What If Lytro Was An App, It Would Be Focalyz

Lytro is an amazing company that has created a camera that was all the rage at SXSW in 2013. The camera allows the user to shoot first and focus later. Wouldn't that be great if that technology was in an app? How many times have you pulled out your smartphone to take a real fast [...]

Apple Testing Several iWatch Designs?

According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is preparing not just one smartwatch/fitness/health wearable, but several. This is certainly in line with many of the health based initiatives - Health, and HealthKit to name a few - that Apple announced at WWDC a short time ago. The new device(s), according to the Journal, are aimed at bringing new functionality [...]

Swivl Makes Flipping The Classroom More Natural See How At ISTE

At the upcoming International Society For Technology in Education conference in Atlanta, flipped classrooms are going to be a big theme. Flipped classrooms are becoming more and more popular. The term flipped classroom refers to a teaching environment where the teacher turns to video and interactive instruction so that students can work at their own [...]

Nintendo Takes One Step Forward And Two Steps Back

Nintendo hasn't had a great couple of years. In fact the only companies in a worse position in the tech industry are probably Nokia and Blackberry. But things started to look up for Nintendo, as we reported earlier in the week. Regardless of strategy, Nintendo managed to attach more Mario Kart 8 games to console [...]

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ISTE 2014 To Start With UnConference: Hack Ed 14

(photo: ISTEunplugged) The International Society for Technology in Education, more affectionately known as ISTE, is holding it's annual mega conference in less than two weeks in Atlanta Georgia at the World Congress Center. The conference is often billed as the largest educational technology conference in the world and runs from June 28th to [...]

Protecting Your Smartphone From Data Theft – Here’s What You Need To Do

No matter what kind of smartphone you own, ‘protect your handset in every way’ has become an adage every smartphone owner will come across at some point in their lives. Smartphone theft is an increasing problem in the US, and the number of smartphones lost to thieves doubled last year, according to a Consumer Reports [...]

EdTech: TiltonTec: Student-driven Algebra Learning System [ISTE Preview]

We’re gearing up for the International Society for Technology in Education 2014 Conference (ISTE) coming up on June 28th. We have had the opportunity to speak with several exhibitors. Among these exhibitor companies is TiltonTec. TiltonTec's main offering is Tilton's Algebra. This is not some run-of-the-mill algebra program. It is hyper-focused on the first year algebra student. We [...]

Push Your Selfies to the Limit With Looksery

Although there are a ton of great camera apps out there, there is one feature that has been missing. There is not a camera app on any of the app stores that allow users to change and add filters to video and images in real time. No longer. Today, Looksery launched a crowdfunding campaign on [...]

250 Tools To Get Your Startup Going

So you've got an awesome idea for a product/app/service/software/website, but what now? Assuming you have decided on a name for your startup, below are many tools, some free some not, that will help you implement you idea. Startup Tools: Domain and Website Management eCommerce Building/Coding Design Mobile All Things Content Social Media Marketing Resources Business/Legal Tools [...]

Google Teases Android Wear Functionality and Development

  On Wednesday, a new video on the Google Developer YouTube channel gave us a new look at Android Wear. The video gives us a ton of new information about Google's foray into a wearable OS. There are a lot of things that stand out, but one of the most important takeaways - at least [...]