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As mobile technology replaces pc and mainframe technology, and more business is done using tablets and smartphones, these skills, managing battery life,using your phone camera effectively, keeping work files,contacts, email ready offline so they can be used without wifi, managing alert noise, sending downloading, editing files, etc become very important.

Good infographic of the top 3 device features designers report using for mobile learning: wifi connectivity (74%); audio/video player (64%); browser capability (61%). Reports that 34% of organizations have mobile learning programs. from edtechllearninginfographics.com

Mattel is using AI to turn Barbie into a young girl's friend. Hello Barbie is the new incantation of the doll that appeals to 3 - 10 year old girls. Hello Barbie can react to what a young girl is saying to her, and is programmed with thousands of responses. Unlike the toys that had pull strings, Hello Barbie transmits via wifi so the girl's voice is read and then sends Barbie a response to the keywords in the voice data within a second. Hello Barbie has thicker thighs to accommodate the batteries necessary for all this. Interesting research on girls who play with Barbie have lower self esteem than those who do not, and feel they have to be think, have large breasts, and be blond and blue eyed. Scary!

14 minute AARP TEK Talk video of Ivy Portwood speaking to mobile wi-fi giving words to know, what a mobile hotspot is, benefits, how to connect. Netgear is the technology.