IPad 3 release causes local company to update apps
With the release of the new iPad 3 today, a local company is responding by updating its apps. Every time Apple releases a new product, Appigo, a company located in Orem that creates applications for...
View ArticleTwitter goes mobile
Twitter has more than 100 million active users. The micro-blogging social media site allows users to share news, announcements, jokes and pictures all in 140 character tweets. It also allows users to...
View ArticleApp of the week: The world through an Instagram lens
Since its debut in 2010, Instagram has more than 40 million users. According to Mashable, Instagram gains a new user every second, and more than one billion photos have been taken on the app, averaging...
View ArticleBYU students create high-end iPad cases
Levi Price wanted an effective case to protect his iPad without losing any unique features of the tablet, but he didn’t like any of the cases he tried. With the help of his friend Eric Rea, the two BYU...
View ArticleFitting fun in your back pocket
More than one billion downloads later, Angry Birds is still taking the world by storm. Along with additional game versions and levels, this gaming app has inspired iPhone cases, tshirts, stuffed...
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EFY takes music, missionary work digital
EFY took this year’s theme — “Arise and Shine Forth” — to heart by giving youth a new, digitally enhanced way to do just that. The program’s 50,000 participants throughout the world will be receiving...
View ArticleApps of the Week finds top location-based apps
Millions celebrated the second annual Foursquare Day April 16 by checking into venues across the globe. The New York City based company had a lot to celebrate as well: more than 20 million members...
View ArticleLiving life in the cloud
More than 50 million people use Dropbox to upload more than one billion files every 48 hours, as stated on Dropbox’s website. According to Apple, more than 100 million people use iCloud. With the...
View ArticleTaking note of technology
Even though it’s summer, school is still in session for many. With new classes comes technology, which is now a staple in classrooms. More than 14.2 million computers, or 1 computer for every four...
View ArticleTech titans face off in court over iPhone, iPad
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two tech titans will square off in federal court Monday in a closely watched trial over control of the U.S. smartphone and computer tablet markets. Apple Inc. filed a lawsuit...
View ArticleThe State is Replacing Textbooks with iPads
A state funded program will be replacing textbooks with ipads at Dixon Middle School in Provo. Mrs. Leanne Moody knows what its like to have this technology in the classroom. She teaches Language Arts,...
View ArticleBYU student thinks abroad and wins an iPad
A BYU student’s participation in a competition put on by the Kennedy Center yielded a new toy only a few weeks before Christmas. Clayton Conley, an economics major from Provo, won an iPad for his...
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E-Readers: Why the Nook failed; the future of libraries
Barnes & Noble has lost $475 million in the past year as Nook sales significantly declined, while the market of tablets and e-readers continues to expand. These dramatic changes bring to light an...
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BYU grads offer spiffy solution for dirty phone screens
Smudges on phone screens can become a constant annoyance after hours of scrolling through Facebook and swiping through levels on Candy Crush. Nate Bonham was sitting in church more than three years...
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Amazon finds low-cost solution to owning print and digital copies of books
As Kindles, iPads and other tablets become increasingly popular, the divide between print and digital media continues to grow. While some prefer a hard copy, others prefer mobility. But what about the...
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BYU students behind battery-boosting iPad case
BYU students and alumni have launched a funding campaign to produce a new case to double an iPad’s battery life and reduce the time necessary to charge it by 75 percent. The Tripac iPad case features...
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Students express loyalty, suspicion about Apple’s new products
Apple finally announced new products, clearing doubt and speculations from the past few months. Apple president Tim Cook and others shared their new products with the world on Sept. 9. The new iPhone,...
View ArticleElder and Sister iPad go on missions
Technology streamlines life in many ways. Families can now talk via the Internet many time zones away, businessmen can create businesses in foreign lands, and missionaries can teach people remotely...
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Slaves to the screen
In a world where tweets and Facebook are just at our fingertips, it can be easy to get so caught up in our text messages and emails that sometimes the person sitting across from us seems to not even...
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How to survive a graduation ceremony
Graduation ceremonies have a reputation for being long and monotonous and, if children are involved, potentially disastrous. Seasoned graduation-attending veterans have passed down tips on how to make...
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