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I read this article by Michelle Meyers.
The article reviews one of the coolest apps on texting using an iPod Touch called Textfree, this also works with an iPad. Textfree assigns a real phone number, and lets one send and receive texts for free.
In other words, “No one knows you don’t have a phone.” Many computer users take advantage of text-to-voice programs to make their computer tasks easier. With a voice command we can execute a task which otherwise might take a combination of keyboard-key presses and mouse clicks. For more information check out 5 Excellent Text to Voice Free Applications at SmashingApps.com Image via Wikipedia Science journalist Tom Siegfried on the misuse of statistical methods in science: “It’s science’s dirtiest secret: The ‘scientific method’ of testing hypotheses by statistical analysis stands on a flimsy foundation. Statistical tests are supposed to guide scientists in judging whether an experimental result reflects some real effect or is merely [...] Although experts have been congratulating Apple on how competitive the iPad prices are, when you actually have to part with 500 bucks or more (if you want 3G, which is a must-have for such a device), it hurts. There is a solution that won’t cost you a dime, though. It also won’t get you an iPad, but you [...] Image via CrunchBase Last week at the TED conference in Southern California, Microsoft’s Blaise Aguera y Arcas demonstrated a new crowdsourced-version Bing Maps that integrates photos and even live video that is shared by others. Microsoft will also soon launch what we’ve dubbed “Bing Sky,” the ability to use Bing to look up in the sky and [...] Image via Wikipedia First, there was the Google Street View Car, a special vehicle with a 360-degree camera mounted on top that brings us all that detailed Street View imagery. Then, Google engineers invented the Trike, a tricycle with a camera that can reach all those places where Street View Car cannot [...] Muvizu The big enchilada is Muvizu 3D, free software designed to let anyone create compelling animations without expensive kit and years of training. The videos on [...] Podcasting redid the standard “Create your own multi-track ringtone” project using the tool Aviary just released last week: an online audio editor call Myna. http://aviary.com/tools/myna The class voted it extremely easy to use, and useful for basic audio editing. No doubt as more filters get added, we will find it useful for even more. Additional comments indicated [...] Forty Years of Lunar Lander In 1969, an Apollo-crazy high school student wrote one of the most influential computer games of all time. Benj Edwards of Technologizer has a nice summary of the history of Lunar Lander and the High School student who wrote one of the first computer games of all time. It started so many of us using computers, able to replicate lunar landings, so soon after we all watched images of the first man to step on the moon. I played this one for the first time in 1972 and it started me thinking, of imagining. That was a big deal, everyone knew computers counted things, but beyond what was being done at the time with computers it was easy to see more, especially when I wasn’t constrained by understanding how it worked, yet. I hope my students become as inspired. [...] Hillsboro YouTube sensation looks for mainstream fameby Wendy Owen, The Oregonian
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