I tried to get into Apple's iPhone after years as a happy Android user, but even in 2022 there are significant areas where the Android UX is just better than the best that Apple can offer on iOS. This post outlines some of the observations I've made since switching from my iPhone 12 Pro to this year...
JR Raphael of Computer world just published an excellent slideshow featuring 20 great productivity apps for Android, iOS, and the Web. Unsurprisingly, it reads like a list of Ted’s favorite go‐to app recommendations for teachers, students, and web collaborators. Here’s why:
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Sending short text messages is one of the most popular ways to communicate with friends from your mobile device. It’s great because you don’t need a smartphone, a special app, or to all be using the same service – it works from any mobile device. It’s jus...
If you’ve ever wanted to create an app for mobile, desktop, or the web, you might not know where to start. Creating interactive app mockups can help you explain your idea more clearly to collaborators, designers, developers, and investors. You could spend time and money mastering a specialized t...
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Everybody loves video chatting with friends, sharing files, instant messaging, and web surfing together. In education, it seems like we always need newer and better tools for working together collaboratively on the web in real time to make learning more immediate and dynamic. A new free web technolo...
In many ways, it’s crazy that we have multiple competing app stores to deliver content that works perfectly well on the web.
HTML5 has emerged as a great platform for rich applications on desktop and mobile devices, handling several features...
After reading a few end‐of‐year wrapups, I realized that I’ve never done a roundup of useful Android apps for productivity and education. This is a list of the very best of the best apps I use on Android to stay productive, connected, and collaborative on the go.
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In response to “Prepare students for a rapidly changing world by teaching with open source”
I was ready to share and recommend this post because I love the idea of using open source software in education. Ho...