Tech Trends w/ Tara: Apple’s big education announcement
Today Apple announced its official entrance into the e-textbook field promising to revolutionize education’s outdated, static, and expensive print model. Here’s a run down of the 3 main parts of today’s announcement. iBooks 2: Apple released an update for its primary reading application chock full of education enhancements. These include the ability to highlight, […]
Tech Trends w/ Tara: Webpages into Ebooks
Just a quick Tech Trends post as everyone races to holiday gatherings near and far… There is a new Google Chrome browser extension called dotEPUB which allows you to download webpages into EPUB formatted documents. This means you can find articles on the web, convert them into EPUBs, and download them onto your favorite EPUB-friendly device […]
Tech Trends w/ Tara: Holiday Gift Guide
You may refuse to put up holiday decorations or listen to Jingle Bells, but make no mistake: The holiday season is upon us. I love the holidays as much as the next person. The lights. The music. The copious amounts of glögg <insert festive drink of your ancestors here>. But I’m not a big fan of […]
Tech Trends w/ Tara: Augmented Reality
Even though augmented reality (AR) seems to be popping up everywhere – seemingly out of nowhere – it’s actually been around since the late 80’s. At its most basic definition, AR is the connecting, overlaying or enhancing of the physical world with digital or virtual information. (Note: AR is not virtual reality which is complete […]
Tech Trends w/ Tara: Google Ads
Have you ever wondered why particular ads show up when performing a Google search? Do they seem on-target? Way off base? Perhaps a tad creepy? Google’s latest feature, Why These Ads? aims to answer these questions and increase ad transparency. With Why These Ads? you can learn why a particular advertisement is being shown to […]
Tech Trends w/ Tara: Get Fit & Healthy
We use technology for just about everything. Reading, researching, working, playing games, communicating, cooking, traveling, and more. It’s no surprise then that technology can also play a part in getting fit and healthy. Maybe those autumn pounds are already creeping on or maybe you never got around to losing last holiday season’s weight gain (author […]