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Google Play for Education
Google has moved to bring apps to the education tablet market. The change from the existing Google approach involves moving beyond the online resources of Google to now include Google Play (the app store) for tablets and a management system.
Google Alerts – Search Continuously
I have just discovered Google Alerts. These settings establish searches and periodically send you the results via email (or RSS if you prefer). This tactic works well if there are specific topics you find important and you want to know … Continue reading
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Google Site Tutorials
Karen Ferguson offers a nice (and current) set of tutorials (video and text) for Google Sites. I am still a fan of web sites and Google Sites offers educators and students this possibility.
Android under patent attacks
This from GigaOm on a legal complaint claiming patent violations in android. This claim, if supported, would adversely impact Google and Samsung. The patents were purchased from Nortel (now out of business). This a classic case of patents that are … Continue reading
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Microsoft not impressed by free iWorks
Microsoft responds after the recent Apple announcement arguing that iWorks is not software for serious work. I suppose, but I would suggest that Word is kind of a tweener – not really necessary for writing and not robust enough for … Continue reading
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Make gravy
With the typical focus on Siri, it seems to me that Google’s advances in voice recognition have received too little attention. My wife and I sometimes amuse ourselves by submitting the same request to her iPhone and my S4. Anyway … Continue reading
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