Edu app news: apps, ebooks, and sites for your classroom #mlearning 01/05/2012
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This Goal app is a top free download in the iTunes store today. I like to follow these things and play.
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ClockworkMod Tether serves free Android USB tethering, no root required -- Engadget
We want to use our phones as mobile hotspots. The android world is abuzz about this new tool that allows you to tether your laptop to the Internet through your droid.
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Windows Live SkyDrive Available for iOS, Offering 25GB of Cloud Storage for Your iPhone
Windows Live Skydrive is available on iOS so you can access all of your files in Skydrive. Download for free. If you use Microsoft Office and Skydrive, this is a must use. Not sure about editing or if the docs will open in Pages.
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CloudOn “sold out” of free iPad app for editing Microsoft Office docs | TabTimes
Cloud On "sold out" after the first day because so many users signed up. They have "too much interest" and can't support all the people who signed up. This should be a BIG NUDGE to Microsoft that their Office product is in demand on the ipad, especially if it links easily with Skydrive.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Wibbitz is an Interesting Way to View Blog Posts
View the review and a demo wibbitz from Richard Byrne.
Wibbitz is a new service designed to turn text-based blog posts into an interactive video. The basic function of Wibbitz appears to be grabbing the RSS feed of a blog, capturing the images from each post, and automatically reading the titles of each blog post aloud