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One of the problems that students face when applying to colleges is of a logistical nature. There is no one-size fits all application to colleges. Each university has different requirements for their application process. Thus, if students are applying to several universities, it can be quite a hassle. However, one professor, Dr. Rebecca Joseph, thinks [...]
(photo: Mashable) We're not sure if a carpool app that also allows users to track how much CO2 they are saving, would be story worthy, but in the case of Leo Grand it absolutely is. Grand is the homeless man turned coder thanks to the help of Noodle employee Patrick McConlogue. McConlogue,made tech [...]
dCar Audio has seen a resurgence of life thanks to new technologies like bluetooth, wifi, Car Play, in-car wifi and much more. Long gone are the days when a new head unit meant a new CD player or a more powerful FM Radio, heck even HD Radio has gone out of style, quicker than it [...]
Everyone wants to talk about cloud, cloud cloud, but those of us that have been in the tech industry forever and a day know that there are a lot of risks when storing stuff in the cloud. For starters that's someone else's server space. I know that in a perfect world those cloud server company [...]
There has been a big push in recent months and years to get kids into coding. This is no easy task. One of the hardest things, when starting out, is actually seeing and visualizing any sort of results. This is where Trinket - formerly Coursefork - comes in. Trinket is an incredibly unique product, and we recently [...]
Carol Jackson has been teaching seventh and eighth graders outside of Chicago for nearly 20 years. Over the last two years she's started to hear a lot about a Minecraft from her students. "We had a halloween party and a bunch of my students came dressed with boxes on their heads" she told us at [...]
Over the past two weeks I've personally been trying to solve a major customer service issue with the team at AT&T's U-Verse. Despite the fact that they, like many others, hope to have one call resolution, we were on our 8th call yesterday afternoon and the issue still isn't fixed. While that is frustrating enough [...]
“The Thread Mobile App is caller ID re-imagined. Not only does Thread show you who is calling, but it also displays the caller’s latest Facebook and Twitter posts and your most recent texts and emails with them, giving you greater context for the call.”
"In about 34 hours of using Duolingo, you get the equivalent of one semester college....this shows that, actually, people learn much faster online that in person in this case."
Often, it is hard to see the big-picture, in terms of projects and/or products. It is the whole can't see the forest for the trees argument. If you get bogged down in all of the minuscule details, you miss the big picture. Though you could make an argument in favor of grinding out, and staying focused [...]
There is a whole lot of change and rollover at large companies. An employee is hired to do one job, but that position may change drastically within the span of years, months, or even days. This change and transformation of a position may be good, or it may be horrible. Most of the time, [...]
Whether you're a teacher enjoying your summer off, or a parent looking for the latest in edtech, we've been all over the place scouting out the best of the best and bringing it to you here at Techfaster. Check out these 8 EdTech apps and platforms to check out this summer. Grammaropolis Whether you're a [...]
Yahoo's mobile push is beginning to yield dividends. News Digest is a beautiful, incredibly useful news app.
According to the dictionary a Plinth was the base for a pillar or statue, the lower slab at the base of the column. Today, the Plinth is the most amazing portable tablet stand ever made. British designer John Bull, uses uses tablets for reference viewing, to take notes, make sketches and to even have some [...]
Since T-Mobile announced it's "break up" with your carrier uncarrier promotion, new customers have been flocking to T-Mobile. They've been leaving their old carrier behind and doing so on social media. Customers leaving other carriers for T-Mobile don't just get to port their number over, big magenta even pays their early termination fees (up to [...]
The acquisition makes a lot of sense for LiveQoS on many different levels. In the press release, Martin Horne, CEO of LiveQoS, notes that, "Much like Onavo – on the consumer side – offers compression for Facebook, Openera enables LiveQoS to offer compression to the mobile business user in addition to the speed and security we already offer."
A web designers job requires many skills that are, individually, in high demand. It just so happens that these web designers package all of their talents toward completing one main goal: developing websites for individuals and businesses. But there is so much more out there if one is willing to develop and market one of [...]
Maybe sitting next to your BFF Jennifer in 6th grade English class wasn't the smartest idea, but did you know that seating in class can make a huge difference in the way students learn. Sometimes a smart class seating chart isn't just based on making sure two students aren't going to talk to each other. [...]
Last month, we attended PhoCusWright’s Travel Innovation Summit in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and were fortunate enough get a first-hand look at the five trends in the highly-competitive travel industry that will impact the entire business community in 2014. 1. Mobile matters today and will matter more tomorrow. Consumers will be more mobile in 2014. Period. If your company isn’t [...]
The NYT has just unveiled a new app - NYT Now - that is essentially the exact same thing as Digg. NYT Now will cost $8/month and run ads. NYT Now is - at best - an attempt to jump into a highly saturated mostly-free category of applications with a product that costs $8/month.
