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Over the Christmas holiday my nephew showed up at my house with an Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7” Inch tablet. My Mom, who just turned 88, ended up playing with it and decided she wanted one. So, we stopped by Best Buy and picked one up. I spent some time adding free apps from the Amazon Android Market that I
Two teachers who live halfway around the world from each other figured out a really interesting way to get students engaged in learning something new. They are incorporating technology into their classroom in order to utilize the technology in “real world” scenarios. St. Patrick's Catholic School, in Arroyo Grande, California, used Skype to connect with another classroom. The fifth-graders from
Adding a video camera to your TV webcam-style isn't a new concept. In fact, it isn't even new to Logitech, but today they began sending out announcements about their brand new HD model. The Logitech TV Cam HD takes the whole process to it's next logical level, which is, of course, HD. The new camera, which isn't exactly small at
Over the past 10 years, I have been very successful in incorporating Skype into my various podcasts. Earlier this year I upgraded my windows based 2 channel SD Skype solution to one that is HD Mac-based. I have depicted the solution I am currently using. Be aware that my end goal was to always have the guest appear full screen
The fastest growing trend in plastic surgery right now is chin implants. That's right, there is an increasing number of people who decide to undergo plastic surgery in order to have their chins done. Data from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons shows that the number of chin implants grew 71% in the past year. It seems that the people
Todd talks with Eric from Invoxia about their latest office product, a stylish dock that converts iPhones and iPads into a VoIP desktop phone. Winner of a CES 2012 Showcase Engineering Award, it's really quite stunning. The NVX 610 can use Skype or a SIP telephony provider and control of the desktop phone is via an app on the iPhone which
My HP TouchPad arrived on my doorstep last Tuesday and it's been an interesting week since I opened the box. Here are a few thoughts on the first WebOS tablet. First impressions do count and the box itself started well. It has an almost airtight sliding drawer construction that makes it impossible to open quickly. This slowly reveals the TouchPad as it pulls