Here’s a neat new app from NetworkGlobal Companies, a sort of mobile CNN. They produce online videos, but also allow independent news outlets all over the planet to upload news material. They will bring their NGB.tv news resource library to iPhone and iPad — likely, other mobile gadgets will jump on as time goes by. [...]
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Review: Clickfree storage features automatic backup
The most annoying thing about safe computing is trying to backup your data and files regularly and simply. It’s usually a task that requires a programmer’s logic, a guru’s insight, and the patience of Job (not Steve Jobs, the biblical guy). I have found a solution that totally turns me on – I took a [...]
Review: ViewGuard anti-glare privacy filter for computers
Whether you’re retired and journaling on your computer or still working and longing for privacy at your office desk, ViewGuard is a product that might make your computing environment more secure. I had a chance to try out ViewGuard Anti-Glare Privacy Filter. My test results surprised me. I work from home, so there aren’t lots [...]
WikiReader when smart phones are just too much
Lots of digital savvy grands like their smart phones, but some baby boomers have pared down t he amount of connectivity they have. For those who like the information superhighway but want to keep it under control, there’s a new gadget called WikiReader. The tiny, capable, fascinating digital reader, the WikiReader, might be worth a [...]
YouTube offers cloud video editing FREE
Interesting things are happening at YouTube, now owned by Google. The cloud, cloud computing, is trying to be a big deal though it’s seems to start and stop. But this could be a shot in the cloud. Google says YouTube’s new editing tool allows users to manipulate video online, FREE. Apparently there’s no complicated software [...]
Wizard101 RPG – grandparents find cross generation family fun
Want to see something cool? Fire up your computer, even your five year-old computer or your netbook. Go over to Wizard101.com, an innovative, entertaining, family participation role play game. Known as an MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game), Wizard101 delights people from pre-readers to post-retirement and everything in between. I know. I play it. So do [...]
BP oil spill: ROV, BoP, and the human element
By Dan Pelland, tech guru guest writer Remote-operated vehicles (ROV’s) worked on apparatus at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, trying to save a planet. I couldn’t stop watching the live feed from BP. It’s almost interesting enough to dispel some bitterness I feel at the unfolding events down there. Maybe that’s BPs whole [...]
Transocean and BP oil spill larger than Connecticut
Connecticut isn’t one of our largest states, but it’s intimidating to consider that three and half million people, the population of Connecticut, live in an area about the size of that mess in the Gulf of Mexico. You can not see end-to-end of the BP oil spill from one spot, unless you’re in space. Gizmodo, [...]
Digital trivia – Nintendo is nearly 125 years old
Tooling around the web I found some fascinating tidbits about Nintendo. My quest began when I browsed the editorial calendar from one of the publications I write for. It said Nintendo, the company, was founded in 1889. It’s been around almost a century and a quarter. Digital trivia I needed to know more about, and [...]
Learn music online – grandparents and kids FREE gift certificates via SKYPE
We liked this online learning project so much that we invited Mary Ellen Pinzino, Founder/Director of the Come Children Sing Institute to explain her program for our readers. Since 1984, her organization has been a center for research and development in music learning. Mary Ellen tells you how to learn music online. Grandparents and kids [...]