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"Leaders in assistive technology Conversor have announced that their SEN-friendly Notetalker solutions are now available for purchase and downloading. Notetalker App, combined with a Universal microphone and cable kit for any smartphone or tablet, uses a simple user interface which allows students to record classes, with the added ability to tag important information with a bookmark or a text description. Photographs can be added to the recording as a visual reminder."

On February 15th 2011, Loughborough University will host the first Google Apps for Education UK User Group meeting. The meeting is free and open to all comers, and should be of particular interest to institutions already running Google Apps, or considerin

This is an online learning environment dedicated for educators and students to learn how to effectively use Google Apps in an educational context.

Apple's barring of some applications on the grounds that they compete with its own apps, and others at (reportedly) the behest of AT&T. The moves may well serve Apple's short-term goals. Long term, though, I think they'll make the iPhone a weaker, less us

Skype is slipping from the grips of its current owner eBay but that's not the only big news from the VOIP service - it's planning a platform to allow third party apps to make Skype calls.

The iPad is retrograde. It tries to turn us back into an audience again. That is why media companies and advertisers are embracing it so fervently, because they think it returns us all to their good old days when we just consumed, we didn't create, when t

Another app that I've seen discussed in the context of electronic assessment and feedback. Useful if the original document is Word or one of the other Office files. Reviews claim that it doesn't work with an external keyboard. Premium edition syncs with Dropbox and Google Docs and costs £11.99. Worth a punt at that price anyway?

CloudCourse is a course scheduling system.Built entirely on App Engine, CloudCourse allows anyone to create and track learning activities. It also offers calendaring, waitlist management and approval features. CloudCourse is fully integrated with Google

Keen to get people on board with its Kindle e-reader, Amazon has announced the beta release of its free Kindle for PC application.

"In addition to offline access to Gmail while you're traveling or without a strong internet connection, you can now see your Google Calendar events when you're disconnected. Offline Calendar lets you view your existing schedule and events, but not edit th

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As Michel Bauwens reported on this blog in April this year, Google has steered the development of the Android operating system into a direction that is less and less open, to the point where Android should no longer be considered open source Enter Mozilla