Join GoLiveCampus.com – YouTube at School?
My daughter is only 8 and she came home from school the other day asking if she could get on the computer and I allowed it. In the 2 minutes it took for me to check on what she was looking for, she had hit YouTube.com and was watching (and dancing to) a suggestive rap video, it seems she learned about YouTube at school, from her music teacher. Great.
I know that YouTube and some social networking sites can be an interesting source of educational content, I get that. But, they also contain explicit videos, inappropriate comments and ads and it was probably something I would have waited to expose her to. But now there is a way for schools to safely access educational content on sites like YouTube with GoLiveCampus.com by iBoss Web Filters.
Available in the cloud at no cost, GoLiveCampus.com allows students and teachers to safely search for appropriate educational content without the risk of… well, you know. The site dynamically pulls content from YouTube and social networking sites through a robust safe search, removes comments and ads, and gives students access only to clean, appropriate videos. Continue reading » GoLiveCampus.com – YouTube at School?
Evoluce uses a Kinect to control Windows
Some of you might remember when we covered the Gmail Motion a few days ago. I was told that Gmail Motion was essentially a big joke for April Fool’s Day, and that there isn’t a system where you can send emails by doing a “slapping a stamp” hand motion.
I think it is interesting that on the Gmail Motion video, it describes the keyboard and mouse as “outdated technology”. I suppose that if we are looking at the gesture-based technology of Minority Report as present instead of futuristic, then yes, the keyboard and mouse should be the equivalent of five-and-a-quarter inch disks.
Evoluce has figured out how to combine the Kinect for gesture-based computing on Windows 7. I believe that it comes in handy for the Media Center and other programs, especially for Microsoft Office and PowerPoint. There is a video of it after the jump.
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Amazon introduces Cloud Drive, Cloud Player for Web and Cloud Player for Android
Amazon thinks that the future of computing lies in cloud storage, and hence has announced a trio of new services – Cloud Drive, Cloud Player for Web and Cloud Player for Android. Basically, any one of the three allows you to buy anywhere, play your tunes anywhere while making sure your digital music collection remains in a centralized place.
Of course, you can always do it the old fashioned way, which is to start in humble beginnings with 5GB of free Cloud Drive storage, and if you like it enough and feel that life is incomplete without cloud storage, then proceed and make that upgrade move to 20GB of free storage space with the purchase of any MP3 album.
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Red Bull’s Augmented Reality App lets you design your own track
There are a lot of augmented reality apps and a lot of racing apps for the iPhone, and this particular one from Red Bull is pretty unique.
Red Bull’s Augmented Racing has a feature that allows the user to build their own virtual track. That is actually a common feature for a racing game, but how it does it is pretty amazing.
The user can design a track by lining up Red Bull cans in a circuit of any shape. The iPhone user then photographs the front of the cans for callibration, and then the tops of the cans. The App then generates a virtual version of the track, which you can race on in your virtual race car. You can view a video of it after the jump.
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Grace Digital rolls out remote control app for the Android Market
Folks who are rocking to the world of Android smartphones as well as its growing Android Market presence will be pleased to know that there is another innovative piece of software coming your way thanks to Grace Digital, where the company’s innovative remote control application will offer users control over key internet radio functions including power, volume, channel selection, presets, alarm management, not to mention a whole host of other features.
Even better news is this – the Grace Digital Remote Control App is now available as a free download on the Android Market, so you need not worry about forking out additional dough after paying so much for a high end Android-powered device already.
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Genius jumps into tablet game with Kids Designer Tablet
Genius knows that there is plenty of room for the tablet market to expand, and have decided to take the plunge as well with their Kids Designer Tablet. What you see on the right intends to usher children in to the world of technology – a primer of sorts, so to speak.
It will help parents introduce children to the technology of tomorrow, and give them a competitive edge with their peers since they will be able to pick up the skills of a mouse and keyboard from an early age. The Kids Designer tablet is a snap to use, as it sports a rather large 5” x 8” working area which will deliver practical lessons in hand-eye coordination, as your little ones enjoy educational and creativity-inspiring games on the computer.
The package will ship with games (children learn from play after all) that will teach those aged three to eight about colors, shapes, logic, geography, math, memory, responsiveness, and drawing. You need not fret that they can’t figure it out, as these games sport a kid-friendly interface that prevents boredom from setting in.
The Genius Kids Designer will play nice with Windows 7/Vista/XP, where you will need a free USB port to hook up the tablet to your PC while a CD/DVD-ROM is required for software installation.
Balance separates work and play on your BlackBerry
Research In Motion (RIM) knows that they have to do something to ensure they are still around in a few years’ time and avoid the path of irrelevance that Nokia is taking, and hence intends to go all out in maintaining their territory when it comes to the corporate smartphone market by making sure the BlackBerry is smart enough to segregate a user’s personal data from work-related emails as well as other applications sponsored by employers thanks to the Balance software. This software will more or less give you more from a single phone – making you feel as though you were using two phones in one, and RIM intends that this move will help combat the erosion of its market share in the corporate segment to other competitors such as Android-powered and iOS devices. Balance is currently undergoing testing and should hit North America within a couple of months’ time. In addition, Balance will arrive on the PlayBook tablet to make it one of the more exciting software releases for mobile devices these coming months.
Source: Reuters
Don’t text while you drive!
The cell phone is often a curse as much as it is a boon to modern society – after all, how many of you have gotten out of a tight spot simply because you had your phone on you, and managed to ring for some help in the nick of time? Of course, there is a flipside to all of this – one of the main ones being letting technology control your lives. I am pretty sure that many of you have seen people walking down the street without once looking up from a tiny little display in the palm of their hands, but somehow they can magically avoid their fellow phone users even on the busiest of streets. Well, texting while driving is another minus point that will not only endanger your life, but that of others sharing the road with you. Location Labs intends to put a stop to texting while driving with its DriveSmart Plus application on T-Mobile devices, making it the industry’s first carrier-grade service to help prevent texting while driving, specifically designed for T-Mobile customers with Android smartphones.
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