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A new development in ski goggle technology is now allowing users to be able to track their speed, altitude, etc. while skiing. More importantly, it allows the users to view where anyone else with these goggles, or the free app from the company is located on the mountain.

A primary school teacher's blog about the use of some Google apps with his primary class.

Can I Use Google Docs at Home? Absolutely. One of the children in my class had waited to the end of the session to ask me if they could access Google Docs at home. This afternoon we introduced all of our Year 5 children (60) to Google Apps and we had lots of fun exploring the tool with our new classes.

"Dropbox has been one of those extremely useful online tools for me over the past couple years and keeps getting better as time goes on. For those of you who aren't familiar with the program, it basically is a file sharing app. Once installed onto a couple computers, it then creates a folder on each user's system and syncs any files that are added into the folder. "

Excellent example of how different computing files can be synchronised between computers and shared. Free for PC's & Macs (2 GB). There is a version for the iPhone as well but seems pricey.

Instagram is on Android with support for Facebook Twitter, Tumblr, and Foursquare but not Flickr. Increasingly, pictures are being shared due to the proliferation of websites like pinterest. It is a free app and a great way to share photographs from your phone.

Black Friday? There is an app for that. TGI Black Friday. It gives you the ads. You can download them on your iphone and Android. (OK, yes, I'm researching for shopping and sharing the good things with you.)

AS you shop, you should download the RedLaser app for your smartphone. Compare your prices while you're in the store.

This article discusses the use of mobile technology to help locate plants that are threatening to the environment. An app can be downloaded to a smartphone, and through pictures and a GPS, the app can locate multiple species of these threatening plants.

Vicki talks about the rise of the semantic web and analyses a number of blogs using Typealyzer.

Google sites is the best thing to hit the web since Google Apps. For a long time I'd been wanting a way to have a more private area, where others could still contribute without having to give them full administrative privileges to my domain - and Sites fits the bill and then some. I've used it to support many varied activities including private notes and conversations with clients, keeping track of my home schooled children's assignments and homework, letting them create their own web pages, collaborating with others on content for books and engineering designs, and even sharing pictures of our new dog with my family. It's easier and faster than a wiki, I can control who can see or contribute to a given site, and it's just downright fun to use!

I have only just became aware of this Google service. Apparently it is very easy to exchange data from one google application to another google application. Levels of control can be given. I saw this used extensively for curriculum co-ordination in a failing Bronx school in New York by an Australian who now is back in Australia and continuing the co-ordination. The world is surely getting flatter?

"Hitchcock from Cinemek is a mobile storyboard composer. For those of you that don't know, a storyboard is a series of panels of rough sketches outlining a scene of a movie or commercial. They are used to help plan out the shots needed before you start filming. "

Storyboarding in your pocket. Hitchcock allows aspiring cinematographers to create movie layouts while on the go. Not free. Could be used for planning student videos for the Flat Classroom Project? Search Cinemek for the iPhone application

iLike is also rolling out a platform that will allow artists to create their own iPhone applications, which can include dynamically updated photos, music, blog posts, and other content (

During his presentation, the Kansas State University professor breaks down his attempts to integrate Facebook, Netvibes, Diigo, Google Apps, Jott, Twitter, and other emerging technologies to create an education portal of the future. "It's basically an ongoing experiment to create a portal for me and my students to work online," he explains. "We tried every social media application you can think of. Some worked, some didn't."

This is discussing yap. TV which is the original and the most immersive Social TV app for Apple mobile devices.

This app lets you control cad and 3d environments like Google Sketchup. Really, the Ipad is now an interface with your regular computer and it is only beginning. The Maide video is definitely worth a watch and if you do anything with 3D design or CAD, this is worth a look.

google's official youtube page about newest apps and products

another image to go along with mobile and ubiquitous. it shows an iPhone and there is a Safari (web/internet) app

government and apps

This article from the Daily Nation goes over the fact that Google is becoming increasingly large. Google now offers a service that competes with Skype's long distance calling. The apps that Google has makes it more necessary than just an E-mail. Google maps has also made it very hard for other companies to compete with Google.

Google branches out in many ways to help teachers and students in general.