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If you own multiple iOS devices you may want each one to be able to receive its own messages and FaceTime video calls. This is handy if you have kids with their own iPods or iPads, but they are too young to have their own Apple ID. You need to specify special email accounts to be used by the Messages and FaceTime apps so you can contact that specific iOS device without all of your devices getting the message.

iMovie just got a major overhaul for iOS7. The interface is much cleaner in the new version, all of the editing options are much more visible, everything is possible with one tap - as opposed to the need to single & double tap in the iOS6 version.

Learning in Hand Show #28 is about some of what's new in Apple's iOS 8. Instead of showing you the major features you might already know about, I demonstrate the lesser known additions that teachers, students, and parents will be interested in. These include additions to the Notes app, predictive typing, dictation enhancements, sharing options, zoom improvements, speak screen, time limits, and updates to the photo library.

Sharing your App Store or iTunes account with a family member while keeping iCloud separate is possible, and easy!

Apple's stock iOS app, Mail  can be used quite effectively for all email related productivity tasks.  Here is a list of five tips that enhance the Mail experience and increase efficiency.

The Safari browser of your iOS device (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) doesn't support extensions (or add-ons) but you can still add extra functionality to the mobile browser with the help of bookmarklets.

There are literally hundreds of different ways you can potentially send a file. When it comes to sending something like a presentation from one mobile device to another those solutions often get a bit complicated, especially if you trying to send a file from one mobile phone to several different phones located nearby. Enter ProxToMe, an iOS app launching today that lets you see people that are located near you, learn a bit about them, and then send them everything from your band's latest single to a full-length movie in just seconds.

You can now annotate PDFs in Skitch. This provides an alternative way to give student feedback; and because Skitch syncs with Evernote, you have a record of what you've done.

The easiest-to-use, best-selling handwriting app for iPad, Penultimate gives you the experience of writing with pen and paper, with the power, flexibility and availability of Evernote. Take notes, keep sketches, or share your next breakthrough idea -- in the office, on the go, or at home on the sofa.

A newly published study concludes that people actually remember better when they've taken handwritten notes, rather than typed ones. In fact, studying from typed notes could actually hurt your test scores.