Sarah Chan

Language-Learning Is Made Easy With Duolingo (App Review)

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Language-Learning Is Made Easy With Duolingo (App Review)

Download QR-Code Duolingo – Learn Spanish, French and more Developer: Duolingo Price: Free+ Download QR-Code Duolingo: Learn Languages Free Developer: Duolingo Price: Free+ In this day and age, multilingualism has become more important than ever. The ability to speak a second language carries not only professional benefits, but also social ones. It enables you to better understand another culture and its people, and knowledge … Continue Reading >

6 Helpful Apps for Disaster Preparedness And Emergency Situations

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6 Helpful Apps for Disaster Preparedness And Emergency Situations

There is a constant need to develop faster and more effective methods of communication and personal safety, especially in times of natural and unanticipated disaster. Fortunately, mobile technologies play an ever-increasing role in emergency and response efforts. While there are many disaster preparedness and response apps to choose from, here are the 6 most widely used ones. 1. ICE Medical Standard Download QR-Code ICE Medical … Continue Reading >

How To Use iMessage’s New iOS Features

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How To Use iMessage’s New iOS Features

iMessage got quite a few new features with the release of iOS 10, making the texting platform more dynamic and interactive. In this post, we’ll run through how to use all of them to give you a refresher and make sure you’re getting the most out of iMessage. Reactions Reactions are similar to the “Like” feature on Facebook. They are a simple way to … Continue Reading >

Facebook Won’t Let Fake News Pages Buy Ads

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Facebook Won’t Let Fake News Pages Buy Ads

In its most recent effort to fight against fake news, Facebook has announced that it will now prevent pages that publish fake news from running ads on its platform. These pages include public profiles for brands, celebrities, groups, businesses and other institutions. This could mean a big blow for the business of fake news, as it would take away the economic incentive to spread … Continue Reading >

Disney Apps May Be Stealing Private Information From Children, According To A Lawsuit

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Disney Apps May Be Stealing Private Information From Children, According To A Lawsuit

Disney may have been collecting personal information from children who use its smartphone apps and sharing the data illegally without parental consent, according to a federal lawsuit filed earlier this month in San Francisco. The lawsuit claims that Disney’s mobile games have been secretly collecting data in order to create profiles of children to be shared with advertisers. If found to be true, this … Continue Reading >

Google Releases Test For Clinical Depression

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Google Releases Test For Clinical Depression

You may have noticed that when you Google “depression” or “clinical depression,” you’ll see a Knowledge Panel for the condition which shows general information about it, symptoms and possible treatment options. On Wednesday, Google announced the release of a built-in quiz that will also be included for mobile search results in the United States, to help people determine if they are clinically depressed. It has … Continue Reading >

Become An Expert Chef With Tasty (App Review)

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Become An Expert Chef With Tasty (App Review)

Download QR-Code Tasty Developer: BuzzFeed Price: Free (Unfortunately, Buzzfeed hasn’t released a Tasty app for Android yet). I’m really bad at cooking. What makes this even more of a problem is that I’m in college now, and living in an apartment next year. Bye bye, meal plan. Luckily, Buzzfeed released a cooking app called Tasty, which compiles all of the Tasty videos on their … Continue Reading >

10 Amazon Echo Tips You Might Not Have Known About

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10 Amazon Echo Tips You Might Not Have Known About

After almost one year of living with my Amazon Echo, here are some tips I’ve found useful for getting the most out of your artificially intelligent roommate, Alexa. Also, for the sake of clarity, “Echo” refers to the device while “Alexa” is the name of the software/virtual personal assistant. 1. Help Your Echo Recognize Your Voice Better With Voice Training To get the most … Continue Reading >

How To Sync iMessages Across Your Mac and iPhone

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You’ve probably noticed that your Mac has an iMessage app. But do you use it? Syncing your iMessage across your Mac and iPhone is extremely convenient — you can easily text from your laptop even if your phone is nowhere in sight, or send texts to yourself if you want to quickly transfer media from your iPhone to Mac. However, it doesn’t happen automatically. … Continue Reading >

MXene: A Breakthrough for Battery Charging?

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MXene: A Breakthrough for Battery Charging?

No one enjoys waiting for their phone to charge — but using a phone with low battery can be even more stressful. Fortunately, researchers from Drexel University have developed a new battery electrode design that has the potential to eliminate both of those problems. They recently published their work in the journal Nature Energy. The team, led by Dr. Yury Gogotsi, created the new electrode … Continue Reading >

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