard-style apps, problem-solving apps, and tracing/coloring apps. I have already fetched one app from its library and reviewed it here in 123 ABC Practice and Improve your Handwriting on The Go. Anyway As I went through some of its content I found out three interesting apps that I want to share with you. These apps are appropriate for pre-k and early elementary school years.

Math Pro

Math Pro is a fun educational game that provides Math practice for students. Some of its features are :

It lets you create unlimited set of Math Flash cards for any skill level
It has addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division
Advance multiple choice

ASL Sing Language

This is basically a set of flashcards to help you learn sign language. It features flashcard on the different hand positions while using sign language. This app is completey free and easy to use. It requires Android 1.6 and up.

Kids ABCs Jigsaw Puzzel

This is a free app for the Android users to help them learn alphabets in a such smart and funny way using jigsaw puzzels. Learners will be prompted to construct jigsaw puzzels correcty in order to get a correct letter of alphabets together with an animal whose name starts with that letter.